DIGIT Weekly News Roundup – January 5th 2018

We’re back. After a festive season of being beaten-up by food, a tsunami of visiting relatives and some truly disappointing presents, what did you miss? Never fear, DIGIT, as always, has your back with our post-festive news round-up. Enjoy.

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DIGIT Weekly News Roundup – January 5 2018

Scottish Tech News

ScotlandIS supremo Polly Purvis dons her MagicLeap Goggles to peer into the tech trends of the future
Edinburgh-based Archangels celebrated its 25th anniversary, making it the oldest angel syndicate in the world (probably)
Robotical, the company behind our new robot overlord, Marty (all hail Marty!) secures £285,000 seed funding
Uber granted a license to operate in Aberdeen
Drones were spotted flying into Scottish prisons 22 times over the last two years. Could they have been delivering textbooks?
Could Edinburgh Airport be sold off at some point soon?

Global Tech News

Music technologist posts 10 hour video of white noise on YouTube, gets five copyright claims
CES, the world’s most enormous consumer electronics show, happens next week. Gizmodo has helpfully provided a roundup of what’s likely to happen
Ex-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is selling almost a third of his equity in the company
Holy Mary, mother of Berry! The BBC has decided not to shut down BBC Food
Remember the pre-Christmas panic about Russia cutting the undersea cables and stopping the Internet? It may be less of a problem than the media implied
Turns out that adding iron oxide to lithium ion batteries may lower costs and improve their life by up to four times
Apple reports the App Store made $890 million during the week beginning Christmas eve (£300 million on New Years Day alone)

Brian Baglow Editor

Brian Baglow is a veteran of the global games industry and an acknowledged expert on Scotland’s interactive and creative industries. Brian started his career in games, as a writer on the original Grand Theft Auto with Dundee’s legendary DMA Design, before joining Rockstar Games as it’s Global PR Manager

In 2006 Brian founded the Scottish Games Network, which has grown to become the industry body for Scotland’s rapidly evolving interactive sector. As an independent consultant Brian has worked with over 150 companies, organisations, institutions, governments and start-up companies worldwide.