From sweets to furniture: the secrets of selling online on October 23, 2017What are the best ways to sell online? And how do you make sure you have a website that really works? Part one in our eight-part series exploring all things e-commerce. Lavinia Davolio makes luxury handmade sweets inspired by her Italian heritage. She says her business received a boost when she opened a store on […]
Why is Russia so good at encouraging women into tech? on April 23, 2017IRINA Khoroshko, from Zelenograd near Moscow, had learned her times tables by the age of five. Her precocious talent, encouraged by a maths-mad family and a favourite female teacher who transformed every lesson into one giant problem-solving game, led to a degree in mathematical economics at Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. “My lecturer instilled in […]
How your TV could soon book your dream holiday for you on August 22, 2016Imagine watching a film or TV show featuring breathtaking scenery. You don’t know where the place is but you’d love to visit it one day. Now imagine being able to stop the action, ask your smart TV for the location, then have it work out how to get there, including flight and accommodation details. It […]