We’re hiring! Commercial Manager for The Memo & Gadgette
We’re hiring. The Memo and our sister site Gadgette are looking for a new Commercial Manager. It’s a full-time position working across both publications, and you will be based at The Collective, our...
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Twitter may be loved the world over by media types, but the company is still struggling to transform itself into something worthy of its once sky-high valuation of $36bn. Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s newly...
View ArticleVirtual Reality thrived and flopped at the MTV awards: here’s why
For the first time in history music fans across the globe experienced the MTV European Music Awards (EMAs) through virtual reality. Cameras were placed on the red carpet and the main stage, offering...
View ArticleMeet XYZprinting – the company taking 3D printing to the masses
3D printing has to be seen to be believed. Some describe it as magical. Others say it could turn our entire economy upside down. There’s no denying this is one technology worth watching. But can your...
View ArticleWhy you shouldn’t use Facebook at Work
Despite the fact most banks block Facebook, in a surprise move, The Royal Bank of Scotland has become Britain’s first major company to adopt the new Facebook for Work. By the end of 2016 RBS’s 100,000...
View ArticleIs an accelerator programme the must-have accessory for CEOs?
This morning Virgin Media joined the ranks of Telefonica/O2, Barclays, BBC Worldwide, John Lewis and hundreds of other corporates with their own business accelerator programme, lending a helping hand...
View ArticleRIP Blackberry, we won’t miss you
How the once-mighty have fallen. Today, in a last- ditch attempt to keep up, BlackBerry launched their first Android phone, but the grave has been already been dug. There was once a time when the...
View ArticleWhat it’s really like to work in Fintech
On Tuesday evening the founders and CEOs of three of the UK’s most successful FinTech startups will be speaking at an event alongside The Memo‘s Editor in Chief Alex Wood. Anil Stocker of...
View ArticleHome Alone – Smart Home security worthy of Macaulay Culkin
Not only do darker evenings lead to an increase in burglaries, but with Christmas on the horizon, you might find you have more valuables around to tempt criminals into your home. But the burglar traps...
View ArticleBritain’s tech elite honoured at the PwC UK Tech Awards
The brightest minds in British technology gathered for the annual PwC UK Tech Awards. The awards celebrate the personalities, fastest growing companies and most innovative ideas from across the...
View ArticleWhy smart businesses are swapping sky-high Shoreditch rents for the West End
When you think about up and coming tech businesses in the capital, Shoreditch and the so-called Silicon Roundabout (Old Street) comes to mind. From as early as 2007, this now achingly-hip corner of...
View ArticleThe Memo wins Good Web Guide Award
Today we are pleased to announce that The Memo has won a coveted Good Web Guide Award, from judges including Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts, Skimlinks co-founder Alicia Navarro, and Dr Stephen Fear,...
View ArticleHow To Boss It Like… Rytis Vitkauskas, CEO YPlan
There are a handful of business leaders Britain who are changing the world. Eileen Burbidge, Daniel Waterhouse and Martha Lane-Fox seem to get an incredible amount done, in an impossibly short space of...
View ArticleIn the future Michelin-starred restaurants will deliver to your door
Will dining out become a thing of the past? No more queuing for hours outside the next overhyped restaurant that won’t take reservations. No more surly waiters and agonising waits for the bill. As...
View ArticleTired of startups, tired of life
Welcome to Alex’s Agenda, the new weekly column from the front-lines of the future by The Memo’s Editor in Chief, Alex Wood. Up and down the country people are swapping the corporate world for...
View ArticleBritain’s top 50 tech companies grow by 1,883%
Are the good times finally back? After a difficult few years, it looks like we finally have some good news to celebrate with the release of the annual Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the...
View ArticleSee Germany at its best: Internet of Things and the future of manufacturing
With 21% of the EU’s GDP and home to 16% of the EU’s population, Germany’s fast growing technology sector is one to watch. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia, home to the cities of Dusseldorf and...
View Article90% of students shy away from startups
Joining a startup may appear fashionable on the surface, but today’s students are not sold. According to a new piece of research commissioned by YouGov and the IDA, the tech arm of the Singapore...
View ArticleJoin the future of the arts, the creative economy and smart cities at REMIX...
New technologies are shaping the way we live, from work to our free time. It’s more than just the smartphone in your pocket, it forms part of the very layers of our modern society. As we embrace...
View ArticleWhy cats hate the Internet of Things
Welcome to Alex’s Agenda, the new weekly column from the front-lines of the future by The Memo’s Editor in Chief, Alex Wood. At parties when I tell people I’m a tech writer people like to ask...
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