An interview with Babel CEO Ian Hood: PR, motorcycles, and lunch
When I left University, the world of full-time work was a daunting place. Desk jobs in offices are so often billed as soulless, monotonous and mundane. I was worried all of the lif
Cyber security and the weakest (human) link
On Wednesday afternoon I found myself halfway up The Shard in the Shangri-La hotel, with a couple of guys, hacking a retail site and discussing ways of exploiting SMEs and their em
Cheers to cheaper roaming!
To use the infamous words of mobile operator Orange, the future’s bright. Today (15th June 2017) is a significant landmark for the mobile world. The European Commission has come
Fake news and future of media and PR
I recently attended the PRCA’s Future of the Media Landscape event in Westminster. The morning session featured experts from the PR and press industries who discussed the current
Communication and collaboration in the Fens
A region home to thousands of technology companies, with a multi-billion-pound annual turnover and residents ranging from the start-up powering Amazon’s Alexa, to giants like App
Manifestos, tech, and who you should vote for on Thursday
General Election fever has returned to the Babel office. In true British form, few have openly divulged who they’re voting for. However, from various indirect conversations I’v
Becoming a trusted adviser on cyber security
The evolution of the technology has no doubt had a profound and positive impact on our daily lives, but in tandem, it has (and continues to) increase the threat vector, as entry po
So, the MP3 is dead?
That’s what patent administrators for MP3 announced on the 15th May. The last remaining patent that the Fraunhofer Institute had for the MP3 has now expired and as a result the f
Let them eat broadband!
Remember the hassle of surfing the web in the ‘90s? Broadband has come on leaps and bounds since the days of dial-up access, which meant yelling at your kids to get off the phone
Will we need a kill switch?
They don’t get distracted by social media or the urge to write spontaneous poetry, but seriously, AI in the PR workplace? Here’s a few stanzas of my thoughts on replacing human