Jargon buster: cybersecurity

The World Cup is over, the exams have finished, and Tour de France is on the box. Time to sort your beach book selection - tech style.

Conservative MP Eddie Hughes has released a report calling for the government to increase its focus on using blockchain, in a move that highlights the universal growth of this technology across all sectors.

While business folk and tech watchers go on attacking and defending blockchain, arguing in a loop over whether it has value or not, notable evidence of its growing credibility among large companies and authorities keeps racking up quietly in the background, writes Paul Unger.

JLL has appointed former Google executive Vinay Goel as chief digital product officer to focus on new product development and innovation for clients.

Alex Edds, Melanie Leech, James Dearsley and Tom Cheesewright are among the panel of property and technology experts judging the PlaceTech Prize for innovation in 2018.

What’s hot in your world, apart from the UK heatwave? PlaceTech wants to hear your views as we shape the next edition of our quarterly Trends report.

MetaProp NYC’s Aaron Block sat down with Paul Unger at MIPIM PropTech Europe in Paris to talk European expansion strategy, “naïve” views of blockchain and property’s “appalling” adoption of technology.

Erik Ubels, chief technology officer of smart building pacesetter EDGE Technologies, will be speaking at PlaceTech Trend Talk Amsterdam next month.