Nokia to deploy dedicated 5G for ‘Industry 4.0 hotbed’ in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture

Local Japanese telco KATCH is looking to hoover up Industry 4.0 contracts among automotive and high-tech manufacturers in the Aichi Prefecture, in Japan, after apponting Finnish vendor Nokia and local systems integrator CTC to deploy a dedicated private 5G network in the region. KATCH wants to offer “autonomous industrial-grade private 5G networks” to enterprises and…

Remote hiring startup Deel raises $156M at a $1.25B valuation after 20x growth in 2020 – TechCrunch

Many of the world’s organizations shifted to remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But even as more people are vaccinated and offices are planning re-openings, it’s clear that for some organizations, remote work is here to stay.  Deel, a startup which provides payroll, compliance tools and other services to help businesses hire remotely, has…

Virgin Media hits 2.2Gbps speeds in latest broadband innovation trial

Liberty Global-owned Virgin Media has successfully completed a broadband innovation trial in which it achieved multi-gigabit speeds. In the trial, Virgin Media achieved speeds of 2,200Mbps in Manchester and Southampton—around 40 times faster than average local connections. Jeanie York, Virgin Media’s Chief Technology and Information Officer, said: “We invest more than £1 billion into our…

Virgin Media hits 2.2Gbps speeds in latest broadband innovation trial

Liberty Global-owned Virgin Media has successfully completed a broadband innovation trial in which it achieved multi-gigabit speeds. In the trial, Virgin Media achieved speeds of 2,200Mbps in Manchester and Southampton—around 40 times faster than average local connections. Jeanie York, Virgin Media’s Chief Technology and Information Officer, said: “We invest more than £1 billion into our…

A Look at the Future of Work

Alphabet and Google are placing their chips on at least some working in person come this September, as Twitter and Facebook are waging working remotely will be permeant. Where would you put your bet? I have some thoughts. Research from SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management) shows at least 27% of organizations plan to bring…

Best photo collage apps in 2021

The best photo collage apps give you a fun way to share all the many, many images you’ve have sitting on your smartphone.  Whether you want to share them with family members and friends, post them to your preferred social media platform or even turn them into cards or posters, the best photo collage apps…

Yummy FTP review – Macworld UK

Yummy FTP full review There are several FTP contenders for the Mac, but few of them as appealing as their PC brethren. Fetch and CyberDuck are favourites of the community. We’re particularly fond of the open source product FileZilla Client, too. It has a great interface and offers a level of reliability and ease of…