HP Elite X2 1012 review: An enterprise-level, two-in-one laptop that’s too business-minded to be much fun June 8, 2016 There’s a great deal to dislike about the HP Elite X2 1012, a business-level, tablet-laptop hybrid with a sleek and detachable aluminium keyboard and a surprisingly lovely iPhone 5 style chamfered finish. You’ve got ugly little grievances, like the default, HP-branded desktop wallpaper, which appears to be a picture of a petri dish filled with [...]
Netflix has revealed its “binge scale” – how do you watch these top shows? June 8, 2016 Are you a House of Cards fanatic, watching it all in one go? Or do you like to build up the anticipation with a weekly watch? Most people watch the Netflix hit show by savouring it over time, but when it comes to something like tense drama The Fall or Dexter, we just can't help [...]
This Jetsons car-style drone will soon carry people over Vegas June 8, 2016 Remember the crazy people-carrying drone, reminiscent of the Jetsons' flying car? Revealed earlier this year, the Ehang 184 is a drone large enough to carry people that is more like a flying driverless car. Now, the Chinese firm behind the potentially stomach-churning (but equally revolutionary) vehicle has partnered with the state of Nevada to begin testing the technology in [...]
People really don’t trust their first line of cyber defence June 8, 2016 The overwhelming majority of businesses have little faith in their first line of cyber security, research published today has found. According to the study by digital security company Gemalto, 98 per cent of companies worldwide and 97 per cent of businesses in the UK feel their perimeter security systems, such as their firewall software, are ineffective at preventing unauthorised users [...]
Millennials are not going to save your business. But here’s what will June 8, 2016 Digital technology impacts every aspect of our lives. The way we work, live, play and learn has been transformed and the potential it holds is real, very real. In a business context, whole sectors and industries are being disrupted by companies born with digital as part of their DNA and for those seeking to remain [...]
Now you can trade shares on Facebook Messenger with chatbots June 8, 2016 As if Facebook weren't already taking over your life (and the rest of the world), soon, it could be the place where you're trading shares. An online broker in Britain has revealed that it completed a live share trade using the messaging app – understood to be a world first – and plans to make this widely [...]
Apple versus Google: Here’s who’s won the latest title of world’s most valuable brand June 8, 2016 Google and Apple continue to tussle for the top stop on the stock market, switching back and forth in recent months for the crown of the biggest market capitalisation of any company in the world. But it's Google which triumphs in the latest ranking. The tech firm, now know under the umbrella Alphabet, has claimed [...]
Challenger banks will take “years” to make money June 8, 2016 Ambitious digital challenger banks hoping to topple the big high street players will take "years" to make money according to one of the founders of a mobile bank with ambitions to do just that. Entrepreneur Tom Blomfield, founder and chief executive of the yet to launch digital bank Mondo which recently became the fastest ever crowdfunded business, told City [...]
Nearly half of insured businesses are not sure whether their cyber policy would cover them for this kind of attack June 7, 2016 Despite splashing out on cyber security insurance, new research out today has found an alarming number of businesses have little idea if they are covered against one particular growing threat. The study, by data security company Mimecast, discovered 45 per cent of companies with cyber insurance were not aware of whether their policy would pay out in [...]
Uber reveals London ride-sharing figures for UberPool June 7, 2016 Uber's ride-sharing service UberPool has hit a milestone in London, with more than a million people making journeys via the service in the six months since launch. The billion dollar startup which recently landed billions more in funding from Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, claims more than 700,000 driving miles have been saved by UberPool in the capital since [...]