Ugh, it’s 2021 and your company’s digital transformation is still only skin deep

Ugh, it’s 2021 and your company’s digital transformation is still only skin deep It’s amazing how many enterprises are still just going through the motions. Only digital adoption can meet customer demands Consumers have gone through their own digital transformations. The pandemic forced banking, shopping, payments, and healthcare online, and that move is likely to be permanent. Some78% of consumersnow prefer to use online or mobile payments instead of payments in person....

4 min · 837 words · Lisa Cruz

Uhh, Donald Trump is launching a social network called… Truth

In a perfectly aligned joke,rumors emerged aboutFacebook renaming itself,Donald Trump has launched a new social network namedTruth. That’s a bold choice, given how Trump has been accused of making more than hisfair share ofmisleading statementsover the years. Trump’s team said the new social network will be a rival “to the liberal media consortium and fight back against ‘Big Tech’ companies of Silicon Valley.”Like we haven’t heard that one before. Okay, well, maybe not from a former US president....

2 min · 405 words · Carrie Lang

UK Apple Stores lock up inventory due to riots and looting

The ongoing riots and looting in various locations throughout the UK are causing some Apple Stores to take no chances. Twitter userTerry Allenshot a couple of images of the Liverpool ONE Apple Store which had emptied its shelvs of inventory and moved them upstairs to prevent looting. In addition, the Regent Street store in London is being guarded by police and the Canterbury, Kent store is also empty. The store, which normally looks something like the image below, is located on the ground floor of the Liverpool One Shopping Centre, which is onParadise Street in Liverpool....

2 min · 244 words · Christopher Taylor

UK Band ‘The Vaccines’ use Instagram to crowdsource new video

UK band ‘The Vaccines’ is creating its latest video for upcoming single ‘Wetsuit’, using photos shot by fans usingInstagram. The London-based band have asked fans to tag photos that they take at festivals with#vaccinesvideo, thus the fans’ snaps can be easily collated to form an animated photo video. The Vaccines are thought to be the first band to create a music video using Instagram. Fans can submit photos live, just by shooting and tagging, or by filtering and tagging festival photos they already have on their iOS device....

2 min · 288 words · Cody Johnson

UK begs designers to make EV charging points as ‘iconic’ as red phone boxes

The British Department for Transport (DfT) plans to make EV charging points as iconic as the red phone boxes designed bySir Giles Gilbert Scott back in 1926,The Telegraphreports. Specifically, the DfT is offering a£200,000 ($283,400) contract to a design team that can develop an “iconic, functional public electric vehicle charge point.” The government believes that, by making charging points more appealing to the eye, it can accelerate the expansion of the country’s charging network and, ultimately, the transition to EVs....

2 min · 426 words · Claire Walker
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