Can London Compete with Silicon Valley?
Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron has set out to transform a trendy part of London’s East End into a world-leading technology centre to rival Silicon Valley. But how can the UK government recreate three decades of Californian culture and technology in London’s East End? I interview some Shoreditch startups to find out what attracted them to East London and how it compares to Silicon Valley. Read More
Playing with some exciting augmented reality at @holition’s offices #shoreditchtech
Playing with some exciting augmented reality at @holition’s offices #shoreditchtech
Qualcomm Innovates
At the Science Museum in London, I got to demo what Qualcomm is working on such as vision-based augmented reality technology, a colour display that reflects ambient light and a peer-to-peer recommendation service via Facebook. I also spoke to Qualcomm about the challenges of developing chipsets for competing operating systems as well as confirming and debunking some recent rumours. Read More
Mobile Dating
Lonely and living in London, then download StreetSpark on your mobile phone and start meeting new people while you are out and about. Whatever happened to good old fashioned online dating? Read More
Android Serves an Ace
If you’re going to Wimbledon, the updated IBM Seer app for iPhone and Android mixes augmented reality, location-based video streams and real time data to offer you a more tech-enhanced tennis experience. Read More
(Augmented) Reality Bites
Augmented Reality – AR for short – is the hot topic of the moment. So I have been augmenting my London-based activities with some of the latest AR mobile apps to find out how life-enhancing they really are. Check out the video: Read More
