Bango opens up app store payment platform to selected digital merchants
The Bango Payment Platform, used by major app stores for Direct Operator Billing (DOB), is now available to selected digital merchants. From today, best in class, “app store quality” payments are available beyond the app stores, to mobile websites and HTML5 web apps.
Horizon Discovery wins European Mediscience’s Emerging Star Award 2014
Horizon Discovery Group plc, the international life science company supplying research tools to organisations engaged in genomics research and the development of personalised medicines, is delighted to announce that it has won the “Emerging Star” category at last night’s (Thursday's) European Mediscience Awards in London.
Grab one of the few remaining tickets for CUTEC's Technology Ventures Conference
Don’t miss your last chance to attend the largest student-led entrepreneurship conference at the University of Cambridge. TVC brings together more than 400 entrepreneurs, investors, technologists, academics and students to connect, collaborate and debate with visionary speakers on the present and the future of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Blazing-fast broadband - GTC launches 300Mbps as standard
GTC has officially launched its fastest-ever broadband service, offering reliable speeds of 300Mbps over its Fibre-to-the-Home network.
Modelling how neurons work together
A highly accurate model of how neurons behave when performing complex movements could aid in the design of robotic limbs which behave more realistically.
Work to improve A1 Black Cat roundabout starts next week
Work to reduce congestion on the A1 at Black Cat roundabout, on the Bedfordshire - Cambridgeshire border near St Neots, will start next week.
SonoSite gives Scottish sport the EDGE™
A SonoSite EDGE™ point-of-care ultrasound system is currently being used to full advantage by sports and exercise medicine teams in Scotland to quickly diagnose musculoskeletal conditions, guide treatment and get athletes back into action as quickly as possible after injury.
Success for Managers Tip #71: How to break out of analysis paralysis
Have you ever driven yourself crazy trying to make a personal, career or business decision?
Somersault adds new production talent
Somersault, an award-winning video agency based in Cambridge, has added new talent to its production team with Amrit Sembhi joining as an Assistant Producer.
eGR nabs Featurespace as anti-fraud kings
Last night’s 2014 eGR B2B Awards saw adaptive behavioural analytics experts Featurespace as the winners of the year’s best “Fraud and Compliance Solution”.
University of Cambridge Honorary Degrees 2014
Seven distinguished individuals were given Honorary Degrees, the highest honour that the University of Cambridge can bestow, by the Chancellor at a special ceremony in the Senate House today (Thurs).
Huppert pushes green energy as Britain's investment doubles
Cambridge MP Julian Huppert has quizzed the government on how it plans to drive forward its investment in low carbon electricity as it is revealed that Britain now has the largest number of offshore wind farms in the world.
Tecan offers Dual Z arm for Cavro® Omni Robot
Tecan has introduced a Dual Z arm for the popular Cavro® Omni Robot.
Bidwells raises £8,700 for EACH
Bidwells' Cambridge office has so far raised £8,700 for EACH's Milton Hospice, its chosen charity in its 175th year.
Linguamatics boosts enterprise search with semantic enrichment
New product release allows tens of thousands of enterprise search users to benefit from the power of Linguamatics’ market-leading technology.
KISS helps prepare pupils for the world of work
Cambridge Area 14-19 Partnership (CAP) has turned to KISS PR to help raise awareness of the need for more support from Cambridgeshire businesses to help make a difference to the region’s next generation of employees.
Cambs Fine Management MD is youngest member of Emmaus Cambridge's Board
Cambs Fine Management is proud to announce the appointment of its Managing Director, Mr Nicholas Kalavas, as a Trustee for Emmaus Cambridge.
A fast-track to food, for tube-feeding children
Five year old Poppy Lambert from Suffolk has been fed by a tube for two and a half years. “It used to make me feel sick. I never felt hungry and just the thought of food would make me feel ill.”
Birds evolve ‘signature’ patterns to distinguish cuckoo eggs from their own
Using new ‘pattern recognition algorithm,’ latest research highlights how birds are ‘fighting back’ against the parasitic Common Cuckoo in what scientists describe as an evolutionary ‘arms race’. They found that birds with the most sophisticated and distinctive egg patterning are those most intensely targeted by the cuckoo’s egg mimicry.
Study finds premise behind bedroom tax is ‘fundamentally flawed’
A new study shows that more than half of English homes - which are the smallest by floor area in Europe - fall short of modern space standards, calling into question the premise behind the so-called ‘bedroom tax’
An introduction to Raspberry Pi for teachers
Are you ready to teach the new computing curriculum in September?* If you have concerns - don't panic - you are not alone. Raspberry Pi training sessions at the Cambridge Centre for Computing History have been organised at the request of other teachers!
CUH unit for frail and elderly patients now fully operational
A special ward dedicated to assessing frail and elderly patients when they arrive at the CUH Emergency Department (ED) is getting people back home quicker than before.
Great British High Streets worth celebrating
The search is on to find our Great British High streets as a new report reveals increasing optimism among shoppers and the growing popularity of ‘click-and-collect’ services.
Rising star Ramona is a plaster master!
Anglia Ruskin Fine Art student scoops £2,000 prize for her living art installation
Sue Dunkerton awarded OBE for Services to Health and Engineering
TWI is pleased to announce that their former Associate Director, and advanced materials specialist, Sue Dunkerton has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List with an OBE for her Services to Health and Engineering.