Introducing Bango Deep
Bango has announced the acquisition of Audiens, a leading mobile data exchange platform. The combination of Audiens marketing technology with the Bango Platform delivers new growth opportunities for developers, merchants, stores and operators.
Congenica appoints new CEO to drive global expansion of clinical genomics business
Congenica, a global provider of clinical genomics interpretation software, today announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive Officer, David Atkins, PhD. Based at the Company’s headquarters in Cambridge, Dr Atkins also joins Congenica’s Board of Directors.
MP’s Taxi Safety Bill is published ahead of its return to Parliament next week
New laws to improve safety for passengers of taxis and private hire vehicles will be presented to Parliament next week by Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner.
Professor leads task force to tackle pain in vulnerable adults
An Anglia Ruskin University Professor has been selected to lead an international task force to highlight the subject of pain in vulnerable adults.
Cyber federalism
Infrastructure expert Dr Edward Oughton of Cambridge Judge Business School looks at protecting critical national infrastructure from cyber attacks.
New pop-up light café promises to brighten Cambridge in February
Cambridge Startup Help, in conjunction with Allia, Fulbourn Hospital, Lifecraft and MIND, is launching a pop-up light café at a number of venues in Cambridge this February. The lights are being provided by light therapy specialist Lumie in Cambridge.
Agricultural robots and drones to become a $45bn industry by 2038
Robotic technology is quietly transforming the world of agriculture. IDTechEx describes how this market will plausibly grow to become a $45bn industry by 2028, demonstrating how diverse this emerging industry is in terms of forms, functions and fortunes.
Cambridge commemorates victims of the holocaust and genocide at Guildhall ceremony
Cambridge City Council is commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day with a free civic ceremony at Cambridge Guildhall on Sunday (28 January) from 5pm.
CEO spotlight videos create personal connections
A company culture is only as strong as its employees...and its CEO. How leadership behaves, speaks, and communicates impacts the tapestry of the entire company.
Livingston County deploys Darktrace for threat detection and autonomous response
Enterprise Immune System Defends Regional Government from Sophisticated Cyber-Attacks
Trust’s aneurysm treatment is UK first
Clinicians at Cambridge University Hospitals have become the first in the UK to treat a bleed on the brain – via the wrist.
Darktrace comments on the World Economic Forum cyber security report
Cyber security is on the agenda for the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, today. Emily Orton, Co-Founder and CMO at Darktrace, comments on the WEF cyber security report.
Cambridge joins partners in Singapore as research programme celebrates 10th anniversary
An international symposium at Singapore’s CREATE campus highlights the global challenges of sustainable energy and suggests innovative ways of reducing industry’s carbon footprint
ICE 200 focuses on best civil engineering people and projects
The Institution of Civil Engineers is celebrating its bicentenary. ICE 200 brings together 200 projects from the past two centuries that have made a real difference to all our lives - and the engineers behind them.
Cambridge Information and Intellectual Property Meeting announce March Training Day
Two CIIPM training classes take place at Homerton College Conference Centre, Cambridge, on Wednesday, 14th March 2018. The morning class is ‘IP and Commercialisation’ – a class which was first held in October 2017, and the afternoon class is new and is devoted to Freedom to Operate (FTO) Search & Analysis.
Extract Information publishes December edition of the InfoBlog
The 14th edition of the InfoBlog is now online! Find out what's happening in the patent information industry. The InfoBlog tracks patent search and analysis software and service providers, and announcements from the IP offices. The InfoBlog publishes monthly, and started in April 2016.
Bango raises £5m to buy data management business
Cambridge mobile payment technology business Bango is raising £5 million growth capital which will cover the acquisition of a European data management specialist, reports Business Weekly.
Featurespace appoints Ritz Steytler as COO
Featurespace, the leading multinational machine learning company for fraud prevention and risk management, has appointed Ritz Steytler as Chief Operating Officer. Ritz will focus on customer support and delivery of Featurespace’s fraud management platform to a global client base.
EACH brings open air cinema experience to Peterborough
Classic musical Mamma Mia will be the feature film when East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) hosts an open air cinema experience at Peterborough’s Ferry Meadows Country Park.
St John’s Innovation Centre unveils new-look Bistro
St John’s Innovation Centre is delighted to announce that its newly refurbished Bistro will re-open on 5th February. Marking the first phase of an exciting extension development*, the Bistro dining area will offer a comfortable and contemporary environment, with an enlarged servery and a separate Grab-and-Go section.
Waterbeach Colts U12s unveils new kit courtesy of Third Light
Third Light is delighted to announce its sponsorship of local Waterbeach Colts U12s football team. The youth team plays in the U12 Palace division of the Cambridge and District Colts League and has been enjoying a good season so far. The club has seen an increase in the number of players wanting to join, especially among the junior teams.
Porn Star Martini or a Prosecco?
Jane Kroese, Account Director at KISS, writes: On a recent work social, I spotted a colleague supping a delectable looking cocktail…accompanied by a shot of Prosecco. Too tempting to resist. On further investigation (to use the technical term: sampling) I discovered this delight was called a Porn Star Martini.
Want a share of £1m funding for your small business? UK round opens for innovation prize
The second China Innovation and Entrepreneurship International Competition (IEIC) is underway, to bring approximately £1.2 million of equity-free capital to the best and brightest manufacturing, technology and science-based entrepreneurs around the world.
The future of mobile video - OH! Films offers full service video production
Mobile video has expanded drastically since 2015, and it’s only expected to continue its exponential growth. Two decades ago, we never would have imagined that we could have access to any type of video whenever and wherever we wanted, with just a touch on a box we keep in our pocket.
Timestrip smart indicators help combat rabies in Africa
Timestrip® – the UK-based developer of ‘smart indicator’ technology – has provided self-adhesive temperature monitoring strips to Malawi to ensure that canine rabies vaccines are maintained in their ‘Goldilocks zone’ – neither too hot nor too cold. The easy to use indicators can be deployed as a low cost alternative to thermometers in both storage fridges and field cooler boxes.