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31/01/2020

Our Clients Director Miles has taken the lead on Our Week in Digital this week. For more on what is happening in the world of and , head on over to our blog.
https://www.ignite.digital/our-week-in-digi…le-of-two-trends/

23/01/2020

The chancellor, Sajid Javid, has insisted that the UK will go ahead with plans for a tax on giant tech companies this spring despite intensifying pressure from the US to drop the idea.

Do you think this will benefit your industry or not? Let us know in the comments!

Washington threatens retaliation over 2% levy on giant tech companies

22/01/2020

London-based venture firm Blossom Capital has launched a new $185m (£142m) fund in a move it said would help stop the flow of European entrepreneurs relocating to the US.

Blossom, which has backed companies including payments firm Checkout.com, said the latest cash would allow it to "tap into Europe’s unrivalled opportunity" in areas such as fintech.

As we have seen over the past year or so, London's investment is booming. Hopefully this is indicative of a bright future!

London-based venture firm Blossom Capital has launched a new $185m (£142m) fund in a move it said would help stop the flow of European entrepreneurs relocating to the US.

21/01/2020

Google has pledged to take further action on climate change, saying its current practice of offsetting emissions from its power-hungry data centres is insufficient to address the issue.

In 2016, it was reported that the world’s data centres used more than Britain’s total electricity consumption - 416.2 terawatt hours, significantly higher than the UK’s 300 terawatt hours. At three percent of the global electricity supply and accounting for about two percent of total greenhouse gas emissions, data centres have the same carbon footprint as the aviation industry.

This is a great step from Google, what else do you think tech companies should be doing to combat climate change? Let us know in the comments!

Google has pledged to take further action on climate change, saying its current practice of offsetting emissions from its power-hungry data centres is insufficient to address the issue.

20/01/2020

You may have seen last week we reported that Alphabet, Google's parent company was very close to achieving a $1tn valuation...and now, they've done it!

This puts them as the 4th company in history to achieve this feat. Some analysts predict that they could double in value again to become a $2tn firm “in the near future”.

What are your thoughts on this? Leave us a comment below!

As Alphabet becomes the latest firm to achieve a 13-figure market cap, analysts still forecast years of growth ahead

16/01/2020

Electric van company Arrival has joined an elite club of “unicorn” start-ups valued at more than $1bn after South Korean car companies Hyundai and Kia handed it €100m (£86m) of investment.

The British firm, which plans to use 10,000sq ft “microfactories” to build vans, described the deal as the start of a strategic partnership that values it at €3bn.

What are your thoughts? Leave us a comment below!

Electric van company Arrival has joined an elite club of “unicorn” start-ups valued at more than $1bn after South Korean car companies Hyundai and Kia handed it €100m (£86m) of investment.

15/01/2020

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, reached a value of $993bn on Monday, with analysts expecting it to cross the $1tn mark soon.

Google accounted for 73% of the ad market in search in the US and 31.1% of global digital ad dollars in 2019, according to eMarketer. In the last quarter its revenues were $40.5bn, 20% higher than the same period in 2018. Alphabet had over $117bn in cash on its books last year, more than Apple which had a cash pile of over $102bn.

Do you think Google have a monopoly over search that we should be worried about? Leave us a comment below!

Alphabet may join Apple, Microsoft and Amazon when it reports latest earnings, another sign of the unstoppable rise of tech

14/01/2020

Our data recruitment specialist, Becky has written a fantastic article on data and analytics trends within the consumer products and retail space.

Head to our blog for the full article!

2019 saw a lot of activity within the field of data and analytics. Privacy regulations have been enforced across the world, organisations have steadily been migrating much of their data infrastructure to the cloud and AI has exploded, with companies taking steps to monopolise on the benefits that ca...

14/01/2020

Today Travelex resumed service after a cyber attack which began on the 31st December.

The hackers are holding the company's data ransom for $6 million. Speaking to the BBC, they said they took 5 GBs of "valuable customer data."

Incidents like this really highlight the need for cutting edge cybersecurity teams within businesses and organisations to prevent things like this from happening. The UK is currently experiencing a considerable cybersecurity skills gap and this only looks set to grow.

If you need help building your cybersecurity team then please get in contact!

On December 31, 2019, the worldwide currency exchange company Travelex discovered that hackers breached its system. It's been offline ever since.

13/01/2020

Did you keep up to date with what went on at CES? Here is the BBC's roundup of the biggest surprises.

Sony, Samsung and LG all had secrets to unveil at the technology expo in Las Vegas.