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Yahoo acquires Alike app development team

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Propeld is third start-up to be acquired by Yahoo in four months
14 Feb 2013

Cisco to acquire Israeli startup Intucell for $475m

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Four-year-old firm to help boost Cisco's network management portfolio
24 Jan 2013

Amazon looks to fill 100 new posts at its London tech hub

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E-commerce firm seeks software engineers, UI experts and graphic designers
09 Jan 2013

Microsoft to acquire home entertainment tech start-up

Start-up launched app enabling users to control home heating systems via an Android app
03 Jan 2013

Joanna Shields quits as Facebook Euro chief to join London's Tech City

New TCIO executive begins in January 2013
22 Oct 2012

Tech City startup dreams are ‘a complete myth’ says ex-Microsoft exec

QuantumWave CEO says startups should surrender to acquisition
01 Oct 2012

Analysis: Big fish circle Silicon Roundabout’s minnows

The unique character of East London’s Silicon Roundabout is unlikely to survive the incursion of Google, Amazon and Facebook, but the tech giants’ arrival may not be all bad news for the start-up community
04 Sep 2012

Google acquires social media software platform Wildfire

Purchase follows similar acquisitions by Oracle and Salesforce.com earlier this year
01 Aug 2012

Prospect of 4G rollout fails to get IT leaders' pulse racing

Essex County Council CIO David Wilde and a digital start-up give their views on the rollout of 4G
31 Jul 2012

Amazon's new London tech hub could put pressure on start-ups

Corporate giant sets up camp in London because of 'hotbed of tech talent'
23 Jul 2012

Microsoft establishes 'Bing Fund' to support online start-ups

Incubator will help online entrepreneurs with money, resources and know-how
13 Jul 2012

Betaworks acquires ailing Digg for $500,000

Social aggregating site was worth a reported $200m in 2006
13 Jul 2012

Big data companies the winners in IBM’s SmartCamp competition

US winners SkyFoundry and Streetlight Data will compete against champions of Europe, Latin America and Asia
26 Jun 2012

Autonomy’s problem? Leadership were out of their league, according to HP CEO Whitman

‘I’ll be back’, says Autonomy’s Mike Lynch
25 May 2012

The humdrum truth about e-business


17 Apr 2012

Tech City: Is the government getting it right?

Computing asks the young technology start-ups of East London's Tech City if David Cameron is giving them the best chance of creating Europe's answer to Silicon Valley
11 Nov 2011

UK developers must stop selling out


11 Oct 2011

Tech startups need more state support


22 Aug 2011

One in 25 British workers employed in IT

New figures show highest ever number of people working in IT
16 Aug 2011

North East developers slam StartUp Britain for failing to promote UK software

Head of Sunderland Software City says campaign is promoting too many foreign products
26 Apr 2011

Google and Microsoft throw weight behind StartUp Britain

Tech firms including RIM, Microsoft and Fujitsu are offering free support through the government scheme
28 Mar 2011

(Hammer) time to invest


09 Feb 2011

2e2 awarded multimillion-pound contract for the Legal Ombudsman

Project due for completion ahead of October opening of new body
08 Jul 2010

Spirit of innovation in need of a tonic

The nation’s recovery depends on the creativity and ingenuity of its IT startups, so why aren’t they getting the support they need?
15 Oct 2009