Rare Pokemon mean prizes in Canary Wharf August 9, 2016 Office managers in Canary Wharf can blame the Canary Wharf Group if some staff members have been spending even more time playing Pokemon Go this week. The group that oversees development of the Wharf is tempting workers to ditch their duties by offering rewards for those who hunt down and share tweets of rare Pokemon [...]
The Apple Watch 2 might be coming this year August 9, 2016 An updated version of Apple's first ever wearable and its newest device, the Apple Watch, could be coming as soon as this year, one analyst predicts. The Apple Watch 2 is expected to hit wrists by the end of the year, said Ming-Chi Kuo, an analysts at KGI and known as one of the most well informed [...]
Lending Club second quarter earnings reveal further financial hurt August 9, 2016 Being the first company to tap into a new market often is hugely advantageous. For Lending Club this has been anything but the case as second quarter results released overnight indicate. The peer-to-peer lender widened its losses from $4m (£3m) to $81m, its loss per share was nine cents – worse than analysts expected – and Carrie Dolan, [...]
Facebook will stop users blocking adverts August 9, 2016 Facebook is the latest media company to fight the rise of ad blockers, by serving ads to those who use the software. It will force ads to appear on the desktop version of the social network even if they use the popular software, said Facebook executive Andrew Bosworth. It will also give users greater control over [...]
Banking bazooka? CMA report great for fintech, costly for banks August 9, 2016 The competition watchdog has today handed fintech startups a bazooka for their mission of disrupting banks, with new rules for making data more open to improve customer choice. The so-called big four – HSBC, Lloyds, Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland – and other smaller high street banks will have to work together to create standards for sharing [...]
US jobs site Monster on £330m Dutch date with recruiter Randstad August 9, 2016 Remember Monster.com? It was one of the first companies to harness the power of the internet to help connect jobseekers and potential employers. It paved the way for the likes of LinkedIn and Glassdoor — as well as a new wave of snazzy job search apps, such as the so-called "tinder for jobs" Jobr (which it also acquired [...]
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 could be its best chance to pip Apple to the post August 8, 2016 Samsung versus Apple is one of the fiercest mobile tech rivalries ever and, with the right timing and its latest “phablet” device, the South Korean giant may have found the right formula to steal customers from the iPhone maker. Last week, Samsung released the Galaxy Note 7, a 5.7 inch “phablet” that comes with an [...]
This incredibly morbid game puts your morals to the ultimate test August 8, 2016 Imagine sitting back and relaxing in a driverless car… Getting from A to B with your feet up and eyes off the road… but then… there's a girl and an elderly woman in the road on a pedestrian crossing… should the car keep on going and hit them, almost certainly killing them? Or should the car [...]
Uber just renewed its feud with London’s regulators August 8, 2016 Uber is turning to its customers to help it fight "bureaucratic" new rules imposed by Transport for London, including an English exam "harder than the test for British citizenship", renewing its feud with regulators in the capital. The billion-dollar company said the rules would "threaten the livelihood of thousands of drivers", reducing their numbers and thus increasing the [...]
This London tech startup is planning to list on AIM August 8, 2016 A tech startup based in London is planning to go public with a multi-million pound listing on the capital's junior market. LoopUp is seeking to raise £9m, it's understood, which would give the firm a market capitalisation of up to £45m, and plans to list by the end of August on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). The startup takes [...]