Emerging technologies are the new and rapidly growing breakthrough technologies. The main ones are Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, big data, cybersecurity, robotics, virtual reality (VR), immersive technologies (XR) and Quantum computing. There has been a large increase in their impacts recently thanks to breakthroughs in science and technology, and they hold the potential to fundamentally transform the way the economy and society function.
Richard Boddington, Account Director, Netcall
Alistair Jinks, Director of Business Services, NI Water
Lucille Harvey & Jenny Lardh, UX designer and UX researcher, Triad
By Professor Alan Brown, Professor in Digital Economy, Exeter Business School
By Zoe Amar, FCIM, Director, Zoe Amar Digital
By Henry Grech-Cini, Senior Consultant, Triad
By Jasmin Fischer, SVP Research and Insights & , Jayson Fittipaldi, US Creative Director, SHARE Creative
August 2018
While many companies are using virtual reality (VR) as a fun marketing accessory, the technology also has the potential to enhance and assist the lives of disabled people in recovery, adventure and more. It can also help organisations understand the experience of disabled customers further […]
August 2018
Some say blockchain is the most significant technological breakthrough since the invention of the internet; others say it’s over-hyped. One thing is for sure; it’s probably the most emotive subject in the tech world today, with the most diverse opinions. For those not familiar with […]
August 2018
Rising fears about monopoly power have led many to call for regulation. But, far from regulating more, argues Rufus Pollock, we need to make the big tech platforms more open like the internet itself. Google’s recent record €4.3 billion (£3.9 billion) fineis the latest action in a […]
July 2018
If necessity is the mother of invention, I’d have to say that laziness is its father! And this is definitely the case in the evolution of user interfaces. A user interface is a term commonly associated with the digital world and more specifically web based […]
July 2018
Digital Leaders new Connectivity Partner Virgin Media Business provide internet, data and telephone services to more than 50,000 UK businesses. They also supply to the public sector: with local councils and thousands of schools to improve connectivity in communities and support learning, and with the […]
June 2018
In technology terms, UK businesses have never had it better. The UK tech sector now accounts for 10 percent of GDP and Tech Nation’s 2018 annual report revealed that the UK firmly leads in Europe, attracting £28bn in technology investment since 2011, compared with £11bn in France […]
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