UK parenting startup Funifi has introduced a mobile app to make chores a fun experience for children, working in partnership with Unilever through its Foundry scheme, which provides technology innovators support, experience and investment.
Declaring it a UK first, Barclays has revealed plans to let individuals make payments to each other and small businesses via Twitter handles and its Pingit banking app.
By Simon Brooke
While often seen as big cost developments rolled out by larger businesses, smartphone applications (apps) are increasingly becoming useful tools for SMEs as the build cost comes down.
British feelings towards wearable devices vary greatly, as some people think the technology is embarrassing and ugly, while others believe the gadgets make owners look intelligent and cool – here’s what the UK’s businesses need to consider.
British tech business SwiftKey has grown its team with a handful of new executive hires from companies including Google, King, and Cable and Wireless.
Companies in the UK are ready to truly embrace mobility this year, as IT leaders plan to invest in smartphones, apps, video conferencing and more, according to study from businesses communications firm Olive Communications.
Dropbox opened its first UK office in London on 22 January and marked the launch with a hackathon on 23-24 January, which 120 app developers joined to demonstrate their coding capabilities.
London-headquartered mobile business Shazam has secured a $30m investment, which takes the company value to more than $1bn.
As digital technologies continue to evolve beyond the PC, 87 per cent of retailers are planning to make mobile marketing a key priority in 2015.
Video-based learning app for children, Hopster, has secured a multi-million funding round to expand growth of the British operation internationally.
