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Automation - are you considering the impact this will have on employment?

We were going to share/write about this before #GE2017 but we thought we’d wait to see if any Party or Politician would actually raise this and guess what…..no-one did!! For us, this is something that all parties really need to start discussing and addressing NOW otherwise, left to the last minute, the costs and repercussions could be extremely high! Whichever way you look at it, Technology has…

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Pokémon Go update offers catch bonuses, making it easier to catch rarer creatures Ben Lovejoy, 9to5mac.com

An update to Pokémon Go means that you now get rewarded for collecting medals, providing ‘catch bonuses’ for certain types of Pokémon that make it easier to catch rarer ones. As Eurogamer explains it:

For example, earning the bronze Kindl…

If you are still into Pokémon Go - then these updates and offerings may be right up your street......

Hayley Kirton, cityam.com

Lloyds Banking Group is cutting over 1,000 jobs as part of its previously announced three-year strategy.Although the bank is culling 1,340 positions in total, it is also creating 110 new roles, bringing the net jobs lost to 1,230.In October 2014, …

With Lloyds recruiting new staff and in many cases Graduates, the question is, by making these redundancies available, they are losing experience staff which could do more damage than good.....

Amazon said to be planning physical convenience stores for grocery goods Darrell Etherington, techcrunch.com

Amazon’s looking to launch convenience stores to sell perishable goods like products, milk and meat, as well as offering drive-in pick-up locations for grocery orders, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The plan would expand…

Is this a new direction for the Amazon Fresh service? Could this be the start of Amazon really getting into the High Street location that they torn apart since they started?

Sainsbury's plans Argos outlets in every store October 10, 2016 Miles Young, campaignlive.co.uk

Coupe yesterday unveiled a new branch in Battersea, which dedicated 9,500 sq ft to Sainsbury's Tu clothing brand. There was also a sushi counter, food counters for fresh meet, cheese, cakes and …

Sainsbury’sThe ethos of shopping seems to becoming full circle with a return to the old department store way of shopping but with a modern technological twist! As you sat at your desk, on your break or even at home and you decide to you need something, Sainsbury’s have just made it easier for you espcecially if you have a store close to you. By just dropping online and visiting the website of Argos, you can place an order and potentially have this delivered to your closest Sainsbury’s store that day or the next day. Just think, order during the day and on your way home, pick up the item from Sainsbury’s whilst grabbing a items you need for tonight’s dinner. This concept is the same as the old-fashioned Department store based on Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm shopping but made easier due to the longer hours which are more convenient around your work schedule. This shows that Sainsbury’s are embracing both the #NewWayToEngage and #NewWayToWork ethos that their audience is wanting, I wonder if that’s why Amazon are now rolling out Convenience Stores in the US?

BT's Ryan Reynolds ad banned for 'misleading' broadband claims October 10, 2016 Miles Young, campaignlive.co.uk

In "Fast just got faster", created by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, Reynolds dramatically stunt-rolls out of a car before walking through a glass door because he is too busy to open it.

"Life moves pretty …

Another example of an advertising company not understanding the product or how to actually market it? The sooner companies bring their advertising and marketing in-house the better! Then, these companies through #EmployeeAdvocacy can really start to embrace #InternalCommunity and #ExternalCommunity to via audience - as they can only deliver true #SocialEngagement

Credit card with fraud-busting display - BBC News By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter, bbc.co.uk

A credit card with a digital display that randomly generates a security code is being launched as a way of combating fraud.

Oberthur Technologies is currently in discussions with UK banks about …

Wouldn't this solve so many problems when it comes to fraud? Can you see UK banks adopting this? If so, how long will it take for banks to embrace the concept?

Microsoft is about to announce something big Lance Ulanoff, mashable.com

Microsoft is about to make our fall a little more interesting.

The company on Friday sent out invites to press for a New York City product showcase on Oct. 26 at 10:00 a.m. ET, one that should illustrate the next wave of Windows innovation.

A…

With major players dropping out, could Microsoft again steal a deal from under Salesforce by grabbing Twitter? It seems interesting that Micorsoft would do this announcement in New York - not their normal location - for changes to their product lineup, new products and releases, but if a deal is being done in the background and it happens, this event could kill two birds with one stone so too speak...

A wave of tech consolidation will drive the next leg of the bull market By Matthew Lynn, telegraph.co.uk

Even if you can’t quite squeeze the prospectus into a 140 characters, it is now clear that Twitter is up for sale, with Disney and Google touted as possible buyers. There are rumours swirling of a possible take-over of Netflix. A mega-deal between…

Yes lots more to come with many companies having huge valuations whilst having small revenues and not even making a profit yet! Could we also see Microsoft sweep in for Twitter or maybe even IBM?

The future of 4G: How EE is using drones, satellites and lighthouses to connect the UK Mary-Ann Russon, ibtimes.co.uk

EE wants to speed up mobile network repairs by delivering equipment using drones to fly beyond the line of sight.

UK mobile operator EE is calling on the UK government to grant it a licence to trial …

Interesting story from EE and not just on drones! The more interesting part is them working with Facebook on the TIP project in Scotland to improve data connectivity

Prepaid card users will finally be protected from fraud and crazy fees Fitz Tepper, techcrunch.com

If you’ve been out of touch with the FinTech market recently you may have missed how popular prepaid cards have become. This is especially true when it comes to “open-loop” cards, which are prepaid cards powered by a processor like Visa or MasterC…

Whilst this is talking about the US, with more of this entering the UK market in both the personal and company arenas, I wonder how the UK or other countries are covered by this? Does anyone know on this?

JOnathan Prynn, standard.co.uk

Solicitors at a top City law firm who fail to clock up seven hours a day of work will be locked out of their computers under a tough "name and shame" penalty system.

What do you think? A right or wrong move? If you demanding your Solicitors to produce more billable hours, will this make people and companies more warying of dealing with the Legal Profession?

Michael del Castillo, coindesk.com

The United Arab Emirates city of Dubai has announced plans to move all of its government documents to a blockchain by 2020.Source

As Dubai looks to implement Blockchain across all Government Departments, is Blockchain secure enough to handle all this data? Whilst we are talking around 3 years away and yes security can be improved over that time, security needs to be in place now to make the trust is there for when the organisations and companies like the Dubai Government introduce these services. The Public are going to need to be reassured that their data is safe and especially with Dubai being such a financial centre, security is paramount.

EE retakes 4G speed crown from Three, London best (but slowest) 4G coverage Tom Mendelsohn, arstechnica.co.uk

Enlarge (credit: gratisography.com)The UK's 4G networks are beginning to deliver faster download speeds, but coverage across most of the country remains patchy, consumer group Which? has said based on new research.EE is the big winner, and its…

Now if only all the operators could do something about making sure there was relay masts to boost signals going into the buildings, then the use of mobile data working would surely explode and make for a more mobile working environment

WhatsApp's drawing tools signal fundamental shift in messaging September 29, 2016 Gideon Spanier, campaignlive.co.uk

The most updated version allows users to take photos through WhatsApp as usual, then embellish them with emoji, graffiti and text.

WhatsApp always allowed users to take selfies with the front-facing …

So with Facebook deciding to boost What's App's features to mirror what Snapchat offers in respect to filters and emoji's - is this really showing that messaging App's are becoming more and more the platform of choice over voice or texting? Can we see that messaging App's (when you consider LinkedIn's Inbox functions) are slowly going to be the replacement over email, texts possible voice?

WhatsApp's drawing tools signal fundamental shift in messaging September 29, 2016 Gideon Spanier, campaignlive.co.uk

The most updated version allows users to take photos through WhatsApp as usual, then embellish them with emoji, graffiti and text.

WhatsApp always allowed users to take selfies with the front-facing …

So with Facebook deciding to boost What's App's features to mirror what Snapchat offers in respect to filters and emoji's - is this really showing that messaging App's are becoming more and more the platform of choice over voice or texting? Can we see that messaging App's (when you consider LinkedIn's Inbox functions) are slowly going to be the replacement over email, texts and possibly voice?

A tough sell: why Facebook's e-commerce dream failed to take flight Mark Walsh, theguardian.com

Technology has been good to 1-800-Flowers. The company has long pioneered new ways of retailing, a toll-free number, direct sales via the internet. So when, in 2009, it opened its online store on Facebook the company was expecting another tech-bas…

So are they saying that selling through Facebook doesn't work? It is just having a shopping cart doesn't work or the wider picture of paying to promote/advertise your business through Facebook doesn't either? What's your views?

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