Talketh is Revolutionising Payment Solutions for Millions

By Sandra Quinn A new blockchain innovation, Talketh, could be revolutionising access to blockchain technology, making it accessible to the masses and breaking down the traditional barriers to the innovative technology.  Developed by Horizon Globex who have operations in Ireland, the UK and Zug, Switzerland, Talketh was developed in Switzerland, in the global hub of […]Continue Reading

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Why Twitter are Using Blockchain to Eradicate Scams?

By Sandra Quinn On March 21, twelve years ago, Twitter first entered the realm of social media, revolutionising the way people communicated with each other, and achieving this with a mere 140 characters per post. Did you know that approximately 500 million tweets are sent out into the abyss every 24 hours? Another random, yet […]Continue Reading

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See the Blockchain as an Opportunity, Not a Threat

By Sandra Quinn Like anything new, when the blockchain first came to the fore of the technology world, it was treated with almost equal measures of excitement and trepidation. What if this changes the world? How do we control it? If the blockchain is the source of trust, who is in charge? What if it […]Continue Reading

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A Year of Blogging with Horizon Globex

By Sandra Quinn This time last year, on September 15, 2017, we here at Horizon Globex were busy little bees analysing the reaction, reach and readership for our brand new shiny blog section over on our website www.horizon-globex.com. In the past year, we have published one new blog every Sunday (keep an eye on our […]Continue Reading

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Can the Blockchain Bring Honesty to Political Elections?

By Sandra Quinn Over the years, there have been a number of controversial elections hitting the headlines, whether because of rigging accusations or other shady dealings. Some of the most notorious in living memory include this year’s Hong Kong by-election where some candidates were disqualified because of their public stance on the issue of Hong […]Continue Reading

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World Suicide Prevention Day – Reaching Out to Those in Need

By Sandra Quinn Today (September 10) marks World Suicide Prevention Day and there is a global movement, particularly online, towards raising awareness about suicide, self-harm and depression and providing information about the help that is available. In the time it would take you to read the last sentence just four times, one person somewhere in […]Continue Reading

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Digital Innovations Make Back to School That Bit Easier

By Sandra Quinn This week, amidst tears, tantrums, panics to get out of the house in time and last minute trips to the shop to pick up stationary supplies, thousands of children got ready to go back to school. For as long as we can all remember, a first day at school or going back […]Continue Reading

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A Cheap Web App With Azure

By Dr. Andrew Le Gear, September 3, 2018 We have several complex and robust web solutions deployed here at Horizon. We use Azure App Services and find it is very professional and truly is a wonderful solution for production products, but this doesn’t come cheap. It costs about £700 per annum for a service plan that […]Continue Reading

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Technology Talks, But It Will Never Be Human

By Sandra Quinn Homes, offices and educational facilities are filled with voices, but sometimes not the human ones we expect – these voices are more than likely coming from the Google assistant on Android, Apple’s Alexa, Amazon’s Echo and other virtual technological assistants, but do we sometimes confuse these voices with human ones or give […]Continue Reading

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Could Technology Hold the Key to a Dementia Cure?

By Sandra Quinn Will you do me a favour? Just a small one and I promise it won’t take up much of your time, but it will be worthwhile. Put down whatever you are doing, settle into a comfortable seat and just immerse yourself in this blog for the next four minutes. You have had […]Continue Reading

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