Giles Corbett and his brother Julian co-founded Ksubaka initially as a new way for brands to advertise to shoppers in stores at mass scale. But working with retailers, they came to understand the need to improve the in-store experience and so shifted their focus to help physical retailers revitalise by providing in-store digital interface products and services.
05.08.2020
MIT’s Alex Pentland speaks to David Lee of the DDI about the importance of ‘neighbourhood data’ in tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges – and why we need data unions.
30.07.2020
Flexible business school Jolt offers courses run by the likes of Google, Netflix and Tesla execs and has now launched its most disruptive, most exciting UK course to date. Switch is a unique, live, immersive bootcamp that retrains people to enter the highly in-demand world of tech in just a month.
28.07.2020
Apple has pledged to expand its current carbon neutrality beyond its global corporate operations to the entire business, including the manufacturing supply chain, by 2030. The pledge covers all Apple products, as well as the energy used to manufacture and charge them.
27.07.2020
Every week, Maddyness brings you MaddyCrowd revealing our selection of projects available on crowdfunding platforms. Here's this week's selection.
25.07.2020
GovTech venture firm PUBLIC has announced its latest GovStart programme - the only UK accelerator dedicated to helping startups use their products to drive transformation and improve the delivery of public services.
24.07.2020
“In tough times, telehealth is just what the doctor ordered”. Thus read a headline The Times ran with in 2012, in reference to growing waiting times in the NHS, and the demand for digitalisation to alleviate some of the strain.
23.07.2020
The in-app meditation feature will provide Snapchatters with expert resources related to emotional and physical wellbeing while offering daily meditations and tools to help young users check-in with their friends and stay healthy.
23.07.2020
One way in which brands have overcome and utilised the lockdown restrictions is with Augmented Reality (AR) campaigns, providing consumers with innovative, engaging experiences, and involving them in their narrative in a way that was not previously possible. David Ripert CEO of Poplar, a leading 3D and AR creative platform, as well as President of the AR & VR Association, has created a list of his top ten AR campaigns in response to COVID-19.
21.07.2020
The environmental impact of e-commerce is facing renewed scrutiny with the proportion of shopping done online rocketing during COVID-19-imposed lockdowns.
13.07.2020
Insurtech UK, the trade body for UK startups in the fast-growing field of insurance-related technology, and Seedrs, the UK’s leading online investment platform, have announced a new partnership to connect emerging insurtechs with investors who are keen to see disruption in a ‘traditional market’.
13.07.2020
The medtech company is providing virtual wards, built around the use of connected medical wearables in the home, to allow NGH clinicians to remotely monitor the vital signs of recovering COVID-19 patients and those living with chronic illness.
09.07.2020
For generations, the way people deal with death has been the same. The funeral industry hasn’t changed in over 150 years but people's wishes and needs have evolved. The current process is cold, complex and incredibly stressful, and usually involves an expensive trip to a local solicitor and funeral home.
08.07.2020
Provenance, the leading transparency platform for brands, has been awarded the prestigious “Blockchains for Social Good” prize from the European Commission to continue their work enabling supply chain and impact information to be communicated and digitally authenticated through their pioneering software.
07.07.2020