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Snapchat Is Coming To London With New International HQ

Snapchat goes off-trend and picks London as European base ahead of expected $25 billion IPO

8 years ago

AWS Opens UK Data Centres With New London Region

AWS long-awaited UK data centres go live with launch of London region for public cloud

8 years ago

Facebook To Hire 500 UK Staff Next Year To Boost Engineer Workforce

The expansion comes on the heels of Google's approval of a £1bn UK investment

8 years ago

Google Approves £1bn Post-Brexit London Expansion

Google believes the UK's prospects outside the EU remain strong

8 years ago

Camden Council CIO Wants To Save Lives With Data Analytics

Omid Shiraji, CIO of London Borough of Camden, reveals how the council is mapping data to help vulnerable people

8 years ago

BT Offers Free 1Gbps Wi-Fi, Mobile Charging And Calls From New London Phone Kiosks

BT to replace London pay phones with kiosks delivering ad-supported Wi-Fi, local information, free calls and sensors that can power…

8 years ago

TfL Rejects Virgin Media Claims That Crossrail Won’t Have Wi-Fi & 4G

Virgin Media CEO says Crossrail won't have in-tunnel Wi-Fi and 4G connectivity. TfL says Elizabeth Line will.

8 years ago

Startup Showcase: Tailster

Indy Sangha, CEO of Tailster, talks about how his pet care service uses GPS and real time data to give…

8 years ago

Thousands Of London Police Get Wearable Video Cameras

The body-worn video cameras are to be rolled out to 22,000 officers across London's 32 boroughs

8 years ago

London City Bankers Under Fire From Ransomware Cyber Attacks

The City experiences more ransomware attacks than the rest of the UK combined

8 years ago

Google’s DeepMind Creates AI That Can Navigate The London Underground

The AI system mixes deep learning neural nets with external memory to further mimic human learning

8 years ago

TfL And Waze Agree Data Exchange To Manage London’s Streets

Transport for London (TfL) will share street data with Waze in exchange for access to real time traffic information

8 years ago

LuxConnect And Volta Data Centre Alliance Links London And Luxembourg

Data centre partnership aims to simplify client expansion across two European markets

8 years ago

IoTUK Seeks Three Partners To Support London’s LPWAN Rollout

Potential partners will need to meed a hefty list of requirements

8 years ago

Apple’s New London Campus Is Battersea Power Station

Apple will move 1,400 staff into one London base south of the river

8 years ago

GCHQ And DCMS Join Forces With Cyber Security Startups

The new Accelerator centre will help startups develop cyber security systems with the help of £50 million of government funding

8 years ago

Government-Backed LPWAN IoT Network Goes Live In London

Digital Catapult and academic institutions claim LPWAN network will remove the barriers for IoT development in London

8 years ago

Microsoft To Close Skype’s London Offices And Cut 220 Jobs

Microsoft is planning to shut down its Skype London offices and will make some of its 400 employees redundant

8 years ago

LinkedIn UK MD: The Risk Of A London Tech Exodus Is Real

INTERVIEW: LinkedIn's Josh Graff says UK firms must do more to keep the best tech talent in the capital amid…

8 years ago

BT Rolls Out FTTP In London’s West End

Follow the money! Around 3,000 homes and businesses connected to 'micro cable' FTTP broadband in Mayfair

8 years ago

North London Boroughs Choose Ed Garcez As CDIO

Ed Garcez, currently CIO for the London tri-borough, is to head a new combined ICT and digital service at three…

8 years ago

Virgin Media Brings Cable To 450,000 London Premises And FTTP To Barnet

Virgin Media has already connected 100,000 premises to superfast broadband as part of £3bn Project Lightning expansion. Now it targets…

8 years ago

TfL Licenses Contactless Ticketing System In £15m Deal

Transport for London and Cubic Transportation Systems will export contactless technology in the first of a 'series' or deals

8 years ago

Privacy, Networks, Funding And Talent: How Brexit Will Affect UK Tech

ANALYSIS: The UK technology industry opposed Brexit but now it has to face the consequences of Britain leaving the EU

8 years ago

EU Referendum Casts Shadow On London Technology Week

ANALYSIS: Can London remain the 'tech capital of Europe' if it goes against the wishes of the industry and vote…

9 years ago

London Is ‘Most Connected’ Major City In The World

Just 8 percent of Londoners don't have broadband, but gap between developed and developing world is creating digital divide on…

9 years ago

London Council Deploys UK’s First Public Sector Artificial Intelligence Service

Enfield Council plans to deal with online customers through ‘Amelia’ artificial intelligence platform

9 years ago

Twitter Rolls Out Free WiFi At London’s St Pancras Train Station

Travellers at London’s St Pancras International can access free WiFi through their Twitter accounts

9 years ago

BT Agrees £200m London Local Government Communications Framework

Fourth tri-borough IT framework will be open to all 33 London boroughs and public sector organisations like the Met Police…

9 years ago

Vodafone Uses Mini Base Stations To Boost 4G In UK Cities

Vodafone and Ericsson radio units can be carried in a briefcase, allowing network speed and quality to be improved much…

9 years ago