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 [...]
Not sleeping enough? You’re four times more likely to catch a cold September 1, 2015 Always feeling run down and catching colds? It could be because you're not getting enough shut-eye. Read more: We're sleep-walking into mediocre careers – it's time to reassess our bedtime habits According to a new study published in the journal Sleep, being sleep-deprived seriously increases our chance of getting sick. Researchers at the [...]
The evolution of mobile: From bricks and dumbphones to iPhones in 30 years September 1, 2015 You can’t even walk down the street without bumping into dozens of people talking, tweeting, taking Snapchats and hailing Ubers, all from the 5-inch smartphone screens they carry. London didn’t always look like this. In fact, it was 30 years ago this year that the very first British mobile phone call was made on [...]
Google teams up with French drugmaker Sanofi to improve diabetes treatment August 31, 2015 Google will team up with French drugmaker Sanofi SA to create new digital technologies that aim to improve diabetes treatment. Read more: Google and Novartis join forces to develop contact lens for diabetics Google Life Sciences – soon to become its own business under Google's Alphabet holding company – will collaborate with Sanofi explore how diabetes [...]