Category: Tech News

Metaverse Operations Autonomous Electric Vehicles And The Digital Economy Set To Transform The Travel Industry

Several powerful megatrends – from young, highly connected travelers to the arrival of electric air taxis – will exert an immense influence on air travel over the next decade, forcing industry, governments, and technology to adapt rapidly. This is according to “Meet the Megatrends,” a new report from SITA that examines 12 emerging technological, societal, traveler, and economic trends that will significantly morph the travel landscape by 2033.

These megatrends do not exist in silos but operate in an evolving ecosystem where emerging technologies interconnect the trends and help drive them forward. Data is at the heart of this ecosystem. The increasing willingness of providers to share data across the wider travel industry will help further accelerate these trends and pave the way to the more connected, seamless travel experience that passengers want.

Ilkka Kivelä, VP Strategy and Innovation, SITA, said: “The air transport industry is at a post-pandemic crossroads, facing challenges from all sides. While the travel recovery accelerates globally, airports and airlines are scrambling to provide the seamless travel experience passengers expect, often with slashed workforces and squeezed budgets. The climate crisis demands swifter and more decisive industry action to make travel more sustainable. We now have an opportunity to reimagine the world of travel, connect the dots and transform travel with bold solutions that cross sectors and exploit the latest technologies.”

One of the key trends identified in the report is Gen Z and millennial travelers driving a digital transformation of the transport industry, demanding a more integrated digital journey, and accelerating the digital way of life. Privacy, digital identity rights, and controls for passengers will be a priority for passengers opening the door to a future where we can travel from everywhere to anywhere without the need for physical documents or being stopped for identification.

Another power trend is the automation and emergence of smart airports, which will reshape the workforce, give rise to a new flattened business organization, and streamline operations through technology. By 2030 metaverse operations will be commonplace at leading airports and play a vital role in optimizing processes, avoiding disruption, and facilitating intuitive, immersive control of intelligent airports. This in turn will require new skills and create new opportunities for employees in the industry.

Meanwhile, electric air vehicles are expected to be ubiquitous at major international airports by the end of the decade, operating as an effective auxiliary service and revenue stream for airports and airlines. This year alone, investment in the Urban Air Mobility industry has skyrocketed, with $4.7 billion committed to the development of eVTOL vehicles.

Ilkka Kivelä said: “These trends are shaping SITA’s own innovation agenda. We’re excited to be working across many of these areas and look forward to collaborating with partners to drive positive change across the industry.”

The report was spearheaded by the SITA Lab innovation team and draws upon insights from across the transport industry, SITA’s global research, and the latest cutting-edge proof of concepts to identify the most powerful shifts that will drive the travel industry’s evolution by 2033.

Guinness Enterprise Centre launches Health@GEC Cluster in partnership with St. James’ Hospital

The Guinness Enterprise Centre (GEC), Ireland’s largest incubator in the heart of Dublin City and home to more than 160 innovative start-ups, today launched Health@GEC, a unique healthcare innovation cluster that connects and enables greater innovation within the sector by fostering collaboration between start-ups, medical practitioners, patients, and problem-solvers.

Following on from its partnership with St. James’ Hospital (SJH) – Ireland’s largest acute teaching hospital – the GEC hosted an event at the centre to launch and showcase some of the activity already underway and to seek new partners to join this successful ecosystem. Twenty healthcare companies are already engaged with the cluster, ranging from early-stage start-ups to established international organisations. 

Innovation projects currently in progress include those focused on specialised clinical research and training, with others involving technologies to support patients – both bedside and outside the hospital setting – alleviating capacity issues which remains a universal challenge faced by healthcare systems worldwide. 

The cluster has also attracted interest internationally from non-clinical partners who are eager to participate, as well as major global healthcare players. To date, this has included visits from the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical complex in the world, and the hosting of a visit from the Enterprise Ireland, Global Healthcare Forum earlier this year.

Beyond commercial engagements, the Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Programme, a partnership between campus colleagues SJH and Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), has been working with the GEC on a pilot programme whereby a multi-disciplinary team supports adolescents and young adults living with cancer in a non-clinical setting. It also engages with guest speakers and entrepreneurs – all keen to support these young people in an innovative model that may be expanded next year.

In preparation for the opening of the new children’s hospital at SJH campus in Dublin, CHI has also been using the GEC as a base for innovation workshops and upskilling healthcare workers to use Design Thinking to help solve complex challenges. CHI joins Health@GEC as an ecosystem partner, significantly increasing the potential for collaboration and open innovation for the group. The SJH/CHI campus, offering a full suite of ‘womb to tomb’ health services, will rank amongst the largest and most contemporary and comprehensive Academic Health Sciences Centres in Europe – employing in the region of 10,000 persons when fully operational.

Speaking at the event, Orla Veale, Programme Director for the Academic Health Science centre, said:

“St James’ recognises the value of open innovation to ensure it remains a leading healthcare organisation nationally and internationally, but also to continue to meet the needs of our patients into the future.”

Paul Anglim, Health Lead at GEC added: “Health@GEC promotes innovation in health by linking healthcare providers and institutions with companies and a supporting ecosystem of partners and investors. It is a hub from which innovators can access the network, locations, supports and people to bring their product to market successfully, thereby improving patient outcomes and new product adoption.”

“.ZIP past” Office docs as most common malicious file type

HP Inc. has issued its third quarter HP Wolf Security Threat Insights Report, finding that archive file formats – such as ZIP and RAR files – were the most common file type for delivering malware, surpassing Office files for the first time in three years. This report provides an analysis of real-world cyberattacks, helping organisations to keep up with the latest techniques cybercriminals use to evade detection and breach users in the fast-changing cybercrime landscape.

Based on data from millions of endpoints running HP Wolf Security, the research found 44% of malware was delivered inside archive files – an 11% rise on the previous quarter – compared to 32% delivered through Office files such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

The report identified several campaigns that were combining the use of archive files with new HTML smuggling techniques – where cybercriminals embed malicious archive files into HTML files to bypass email gateways – to then launch attacks.

For example, recent QakBot and IceID campaigns used HTML files to direct users to fake online document viewers that were masquerading as Adobe. Users were then instructed to open a ZIP file and enter a password to unpack the files, which then deployed malware onto their PCs.

As the malware within the original HTML file is encoded and encrypted, detection by email gateway or other security tools is very difficult. Instead, the attacker relies on social engineering, creating a convincing and well-designed web page to fool people into initiating the attack by opening the malicious ZIP file. In October, the same attackers were also found using fake Google Drive pages in an ongoing effort to trick users into opening malicious ZIP files.

“Evidently, threat actors are becoming more and more agile in their methods to break into systems and smuggle information. With the right tools to detect and eliminate any breaches, it ensures these threat actors don’t gain access to sensitive data and move throughout the system. Organisations can also use Zero Trust Principle to make sure potentially malicious tasks, like clicking on unsecure links or opening deceptive attachments, are executed in a disposable virtual machine separated from the underlying systems” explains Val Gabriel, Managing Director of HP Ireland.

HP also identified a complex campaign using a modular infection chain, which could potentially enable attackers to change the payload – such as spyware, ransomware, keylogger – mid-campaign, or to introduce new features, like geo-fencing. This could enable an attacker to change tactics depending on the target they have breached. By not including malware directly in the attachment sent to the target, it is also harder for email gateways to detect this type of attack.

HP Wolf Security runs risky tasks like opening email attachments, downloading files and clicking links in isolated, micro-virtual machines (micro-VMs) to protect users, capturing detailed traces of attempted infections. HP’s application isolation technology mitigates threats that can slip past other security tools and provides unique insights into novel intrusion techniques and threat actor behaviour. By isolating threats on PCs that have evaded detection tools, HP Wolf Security has specific insight into the latest techniques being used by cybercriminals. To date, HP customers have clicked on over 18 billion email attachments, web pages, and downloaded files with no reported breaches.

About the data

This data was anonymously gathered within HP Wolf Security customer virtual machines from July-September 2022.

About HP

HP Inc. is a technology company that believes one thoughtful idea has the power to change the world. Its product and service portfolio of personal systems, printers, and 3D printing solutions helps bring these ideas to life. Visit http://www.hp.com.

About HP Wolf Security

HP Wolf Security is a new breed of endpoint security. HP’s portfolio of hardware-enforced security and endpoint-focused security services are designed to help organisations safeguard PCs, printers, and people from circling cyber predators. HP Wolf Security provides comprehensive endpoint protection and resiliency that starts at the hardware level and extends across software and services. Visit https://www.hp.com/uk-en/security/endpoint-security-solutions.html.

London-based DAACI Ltd invents game-changing automated audio score generator

Today, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted DAACI its first US patent covering significant and fundamental principles in automated generative composition. 

DAACI is pioneering the AI music space, having developed, and filed for patent in June 2022 ahead of firms like Microsoft and Activision Blizzard, which have made similar filings amid accelerating interest in the field of automated music generation.

The US patent 11,514,877 is linked to groundbreaking research and development being undertaken by Dr. Joe Lyske and other highly accomplished DAACI employees. It supports dynamically adaptive generation of music assembled to follow a written narrative brief describing the desired musical journey. 

DAACI is a fully formed AI system that composes, arranges, orchestrates, and produces the highest quality original music. This patented technology is applicable to many audio-visual media applications, including bespoke user-determined gaming soundtracks and TV advertising. 

DAACI CEO Rachel Lyske said, “The intellectual property rights that DAACI is now securing – and which will be supplemented over the next year by complementary and enhanced filings, grants, and related know-how – are building a highly relevant international patent monopoly and technology portfolio in the field of automated music generation. The DAACI system delivers, in seconds, multiple unique compositions that each achieve the important trait of ‘good musical form’ and, consequently, those compositions are easily appreciated by any listener.”

ZHIYUN Christmas deals – Perfect smartphone/camera gifts at incredible prices

Don’t worry if you’ve missed Black Friday or Cyber Monday and are still looking for that special gift for someone. ZHIYUN, the leading gimbal brand for amateur and professional filmmakers with smartphones and cameras has some special Christmas discounts on some of its most popular products.

Gimbal: the perfect gift for anyone with a smartphone or camera

Gimbals are light, compact and durable stablilisers, with smartphone versions, small enough to shove in a rucksack or your pocket to take your videos to the next level. There’s nothing more annoying than reliving sporting events, nights out, holidays, trips or special occasions only to see a blur of shaky unwatchable footage. While camera gimbals are sturdier to support larger cameras for professional users.

Smartphone gimbals

Elevate your smartphone with the latest smartphone gimbals.

SMOOTH 5S

Tell better stories with the newest member of the SMOOTH range. With its powerful built-in fill light, SMOOTH 5S offers a simplified way of filmmaking for everyone with a smartphone, day or night. With the classic 3-axis design, you can create inspiring content with no angle limitations. SMOOTH 5S makes you a one-man vlogging crew. Available in white or grey from ZHIYUN or the Amazon store.

SMOOTH Q4

This neat little smartphone gimbal has a new design for better grip and easy unfolding. It has a 215mm built-in, extendable rod that allows you to shoot at various angles from a wider background. SMOOTH Q4 comes with a double sided, adjustable magnetic fill light offering you a quick and easy way to get the lighting even in the darkness. Buy it at the ZHIYUN or the Amazon store.

  • Standard: Now £99/$99 USD (original price £119/$119)

  • Combo: Now £119/$119 (original price £149/$149)

SMOOTH 5

Film like a pro with the latest ZHIYUN SMOOTH 5. It makes cinematic smartphone filmmaking possible with its 3-axis design that allows movement through all angles to be amazingly smooth, even at the extremes. Its carefully considered ergonomic controls, high performance motor, professional anti-shake system, and magnetic twin fill lights empower new creative opportunities. Buy it at the ZHIYUN or the Amazon store.

  • Standard: Now £139/$139 (original price £159/$169)

  • Combo: Now £189/$189 (original price £209/$219)

Professional gimbals

For those vlogging and filmmaking pros, ZHIYUN has some professional gimbal deals.

WEEBILL 3: Simplicity Evolved, creation elevated.

Now in its 3rd generation, the A4 sized WEEBILL 3 has evolved and tuned its ergonomics with carefully crafted parts that reduce the carrying effort by 40%. This innovative all-in-one solution provides sound, light and image stabilisation together, setting a new bar for portable, powerful gimbals that makes even complex filmmaking endeavours effortless and simple. Available from the ZHIYUN and Amazon stores.

  • Standard: Now £399/$399  (original price £449/$449)

  • Combo: Now £449/$449  (original price £529/$529)

WEEBILL S: Unleashing possibilities for professional filmmakers

Despite its compact size, the WEEBILL-S easily handles mainstream mirrorless and DSLR camera & lens combos. Its neat, lightweight body and a unique Sling mode allows the WEEBILL-S to offer an effortless shooting experience. Inside, its strong motors feature ZHIYUN’s unique stabilising algorithm. An intelligent ViaTouch 2.0 system as well as an ultra-low latency HD image transmission module, means the WEEBILL-S pushes the limits for boundless filmmaking.

CRANE M3: For Ultra-portable professional handheld filmmaking

The CRANE M3 is a portable, compact and professional camera gimbal. It provides an excellent grip and balance, with an ergonomic array of control panel, buttons, wheels and joystick for full control of the powerful motors that can carry different kinds of cameras and lenses in stable and smooth movements. The two-in-one universal quick release plate makes camera changes during a shoot safe and efficient.

  • Standard: Now £319/ USD 319  (original price £369/$369)

  • Combo: Now £379/ USD 379  (original price £449/$449)

  • Pro:  Now £399 / $399  (original price £649/$549)

ZHIYUN Christmas/Holiday 2022 full discount list:

Learn more about the Smooth Series: https://www.zhiyun-tech.com/en/product/smooths

Smooth Q3

  • Standard: Now £79/79USD ( original price £85/89USD)

  • Combo: Now £99/99USD (original price £105/109USD)

Smooth Q4

  • Standard: Now £99/$99(original price £119/119USD)

  • Combo: Now  £119 /$119 (original price  £149/149USD)

Smooth X

  • Standard: Now £29.99/$29.99 (, original price £60/69.99USD)

  • Package: Now £39.99/$39.99 (, original price £70/79.99USD)

Smooth XS

  • Standard: Now £39.99/39.99USD ( original price £69/74.99USD)

Smooth X2

  • Standard: Now £69/$69 (original price £129/119USD)

  • Combo: Now £89/$89 (original price £159/149USD)

Smooth 5

  • Standard: Now £139/139USD (original price £159/169USD)

  • Combo: Now  £189/189USD (, original price £209/ 219USD)

Learn more about the CRANE series: https://www.zhiyun-tech.com/en/product/cranes

CRANE M2-S

  • Standard: Now £199/199USD (original price £259/269USD)

  • Combo: Now £259 /259USD (original price £329/349USD)

CRANE M3

  • Standard: Now £319/319USD (original price £369/369USD)

  • Combo: Now  £379/379USD (original price £449/449USD)

  • Pro: Now £399/399USD (original price £649/549USD)

CRANE 2S

  • Standard: Now £379/369USD (original price £599/599USD)

  • Combo: Now  £429/419USD (original price £649/649USD)

  • Pro: Now £519/569USD (original price £849/849USD)

CRANE 3S

  • Standard: Now £559/539USD (original price £769/739USD)

  • Pro: Now £899/799USD (original price £1049/1149USD)

Learn more about the WEEBILL series: https://www.zhiyun-tech.com/en/product/weebills

WEEBILL 3

  • Standard: Now  £399 /399USD (original price £449/449USD)

  • Combo: Now  £449 /449USD (original price £529/529USD)

WEEBILL S

Learn more about the FIVERAY series: https://www.zhiyun-tech.com/en/product/fiveray

Fiveray 100C

  • Standard: Now £149/149USD (original price £199/199USD)

  • Combo: Now £189/189USD (original price £249/249USD)

Where to Buy

Promotion period: December 1st to December 31st
Available online from: Amazon ZHIYUN and ZHIYUN Store

Esri maps festive events around Ireland this Christmas

Esri Ireland, the market leader in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), has created a digital map of some of the best Christmas festivals, light shows, and ice skating events happening across the country this holiday season.

Using Esri’s ArcGIS digital mapping system, the interactive map highlights a range of enchanting spectacles and festive activities to suit all ages. Experience the wonder of Christmas by immersing yourself in a winter wonderland; browsing market stalls, marvelling at the glittering lights, soaking up festive music, and gliding across ice-rinks.

From magical train rides in Donegal and family-friendly festivals in Kerry, to glistening light shows in Galway and fun-filled ice-skating in Dublin, this map will help bring festive cheer to life this Christmas season.

Click HERE for more

Petoi launches Bittle STEM kit – learn to code with the world’s first palm-sized robot dog

Petoi, the maker of futuristic robotic pets, today launches the Bittle STEM kit, a lower cost version of its palm sized robot dog that can help teach tech enthusiasts, young and old, about robotics and coding. Small but agile, Bittle can be programmed to walk, do tricks and roll around just like a real dog. Differing slightly from Bittle V1, the STEM kit contains plastic-gear servos instead of metal making it lighter and more flexible with different movements.

The Bittle STEM kit is available at www.Petoi.com from £223 ($269, RRP), but in the run up to Christmas, it will be available at a promotional price of £180 ($214). The Bittle STEM kit will also launch on Amazon UK mid-December.

The Petoi Bittle STEM kit is ideal for kids and adults with an interest in STEM, coding and robotics. It’s also perfect for those who just want to have fun and play with a robot pet companion. Bittle operates on OpenCat, an open-source quadrupled robot platform that offers endless programming and customisation possibilities. Educational, users can learn coding as they teach Bittle to run, jump, roll over, sit and lay down, just like a real dog.

Users bring the Bittle STEM kit to life by assembling its puzzle-like frame which is made up of plastic 3D interlocking components. The bionic construction of legs rather than wheels means that Bittle is able to move more freely over unstructured terrain. With a simple and beautiful design, Bittle can be easily configured and controlled using Petoi’s official mobile app, the included remote control or a number of different programming options. Users can also program Bittle to do tricks with Petoi Desktop App’s Skill Composer.  Petoi plans to release a free C++ four-legged robot curriculum by mid December.  Bittle is a great STEM learning tool and perfect for anyone interested in robotics and programming.

Evolving with an open-source gene, Bittle is built on Petoi’s OpenCat open-source platform which was first launched in 2018 by Petoi’s founder Professor Rongzhong Li specifically for quadrupled robots. Bittle’s dynamic manoeuvrability and behaviours are features typically seen on luxury robots but Petoi’s technology is now making it accessible to everyone.

With a customised Arduino board coordinating all instinctive and sophisticated movements, users are able to clip various smart sensors onto Bittle or mount a Raspberry Pi or other AI chips through wired/wireless connections to inject perception and artificial intelligence capabilities.

Features include:

 

  • OpenCat framework

  • Arduino compatible motion controller & wireless connectivity

  • Impressive running speed and agility

  • Interlocking plastic frame

  • Shock reduction joints

  • Programmable gaits and behaviours

For more information, please visit https://www.petoi.com.

Over 200 free Wi-Fi access points in public spaces across 61 towns nationwide now available from Magnet+ thanks to EU backed initiative WiFi4EU

A total of 201 free Wi-Fi connectivity access points in public spaces across Ireland have now been installed by Magnet+, Ireland’s largest independent connectivity network, as part of the WiFi4EU initiative.

The demand for the free Wi-fi connectivity service, which was first introduced in Galway city in October 2020, has grown exponentially over the last two years, with a 30% increase in users nationwide in the last year alone and a total of 8,369 users recorded for the month October 2022.

The WiFi4U scheme offers free high-speed access to Wi-Fi connectivity for citizens in public spaces such as parks, squares, public buildings, libraries, museums and in towns and cities throughout Europe. It is an initiative of The European Commission funded by both The European Commission and Department of Rural and Community Development.

The areas with the Wi-Fi access points include:

  • Dublin
    • 47 Access Points installed across 17 different towns including Fingal, Blanchardstown, Mulhuddart, Lucan, Castleknock, Portmarnock, Howth, Malahide, Portrane, Donabate, Swords, Balbriggan, Naul, Garristown, Rush, Lusk and Skerries.

There were 6,146 users in Fingal alone across September and October this year which is an increase of 15% compared to this time last year.

  • Tipperary County
    • 52 Access Points installed across 6 different towns including Clonmel, Carrick on Suir, Nenagh, Tipperary Town, Roscrea & Thurles.

    • There were 3,030 users in Tipperary County across September and October this year which is an increase of 66% compared to this time in 2021.

  • Galway City
    • 61 Access Points installed across 13 different towns including Ballinfoile, Galway City Centre, Roscam, Ballyloughnane, Liosban, Doughiska, Mervue, Knocknacarra, Blackrock, Salthill, Westside, Tuam Road & Renmore

    • There were 5,358 users in Galway City across September and October this year which is an increase of 88% compared to this time last year.

  • Galway County
    • 41 Access Points installed across 25 Different towns including Kinvara, Portumna, Killimor, Loughrea, Gort, Mountbellew, Ballygar, Ahascragh, Aughrim, Ballinasloe, Moylough, Headford, Dunmore, Tuam, Athenry, Oranmore, Barna, Oughterard, Carraroe, Spiddal, Moycullen, Aran Islands & Clifden.

    • There were 3,991 users in Galway County across September and October this year which is an increase of 239% compared to the same time last year.

Under the WiFi4EU scheme, successful local authorities are issued with vouchers worth €15,000 to install Wi-Fi hotspots, which must be free of charge to the user, free from advertising and with no commercial re-use of data.

To date 28 of Ireland’s 31 local authorities have now secured WiFi4EU vouchers, with 23 securing the maximum of four available and 12 still to go to tender.

The Department of Rural and Community Development is providing matched funding of €15,000 for every voucher awarded to Ireland by the EU, effectively doubling the value of the investment.

Commenting on this landmark milestone, Philip Clapperton, Sales Director at Magnet +, says: “Magnet+ is delighted to have brought connectivity services to so many towns across Ireland. The multi-location WiFi4EU service will provide previously unavailable Wi-Fi service in these community locations, which will enhance the user experience when visiting these locations. Areas previously affected by a lack of Wi-Fi services can now access reliable, fast and secure internet services at no cost providing incredible ease of access for these areas and boosting all the local economies in these areas. We’re excited to grow these networks further to even more areas in the country.”

London-based beauty SaaS has launched to support freelancers.

In 2019 the UK beauty industry was estimated at £27b and ranked as the seventh-largest global beauty market. In 2020 many salons were forced to close because of COVID-19, which led to an average 45% loss in revenue and made many full-time beauty professionals convert into freelancers. As a result, almost 70% of the beauty industry was represented by freelancers in the UK by the end of 2021.

In addition to this, over 250k beauty professionals left Ukraine in order to escape the war in the past eight months. Many of them landed in the UK, having to start their careers from scratch without a steady client base, local recognition and understanding of how the UK beauty market works. 

As a result, there are many beauty freelancers in the UK but not many services that can support them with connecting to clients, securely processing payments, resolving disputes and managing cancellations. We realised that we can support these newly converted and recently arrived beauty freelancers to get on track in the freelancing game with GLAMLAB London.

How to help freelancers

In the first few months of the launch, GLAMLAB London was able to generate over 300+ applications from beauty freelancers. But after a careful analysis of freelancers’ portfolios, it was decided to proceed with 100 of them. GLAMLAB aims to focus on a narrow number of beauty freelancers at first and steadily increase it to ensure the clients can be sourced for every single freelancer. 

GLAMLAB ensures to support freelancers not only by automating appointments and securing payments but also by connecting them with new customers. The aim is to invest in the marketing of freelancers’ services, involving social media marketing, influencers and performance marketing tools to ensure freelancers’ calendars are busy. The main purpose of this is to allow freelancers to focus on their passion – making their clients look beautiful and taking their other worries away.

The best part of GLAMLAB is the fact that the service and all its features are absolutely free for freelancers. As mentioned before, partly GLAMLAB carries out a humanitarian mission helping beauty freelancers who lost jobs or were faced to move from Ukraine to the UK and start their careers over. GLAMLAB gives them the opportunity to restart their careers, generate a client base, build a portfolio and start earning money again without having to spend on subscription or commission fees. 

Who’s behind GLAMLAB?

Prototype of GLAM LAB was launched in September by Angelina Liparteliani. Angelina has a background in social media and digital marketing. She is employed as a Social Media Lead at Johnson & Johnson and previously she has been working as Social Media Manager at Philip Morris International. 

Angelina Liparteliani

The initial idea came up in 2019 when she was looking for hairstyling and makeup services to get ready for her prom. Unfortunately, she wasn’t able to find a service that would meet all her expectations, including being able to know what professional is coming, how their previous works look like and what experience they have. The idea has developed further throughout COVID-19 and the increased number of independent beauty freelancers. 

What is the future of GLAMLAB?

Today more and more consumers expect to solve a problem with a snap of their fingers: from ordering a taxi, booking a room, shopping for groceries to getting beauty treatments. It is predicted that the on-demand market will reach $335b by the end of 2025 (up from $58b currently). GLAMLAB is aiming to use this trend to grow and expand, providing beauty freelancers with the opportunity to scale their careers while elevating the industry and becoming a top service for getting professional beauty treatments at home in the UK.