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WhatsApp has given a progress update on new business-focused features that can embed the entire shopping experience directly into the WhatsApp chat.  Find A Business – Browse Businesses By Category  WhatsApp says that it is launching a new ‘Business Search’...

Speaking in the House of Commons, UK chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt said that Brexit “freedoms” could be leveraged to “turn Britain into the world’s next Silicon Valley.”  How?  Mr Hunt highlighted artificial intelligence (AI),...

Following the roll-out of a range of new features for Google’s Maps, Search and shopping, we take a look at what they are and what benefits they could bring to users.  Two New Features For Shopping  It’s the ideal time of year to introduce new features to...

After a new report published which says that most business leaders plan to increase investment in sustainability initiatives to protect against disruption, we look at what this means.  Report  A recent Gartner report highlighted how 86 per cent of business...

If you'd like to save time by making your most often used and/or favourite pages load automatically whenever you open Google Chrome, here's how: - In Chrome, click on the three dots top-right and select 'Settings'. - In the left-hand menu select 'On startup'. - Select...

Following announcements that Twitter under Musk will generate revenue by blue tick subscriptions, we look at what this means and at the blue tick chaos that followed the announcement.  What Is this ‘Blue Tick’ ?  Twitter’s paid-for Blue service, launched...

Meta has announced that it is laying off a masive 13 per cent of its workforce globally in re-structuring market uncertainty about the Metaverse vision.  Losses Lead To Layoffs  Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced the 11,000-employee layoff from Meta, the...

Amazon is reported to be testing the machine learning ‘Sparrow’ robot arm that could handle 65 percent of its 100+ million diverse parcels.   Challenge  Although Amazon already uses robot arms called ‘Robin’ and ‘Cardinal’ to re-direct boxed-up...

Zoom has announced that its new (beta) productivity tools, Zoom Mail and Calendar (clients and Services), combined with its existing features will mean that workers will have everything they need in one app.  Give Workers A ‘Toggle Tax’ Break  Zoom says that...

Microsoft Excel is still one of the world's most widely used data tools and a new feature (for desktop), 'Data from Picture', means that you can now import a picture of a data table and convert it into a usable one within Excel. Here’s how:  - Save a cropped-down...

Privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch has filed a complaint to the ICO that the face recognition search engine PimEyes may be unlawful, plus it could be enabling surveillance and stalking.  What Is PimEyes?  PimEyes is a search engine that uses facial...

Meta’s WhatsApp has announced the global rollout of it ‘Communities’ feature along with in-chat polls, 32-person video calling, and groups with up to 1024 users.  Communities  The Communities feature, for iOS and Android, allows users to connect multiple...