What iPhone 6S? The mobile phone alternatives that prove there’s more to life than Apple September 8, 2015 SONY XPERIA Z3 Coming only six months after the Xperia Z2, this upgrade looks pretty similar from the outside, if slightly squatter and available in more colours. It’s waterproof and dust resistant, so if you’re an outdoorsy type or insist on keeping your phone in your back pocket when you go to the loo, you’re [...]
After space whisky, here’s the booze-powered car: Government invests £11m in Celtic Renewables September 8, 2015 Say what you like about whisky, but it's definitely going places. After yesterday's revelation that when matured in space, the spirit produces a "dramatically different flavour profile", it has now been revealed that the government has awarded cash to a company trying to produce whisky-powered fuel. Celtic Renewables, a spin-out from Edinburgh Napier University's Biofuel [...]
Uber China raises $1.2bn led by Baidu while local rival Didi Kuaidi bags $3bn September 7, 2015 China is the new battleground for Uber – and now it has landed billions to fund a fight against a rival which calls the country home turf. Speaking to Chinese media, Uber boss Travis Kalanick confirmed UberChina has bagged at least $1.2bn (£787m) in its latest round of funding, with the investment led by one of [...]
Apple iPhone 6s and 6s Plus launch event: Spec, features, UK release date – including 3D Touch, Apple TV and iPad Pro September 7, 2015 As surely as the leaves start to turn from green to orange and the kids head back to school, September is the season of the iPhone launch. This week, tech fans are waiting patiently for the 9 Septemeber event, where, like a headmaster giving his start of term speech, Apple boss Tim Cook is expected [...]
This is how to make your children the smart decision-makers of the future September 4, 2015 If you want your children to be the great decision-makers of the future, encourage them to focus on improving maths and science skills at school. That's the advice from Dame Athene Donald, the new president of the British Science Association, at next week's British Science Festival. According to the BBC, she will say [...]
Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram: What does your favourite social network say about you? September 3, 2015 Linkedin lover or addicted to Twitter? What social network you spend most of your time on reveals more than you might think about your gender, age and even social grade. Polling institute Ipsos Mori has released its latest quarterly Tech Tracker, which analyses how Britons access the internet (short answer: everywhere and a lot). Alongside [...]
The rise of the walking sim September 2, 2015 Walking. Everybody’s doing it. Striding here and there, flouncing up and down flights of stairs, marching wherever they please. What more proof is needed of walking’s supremacy than that, as soon as we learn how to do it, we promptly forego all of our previous methods of getting from place to place. Crawling? Old news. [...]
Fintech Week London 2015: It’s startups v banks in Fintech expo drinking session September 2, 2015 Caloo callay, it's nearly London Fintech Week, where startups from Shoreditch to Shadwell will be touting their wares to execs from some of the City’s most high profile firms in a bid to become the next big thing in business. Billed as the “world’s largest fintech-focused expo”, economists, bankers and brokers from companies old [...]
US lawyers Hausfeld launch platform for claims against Google in Europe September 1, 2015 US law firm Hausfeld & Co. and European consultancy group Avisa Partners today paved the way for EU companies to pursue damages claims against Google. Google Redress and Integrity Platform (GRIP) offers legal advice to parties who think they may have been impacted by Google's allegedly anti-competitive search listings, which are currently being investigated by the [...]
Ashton Kutcher is eSports’ latest high profile investor with Unikrn tie-up September 1, 2015 Hollywood star Ashton Kutcher has become the latest high-profile figure to jump on the eSports bandwagon after joining an investment round for Unikrn. Read more: American billionaire Mark Cuban invests in eSports firm Unikrn Kutcher, who has previously invested in successful tech start-ups such as Foursquare, Skype and Uber, has joined billionaire buddy Mark Cuban as [...]