Category: Digital Experience

Look at The Evidence: Google’s Troubles In Europe Are Entirely of Its Own Making

LONDON — Google was fined €2.4 billion (£2.1 billion) for abusing its monopoly in Europe on Tuesday, and while Americans will no doubt bemoan the stereotype of European antipathy toward innovation this is mostly Google’s own fault. Let’s be clear: Today’s...

Put Emotions at the Heart of Your Video Strategy

In my experience, the number one enemy of content marketing is… more content. Every single minute, hundreds of videos are uploaded to YouTube, thousands of blog posts are published, and millions of social media accounts are updated. In fact, Beckon, a...

Here’s Your First Look at The Biggest iPad Update Ever

The iPad is getting a major overhaul this year. iOS 11, which is available today in beta as a public preview, adds a slew of new features to the iPad as the device inches closer to its goal of becoming a laptop...

Queen’s Speech: Bill to Secure UK Space Sector

A government plan to secure growth in the UK’s £13.7bn space industry is laid out in the Queen’s Speech. The stated purpose of the new Bill is to make the UK the most attractive place in Europe for commercial space –...

Facebook Teaches Bots How to Negotiate. They Learn to Lie Instead

The chatbots came up with their own original and effective responses – including deceptive tactics Facebook’s 100,000-strong bot empire is booming – but it has a problem. Each bot is designed to offer a different service through the Messenger app: it...

Google Launches Exclusive Play Music Feature for Galaxy S8

Samsung Galaxy S8 owners who are enjoying Google’s Play Music streaming service may have noticed a new feature rolling out to the app recently, called New Release Radio. At the moment, this appears to be an exclusive feature within the...

INTRODUCING THE 101 RISING STARS OF UK TECH SCENE

Welcome to BusinessCloud’s inaugural list of the country’s most promising tech start-ups. Last week we brought you the hottest disrupters, companies already using tech to shake up traditional industries. You can view that full list here. And today it is the turn...

A New Amazon Patent Stops You From Checking Prices Online While You Shop in a Physical Store

Amazon has been granted a patent designed to stop you from visiting a shop to buy something but then looking for a cheaper version online while you’re there. The patent, which we first saw via The Verge, would essentially try and intercept you if you made...

Bots over Bodies – Who Cares?

The era of bots has truly begun. At its recent F8 developer conference, David Marcus, CEO of Facebook Messenger announced that the company’s platform had grown to 100,000 bots, with 2 billion messages sent between consumers and businesses each month. Facebook...

Amazon Launched a New Barcode-scanning Gadget With AI Assistant Alexa Built in

Amazon has unveiled a new version of its barcode-scanning gadget, the Dash Wand — and it now has the company’s AI assistant Alexa built in. The device brands itself as a “wifi enabled kitchen assistant” that will “[revolutionise] how you shop...