• EngineeringNewsTechnology

    Posted on May 8th, 2013

    Written by Sarah Lamb

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    Apprentices & Technicians Gain Recognition with IET

    The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has launched a new awards scheme to recognise the best and the brightest apprentices and technicians. The scheme will see an apprentice, a technician and an Armed Forces technician walk away with £1,000 each, two years free membership of the IET and payment of their professional registration fees. [...]

    About Sarah Lamb

    Sarah is the founder of the Girl Geek Dinners & GirlyGeekdom. She is a lover of gadgets, geeky things and sport! Find out more about her on her website.

  • Women Tech

    Posted on April 28th, 2013

    Written by Zoe

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    Use your Android phone as a sensor system

    MaxMon is a free Android app that lets you use an Android phone as a monitoring system. Rather than just using your personal phone to connect to the internet and find out what your sensor is reporting, the MaxMon app turns your phone into a data collecting device. The MaxMon app monitors mains power and [...]

    About Zoe Cunningham

    Zoe Cunningham has been working in technology for over 12 years and is currently Managing Director at Softwire Technology. In her spare time she volunteers with a Ghanaian development charity, produces and presents two radio shows and plays backgammon to world class level (she won the Ladies' World Championship in 2010!).

  • Women Tech

    Posted on April 23rd, 2013

    Written by Zoe

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    Lloyds team win second Digital Wallet Foundry event

    Last week I attended the second Digital Wallet Foundry event, on the topic of Identity and Loyalty in digital payments, at Microsoft’s Modern Jago workspace in Shoreditch. It was the first time that I had visited Modern Jago and the space itself is absolutely gorgeous. Set in an old school, many of the original features [...]

    About Zoe Cunningham

    Zoe Cunningham has been working in technology for over 12 years and is currently Managing Director at Softwire Technology. In her spare time she volunteers with a Ghanaian development charity, produces and presents two radio shows and plays backgammon to world class level (she won the Ladies' World Championship in 2010!).

  • Women Tech

    Posted on April 11th, 2013

    Written by Zoe

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    Wayra Week – results announced and Tank Top TV interview

    Wayra is the technology accelerator of O2’s parent company, Telefonica and the last week of March was Wayra week – where 30 startups battled it out to win just 20 places at the Wayra incubator. The results have now been announced and are online at  http://uk.wayra.org/en/wayraweek/6329/ganadores. I spoke to Liz Rice of winning startup Tank [...]

    About Zoe Cunningham

    Zoe Cunningham has been working in technology for over 12 years and is currently Managing Director at Softwire Technology. In her spare time she volunteers with a Ghanaian development charity, produces and presents two radio shows and plays backgammon to world class level (she won the Ladies' World Championship in 2010!).

  • Women Tech

    Posted on April 2nd, 2013

    Written by Zoe

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    FDM Women in Technology Awards 2013

    Last week I was lucky enough to be able to attend the FDM Women in Technology Awards as a finalist. Although I didn’t win myself, I was bowled over by all the female talent there and the range of achievements – from founding award winning start-ups to creating artificial organs. Here is a roundup of [...]

    About Zoe Cunningham

    Zoe Cunningham has been working in technology for over 12 years and is currently Managing Director at Softwire Technology. In her spare time she volunteers with a Ghanaian development charity, produces and presents two radio shows and plays backgammon to world class level (she won the Ladies' World Championship in 2010!).

  • Women Tech

    Posted on March 27th, 2013

    Written by NatashaChowdory

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    Female Heroes in Gaming

    Just yesterday, my boyfriend sent me this and it got me to thinking… As a woman I have rarely played any video games, much the chagrin of my boyfriend and it’s due to a combination of factors – I get freaked out by the controls (probably explains why I haven’t passed my driving test yet) and [...]

    About Natasha Chowdory

    Is a Masters student for the second time - to become a Librarian. Takes pictures of clouds (because they're amazing) and devours YA books like it's the end of the world - also loves fantasy novels with strong female leads. Dreams of going into space one day because it's the final frontier.

  • Women Tech

    Posted on March 23rd, 2013

    Written by Zoe

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    5 best free web apps: 5. Hootsuite

    Do you use Twitter? If you’re reading tech blogs, I’m guessing you probably do. If you’re just a personal tweeter then you won’t need a service like Hootsuite, but if you run a small business or an personal projects it can become invaluable. If you run a small business then it’s advisable to have a [...]

    About Zoe Cunningham

    Zoe Cunningham has been working in technology for over 12 years and is currently Managing Director at Softwire Technology. In her spare time she volunteers with a Ghanaian development charity, produces and presents two radio shows and plays backgammon to world class level (she won the Ladies' World Championship in 2010!).

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