CES 2015: Samsung unveils SUHD TV and new content store Milk to rival Netflix and iTunes January 5, 2015 With its next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6, only reportedly making an appearance behind closed doors at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, Samsung last night instead chose to double down on its position as the world’s largest manufacturer of TVs. Samsung’s flagship product was its SUHD TV, a 88-inch screen [...]
CES 2015: LG bets on the internet of things and curvy phones for your pocket January 5, 2015 LG kicked off the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas yesterday with a host of announcements around the key theme of 2015 – smarter internet-enabled devices ranging from TVs to washing machines – but some analysts remained cautious that such devices have real consumer appeal. The South Korean firm also revealed its second [...]
CES 2015: Swarm of 1m drones set to fly this year as technology takes off January 5, 2015 Commercial drones will continue to take off this year with over a million in use worldwide by the end of the year, according to a report from Deloitte. The news comes as drones take centre stage this week at the world’s biggest technology trade show in Las Vegas, where organisers of the Consumer Electronics Show [...]
Rising customer numbers boost Ryanair shares January 5, 2015 BUDGET airline Ryanair saw its shares hit an all-time high yesterday as it announced it had increased customer numbers to more than six million in December, up 20 per cent compared with the same month in 2013. The firm’s load factor, a measure of how much of an airline’s passenger carrying capacity is used, also [...]
Over 1,500 jobs at risk after fashion chain Bank collapses January 5, 2015 FASHION retailer Bank went into administration yesterday with 1,550 jobs now at risk. The firm has 84 outlets across England and Wales. In November the struggling company was sold by JD Sports Fashion to restructuring company Hilco Capital. Financial services firm Deloitte has been appointed as administrator. “Bank has struggled in a highly competitive segment [...]
Ebola nurse has stabilised January 5, 2015 A BRITISH nurse being treated for Ebola at London’s Royal Free Hospital has stabilised, health secretary Jeremy Hunt said yesterday. However, he said Pauline Cafferkey was still in a critical condition. Cafferkey was diagnosed in December after volunteering in Sierra Leone. Hunt confirmed she was being treated with experimental drugs and had received a blood plasma [...]
Bang & Olufsen opens it ears January 5, 2015 DANISH television and sound system maker Bang & Olufsen would consider any bid approach from a larger rival as it seeks a response to problems that caused a profit warning last month, its chairman has said. The 90-year-old company which makes products for the luxury end of the consumer market, saw its shares fall to [...]
Brew Dog boss James Watt takes managers swimming with killer whales January 5, 2015 When it comes to holding team meetings, flying to Norway to swim with orca – or killer whales – is pretty out there. But saying that, maverick beer company Brew Dog doesn’t usually stick to the norm at the best of times (do you remember them riding through Bank in a tank?) Well today, chief [...]
Tinie Tempah gets suited up by the City’s Museum of London for London Collections: Men January 5, 2015 You may not know it, because it certainly isn’t as big as London Fashion Week (yet), but the menswear equivalent London Collections: Men strides in on Friday with a swathe of menswear shows. To celebrate, the City’s Museum of London has decided to put its tweed to good use. It’s making a suit for sartorial [...]
Robert Sarver: Phoenix Suns owner circles for Glasgow Rangers FC January 5, 2015 Robert Sarver, an American financier and owner of the Phoenix Suns basketball team, has made an approach for Glasgow Rangers, the football club confirmed in a statement yesterday. The approach remains unofficial, with Rangers adding in the statement that “there can be no certainty that an offer will be made, nor as to the terms [...]
