Businesses want watchdogs to get tougher on cyber fails September 27, 2016 Businesses would like regulators to do more to crack down on those with holes in their cyber security, research out today has found. Over three quarters (77 per cent) of the UK board directors surveyed on behalf of NCC Group want watchdogs to take a tougher stance on those with insufficient cyber security measures, while [...]
London’s the best place in the world for fostering fintech as industry eyes new success measures September 27, 2016 London is the best city in the world for fostering fintech, ahead of New York, Silicon Valley and Hong Kong – but it faces a run for its money from Singapore – as the industry pushes for better measures for assessing its contribution to the economy and the government's new industrial strategy. The two cities were ranked highest based [...]
Businesses heart the internet but experts warn there is more to be done September 27, 2016 UK businesses could still do more to harness the power of the internet, experts have said at the Institute of Directors annual convention today. Martha Lane Fox, who is now a government digital adviser, told the audience: "There is still an enormous prize for the country that puts the internet at the heart of how [...]
Sharing is caring: Airbnb wants half of London homes to be rentable through its platform September 27, 2016 Airbnb wants to help open up more front doors across London, with one of its senior staffers stating today he hopes half the homes in the Capital will be rentable on the platform in the future. However, Olivier Gremillon, managing director for EMEA for Airbnb, also told the audience at the Institute of Directors annual convention that this rather lofty [...]
Twitter’s share price has jumped on reports of Disney interest, though Disney’s have dipped September 26, 2016 Entertainment behemoth Walt Disney is plotting a bid for Twitter, it has been reported. Disney is working with a financial adviser to evaluate a possible bid according to Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the matter. Shares in the social media firm leapt on the news, though Disney investors were not as thrill by the news. Twitter's stock price [...]
The US is looking to formalise policy around blockchain technology September 26, 2016 The UK faces competition from across the pond in positioning itself as a world leader in blockchain technology. The fledgling technology that underpins bitcoin, but has far wider implications beyond digital currencies, is hitting the agenda of the US government with the creation of a cross-party working group to look at policies surrounding the technology as well as digital currencies such [...]
Forget Brexit, this startup is eyeing “Brentry” with London expansion plans September 26, 2016 An innovative crowdfunding startup which helps people invest in up-and-coming tech startups alongside venture capitalists has unveiled plans to break into the UK, dismissing any concerns around the uncertainty of Brexit. OurCrowd, a three-year-old Israeli startup which last week landed $£72m (£56m) in funding, plans to open an office in London early next year where it will look to [...]
Flying cars? Uber’s working on it September 26, 2016 And you thought driverless cars were the future? Not content with being one of the first companies to get the autonomous technology on to real-life roads, Uber's not stopping there and is already planning ahead for what the next big thing might be after that. The billion-dollar startup has revealed it's looking at technology which could produce [...]
We are entering the age of peak smartphone. What happens next? September 26, 2016 A decade ago few of us imagined we would have a compact, sleek device that we could and would use for email, ordering groceries, taking and sharing photos and videos, tracking children, paying for the bus, catching Pokemon and occasionally making calls. Yet, nine years on from the launch of the first full touch-screen smartphone, [...]
Revealed: The nocturnal habits of 15m smartphone users September 26, 2016 We may now be living in a world of peak smartphone but that doesn't mean we're still not totally obsessed by our devices – as this one chart shows. Astonishingly, a third of us check our phones if we wake up in the middle of the night according to new research doing everything from looking at emails and social media [...]