LIVE: DigitalSurrey January Closes
On behalf of everyone who attended January’s DigitalSurrey we want to say a big thank you to Gavin Stephens, Surrey’s Chief Superintendent for Neighbourhoods who gave a fantastic presentation tonight – it was expertly insightful and throuroughly enjoyable. We also want to offer our appreciation to the University of Surrey who are hosted tonight’s event, with kind sponsorship from the Open Digital Policy Organisation. Don’t forget, DigitalSurrey is your community so if you have any ideas of great venues, speakers or even topics – do get in touch and let us...
Read MoreLIVE: @MultiZone & Mobile Apps
A big welcome to Angus Fox, Director of Multizone Limited who is the brains behind the new Surrey policing app. Angus has 25 years experience of software product management and marketing worldwide at HP, BT, Microsoft, Lotus and Oracle and numerous startups and corporate clients. The app has been developed with the help of the Surrey Police force, and uses only open public data as part of the UK Government ‘trailblazer’ project for new technology to provide better visibility into the activities of the UK Police. What does the app do? Connect with England’s Surrey Police...
Read MoreLIVE: Community, Policing and Digital
With digital communication on the up, it was only a matter of time before the police got involved. Surrey’s Chief Superintendent for Neighbourhoods, Gavin Stephens, discusses how Surrey Police are about to start using a mobile app to connect with residents in the county of Surrey. £213m is spent on Surrey’s policing which is considerable, especially when it comes to the matter of delivering what matters to the residents of Surrey, vs. hitting Westminster targets. In order to make policing more cost-effective Gavin explains how new methods of communication such as an app for...
Read MoreLIVE: January’s DigitalSurrey!
With the New Year well and truly behind us, the first DigitalSurrey of 2012 is about to take off! Firstly, a big welcome to Surrey’s Chief Superintendent for Neighbourhoods, Gavin Stephens, who will be discussing Surrey Police’s use of digital. In particular, Gavin will be talking about the commissioning and deployment of the Surrey Police App, an iPhone (and soon arriving on Android) application that connects residents to their neighbourhood police teams. We will also be joined by the Surrey Police app developer, Angus Fox, Director of social collaboration software firm Multizone. Gavin...
Read MoreLIVE: Thank You!
We want to thank everyone who came out to join the DigitalSurrey network this evening despite the cold, dark November weather! We also want to offer a massive thank you to the team at Belron who sponsored the event and also made the venue for November’s DigitalSurrey possible – we really appreciate the support. A final big thank you goes to Allister Frost (@AllisterF) who gave an absolutely outstanding talk on social technology – it was truly inspiring. Don’t forget tickets are already available for the DigitalSurrey Christmas drinks on the 20th December – venue...
Read MoreLIVE: What’s Next For Social?
Allister is discussing what is next for social media and the areas that are growing and will develop in the future… Apps like ‘Geo’, ‘Stuck’ – geographic location targeting… Where are our friends, what are they doing? This has already begun but it’s becoming increasingly important to mobile users. Social shopping – QR codes, SCVNGR app – making purchasing and dining more fun. Facebook gift vouchers, Nintendo gift vouchers – buying credits for online technology – transforming the world. eBay and Facebook have teamed up...
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