Month: June 2020

As organizations make further steps into their digital transformation journeys, back offices can quickly become a muddled picture of paper, spreadsheets and digital documents in various formats. This lack of standardization can undoubtedly add friction to an array of workflows, with valuable data stuck in silos and no inherent method of connect information from one … Continue reading Accounts Payable’s Unstructured Data Problem Continue Reading →

Users reported seeing the dark mode interface on iOS After launching a dark mode for its desktop interface, Facebook confirms it is testing a dark mode for its mobile apps as well. As first noted by SocialMedia Today, Facebook has made the dark mode available to a very small percentage of people globally, a spokesperson told The … Continue reading Facebook is introducing a dark mode for mobile Continue Reading →

Consumers are leaning heavily on digital banking tools during the pandemic, and studies suggest that they will continue to do so in its wake. Fifty-seven percent of consumers now prefer internet banking solutions, compared to the 49 percent who said the same prior to the pandemic. Mobile banking saw a similar spike, with the share of consumers … Continue reading Deep Dive: Reducing The Security Risks Of Open Banking Continue Reading →

The current version of the device detects the carbon monoxide levels and high temperatures associated with fires When it comes to putting out forest fires, the sooner that they’re detected, the better. That’s where a new forest-deployed sensor could come in, as it’s powered by swaying tree branches. Although various groups have previously developed prototype … Continue reading Forest fire detector is powered by the movement of trees Continue Reading →

Open banking is one of the most significant emerging trends in the financial industry, allowing banks and FinTechs to share financial data in a quick, easy and secure manner across a network of platforms. It has been steadily gaining popularity in recent years, with more than 10,000 financial institutions (FIs) around the world practicing open banking and 87 percent … Continue reading Deep Dive: Reducing The Security Risks Of Open Banking Continue Reading →

Cottrell and Vermeulen Architecture utilised “the materials of garages and sheds” to create a small two-storey house on Stories Mews in south London. The architecture studio replaced a 1970s double garage with a home that matches the adjoining properties in scale and materials as the latest stage of the development of a service lane into a residential street. “Stories Mews … Continue reading Cottrell and Vermeulen Architecture inserts brick and timber mews house into south London lane Continue Reading →

As a result of social distancing rules many restaurants will have to reduce their indoor capacities when they reopen. Architect Ben Masterton-Smith believes that creating enjoyable alfresco dining areas may be key to restaurants’ survival. Masterton-Smith, who is the founder of Transit Studio, has created Social Soho – a proposal to temporarily pedestrianise pockets of London’s buzzing Soho neighbourhood so … Continue reading Outdoor dining “last chance” for many restaurants says Ben Masterton-Smith Continue Reading →

The company is playing a little catch-up with Zoom and Microsoft Teams Google Meet is working on several new features that will match its competitors, including allowing users to add images or a blur effect to backgrounds on video calls, 9to5 Google reported. As they can on rival videoconferencing platforms Zoom and Microsoft Teams, users will be … Continue reading Google to add background blur, captioning, and low-light mode to Meet video calls Continue Reading →