Forget Uber, take a flying water taxi home on Friday nights instead – as French inventor Alain Thebault shows off his SeaBubble February 16, 2016 Forget the ongoing battles between London’s traditional black cabs and Uber – if a French inventor has his way, flying water taxis could soon be hovering over the Thames. Boris Johnson is apparently among a group which has contacted the inventor, Alain Thebault, to ask about his new lightweight “SeaBubble” vehicle. The SeaBubble, described as “a bubble with [...]
Uber of the Thames? French company invents Seabubble driverless boat that could be making its way to London shortly February 16, 2016 NULL
Google for gifs startup Giphy raises $55m valuing search platform and gif creator tool at $300m February 16, 2016 Time to start investing in gifs? The popularity of the animated pictures used everywhere online has helped the gif search engine and gif creator tool Giphy raise $55m (£38m) from venture capital investors. The cash follows a $17m round of funding just over a year ago which valued the firm at $80m, as well as crowdfunding some investment in the [...]
CV format: How to make your CV stand out for a finance or accounting role, as companies reveal they review 21 applications on average before extending an offer February 16, 2016 Want to bag yourself a new job in accounting or finance? You'll have to get in line – companies review an average of 21 applications for these roles before making an offer, according to research by recruiter Robert Half. Some positions require an even pickier approach, with six per cent of companies confessing they wade [...]
This is one oil and gas market that’s booming despite the low brent crude price February 16, 2016 23 oil and gas projects are set to go offline in the Norwegian North Sea between now and 2024, creating NOK 160bn (£12.5bn) of opportunities, according to research from Oil & Gas UK. Decommissioning represents “a significant emerging business in the sector,” the industry body's study said, at a time when the oil and gas industry [...]
Giftastic! Giphy raises $17m valuing gif search platform at $80m February 16, 2016 Who knew gifs could be such a money-spinner? Giphy, a platform dedicated to creating and distributing animated gif images, has raised $17m (£11.3m) in a series B funding round that values the firm at $80m (£53m). The two-year-old New York-based company raised the funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners, General Catalyst and other previous investors (Betaworks, CAA [...]
US private equity giant Apollo buys ADT to create $15bn security firm February 16, 2016 US private equity firm Apollo today said it is taking security equipment firm ADT private and merging it with another security company in a deal valued at $15bn (£10.5bn). Apollo said it will pay $42 per share for ADT, representing a premium of around 56 per cent over ADT's closing share price on 12 February [...]
Mobile World Congress 2016: What to expect – biometrics, virtual and augmented reality and Chinese smartphone brands February 16, 2016 Mobile World Congress 2016 always brings with it a flurry of new mobile gadget announcements – here are some of the trends to expect. The smartphone is quickly becoming an integral part of a bigger continuum of devices and smart objects as users increasingly live their lives in a "device mesh." This is an environment, [...]