Will Apple become the first $1 trillion company this year? March 24, 2015 It's been mere months since Apple's market cap smashed through $700bn, but already one US brokerage has predicted it's going to become the first $1 trillion (£669bn) company within the next 12 months. Yesterday, Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Brian White issued a 12-month price target of $180 last night. He said a "combination of forces", including [...]
City A.M. launches power list for London FinTech March 23, 2015 It has created billion-dollar startups, attracted record investment and is keeping major banks on their toes – London FinTech is having a moment and there are some major influencers making that happen. To keep you up to date with who’s who in the world of London FinTech, City A.M. has launched its own power list, [...]
There’s no business like e-business: Amazon Local takes on Ticketmaster with West End ticket offers March 23, 2015 Amazon has moved into ticketing after launching offers to West End shows on its daily deals website today, putting it head-to-head with established players such as Ticketmaster and See Tickets. As part of its latest Amazon Local expansion, the internet retailer will now also offer tickets to all 48 shows in the West End including [...]
Uber targets second largest market growth with Times of India partnership March 23, 2015 Uber has partnered with the publisher of the Times of India newspaper in a bid to shore up its position in the lucrative market – its largest outside the US. The tie up includes commercial arrangements for marketing and distribution through Times Internet, the digital arm of the Times of India Group, as the taxi [...]
Gordon’s Wine Bar owner Simon Gordon seeks Facewatch app funding March 23, 2015 The man behind London’s famous watering hole Gordon’s Wine Bar has given himself a new task as he seeks funding for his latest project Facewatch – a crime reporting app. Wine bar proprietor Simon Gordon, who runs the 125-year-old institution, originally hit upon the idea for the app – which enables the public and the [...]
This is how Google ended up creating an Ebola-proof tablet March 20, 2015 Design volunteers at Google have helped to develop a way for Ebola health workers to record patient information on tablets without spreading the deadly virus. Concerned that the workers could not input vital information themselves, having instead to shout out numbers to other people using the tablets, charity Medicins Sans Frontieres called on a group [...]
Watch: Awesome video shows the Carbon 3D printer inspired by Terminator 2 March 20, 2015 In Terminator 2 it seemed like a terrifying yes distant technology: a fully-formed robot rising from a pool of molten metal. Now scientists have built a 3D printer that can lift perfectly detailed objects from out of a pool of liquid in minutes, as the incredible video below shows. The technology is not only cooler [...]
A toxic smog has shrouded London: Here’s how it could affect our health March 19, 2015 A thick smog has covered London and many other parts of the UK today, causing Britain to be placed on health alert. According to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), it is formed from a combination of home-grown smog and European air pollution. Areas affected include the south west, London, the south [...]
One in three Twitter users have changed their vote because of a tweet March 19, 2015 Social media could prove essential in the general election, with research showing that a third of Twitter users aged 18-34 have changed their vote because of something they have seen on Twitter. Some 83 per cent of Twitter users said they were going to vote – dropping to 74 per cent among users aged 18-34. This is significantly higher [...]
Investing in data software businesses: It’s risky, but Europe is warming to it says Tableau chief executive March 18, 2015 In 2003, Silicon Valley data cruncher Christian Chabot founded a company in his bedroom. He wanted to develop a data visualisation software for the masses. This led to the creation of Tableau – now a multinational company worth billions of pounds, of which Chabot is chief executive. It has taken off in a big way [...]