“Well, that escalated quickly.” It’s a phrase, made comically famous by Ron Burgundy in the film Anchorman, that crops up a lot across the social networks. A comment, a blog post, or a tweet that brings a complaint or grievance into the public domain, rapidly ‘gaining traction’ and creating an avalanche of support and backlash….
Driverless cars. It’s the stuff of fiction made real. And, all going to plan, they’ll be on the roads of the UK within the next 2 years – thanks to plans for a comprehensive trial of autonomous driving on the British road network. The success of which could result in their full launch to market…
Has the move towards digital communication made us impersonal and rude? Never in the course of human history has there been so many different ways to communicate. Phone, email, IM, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, Kik, and countless other platforms provide us with opportunities to chat, enter dialogue, and form relationships with our friends, families, colleagues,…
Cyber-attacks, in all manner of variants, rose to unprecedented levels in 2016 and the world seemed to truly start waking up to their considerable risk, damage, and costs. And well we might, because the predictions for 2017 and beyond are that, this is a risk that is only going to grow. Make no mistake, there’s…
You might have seen recent news that MetLife won a battle against being deemed “too big to fail,” and that other companies are looking at the situation as an opportunity. But why would they want to avoid that label? Why does it matter to companies like AIG? What are the repercussions? This is an incredibly…
