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Gamers in The UK Can Now Design Their Own Xbox One Controllers

But new customization options are coming worldwide. Microsoft has announced that it’s rolling out its controller customization service, Xbox Design Lab, to even more countries today alongside even more customization options. Unveiled last year, Xbox Design Lab was Microsoft’s first ever controller...

Barclays’ Techstars Is Quietly Building A FinTech Empire

Since the dawn of fintech, London’s historic financial hub has been the beating heart of the scene’s niche ecosystem. But in a post-Brexit economy, the United Kingdom could be poised to lose its fintech crown. Tel Aviv, Israel;  São Paulo...

Why The Adventure Is Just Beginning for Artificial Intelligence

The application of the computational analysis and learning techniques described in previous research, manifest themselves in the form of artificial intelligence (AI). AI represents the ambition to create machines that can think, learn and create solutions to problems with the...

Tritax Has Acquired an Ocado Distribution Centre for £92m

Property investor Tritax Big Box REIT has agreed a multi-million pound deal for a major distribution facility in Birmingham, further expanding its portfolio of UK logistics assets. The London-based firm has acquired a facility at Birch Coppice Business Park, Dordon, which...

Sadiq Khan Launches London Tech Week Amid Plans to Turn The Capital Into ‘World’s Leading Smart City’

The mayor pledged a new 1.6bn clean tech investment fund for London. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says he would like to see London become the “world’s leading smart city”, as he launched London Technology Week in the capital. Part of his...

CX Trends for 2017 – BA Take Note!

Anyone who knows me will know that I like to talk about the Customer Experience. It’s my job, I know it and I love it! So I’m sure you can imagine that the recent BA fiasco really caught my attention...

NatWest Launches Digital Centre of Excellence in Bristol

The NatWest Digital Studio will be at the forefront of the bank’s investment in digital for commercial and corporate customers across the UK. NatWest has launched its new digital centre of excellence, which is designed to help commercial and corporate customers...

‘The One To Watch’: Amazon Is Set to Turn the Duopoly Into a Troika

Amazon continues to lurk as the most likely candidate to turn the Facebook-Google duopoly into a troika. That was the overwhelming feeling coming out of the Financial Times’ media conference today in London. The online behemoth’s future emerged as a key...

Intu Launches Revolutionary Digital Screens

A cutting-edge network of screens that revolve between portrait and landscape to keep shopping centre customers entertained is to launch at intu’s popular retail and leisure destinations across the UK. It will be the first time ADI’s innovative Epoch screens have...

What is Microsoft’s Mysterious New DirectReality?

Microsoft has trademarked “DirectReality” ahead of its E3 press event on Sunday, with some hints that this mysterious service might involve holographic apps. The software giant describes DirectReality as “online computer software for holographic applications” and software as a service....