Where will the next big tech innovation come from? It could be from London’s Connected Digital Catapult hub in Kings Cross September 30, 2014 A new digital hub set to open in Kings Cross hosting businesses, technologists and researchers is aiming to produce the UK’s next big technological innovation. The government is investing up to £10m in the project to fuel growth of the digital economy which is expected to be worth more than £10bn within the next 10 [...]
Ebola virus diagnosed in the US: Tekmiara share price surges as first case confirmed by CDC in Dallas, Texas September 30, 2014 The first case of the deadly Ebola virus to be diagnosed outside of Africa has been confirmed in a patient in the US. The unnamed man was admitted to a hospital in Dallas, Texas with symptoms of the disease and isolated on Sunday after returning from West Africa the US Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has confirmed. A [...]
Windows 10: Microsoft launches new operating system to succeed Windows 8 September 30, 2014 Microsoft has unveiled its latest version of Windows, the catchily named Windows 10. The new operating system from the PC pioneer succeeds the not so successful two-year-old Windows 8. Microsoft has apparently discarded the Windows 9 name to signify just how big the leap between the old and new OS really is. Windows 10 resurrects [...]
What’s MyBook? The next big thing according to this video skewering tech hype and Silicon Valley culture September 30, 2014 Twitter founder Biz Stone and MC Hammer (yes, that MC Hammer, now a well known tech investor) are talking about it, as are the people of San Francisco and even the city’s finest. Have you heard about it yet? No? Meet MyBook. Is it going to be the next big thing in tech? Well, perhaps [...]
Russia sanctions remain until Ukrainian peace agreement in place, says EU September 30, 2014 The EU will maintain sanctions against Russia because of the ongoing violence in Ukraine, it decided today. At a meeting of EU ambassadors on Tuesday, the bloc ruled that the peace agreement between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists "will need to be properly implemented" before sanctions are dropped. However an EU spokeswoman noted there had been [...]
How to make a man smile: Suggest they go drinking with other men September 30, 2014 The best way to put a smile on your face after a hard day of work may be to enjoy a stiff drink with friends… but only if you're a man and your friends are also men. A new study published in the journal Clinical Psychological Science shows that when men drink, the contagiousness [...]
Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party Conference speech: “Semi-Marxist Miliband”, “eat the kippers” and “planet zog” September 30, 2014 Conservative favourite and London mayor Boris Johnson has delivered an upbeat speech to the Tory faithful at the party's conference in Birmingham. With swipes at Ukip defectors, Ed Miliband and Vince Cable, the speech was well-received in a conference hall nervous about the prospects of electoral success and party unity. Johnson ran through a list [...]
Forget Crossrail, Boris Johnson proposes south London Tube extension to Camberwell, Lewisham and Bromley September 30, 2014 Are you a south Londoner, fed up with the lack of Tube infrastructure, forced to rely on overcrowded overground trains for your daily commute? Me too. So maybe you should respond to this consultation over a proposed extension to the Bakerloo line, bringing the Tube out to New Cross, Lewisham, Bromley and Hayes. [...]
Disappearing wildlife: Global populations have halved since 1970 September 30, 2014 The world's wildlife populations are dying out faster than we previously thought. A paper called the Living Planet Report 2014 was released by the London Zoological Society (ZSL) earlier today, and it shows how populations have declined by an average of 52 per cent over the 40 years from 1940 to 2010. To [...]
London house price growth slows: How do the other regions compare? September 30, 2014 UK house price growth slowed to 9.4 per cent in the year to September, figures published Tuesday showed, down 11 per cent from last month. Between August and September, monthly growth fell 0.2 per cent – the first drop in 17 months, the figures from Nationwide showed. As the building society's chief economist, Robert Gardner, [...]