Home automation: cool, cheap and environmental
Home automation is one of the most seductive areas of technology; not only does it reduce the utility bills and make a healthy contribution towards...
Ben Allen
Ben Allen is a traveler, a writer and a Brit. He worked in the London start-up world for a while but really prefers commenting on it than working in it. He has huge faith in the tech industry and enjoys talking and writing about the social issues inherent in it's development.
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Articles by Ben Allen
Matchmaker, matchmaker M8 me a match
Find me a find, catch me a catch. But without the extensive profile or 'clever' algorithms, because they just don't seem up to the job. ...
Airline tech refocuses on the consumer
The technology available for flight-booking and other similar getaway platforms has until now been focused on cheap prices and lots of reviews, but...
Startup fighting opioid epidemic extends services to New York
According to the New York Times, Opioid addiction is America’s 50-state epidemic. In 2015 alone, overdoses from opioids killed more than 30,000...
Managed vs automated investment: Who wins in a volatile stock market?
The rise of investment tech in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and their counterpart, micro-investment apps, were originally set to out-perform actively...
Explore your vacation destination before you book, with VR
The level of fear involved in booking a travel destination must be inversely proportional to the price you're paying. If your coughing up top dollar...
Fintech startups Curve, Xero partner to provide unified banking experience
London-based fintech startups Curve and Xero have announced their partnership in pursuit of their goal to provide a "frictionless" banking...
Startup slump: young companies aren’t as numerous as they once were: reports
The US Census Bureau releases statistics pointing to a startup slump last year with 414,000 new companies formed, compared to pre-recession numbers...
Object recognition: how it’s used and where it’s going
With Apple's introduction of Face ID, speculation has abounded as to what direction it might lead technology in. The biggest potential, it seems,...
Tech people now have their own wiki to find each other
For tech people, if you hear of someone who you might be able to interact with in some way it's a common habit to reach for the nearest keyboard and...
This startup uses blockchain to decentralize credit scoring
One of the virtues of the tech industry is not necessarily its ability to “innovate”—that does not really mean anything in and of itself....
Why the marijuana industry is the only proper startup industry
The legal marijuana industry is expected to expand to nearly $8 billion by 2020, meanwhile the industry is in a nervous place. (more…)...
