2022 Predictions: China To Dominate Super Apps, Data Ownership In Banking To Be More Transparent, And Mobile Wallet Transactions Set To Exceed $266 Billion In The US, Says GlobalData

Alex Matt

Innovation, Resources

December 28, 2021

Digital technologies are causing disruption across banking and online payments. In its latest report, ‘Tech, Media, & Telecom (TMT) Predictions 2022’, GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, finds that super apps, openness in customer data ownership, and Generation Hashtag will be key topics in fintech in 2022. As 2021 draws to a close, Amrit Dhami, Thematic […]

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The Value Of Personal Data Has Increased By 1,800% Over The Last Two Decades

Alex Matt

Resources

September 1, 2021

In 2001 users generated around £1.45 worth of ad revenue, and now 20 years later, this has increased to £26 per user – a staggering 1,800% increase. Men’s data is seen to be worth more money than women’s at 18 million vs 17 million and if you’re between the ages of 18-24, companies are willing […]

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AI-Driven Platform Identifies And Remediates Biases In Data

Alex Matt

Tech Data Smart Cities

November 16, 2020

Tech company Synthesized is offering a freemium version of the platform immediately, called Community Edition The platform also supports the ability to rebalance data, removing bias within a dataset No coding or deep technical expertise is required, simply upload a spreadsheet with structured data or connect to any database The first publicly available solution to […]

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A Culture Of Data Literacy Holds The Key To Democratising Data Across An Organisation

Alex Matt

Tech Data Smart Cities

October 29, 2020

In order to drive maximum business value from data analytics strategies organisations must not rely on IT departments to determine the data strategy SMBs have increasingly invested more time and money in their data and analytics initiatives over the past five years – according to Gartner – however, many are falling short of unlocking the […]

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Research Reveals Optimism Among Successful SMEs For A Swift Bounce-Back After COVID-19

Alex Matt

Healthcare Sustainability

July 23, 2020

Nearly a third of SMEs (30%) see their profitability increasing slightly over the coming 12 months despite the pandemic New research (1) commissioned by MBH Corporation plc, a UK headquartered listed diversified investment holding company that acquires successful, strong-performing small to medium enterprises across multiple geographies and sectors, reveals that despite the financial and economic […]

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How Can We Protect People’s Data With Blockchain And AI Tech For Good?

Alex Matt

Tech Data Smart Cities

July 16, 2020

In order to protect people’s data with blockchain and AI tech for good, we have to build and deploy an ecosystem with an open source set of APIs that limits how much technology makers can learn about individual customers. What these sets of APIs do is analyse user data while keeping the anonymity for that […]

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COVID-19 Testing by Country… and What REALLY Matters

Alex Matt

Healthcare Sustainability

May 18, 2020

COVID-19 Testing by Country… and What REALLY Matters Ghest article by Randall Bolten Which countries are doing the most effective job of testing for COVID-19? And does all this focus on testing really matter, anyway? There seems to be considerable debate about both of those questions. Using a novel look at the data, we’ll see […]

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Interview Brittany Kaiser: Data Arms Race, Cambridge Analytica and Digital Privacy

Alex Matt

interviews, Tech Data Smart Cities

April 30, 2020

Brittany Kaiser, Co-Founder at Own Your Data Foundation, #OwnYourData campaign, and DATA (the Digital Asset Trade Association) and citiesabc founder Dinis Guarda are two experts concerned about digital identity and data privacy. And in this latest series interviews for citiesabc, both digital savvy speak in-depth about the challenges of today’s digitization on people’s identity and […]

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Interview with Edwin Diender: CDTO and VP, Huawei Enterprise – Leading the World in Digital Transformation Smart Cities

Alex Matt

interviews, Tech Data Smart Cities

April 16, 2020

Edwin Diender, CDTO and Vice President, Global Government Business Unit, Huawei Enterprise joins Dinis Guarda in this new series of interviews for citiesabc to discuss his profile and background, his work in Huawei and what this tech leading global player is doing in Digital Transformation, 5G, AI and his cutting edge ideas and solutions in […]

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Covid 19 Coronavirus UN DESA’s – When Data Increasingly is Key to Saving Lives

Alex Matt

Tech Data Smart Cities

April 12, 2020

Covid 19 Corovirus UN DESA’s – When Data Increasingly is Key to Saving Lives News / resources release As the dangerous COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS pandemic besets the world, statisticians and data experts around the globe have entered a race against time. Governments, healthcare providers, businesses and citizens need a constant flow of new and disaggregated data […]

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