Europe’s Refugee Crisis: Smart Phone, Smart Idea
‘Food, water, and a mobile charger’ Europe is currently experiencing the biggest influx of refugees in its history of absorbing the victims of chaos in the Middle East and Afri
The ‘No Sh*t Sherlock’ Barcelona Principles 2.0
I’m probably going to upset a number of my colleagues in the industry but that never bothered me before so I’m going to say it anyway. Why the bloody hell are so many seemingly
Why defeminising women does not equate to gender equality
Last week, it was announced that shoe designer Sophia Webster is launching a ‘Barbie by Sophia Webster’ collection of shoes for adults and children in Selfridges stores worldw
Getting serious about online security
Apple’s iCloud service suffered a high-profile hack back in August last year, pushing online privacy and data security to the forefront of people’s minds. Since then we’ve se
A press release in August? Isn’t everyone on holiday?
It’s silly season – the time of year which frustrates journalists desperately trying to fill their pages with news in the absence of both government policy and news from CEOs w
“EU Roam home”
If like me you are a loud and proud Silent Roamer refusing to connect to anything other than good old free Wi-Fi whilst abroad, you probably enjoy any excuse to go ‘off-grid’ w
Dealing with buffering in the BBC’s revenue streams
The BBC is an institution about as British as you can get and is renowned around the world for programmes like Strictly Come Dancing, EastEnders, Dr Who, Planet Earth, BBC World
Women, VCs and Unicorns, Oh My
Over the 4th of July holiday weekend, Farhad Manjoo of The New York Times posted an interesting story on Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures and little known creator of the mass
A phone don’t come for free
Over the years, mobile operators have flirted with the term ‘free’. It didn’t feel free in the heady days of my teenage years, when pay as you go was king. Nokia 3310: £80.
Standing is the new sitting don’t you know
Modern working habits are changing. Flexible and home working are becoming more prevalent (something we encourage at Babel) and laws around paternity leave have recently altered &#