Jo Morrison,
On 19th March 2019, Transport for London (TfL) hosted Access All Areas, London’s largest accessible transport event at the ExCeL London. It showcased the latest transport innovations geared towards accessibility, looking at roads and streets, train stations and public transport, design and services, and, of course, technology. The exhibition included…
App Insights Digital Placemaking
Jo Morrison,
What has already been done to improve accessibility on London’s public transport network? What are today’s biggest challenges? What projects are businesses currently working on to increase accessibility still further? The TfL Access All Areas event at ExCeL London on March 19th aimed to answer these questions, and more. Access…
Alumni: Charlie Harman,
‘Blockchain’ is like ‘post-modernism’: one of those words many of us think we should know but would be horrified to try and explain to friends. Here’s a secret: we feel the same. Which is why we asked Calvium Technical Director Ben Clayton to explain what blockchain is, what it’s for,…
Alumni: Charlie Harman,
Augmented reality (AR) is huge. So huge, in fact, that a recent report from Greenlight Insight predicts that global revenue for AR content and devices will reach $36.4bn in 2023 – a whopping 11 times higher than their predicted revenue for 2019. To date, the success of the likes of…
Jo Morrison,
What’s the first thing that jumps into your head when you hear the words digital innovation? For most, it will be bleeding-edge technology – the Internet of Things, automation, pervasive artificial intelligence (AI) and all things ‘immersive’ or ‘deep’. Yet the key to digital innovation for business is not the…
Jade Evans,
Engaged workforces outperform their lower-engagement competitors by more than 200%—streaking ahead in terms of profitability, productivity, customer satisfaction, employee attendance and workplace safety. It’s no wonder, then 2/5 of businesses say employee engagement is their number one challenge. Employees are 87% less likely to leave their role if highly engaged,…
Arthur Graham,
How can you make yourself 23% less likely to make errors at work? Simple: by putting your phone out of sight and out of reach. That’s what a Florida State University team found in their study on the effects digital devices have on our productivity and focus. Understanding that technology…
Jade Evans,
In his book ‘The Power of Habit’, writer Charles Duhigg has explored how US supermarket Target can predict, with remarkable accuracy, when female customers are in the early stages of pregnancy. How do they do it? With data. Like many retailers, Target has built a sophisticated data analysis system to…
Alumni: Charlie Harman,
Even though he might now be in contravention of GDPR (article 4 of regulation 2016/679, in case you were curious), Father Christmas is an unmistakably analogue creation. With a wooden sleigh and flesh and blood reindeer held aloft by little more than a generous sprinkling of Christmas magic, he’s a…
Alumni: Charlie Harman,
In 2018, we’ve seen the good, the bad and the ugly of app technology. Let’s start with the good. Apps are no longer a novelty, they’re a known quantity. As such, the technology itself is not enough to wow an audience, the really great apps have to have a solid…
Alumni: Charlie Harman,
A year in apps is a decade in most other industries. At this time of year, it’s therefore always interesting to sit back and take stock of our industry and where it’s headed. So what were our key moments in smartphone and app tech this year? January In Rotterdam, local…
Alumni: Charlie Harman,
If an app is never downloaded, does it really exist? Developing an app is an exciting time for any organisation – the strategic planning, the creative aspect, the designing, the testing, the refining. When you get the finished product on your device, it’s the culmination of a lot of time…