FMCG Innovations and Trends by Sophia Nadur

Interested in igniting fo od & drink conversations that will push innovation in the food ecosystem forward using tech?   I thought you were! Well, you've got to attend  yFood Food Tech Week  running on 17th - 21st October . It's following a sold-out London Food Tech Week event last year. If you haven't as yet purchased your tickets, click  HERE   to get tickets and use  promo code TGTEAS20   at checkout for a discount! Passionate food tech advocates  Nadia El Hadery  and  Victoria Albrecht  are back this year on another #obsessive mission! "The food ecosystem is ripe for disruption and we’re fired up about solving global food issues in a commercial, replicable and scalable manner. We do this by creating opportunities for Food Tech startups, investors and big food companies to connect over meaningful partnerships. We’re also vocal champions of Food Tech disruptors who are hungry for change in the food ecosystem." T...

What is Pokémon Go? Really, you don't know? Pokémon Go is a free smartphone app that was developed by Niantic Inc ., a San Francisco software development company that started life as an internal startup at Google . Since July 6th 2016, it's been downloaded by millions of folks all over the US, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand with launches in new countries happening weekly. In Pokémon Go , you take on the role of a Pokémon trainer in the search for 700+ Pokemons (fictional characters created in a mid-1990s Nintendo game for GameBoy ) to train to battle each other for sport. The augmented reality game uses your phone’s GPS location to place your character and other game elements in a map of of your current location. By changing your location (through walking, running or.....ahem....driving), you can virtually "catch" wild Pokémons that are near you, train them to make them more powerful, and later battle your Pokémons to take control of local gyms...