Apple Music: cash in the bank?
Music streaming is big business these days (unless you’re a recording artist apparently), and it’s Spotify that’s assumed market leader status. It’s made most o
#MissingType: Here’s how to take the lifeblood out of any webpage and raise NHS awareness
The NHS hit the headlines today as it launched its #MissingType campaign. No, it’s not a spate of wide spread vandalism that means hundreds of signs across the country are missin
Google I/O: The announcements that will change the tech ecosystem (yet again)
The Google empire has been redefining industries since first blazing onto the Silicon Valley scene in late 1998. In May 2008 the company hosted its first software developer-focus
The robots are coming (according to our sources)
Like most children of the 80s, I’ve had a love hate relationship with the idea of robots and “connected things”. Sure, the robotic cleaner and tea maid clunking around on Tom
The Bay Area Tech Boom: 3 companies to watch
There are countless articles about the tech boom in the Bay Area. From the rising cost of living to the inflated salaries for entry-level engineers, most of the focus is on the neg
A touch of gloating
[Gloat mode on] Here at Babel we probably don’t sing our own praises enough and that’s probably because we see our job as singing the praises of our clients. This time
The Quantified Self: FOMO or vehicle for real change?
The Quantified Self. According to Wikipedia, the official definition is “a movement to incorporate technology into data acquisition on aspects of a person’s daily life in terms
Google, you doth protesteth too much!
I’ve just returned from TV Connect where Babel was representing its broadcast and media clients once again. Like all of these events it’s a strange mixture of doing new busines
The Next Innovation in Tech PR Must Be Human-Focused
At last week’s Vator Splash startup conference in Oakland, California, one of the most interesting panels I attended was a session called “When Will Tech Look Like America?”
YouTube reaches double digits
Today, YouTube celebrates the tenth anniversary of when its first video was uploaded and who could possibly imagine a world without it? Before it became part of everyday life, I ca