Access to finance is key to getting SMEs exporting February 27, 2017 Brexit may have been delayed but one thing that isn’t slowing down is UK exports. The latest industrial trends survey published by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) this month revealed that export orders remain above the long-run average. But while big businesses are reaping the benefits of exporting, small and medium-sized firms are being [...]
Who are Grand Theft Auto’s new contenders on the block? February 27, 2017 | City Talk Imagine inventing an awesome digital game. It then reaches global domination in sales. The fruits of becoming a billionaire might even be incidental to the sheer satisfaction of creating a global best-seller. And especially so when you work hard and play even harder. £4.2bn in UK consumer spend The UK game industry is booming: According to the Association for [...]
Video game designer turned chief executive aims to propel his company into the elite February 27, 2017 As a Star Wars and science fiction enthusiast famous for co-authoring a “seminal” video game in the 1980s, it is perhaps unsurprising that David Braben does not come across as a typical chief executive. Sitting tie-less in the City offices of investment bank Numis on the morning of a trading update, the founder of Frontier [...]
Why artificial intelligence is about to get real backing in the government’s Digital Strategy February 27, 2017 Artificial intelligence (AI) has long captured people’s imaginations. It has been a theme of science fiction novels and films for more than half a century and, while reality has always seemed a long way behind the fiction, that is now changing. AI is finally living up to its promise and has the potential to improve almost [...]
Watch out Alexa: Google’s AI assistant’s been released into the wild at MWC integrating with Nokia, Samsung, Huawei and more February 26, 2017 Google's voice assistant has been released into the wild, making an appearance in several blockbuster smartphones unveiled at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. The Siri-like assistant will feature in the latest flagship phones from Nokia, Samsung, Huawei LG, Sony and HTC. It's the first time the artificial intelligence (AI) powered Google Assistant has featured in any non-Google [...]
Cybersquatting soars to record levels February 26, 2017 Cybersquatting is at highest levels in five years according to commercial law firm, EMW. So-called cybersquatters register domain names of existing companies in an effort to re-direct online traffic to their own site or to get the company to purchase the domain name for large amounts of money. This leads to legal disputes over website [...]
Apple pay resolution nears crunch time February 26, 2017 Pensions & Investment Research Consultants (Pirc) are said to be advising Apple shareholders to reject a resolution on its executive pay set for this Tuesday. According to The Observer, Pirc is advising investors to vote against the resolution on the basis that bonus targets may not have been challenging enough. It also recommends shareholders vote [...]
Samsung just launched an iPad Pro and Microsoft Surface rival at MWC 2017 as we wait for the Galaxy S8 February 26, 2017 Samsung is taking on Apple and Microsoft in the premium tablet stakes, unveiling a wannabe laptop replacement – the Galaxy Book. Vying for a slice of a market dominated by the iPad Pro and Microsoft Surface, the device is a full PC running Windows 10 and comes with a keyboard and stylus. The announcement, along with an updated [...]
Alibaba and a Californian school set to make millions from Snap’s IPO February 26, 2017 Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and a Californian school stand to make millions of dollars from Snap's IPO this week. In what will be one of the tech industry's biggest floats to date, social media giant Snap is set to make its Wall Street debut this week with hopes to raise $3bn (£2.41bn). Snap, the company [...]
The Nokia 3310 just got a major makeover – and it has Snake February 26, 2017 After less than furtive talks of a return of the 3310, perhaps Nokia’s most classic phone – and it turns out, the most-memed on social media – it has actually happened. The early noughties staple has been re-imagined by HMD, the Finnish firm which now creates Nokia brand phones under license. And the 3310 brings [...]