Category: Opinion
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Having the knowledge doesn’t mean it’s the right knowledge
The DCMS oversight committee is too heavily weighted towards the Media side of the department’s portfolio with no member having a technical background even though they’re overseeing tech strategy and spending
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The digital divide sees North & Scotland less able to scrutinise and advise on tech policy
The North & Scotland has little ability to scrutinise decisions made by the DCMS, with the South having 3 times as many representatives on the DCMS Select Committee
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Airtagging is another eg of why tech needs more women
Inclusive design is not just ethically the right thing to do, it’s commercially the right thing to do. It stops us making stupid, costly and dangerous mistakes. Which is why investors should be asking tech firms how many women are involved in design
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Why a policeman’s lot is not a happy one (aka personalised support 101)
Trust is a two-way street. But CSPs don’t have to trust blindly – they have data to base decisions upon and technology that makes lying unprofitable
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It’s not subscribers that are the problem Netflix, you’re just bad at bundling, pricing and charging
Teresa Cottam looks at how streaming media providers still haven’t grasped the need for more customer-centric approaches to pricing
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The telecom identity crisis
Telecoms is increasingly struggling to describe what it is and what it does, and that’s a problem