E3 2015: Microsoft announces Xbox 360 games to be playable on Xbox One and reveals Gears of War 4, Halo 5 and Minecraft Hololens footage June 15, 2015 Microsoft will give gamers a Christmas present they've long been waiting for this year by making old Xbox 360 games playable on a new Xbox One model. At the E3 games convention in Los Angeles Xbox chief Phil Spencer announced backwards compatibility for the first time – meaning Xbox One owners will be able to [...]
Talent agency IMG signs top eSports organisations Cloud9, Dignitas and SK Gaming June 15, 2015 International talent agency IMG has increased its presence in the growing professional video gaming industry by signing three of the biggest organizations in eSports. The agency which represents superstar athletes such as Novak Djokovic and Gerard Pique has added Cloud9, Dignitas and SK Gaming – three leading eSports groups – to its clientele. Read more: Over [...]
Eating chocolate is linked to lower risk of stroke and heart disease June 15, 2015 There's a tendency to avoid chocolate when we are looking after our health, but it turns out a small dose of this sweet treat could be very good for us. Eating up to 100g of chocolate each day is linked to a lower risk of heart disease and stroke, according to research published in the [...]
London Technology Week: The hunt for London’s unicorn tech startups June 15, 2015 There's no doubting the impressive numbers rolling out of London Tech Week. There’s also no lack of people willing to shout about these impressive feats, whether it be entrepreneurs, investors, economists, or the mayor himself. More than a dozen of London’s tech types today gathered near the summit of the Shard to kick off London [...]
Cultivating London’s next generation of tech entrepreneurs June 15, 2015 Digital technology is changing the world, but the pace of that change is still breathtaking. In three years, Airbnb amassed as many hotel rooms as the Hilton dynasty did in a century. Ten years ago, Twitter didn’t exist – now it has more than 300m users. And Spotify adds around 20,000 tracks to its 30m-strong [...]
London Technology Week: It’s official – London’s the capital of European tech June 15, 2015 London is the capital of Europe's tech scene, new research has suggested, with almost three times as many startups choosing the capital than those in the next-most attractive city, Paris. The research, by EY to mark London Technology Week, which launches today, suggested 1,000 "international tech investment projects" based themselves in London between 2005 and [...]
Banks call for better broadband and phone signals as UK customers switch to mobile banking apps June 14, 2015 The UK’S banking trade body is urging more government investment in broadband, 3G and 4G internet access, as new research shows that customers are becoming increasingly reliant on using their mobile phones and online access to conduct their banking activitys. Mobile phone apps are setting the pace for banking, according to the British Bankers’ Association [...]
London Technology Week will showcase the UK as a global tech powerhouse June 14, 2015 This week, tens of thousands of tech experts from all over the world will descend on the capital for London Technology Week. It presents an opportunity to celebrate our city’s position as the tech capital of Europe. Inventors and innovators will parade the very latest in pioneering tech and digital thinking. And hundreds of workshops [...]
Hope for the Rosetta comet-landing mission: Philae wakes up and sends signal to earth, European Space Agency says June 14, 2015 The Philae probe that landed on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko in November has finally woken up from hibernation. According to the European Space Agency, which launched the Rosetta space mission to land on a comet in 2004, the probe radioed the agency this weekend for the first time in seven months. Read more: Rosetta takes a selfie in [...]
Over 30m people have watched Gfinity’s London eSports events June 12, 2015 London-based eSports firm Gfinity today told investors it generated more than 30m online views from the first half of its 2015 championship series, which have been broadcast in 10 languages to 25 countries around the world. Shares in Gfinity were down by over two per cent on Friday afternoon, even after the rapidly rising eSports firm [...]