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Facebook is opening several cafés in London to encourage privacy checks
Staff Reporter
August 16, 2019
Several official Facebook cafés are set to open in London in a bid to encourage privacy checks. The social media brand's flagship Facebook café will be a pop-up coffee shop located…
New congestion tackling centre to get a test run during Cricket World Cup in Birmingham
Staff Reporter
May 16, 2019
The region’s new congestion-busting transport co-ordination centre is set to step into action this summer as Birmingham plays host to the Cricket World Cup. Birmingham’s Edgbaston Cricket Stadium is set to…
Brilliant Brummies: Meet Dave Massey, the man behind BrumHour and its 25k followers
Laura Sanders
February 8, 2019
Radio presenter, blogger and proud brummie, Dave Massey is the founder and curator of BrumHour; a community where Birmingham businesses, blogs and freelancers can network. The brand has amassed 25k followers on Twitter. We caught…
What was Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams doing at a Birmingham university?
Laura Sanders
January 24, 2019
Television and movie star Maisie Williams, aka Game of Thrones' Arya Stark, made an appearance at Birmingham City University yesterday. The lecture theatre was packed with students eager to hear from a fellow millennial…
Surreal ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ store mysteriously appears in Birmingham
Ranjit Dhillon
January 3, 2019
A peculiar and surreal Black Mirror themed shop has unexpectedly appeared in Grand Central in Birmingham, replicating themes from the recent Bandersnatch episode. The creation of the shop is shrouded…
New tech app allows city cops to ‘click and collect’ criminals
Student Reporter
October 23, 2018
West Midlands Police can now 'click and collect' criminals, thanks to a new technology to help police find offenders while on patrol. A new app focuses on helping to tackle…
Birmingham digital firm Bootcamp Media wins national marketing award
Staff Reporter
October 12, 2018
A city team of digital creatives has been recognised as “Birmingham’s Best Marketing & Web Design Agency” in this year's SME News UK Enterprise Awards. Based in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, the…
IN PICTURES: BBC Three Day celebrations in Birmingham
Staff Reporter
September 28, 2018
Award winning channel BBC Three took over Birmingham yesterday, bringing a whole host of innovative programmes, channel faces and creators to The Bond Company in Digbeth. In a day full of digital…
Pac-Man’s influence on capitalism revealed in new book
Staff Reporter
September 19, 2018
New research into one of the most influential videogame characters of all time reveals as much about contemporary capitalism as it does about the history of gaming. From consumption to…
Punch Records supports emerging BME filmmakers from the West Midlands
Staff Reporter
September 4, 2018
Six emerging BME filmmakers from the West Midlands have been given the opportunity to fulfil their potential as part of a six-month artist development programme called BACK IN. The dynamic…