Hummingbird Electric bike review: The world’s lightest foldable electric bike is a beautiful piece of engineering September 25, 2018 It’s only a slight exaggeration to say that the very first electric bikes were as big as houses, cost hundreds of thousands of pounds and needed to be recharged every 300ft. But since their advent, the underlying technology has been continually refined and improved. Electric bikes have become smaller and lighter. Batteries have become more [...]
Recruiter Harvey Nash bucks Brexit fears as profits rise in first half September 25, 2018 Tech recruiter Harvey Nash reported rising profits in its interim results this morning, despite the sector suffering from uncertainty surrounding Brexit negotiations in the UK. Despite the decent results, shares in the company were trading almost one per cent lower early on Tuesday. The figures Gross profit rose 7.2 per cent to £51.7m, while profit before [...]
Instagram’s co-founders quit their social media app September 25, 2018 Instagram’s co-founders are leaving the firm. Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are stepping down six years after Facebook bought their social media app for $1bn (£760m). The photo-sharing behemoth today boasts more than 1bn users, up from 30m at the time Facebook bought it, but the co-founders’ departure follows rumours of tensions between them [...]
EY-backed London marine insurtech Concirrus raises £5m September 25, 2018 London insurance technology startup Concirrus today closed a further £5m fundraising effort from deeptech investor IQ Capital and EOS Venture Partners, taking its total amount raised to date to £12m. The news comes after the firm signed a global deal with Big Four accountancy firm EY in April earlier this year, pushing Concirrus’ disruptive machine [...]
21 Lessons for the 21st Century review: It’s Yuval Noah Harari at his best, but not as you know him September 24, 2018 Created by the man behind two of the best-selling books in recent years Sapiens and Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari’s latest book 21 Lessons is a compilation of several loose essays that he has penned for the likes of Bloomberg, the New York Times et al. Intended as a teaching on the world we [...]
Apple teams up with Salesforce to make business apps better for iPhone and iPad September 24, 2018 Apple and Salesforce have entered into a strategic partnership which will see the two firms work together on building enterprise apps that utilise more of Apple's best mobile features, such as Siri. Salesforce will redesign its own app as part of the deal, to debut in early 2019, as well as provide new tools to [...]
London firm to launch Spotify-style partner services with Universal Music Group September 24, 2018 London-listed music technology firm 7digital will today reveal a partnership with Universal Music Group, the record label behind artists such as Taylor Swift, Elton John and Lady Gaga, to create new bespoke music partner services attributed to individual artists. The deal will see 7digital power online stores for artists through which fans can buy access [...]
Revolut to bid for fresh European licence as it reveals losses September 24, 2018 Fintech powerhouse Revolut has revealed its post-Brexit strategy amid the publication of its 2017 financial accounts, which put a heavy spotlight on the banking app’s operational losses. Primarily, a spokesperson for the London startup confirmed to City A.M. it had applied for a second e-money licence in Luxembourg, in addition to its 2017 application for a [...]
DJI Mavic Pro review: This £1,000 high-flyer is the best consumer-grade drone you can buy September 21, 2018 Speaking as a real grown up with a workplace pension and several direct debits, who goes on holidays and comes back home and says things like “Ooh it’s nice to be back in your own bed again isn’t it?”, I very rarely get genuinely, childishly giddy about a new toy. But the DJI Mavic [...]
DJI Mavic Pro review: This £1,000 high-flyer is the best consumer-grade drone you can buy September 21, 2018 Speaking as a real grown up with a workplace pension and several direct debits, who goes on holidays and comes back home and says things like “Ooh it’s nice to be back in your own bed again isn’t it?”, I very rarely get genuinely, childishly giddy about a new toy. But the DJI Mavic [...]