Sirin Labs’ crazy £10k luxury super secure Solarin smartphone is about to launch in London April 25, 2016 A secretive startup backed by millions of dollars is about to launch a luxury smartphone promising ultimate privacy – and believes the UK is its target market. But anyone thinking of giving this new brand phone a whirl should get saving – it'll set you back around £10,000. The Israeli-founded but Switzerland-based Sirin Labs has unveiled plans for an imminent launch [...]
Ikea is starting to sell solar panels in the UK April 25, 2016 Ikea has started stocking solar panels in its stores across the UK, while heralding the renewable energy source as "the future". The flat-pack furniture retailer said solar panels will be available online and in three stores. Customers will be able to buy them in Glasgow, Birmingham and Lakeside, before they're rolled out in the so-called [...]
WANdisco hopes for government contracts as turnaround takes hold April 24, 2016 Software developer WANdisco hopes to pick up a raft of government contracts this year as its strategic turnaround takes hold. While no government contracts have been secured yet, WANdisco is planning to pounce on Whitehall plans to move data from physical servers to cloud based storage. The company has recently bagged contracts with two of [...]
Solar Impulse 2 successfully crossed the Pacific from Hawaii to San Francisco powered only by the sun April 24, 2016 A plane powered purely by solar energy has made another ground-breaking journey, crossing the Pacific ocean from Hawaii to California without the need for any traditional fuel. The 62 hour journey across 4,000km came to a successful end, with Solar Impulse 2 landing at an airfield in California on Sunday morning. Pilot and co-founder of the project, Andre Borschberg said: "This flight [...]
A surprising upside to driverless cars you probably hadn’t thought of April 21, 2016 More room to build homes and a greater amount of green open spaces – these could be the surprising benefits of the rise of driverless cars across the UK. The creation of dedicated zones for driverless cars could free up land worth billions in central London, as parking spaces become redundant because fewer people own their own car and less space is allocated [...]
The best new Android handsets 2016, from LG, Huawei and HTC April 20, 2016 Here's the lowdown on which Android phone to pick up right now this very second… Go. HTC 10 The HTC 10 isn’t the thinnest or lightest Android on the market. But it’s a loveable little chunkster with reassuringly expensive heft and a rounded and outrageously chamfered backside that fits nicely in the palm. It’s an [...]
Drone racing: fast, furious and invisible to the human eye April 20, 2016 Last Wednesday, in front of an audience of literally dozens of tech journalists, Wembley Stadium played host to its inaugural drone race, organised by 4G telecoms giant EE and computer-chip wizards Qualcomm. Four tiny and remote controlled quadcopter drones zipped around the arena’s cavernous stands, piloted by an international squad of competing pilots, each deftly navigating [...]
The Silicon Valley slowdown comes to Europe: IPOs, M&A and investment fell at the start of the year April 20, 2016 The year started off with several high profile tech deals in the UK, however investment in venture-backed startups across the continent fell and M&A and IPOs fizzled out. Here are the six things you need to know about VC investment right now. 1. Investment falls Investment across Europe plummeted at the start of the year, the latest figures from [...]
EU referendum: Hundreds of tech startups and entrepreneurs have signed this Brexit open letter April 20, 2016 Hundreds of entrepreneurs and founders of tech startups in the UK have warned that Brexit risks undermining their businesses and would be “hugely damaging”. The founders of many of the Britain’s hottest startups such as Deliveroo, Digital Shadows, Transferwise and Blippar along with well known entrepreneurs including newly appointed Twitter board member Martha Lane Fox and Arnaud Massenet, founder of [...]
Powa unicorn remains bought by Israeli tech firm April 20, 2016 The final remains of failed so-called unicorn tech startup Powa Technologies has been sold off to an Israeli tech firm weeks after collapsing into administration. Nasdaq-listed Supercom has been revealed as the buyer of PowaPOS, the last remaining business of the three that made up Powa, for an undisclosed sum. It's understood, however, that PowaPOS went for around just [...]