SMS and USSD on the ThoughtWorks Technology Radar

Every six months the global technology consultancy ThoughtWorks publishes a Technology Radar report. The Radar “provides insight and advice into cutting-edge techniques, tools, languages and platforms that are driving next-generation software development.”...

Meeting the challenge of diversity in tech

The technology industry has a problem. It’s not a new one but one that the importance of which only grows and expands. This problem is that of diversity in the tech industry. The tech world is not diverse. The computer industry in particular is a disappointing...

Big Data: The potential and the pit falls

Last week saw Mashable’s Social Good Summit taking place in New York. You can read summaries of the talks and discussions that took place on the Mashable website. As I was reading through reports of the talks I was particularly taken by a panel discussion on the...