The government has named the first public services to go digital, following the publication of 18 individual departmental digital strategies outlining moves to digital by default public services. The strategies detail how departments will ...
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The Association of American Publishers and Google have reached a settlement to end seven years of litigation over the company's book-scanning project. The agreement settles a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Google in October ...
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Near Field Communication, or NFC, is a contactless radio technology that can transmit data between two devices within a few centimetres of each other. Mobile phones are increasingly being equipped with NFC capabilities, enabling an array ...
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Vodafone is the latest UK technology company to invest in start-up technology businesses in London. The mobile giant will open a new technology and incubation centre in East London, an area dubbed as Tech City due to its proximity to the ...
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Volvo Car Group and Ericsson are planning to launch connected vehicle cloud which enables the drivers, passengers and the car to connect to services in the cloud. The technology will allow the customers to access applications regarding ...
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Communications regulator Ofcom's decision to permit mobile operator Everything Everywhere (EE) to use its existing 1800MHz spectrum to deliver 4G services has been slammed by rival operators O2 and Three. Ofcom was due to make a decision ...
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Sculpture enlargement and reduction company Synappsys Digital Services, based in Norman, OK, used NVision's 3D HandHeld laser scanner to create the model for a tribute to U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan that is now on display near Ground ...
Orange Digital, the subsidiary of Orange that manages digital services for EE, had a legacy physical infrastructure that was inadequate to offer scalability at low costs. Its IT team has adopted cloud services, not just for high ...
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The BBC is partnering with University College London(UCL)in a four-year research and development(R&D)programme to investigate the future of digital content. Over the next four years,the partnership between the BBC and UCL will focus on a ...
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The government has published its Digital Strategy document this morning,promising to improve online experiences for service users,and move rapidly towards"digital by default"access channels to replace telephone and in-person transactions. ...
The Government Digital Service (GDS) estimates it will save £1.8bn per year moving offline services to digital channels, according to a copy of its draft Digital Strategy seen by Computer Weekly. The focus of the strategy is on ...
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The government has confirmed plans to save billions of pounds per year by digitising public services transactions in its C. In its Digital Strategy and Digital Efficiency report, the Cabinet Office estimates it could save £1.7bn by ...
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The government has launched gov.uk as part of its Digital by Default agenda, to provide a single point of access to government information and services. The site, which has replaced the Directgov and Business Link services, forms a key ...
The government has saved £41m in website costs since July 2011, with the total number of sites down by 61 to 383, according to official figures. The news comes as the government moves to accelerate the closure of its website estate ...
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The government's main information services website Directgov is to be replaced by the new GOV.UK site from 17 October. The move to GOV.UK,which aims to provide all government websites under a single domain,is expected to create ...
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