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Getting the job done no matter where we happen to be – that's what all of our technology and web-based software can help with (most of the time). That is if we could keep ourselves from being distracted when working at home, in the hotel, on the plane or in a train coach. In Germany, according to a new study by Initiative D21, only 1 in 6 office professionals can grab the home-office-bull by the horns.

Fintech's N26 Bank is losing its chief of finance and risk. Matthias Oetken, formerly the market risk manager of HSH Nordbank, has decided to leave N26 – the Berlin-based Fintech Bank – to dedicate himself to a new professional challenge. He will be staying at N26 until a replacement is found for his critical management position at the online bank. 

Things aren't easy for Facebook and Twitter, and in Russia they just got harder, with Russia's communication watchdog opening administrative proceedings against Twitter and Facebook for their failure to explain how they plan to comply with local data laws, reported the Interfax news agency. With all of Facebook's data woes in Europe and the US, it stands to reason that their are potential issues with their laxness with data protection.

TomTom is selling its telematics division to automotive giant Bridgestone Europe for €910 million ($1,033 billion). TomTom was founded in 1991, and is best known for GPS-powered navigation services like satellite navigation units for cars, as well as being one of the major global online mapping platforms, alongside Google Maps, Here Technologies and OpenStreetMap. Hailing from the Netherlands, TomTom offers some other services too, such as telematics, which helps businesses to manage their fleets. Telematics is also important for gaining knowledge about driver behaviour and knowing where each vehicle in a fleet is located in real-time.

Whether it's a good idea or not, artificial intelligence (AI) is coming. Companies are developing and implementing AI more and more, brought to us by a new report by Gartner. The 2019 CIO Survey brought to us by the Stamford, Connecticut firm questioned more than 3,000 executives in 89 countries. AI implementation grew an amazing 270% over the last 4 years; 37% over the last 12 months.

The British are set to spend a record £25 billion using their smartphones in 2019. For the first time ever, consumers there will be as likely to use their smartphones to make a purchase as they would using a laptop or desktop computer. Upwards of 30 million Brits will be using their smartphone to shop in 2019. This is a 66% rise in mobile commerce since 2018.

If you are at a Delhaize supermarket in Belgium, you can pick up a package you ordered from Bol.com. Because Bol.com is owned by Ahold Delhaize, it is easy to open locations in the supermarkets of Delhaize in Flanders. Bol.com orders could already be picked up at Albert Heijn supermarkets. The Ahold Delhaize Group, owner of all three companies, is well on their way to putting the three brands together.