Tech staff join marketers in coronavirus ‘mental hell’
It seems that marketers are not alone in being at breaking point during the pandemic, tech professionals are also struggling…
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Microsoft $20bn deal for Siri creator boosts health blitz
Microsoft is beefing up its artificial intelligence expertise for healthcare companies with the eye-watering $19.7bn (£13.3bn) acquisition of Nuance Communications,…
Hegarty hails ‘magic of data’ in Genie freelance start-up
Sir John Hegarty, the man who once grumbled that “data creates nothing; but creativity has all the time”, appears to have…
Apple and Google ban update to contact tracing app
The NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app – which has had more calamities than Mr Bean – has hit yet another obstacle after…
Concerns grow as nuisance call gripes hit four-year high
Fears are growing over a return to the bad old days of nuisance call bombardment with official figures showing consumer…
‘Loadsamoney’ Brits plan to spend, spend, spend savings
Retailers are being urged to get in shape for consumers to splash the cash, with new figures claiming that Brits…
Industry sees a chink of light at the end of Covid tunnel
Just over a year since the UK was plunged into its first Covid-19 lockdown, the data-driven marketing industry is finally…
Samaritans signs up Three to fight mental health crisis
Mobile giant Three UK has signed three-year partnership with Samaritans with the aim of tackling the nation’s escalating mental heath…
Data, digital, and tech chiefs see salaries soar by 55%
Data, digital, and technology leaders are reaping the benefits of the pandemic-fuelled stampede to build specialist teams, securing a 55%…
Glam frock: Brits set to ditch trackies as lockdown lifts
Retailers must get ready for a huge surge in spending over the coming weeks, as Monday’s planned lifting of the…