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We believe in being both a recruitment partner and business partner; helping you attract, recruit, and retain the best talent for your company. With a genuine passion for the tech market, Eligo Technology has led the way in connecting the tech community, attending, sponsoring, and speaking at events worldwide.
What does that mean for you? We understand the right fit both culturally and technically for your company and often know exactly the right person for your requirements straight away. We're also the first place the best candidates come to for insight and job opportunities.
With offices in London and Birmingham, we're perfectly positioned to help.
We'd love to speak about partnering on your next tech recruitment project, please don't hesitate to get in touch below.
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We don't see ourselves merely as a separate entity or supplier to the Tech industry, we believe we are a part of it; getting out from behind our desks and engaging with the people that make it. We're proud to host, support, and attend various meetups, community groups, and events. Here's some of the ones coming up. Looking forward to seeing you there!
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With a genuine passion for the technology market and its community, our consultants go the extra mile recruiting for roles in Open Source, Mobile and Sitecore Development, Testing, Data Science and Analytics, Support and Infrastructure, SAP and ERP. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch to discuss how we can help with finding your next technology job or hire.
We have teams dedicated to covering a range of specialist markets including a Birmingham office for Midlands related recruitment and a bi-lingual International team working across Europe.
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Eligo consultants really understand the technology space, and are exceptionally attentive to client requirements, constantly refining their approach according to feedback. A standout service.
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Eligo's insight into the candidate market is invaluable and the consultants have a real grasp of what we are looking for.
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What makes Eligo different is the amount of time they invest in getting to grips with my company's requirements - not only in terms of the technologies but also the cultural requirement.
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The Eligo technology team are a breath of fresh air. It's refreshing to work with agents who understand my craft, and who take the time to understand me as a person and what it is I am looking for. If you are working with Open Source technologies and you aren't part of the Eligo family, then you should be.
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We worked with Eligo on two challenging hires; we couldn’t have asked for better support. Following a detailed briefing session with us on the role, our culture and needs they immediately understood our talent requirements. We were quickly presented with a strong bench of candidates, helping us employ two exceptional staff members to very specific briefs and in short order.
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They are a pleasure to work with and I would certainly recommend them to anyone looking for assistance in finding top talent.
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iDirect primarily engaged Eligo to utilise their network of Front End focused technical talent. Whilst performing well in this area, what really impressed me was their dedication to assisting the organisation across the board, including roles a lot of front-end recruiters would consider way out of their remit. Great service and excellent delivery from Eligo recruitment.
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Eligo has shown great enthusiasm and efficiency in providing the quality candidates we need. They invest time to fully understand our culture and take a real interest in what we do as a business. With new projects around the corner, we're looking forward to working more closely with Eligo to increase our recruitment drive.
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Eligo take the time to understand the environment and the culture of your business which shows in the quality of the candidates they put forward. They have found a number of gems for us and now Eligo are the only recruiter I go to when looking to fill a position in my team.
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Eligo are one of those rare agencies in the technical recruitment industry that care and understand about the importance of communities in Open Source and other technical disciplines. They are an advocate of getting people into the right place and are constant supporters of community events.
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Recruiters have a pretty bad reputation in the Open Source community. But Eligo consultants are a shining example of what a recruiter should be.
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Eligo is an exclusive partner of CV-Library and helps to support us with our technical recruitment, particularly with the harder to fill, senior roles. Rick has really taken the time to get to understand our team and the needs of the business, and as a result, is able to provide us with truly exceptional candidates. We've seen really positive results using Eligo and would definitely recommend it's services to others.
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Not only has Eligo helped us to successfully build our Perl team, but they have been a constant support to me in my role. They are always there with advice on our market and support me in what I'm trying to achieve. We've now been to events with Rick which has increased our brand within the market.
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Anne Rooke from Eligo has been responsible for bringing a wealth of IT talent to Dr Logic and has for the most part staffed our Company over the last few years! Working with Anne is almost like having an in-house recruitment specialist; she understands us like no other recruiter we’ve worked with and keeps one step ahead so that when we do have a requirement she often has someone earmarked for us already! Anne is professional but so easy to talk to she feels more a friend of the business than a supplier; she even popped across with Eligo beers for the team when we celebrated our 15th birthday earlier this year. It’s great having someone like Anne who understands the sort of talent we seek; she has an uncanny knack of finding the best people for our team, time and time again and I would have no hesitation in recommending her as a first class recruiter.
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Technology Industry News Update - #issue15
This month has been a turbulent one for many businesses and people, across the country and the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We're continuing to bring you the latest news across the technology industry. This month Tech companies are still hiring despite mass lay-offs elsewhere, Mercedes F1 create breathing aid for coronavirus patients, the UK government has ordered 10,000 ventilators from Dyson and much more. Tech companies still hiring despite mass layoffs elsewhere Tech companies are still hiring feverishly as they move to take advantage of a world that is shifting to a digital landscape as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Despite mass layoffs elsewhere, and growing concerns over plummeting global markets. In California alone, tech companies were looking to fill 15,852 jobs in the second week of March, nearly three times the level of roles from a year ago. Click here to read more (Financial Times) 19/03/2020 Investment and employment boom for the UK Tech Sector Tech Nation's released their annual report this month, which explores the current state of the UK tech sector. It reveals that 2019 was the year for investment and employment boom in the UK, from the UK digital sector growing 6 times faster than any other industry to UK companies securing a third of £30.4bn of investment raised by tech companies in Europe. Click here to read more (UKTN) 19/03/2020 Mercedes F1 to make breathing aid for coronavirus patients UCL engineers have worked with clinicians at UCLH and Mercedes Formula One to build a breathing aid that can help keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care. The team have created the device, that delivers oxygen to the lungs without needing a ventilator, in under a week. Forty new devices have been delivered to ULCH and three other London hospitals and if trials go well, up to 1,000 of the CPAP machines can be produced per day. Click here to read more (BBC) 30/03/2020 Barclaycard enables new £45 contactless limit Barclaycard will be rolling out the deployment of the new £45 contactless limit across UK retailers from 1 April 1 2020. The payments provider, which provides the technology to power over 150,000 terminals across the UK retail sector, is supporting the increased threshold to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus. Adjusting the contactless limit from £30 - £45 will allow more customers to make payments without touching terminals or handling cash. Click here to read more (UKTN) 24/03/2020 UK Gov Covid-19 WhatsApp bot working after a false start A Covid-19 WhatsApp bot set up by the UK government is finally working after problems during launch on Wednesday. Members of the public who message the bot can access pre-determined chunks of advice on symptoms or how to avoid spreading the disease. It failed to work for some users after it's launch, providing just an error message, but the BBC has not verified that the bot is working as intended. Click here to read more (BBC) 26/03/2020 Government orders 10,000 ventilators from Dyson The government has ordered 10,000 ventilators from Dyson to help deal with the coronavirus crisis. The firm headed by British inventor Sir James Dyson said it had designed a new type of ventilator in response to a call on behalf of the NHS and has hundreds of engineers working around the clock to design the ventilators from scratch. Click here to read more (BBC) 26/03/2020 NHS uses tech giants to plan crisis response Data collected via the NHS's 111 telephone service is to be mixed with other sources to help predict where ventilators, hospital beds, and medical staff will be most in need. The goal is to help health chiefs model the consequences of moving resources to best tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The plan is expected to be signed off by health secretary Matt Hancock and three US tech firms Amazon, Microsoft and Planatir are aiding in the effort. Click here to read more (BBC) 26/03/2020 Our Technology news update regularly features supplier news, product launches, events, our own articles, and much more. Check back each month to catch up on the industry news affecting the Technology sector collated by our team of Technology consultants. If you would like to receive our monthly newsletter straight to your inbox, then sign up below! Form ID:4640
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Technology Industry News Update #issue14
Another month, another issue of the latest in technology news! In our latest tech news update; Apple expects a miss of quarterly earnings estimates, 23 million Brits are expected to have digital-only bank accounts by 2025, Snapchat introduces intervention for mental health, the global smart home market is expected to reach 158bn by 2024 and much more. February Technology news update Apple to miss quarterly earnings estimates due to coronavirus Apple recently issued a rare earnings warning saying it would not meet quarterly revenue expectations due to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, which will limit iPhone production and limit product demand in China. This matters to Apple in particular because whilst many companies rely on China for production, Apply gets a significant chunk of its revenue from sales in China. Apple has stressed that it sees this impact as temporary "Outside of China, customer demand across our product and service categories have been strong to date and in line with our expectations." Click here to read more (Axios) 17/02/2020 23.2 million Brits expected to have digital-only bank accounts by 2025 According to a personal finance comparison website, finder.com, just over 2 in 5 (44%) of UK adults will have a digital-only bank account in five years time, equivalent to 23.2 million Brits. Currently, 12 million Brits have a digital-only bank account, but a fifth plan to get one in the next five years, with two thirds (65%) of those planning to do so over the next year. A high priority for consumers is the convenience that digital-only banks and their apps can offer, which has been voted as the top reason (two years in a row) for having a digital-only bank account. Click here to read more (UKTN) 19/02/2020 Snapchat introduces interventions for mental health Snapchat has recently been seen taking steps to claim some responsibility for its users' experience by adding a new tool called Here For You to its service. If you search topics ranging from depression to thinspo (the "thinspiration" content that can promote anorexia), Snap's results will intervene with helpful content written by experts. The move is meant to protect their most used audience, particularly young and malleable users of Snapchat, 90% of all 13 to 24 year-olds in the U.S use the app. Click here to read more (Fast Company) 11/02/2020 Global smart home market to reach 158bn by 2024 More and more homeowners are embracing smart home technology in recent years and according to data gathered by PreciseSecurity.com, the global smart home market revenue is expected to reach $158 billion value in the next four years. Because of the speed of 5G implementation, the global smart-home ecosystem is set to continue its rapid expansion and recent investments from tech giants such as Apple, Google, Amazon and Alibaba have transformed the landscape significantly. Click here to read more (UKTN) 07/02/2020 UK's 5G network well within safety limits, Ofcom tests find The rollout of ultra-fast 5G mobile connectivity has sparked debate and fears that the new transmission masts could be dangerous to humans. However, the first safety tests, run by Ofcom, of 5G base stations have found radiation levels are at "tiny fractions" of safe limits. The tests covered 16 locations in 10 cities across the UK where 5G enabled mobile base stations had been set up and measured the strength of the electromagnetic field. Click here to read more (BBC News) 24/02/2020 Samsung Electronics says UK website error exposed data of 150 customers Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Wednesday that a "technical error" on its U.K. website had temporarily exposed the personal data of about 150 users. The South Korean manufacturer said it stopped all users logging into the site after it became aware of the error, which it said has since been resolved and only affected the U.K. Samsung has not stated how long exactly the data was exposed, but the vulnerable information included phone numbers, postal and email addresses and previous orders. Click here to read more (Reuters) 26/02/2020 Our Technology news update regularly features supplier news, product launches, events, our own articles, and much more. Check back each month to catch up on the industry news affecting the Technology sector collated by our team of Technology consultants. If you would like to receive our monthly newsletter straight to your inbox, then sign up below! Form ID:4640
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Technology Industry News Update - #issue13
We made it through what felt like the longest month of this year so far and to commence the end of January welcome back to our monthly news update, where we bring you the latest technology news updates and industry events. In our first technology news update of the year, we cover scientists creating the first-ever 'living robots', driverless pods begin public trials in the UK, a new code has been set up to protect children's privacy online, Facebook creates 1,000 new UK jobs and much more! You'll have to keep reading to find out! Technology news Major breakthrough for scientists who create first 'living robots' A team of researchers have taken cells from frog embryos and turned them into a machine that can be programmed to do, well, anything. These 'completely biological machines' otherwise known as 'xenobots' could be dispatched to transport medicine around a patient's body or clean up pollution from the oceans. The scientists also say that as the robots are entirely new life-forms created out of living cells, they can also heal themselves if they are damaged. The researcher team described their major breakthrough in a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Click here to read more (Independent) 13/01/2020 Facebook to create 1,000 new roles in London Facebook has big plans this year, which includes creating 1,000 new roles in London, taking its UK workforce to more than 4,000. The company announced that these new job opportunities will be purely technology-focused, covering software engineering, product design and data science. This is all part of Facebook's 2020 plan to tackle harmful content online, after recent growing pressure on social media firms to remove posts promoting self-harm and political extremism. Many of these technology roles are expected to help the company address the challenges of an open internet and develop artificial intelligence to find and remove harmful content more quickly. Click here to read more (BBC News) 21/01/2020 New code set to protect children's privacy online The UK's data watchdog has set up a new privacy code that social media sites, online games and streaming services, used by children, will have to abide by. The new Age Appropriate Design Code includes a list of 15 standards that companies behind online services are expected to comply with, to protect children's privacy. These new standards follow concerns over young people suffering from grooming by predators, data misuse, problem gambling and access to damaging content which could affect their mental health. Click here to read more (BBC News) 22/01/2020 Public trials of driverless, autonomous transport pods begin in the UK Autonomous, driverless transport pods will be tested on the public for the first time in the UK, using sensors, radar and vision processing to navigate areas crowded with pedestrians, push-chairs and bikes. The driverless vehicles are being trialled in Bristol by infrastructure firm AECOM, which is working with partners including the Bristol Robotics Laboratory to develop autonomous vehicles. Researchers will be studying the public's reaction to autonomous transport, which will be the first test of it's kind allowing members of the public to travel in the pods without any dedicated supervisor inside. Click here to read more (Sky News) 21/01/2020 2019 was a record-breaking year for growth in UK tech sector 2019 was a record-breaking year for the tech industry as investments in the UK tech sector soared to £10.1bn, a £3.1bn increase in 2018 and the highest level in UK history. The number of rapidly growing UK tech companies soared as venture capital investment increased by 44% in 2019 and growth in VC investment exceeded 40% for the third year in a row. On a global scale the UK's performance in 2019 means it now sits behind US and China in terms of total VC funding received in 2019. Click here to read more (Tech Nation) 15/01/2020 AWS Engineer accidentally published passwords and confidential info to GitHub repository If you think you're having a bad day at work...An Amazon Web Services engineer has published exchanges with customers that included passwords, AWS key pairs and private keys to a public GitHub repository by accident. In addition to data related to computer systems like credentials, logs, and code, the repository also contained assorted documents that established the identity of the owner and their relationship to AWS. A couple of hours after the discovery, UpGuard notified AWS security, and the repo was taken offline. Click here to read more (The Register) 23/01/2020 Eligo blog of the month What’s imposter syndrome and how can you overcome it in 2020? At the start of a new year, many of us look to check in with our current career situation and if you’re coming back to the same job, wanting to move on or actually starting a new role this year. One thing you might have in common is the tiny voice at the back of your head whispering: “I have no idea what I’m doing”, “Am I good enough for this role?”, or “I don’t deserve this promotion”. That little annoying inner voice of career self-doubt is probably what is known as, imposter syndrome. Click here to read more Upcoming events Women in Tech Club Powerhouse Session - 18/02/2020 This interactive workshop led by some of the most well-respected coaches and mentors in the UK will give you the necessary tools and techniques to own your personal and professional development journey. Participants will be split into 10 coaching groups of up to 7 members each. Each participant will be assigned to a coaching group based on their area of interest. Find out more here PHP UK Conference - 20/02/2020 The largest dedicated PHP event in Europe, PHP UK welcomes hundreds of leading developers to London for three days of workshops, talks, networking and socials. Attend an event packed with up-to-date content about PHP development and related technologies in a comfortable and professional setting. Find out more here London Tech Job Fair Spring 2020 - 27/02/2020 TechMeetups is a Global cluster of 21 interconnected communities with 60,000+ startups, students and graduates, professionals, coders, salespeople, financiers, marketers & developers across the world. We have communities all over the world. Find out more here Our Technology news update regularly features supplier news, product launches, events, our own articles, and much more. Check back each month to catch up on the industry news affecting the Technology sector collated by our team of Technology consultants. If you would like to receive our monthly newsletter straight to your inbox, then sign up below! Form ID:4640
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Technology Industry News Update - #issue12
With the New Year approaching now is a good a time as any to wrap up the end of the month with our technology industry news. This month we cover boards being left behind by digital, the top Google searches of 2019, Facebook pledges 130 Million to content oversight, Twitter's plans for a 'decentralized standard', and much more. See you again in 2020, Happy New Year! Boards being left behind by digital The International Research Report has found that digital innovation has risen rapidly towards the top of boardroom agendas this year (ranking 2nd as a priority), but board members report that they are losing confidence in the digital ability in the boardroom – as less than half (47%) feel they have the correct skills to drive digital transformation in comparison with 58% the previous year. Click here to read more (UKTN) 02/12/2019 Closing the tech wage gap: why people of colour get paid less Mehul Patel gives his opinion on the wage gap stating that racial pay disparity is arguably one of the biggest problems in tech today. "The technology industry brands itself as forward-thinking, but salary data tells another story." Data from City.A.M's State of Salaries report revealed that the wage gap between black tech workers and their white colleagues is worryingly large and growing. Click here to read more (City.A.M) 11/12/2019 New Instagram notification feature for possible offensive captions Instagram wants you to think twice about that photo caption, with its new feature that will notify you if your photo caption could be considered offensive, giving you the chance to change it before you post. This new addition is said to be part of the platform's growing antibullying efforts, with a spokesperson for the company stating In our continued effort to lead the industry in the fight against online bullying, we are launching a new feature that asks people to reflect on a post that may contain bullying before it's posted." Click here to read more (CNET) 16/12/2019 Top Google searches for 2019 With 2019 drawing to a close, Google announces its top searches from the year which includes Sport, TV, celebrities and Notre Dame. The Rugby tournament in Japan came out on top as the most searched term of the year as England climbed through the knock-out stage to lose 32-12 to South Africa in the October final. And sport was not the only thing gripping the nation, with Game Of Thrones coming in as the third most googled query as the eight-year TV drama series came to a controversial close. Click here to read more (Sky News) 11/12/2019 Facebook pledges $130 million to content oversight board Facebook has committed an initial $130 million to fund an independent oversight board, but said it would not announce its members this year, as originally expected. The board will be able to make final decisions on whether individual pieces of content - such as a sensitive video or ad - should be displayed on the site, even over-ruling Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg. The board is one of Facebook’s high-profile efforts to respond to criticism over how it handles problematic content and transparency around its decision-making. Click here to read more (UK Reuters) 12/12/2019 Twitter's plans for a 'decentralized standard' Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey has announced that Twitter Inc plans to set up an independent research group to create an "open and decentralized standard" for social media networks. According to Dorsey, centralized solutions are struggling to meet many new challenges faced by social networks, including large scale content moderation, and that the new standard will not be owned by any single private corporation. Click here to read more (Business Insider) 11/12/2019 AI facial recognition fails on race According to a US government study, facial recognition algorithms are far less accurate at identifying African-American and Asian faces compared to Caucasian faces. This throws new doubt on whether such technology should be used by law enforcement agencies. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (Nist) tested 189 algorithms from 99 developers, including Intel, Microsoft, Toshiba, and Chinese firms Tencent and DiDi Chuxing. Click here to read more (BBC News) 20/12/2019 Apple's top apps in 2019 Every year Apple reveals both its top choice for the best apps, along with the most downloaded across its devices and app stores. 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This month has been a turbulent one for many businesses and people, across the country and the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We're continuing to bring you the latest news across the technology industry. This month Tech companies are still hiring despite mass lay-offs elsewhere, Mercedes F1 create breathing aid for coronavirus patients, the UK government has ordered 10,000 ventilators from Dyson and much more. Tech companies still hiring despite mass layoffs elsewhere Tech companies are still hiring feverishly as they move to take advantage of a world that is shifting to a digital landscape as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Despite mass layoffs elsewhere, and growing concerns over plummeting global markets. In California alone, tech companies were looking to fill 15,852 jobs in the second week of March, nearly three times the level of roles from a year ago. Click here to read more (Financial Times) 19/03/2020 Investment and employment boom for the UK Tech Sector Tech Nation's released their annual report this month, which explores the current state of the UK tech sector. It reveals that 2019 was the year for investment and employment boom in the UK, from the UK digital sector growing 6 times faster than any other industry to UK companies securing a third of £30.4bn of investment raised by tech companies in Europe. Click here to read more (UKTN) 19/03/2020 Mercedes F1 to make breathing aid for coronavirus patients UCL engineers have worked with clinicians at UCLH and Mercedes Formula One to build a breathing aid that can help keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care. The team have created the device, that delivers oxygen to the lungs without needing a ventilator, in under a week. Forty new devices have been delivered to ULCH and three other London hospitals and if trials go well, up to 1,000 of the CPAP machines can be produced per day. Click here to read more (BBC) 30/03/2020 Barclaycard enables new £45 contactless limit Barclaycard will be rolling out the deployment of the new £45 contactless limit across UK retailers from 1 April 1 2020. The payments provider, which provides the technology to power over 150,000 terminals across the UK retail sector, is supporting the increased threshold to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus. Adjusting the contactless limit from £30 - £45 will allow more customers to make payments without touching terminals or handling cash. Click here to read more (UKTN) 24/03/2020 UK Gov Covid-19 WhatsApp bot working after a false start A Covid-19 WhatsApp bot set up by the UK government is finally working after problems during launch on Wednesday. Members of the public who message the bot can access pre-determined chunks of advice on symptoms or how to avoid spreading the disease. It failed to work for some users after it's launch, providing just an error message, but the BBC has not verified that the bot is working as intended. Click here to read more (BBC) 26/03/2020 Government orders 10,000 ventilators from Dyson The government has ordered 10,000 ventilators from Dyson to help deal with the coronavirus crisis. The firm headed by British inventor Sir James Dyson said it had designed a new type of ventilator in response to a call on behalf of the NHS and has hundreds of engineers working around the clock to design the ventilators from scratch. Click here to read more (BBC) 26/03/2020 NHS uses tech giants to plan crisis response Data collected via the NHS's 111 telephone service is to be mixed with other sources to help predict where ventilators, hospital beds, and medical staff will be most in need. The goal is to help health chiefs model the consequences of moving resources to best tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The plan is expected to be signed off by health secretary Matt Hancock and three US tech firms Amazon, Microsoft and Planatir are aiding in the effort. Click here to read more (BBC) 26/03/2020 Our Technology news update regularly features supplier news, product launches, events, our own articles, and much more. Check back each month to catch up on the industry news affecting the Technology sector collated by our team of Technology consultants. If you would like to receive our monthly newsletter straight to your inbox, then sign up below! Form ID:4640
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Another month, another issue of the latest in technology news! In our latest tech news update; Apple expects a miss of quarterly earnings estimates, 23 million Brits are expected to have digital-only bank accounts by 2025, Snapchat introduces intervention for mental health, the global smart home market is expected to reach 158bn by 2024 and much more. February Technology news update Apple to miss quarterly earnings estimates due to coronavirus Apple recently issued a rare earnings warning saying it would not meet quarterly revenue expectations due to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, which will limit iPhone production and limit product demand in China. This matters to Apple in particular because whilst many companies rely on China for production, Apply gets a significant chunk of its revenue from sales in China. Apple has stressed that it sees this impact as temporary "Outside of China, customer demand across our product and service categories have been strong to date and in line with our expectations." Click here to read more (Axios) 17/02/2020 23.2 million Brits expected to have digital-only bank accounts by 2025 According to a personal finance comparison website, finder.com, just over 2 in 5 (44%) of UK adults will have a digital-only bank account in five years time, equivalent to 23.2 million Brits. Currently, 12 million Brits have a digital-only bank account, but a fifth plan to get one in the next five years, with two thirds (65%) of those planning to do so over the next year. A high priority for consumers is the convenience that digital-only banks and their apps can offer, which has been voted as the top reason (two years in a row) for having a digital-only bank account. Click here to read more (UKTN) 19/02/2020 Snapchat introduces interventions for mental health Snapchat has recently been seen taking steps to claim some responsibility for its users' experience by adding a new tool called Here For You to its service. If you search topics ranging from depression to thinspo (the "thinspiration" content that can promote anorexia), Snap's results will intervene with helpful content written by experts. The move is meant to protect their most used audience, particularly young and malleable users of Snapchat, 90% of all 13 to 24 year-olds in the U.S use the app. Click here to read more (Fast Company) 11/02/2020 Global smart home market to reach 158bn by 2024 More and more homeowners are embracing smart home technology in recent years and according to data gathered by PreciseSecurity.com, the global smart home market revenue is expected to reach $158 billion value in the next four years. Because of the speed of 5G implementation, the global smart-home ecosystem is set to continue its rapid expansion and recent investments from tech giants such as Apple, Google, Amazon and Alibaba have transformed the landscape significantly. Click here to read more (UKTN) 07/02/2020 UK's 5G network well within safety limits, Ofcom tests find The rollout of ultra-fast 5G mobile connectivity has sparked debate and fears that the new transmission masts could be dangerous to humans. However, the first safety tests, run by Ofcom, of 5G base stations have found radiation levels are at "tiny fractions" of safe limits. The tests covered 16 locations in 10 cities across the UK where 5G enabled mobile base stations had been set up and measured the strength of the electromagnetic field. Click here to read more (BBC News) 24/02/2020 Samsung Electronics says UK website error exposed data of 150 customers Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Wednesday that a "technical error" on its U.K. website had temporarily exposed the personal data of about 150 users. The South Korean manufacturer said it stopped all users logging into the site after it became aware of the error, which it said has since been resolved and only affected the U.K. Samsung has not stated how long exactly the data was exposed, but the vulnerable information included phone numbers, postal and email addresses and previous orders. Click here to read more (Reuters) 26/02/2020 Our Technology news update regularly features supplier news, product launches, events, our own articles, and much more. Check back each month to catch up on the industry news affecting the Technology sector collated by our team of Technology consultants. If you would like to receive our monthly newsletter straight to your inbox, then sign up below! Form ID:4640
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We made it through what felt like the longest month of this year so far and to commence the end of January welcome back to our monthly news update, where we bring you the latest technology news updates and industry events. In our first technology news update of the year, we cover scientists creating the first-ever 'living robots', driverless pods begin public trials in the UK, a new code has been set up to protect children's privacy online, Facebook creates 1,000 new UK jobs and much more! You'll have to keep reading to find out! Technology news Major breakthrough for scientists who create first 'living robots' A team of researchers have taken cells from frog embryos and turned them into a machine that can be programmed to do, well, anything. These 'completely biological machines' otherwise known as 'xenobots' could be dispatched to transport medicine around a patient's body or clean up pollution from the oceans. The scientists also say that as the robots are entirely new life-forms created out of living cells, they can also heal themselves if they are damaged. The researcher team described their major breakthrough in a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Click here to read more (Independent) 13/01/2020 Facebook to create 1,000 new roles in London Facebook has big plans this year, which includes creating 1,000 new roles in London, taking its UK workforce to more than 4,000. The company announced that these new job opportunities will be purely technology-focused, covering software engineering, product design and data science. This is all part of Facebook's 2020 plan to tackle harmful content online, after recent growing pressure on social media firms to remove posts promoting self-harm and political extremism. Many of these technology roles are expected to help the company address the challenges of an open internet and develop artificial intelligence to find and remove harmful content more quickly. Click here to read more (BBC News) 21/01/2020 New code set to protect children's privacy online The UK's data watchdog has set up a new privacy code that social media sites, online games and streaming services, used by children, will have to abide by. The new Age Appropriate Design Code includes a list of 15 standards that companies behind online services are expected to comply with, to protect children's privacy. These new standards follow concerns over young people suffering from grooming by predators, data misuse, problem gambling and access to damaging content which could affect their mental health. Click here to read more (BBC News) 22/01/2020 Public trials of driverless, autonomous transport pods begin in the UK Autonomous, driverless transport pods will be tested on the public for the first time in the UK, using sensors, radar and vision processing to navigate areas crowded with pedestrians, push-chairs and bikes. The driverless vehicles are being trialled in Bristol by infrastructure firm AECOM, which is working with partners including the Bristol Robotics Laboratory to develop autonomous vehicles. Researchers will be studying the public's reaction to autonomous transport, which will be the first test of it's kind allowing members of the public to travel in the pods without any dedicated supervisor inside. Click here to read more (Sky News) 21/01/2020 2019 was a record-breaking year for growth in UK tech sector 2019 was a record-breaking year for the tech industry as investments in the UK tech sector soared to £10.1bn, a £3.1bn increase in 2018 and the highest level in UK history. The number of rapidly growing UK tech companies soared as venture capital investment increased by 44% in 2019 and growth in VC investment exceeded 40% for the third year in a row. On a global scale the UK's performance in 2019 means it now sits behind US and China in terms of total VC funding received in 2019. Click here to read more (Tech Nation) 15/01/2020 AWS Engineer accidentally published passwords and confidential info to GitHub repository If you think you're having a bad day at work...An Amazon Web Services engineer has published exchanges with customers that included passwords, AWS key pairs and private keys to a public GitHub repository by accident. In addition to data related to computer systems like credentials, logs, and code, the repository also contained assorted documents that established the identity of the owner and their relationship to AWS. A couple of hours after the discovery, UpGuard notified AWS security, and the repo was taken offline. Click here to read more (The Register) 23/01/2020 Eligo blog of the month What’s imposter syndrome and how can you overcome it in 2020? At the start of a new year, many of us look to check in with our current career situation and if you’re coming back to the same job, wanting to move on or actually starting a new role this year. One thing you might have in common is the tiny voice at the back of your head whispering: “I have no idea what I’m doing”, “Am I good enough for this role?”, or “I don’t deserve this promotion”. That little annoying inner voice of career self-doubt is probably what is known as, imposter syndrome. Click here to read more Upcoming events Women in Tech Club Powerhouse Session - 18/02/2020 This interactive workshop led by some of the most well-respected coaches and mentors in the UK will give you the necessary tools and techniques to own your personal and professional development journey. Participants will be split into 10 coaching groups of up to 7 members each. Each participant will be assigned to a coaching group based on their area of interest. Find out more here PHP UK Conference - 20/02/2020 The largest dedicated PHP event in Europe, PHP UK welcomes hundreds of leading developers to London for three days of workshops, talks, networking and socials. Attend an event packed with up-to-date content about PHP development and related technologies in a comfortable and professional setting. Find out more here London Tech Job Fair Spring 2020 - 27/02/2020 TechMeetups is a Global cluster of 21 interconnected communities with 60,000+ startups, students and graduates, professionals, coders, salespeople, financiers, marketers & developers across the world. We have communities all over the world. Find out more here Our Technology news update regularly features supplier news, product launches, events, our own articles, and much more. Check back each month to catch up on the industry news affecting the Technology sector collated by our team of Technology consultants. If you would like to receive our monthly newsletter straight to your inbox, then sign up below! Form ID:4640
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With the New Year approaching now is a good a time as any to wrap up the end of the month with our technology industry news. This month we cover boards being left behind by digital, the top Google searches of 2019, Facebook pledges 130 Million to content oversight, Twitter's plans for a 'decentralized standard', and much more. See you again in 2020, Happy New Year! Boards being left behind by digital The International Research Report has found that digital innovation has risen rapidly towards the top of boardroom agendas this year (ranking 2nd as a priority), but board members report that they are losing confidence in the digital ability in the boardroom – as less than half (47%) feel they have the correct skills to drive digital transformation in comparison with 58% the previous year. Click here to read more (UKTN) 02/12/2019 Closing the tech wage gap: why people of colour get paid less Mehul Patel gives his opinion on the wage gap stating that racial pay disparity is arguably one of the biggest problems in tech today. "The technology industry brands itself as forward-thinking, but salary data tells another story." Data from City.A.M's State of Salaries report revealed that the wage gap between black tech workers and their white colleagues is worryingly large and growing. Click here to read more (City.A.M) 11/12/2019 New Instagram notification feature for possible offensive captions Instagram wants you to think twice about that photo caption, with its new feature that will notify you if your photo caption could be considered offensive, giving you the chance to change it before you post. This new addition is said to be part of the platform's growing antibullying efforts, with a spokesperson for the company stating In our continued effort to lead the industry in the fight against online bullying, we are launching a new feature that asks people to reflect on a post that may contain bullying before it's posted." Click here to read more (CNET) 16/12/2019 Top Google searches for 2019 With 2019 drawing to a close, Google announces its top searches from the year which includes Sport, TV, celebrities and Notre Dame. The Rugby tournament in Japan came out on top as the most searched term of the year as England climbed through the knock-out stage to lose 32-12 to South Africa in the October final. And sport was not the only thing gripping the nation, with Game Of Thrones coming in as the third most googled query as the eight-year TV drama series came to a controversial close. Click here to read more (Sky News) 11/12/2019 Facebook pledges $130 million to content oversight board Facebook has committed an initial $130 million to fund an independent oversight board, but said it would not announce its members this year, as originally expected. The board will be able to make final decisions on whether individual pieces of content - such as a sensitive video or ad - should be displayed on the site, even over-ruling Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg. The board is one of Facebook’s high-profile efforts to respond to criticism over how it handles problematic content and transparency around its decision-making. Click here to read more (UK Reuters) 12/12/2019 Twitter's plans for a 'decentralized standard' Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey has announced that Twitter Inc plans to set up an independent research group to create an "open and decentralized standard" for social media networks. According to Dorsey, centralized solutions are struggling to meet many new challenges faced by social networks, including large scale content moderation, and that the new standard will not be owned by any single private corporation. Click here to read more (Business Insider) 11/12/2019 AI facial recognition fails on race According to a US government study, facial recognition algorithms are far less accurate at identifying African-American and Asian faces compared to Caucasian faces. This throws new doubt on whether such technology should be used by law enforcement agencies. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (Nist) tested 189 algorithms from 99 developers, including Intel, Microsoft, Toshiba, and Chinese firms Tencent and DiDi Chuxing. Click here to read more (BBC News) 20/12/2019 Apple's top apps in 2019 Every year Apple reveals both its top choice for the best apps, along with the most downloaded across its devices and app stores. This time around, winners were revealed as part of an Apple "special event" in New York City, which honoured the developers who created them. Unusually, Apple did not use the event to make any of its own announcements or to reveal new products, but instead highlighted developers that make their apps available through its platform. Click here to read more (Independent) 03/12/2019 Our Technology news update regularly features supplier news, product launches, events, our own articles, and much more. Check back each month to catch up on the industry news affecting the Technology sector collated by our team of Technology consultants. If you would like to receive our monthly newsletter straight to your inbox, then sign up below! Form ID:4640
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