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Tech City UK launches government-funded online learning platform for digital and business skills

Nov19
by on November 19, 2014 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches, UK

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Tech City UK, the quasi-governmental organization in London tasked with fuelling the ongoing growth of digital industries and startups across the UK, has launched a free online platform for people to improve their digital and business skills. Run with help from University College London’s UCLeXtend platform, the Digital Business Academy is partner-led, meaning users can take online courses from institutions such as Cambridge University Judge Business School, UCL and FounderCentric, which works with organizations like Seedcamp, among others. “Whether you are a mother returning to the workplace or a new graduate full of ideas, securing top-notch digital and technical skills is essential,” Baroness…

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Tech City UK launches government-funded online learning platform for digital and business skills

Nov19
by on November 19, 2014 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches, UK

DigitalBusinessAcademy_feat
Tech City UK, the quasi-governmental organization in London tasked with fuelling the ongoing growth of digital industries and startups across the UK, has launched a free online platform for people to improve their digital and business skills. Run with help from University College London’s UCLeXtend platform, the Digital Business Academy is partner-led, meaning users can take online courses from institutions such as Cambridge University Judge Business School, UCL and FounderCentric, which works with organizations like Seedcamp, among others. “Whether you are a mother returning to the workplace or a new graduate full of ideas, securing top-notch digital and technical skills is essential,” Baroness…

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a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Tech City UK launches government-funded online learning platform for digital and business skills

Nov19
by on November 19, 2014 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches, UK

DigitalBusinessAcademy_feat
Tech City UK, the quasi-governmental organization in London tasked with fuelling the ongoing growth of digital industries and startups across the UK, has launched a free online platform for people to improve their digital and business skills. Run with help from University College London’s UCLeXtend platform, the Digital Business Academy is partner-led, meaning users can take online courses from institutions such as Cambridge University Judge Business School, UCL and FounderCentric, which works with organizations like Seedcamp, among others. “Whether you are a mother returning to the workplace or a new graduate full of ideas, securing top-notch digital and technical skills is essential,” Baroness…

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Netflix coming to Australia and New Zealand in March 2015

Nov18
by on November 18, 2014 at 10:14 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Netflix made a surprise announcement today that its service will be opening in Australia and New Zealand starting March 2015. The company said that “users in Australia and New Zealand will be able to subscribe to Netflix and instantly watch a curated selection of popular movies and TV shows in high-definition or even 4K where available.” Netflix’s use of “curated selection” in the press release suggests that it will have a limited selection of content at launch compared to its US counterpart. The company didn’t provide details or pricing for the service in these new countries, saying that it will…

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FotoTiger facial recognition app for Android puts the “Who” in your photos

Nov18
by on November 18, 2014 at 9:37 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Applied Recognition, a company that develops face recognition technology, has launched FotoTiger for Facebook, a free Android app that automates tagging Facebook friends on your smart phone as it indexes photos according to the people in them. The app tags and sorts photos from your camera roll taken with the phone’s standard camera. Once tagged, people are automatically recognized and tagged in future photos. You can share images with any app or post directly to Facebook, Flickr or other social networks. “Tagging and face recognition are done on the phone with no server-side necessary, all in the privacy of your phone,” Don Waugh, Co-CEO…

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