Which tech giant is the undisputed king of April Fools? March 31, 2014 Beware when you start using your computer tomorrow morning. The platform most of the world’s computer users go to in search of truth, will be pedalling some lies. Why? Google really loves April Fools jokes. The internet giant is hardly alone in the practice of corporate hoaxes; 1 April often sees a tsunami of [...]
Boris hits Twitter launching new yellow Barclays bikes and professing love for the Queen March 27, 2014 London’s favourite blonde bombshell took to Twitter this afternoon, with a new, grown-up profile pic, launching a yellow Barclays bike and answering questions from the Twittersphere. The canary-hued bikes, 101 of them to be exact, are to celebrate Le Tour de France’s British leg on 7 June (not because Barclays is ending its sponsorship – [...]
Could these Kickstarter campaigns be the next Oculus VR? March 26, 2014 Zuck’s been waving his wallet around again. This time on his shopping list was Oculus VR, maker of Oculus Rift, a virtual reality headset. Tech-heads have been praising it as the next generation of gaming and a big step towards realism in virtual reality (if you can get your head round that). It’s been [...]
We choose the next M&S leading lady line-up March 24, 2014 The latest M&S gaggle of leading ladies has been revealed today. This time wearing the embattled chain’s wares (or should we say wears) are actress Emma Thompson, singers Rita Ora and Annie Lennox, model Alek Wek, campaigner Doreen Lawrence, east London fashion powerhouse Lulu Kennedy and engineer Roma Agrawal. It’s a great shot, there’s some [...]
Meet the hamster that wants part of the City of London to join an independent Scotland March 20, 2014 This is William Wallace, he’s a hamster and he’s currently running for Lord Mayor of Portsoken. The ballots are being counted today and the result is expected to be announced this evening. “Hamster candidate, Sir William Wallace, pledges that if elected, he would declare Portsoken part of an Independent Scotland,” says Muhammad Al-Hussaini, the [...]
Pictures: City accountancy group gives a rat a home March 18, 2014 Accountants and street art might not be your traditional bedfellows but it seems one City-based accountancy group has stepped up to look after a rare work by Banksy, which has been searching for a good home since its discovery in February. The painting, Lab Rat, was rediscovered in a warehouse and was being looked [...]
Meet the UK’s professional mermaids March 12, 2014 LinkedIn, the internet’s answer to a our hatred of networking events, has passed a notable milestone (ahem, as has the internet, “happy 25th birthday internet”). The business-friendly social network now has 15m members in the UK. That’s a relatively impressive 23 per cent of the UK. But what is perhaps more impressive, is the [...]
Pictures: Snoop’s in the Dogg House March 12, 2014 Uber trendy travel startup Airbnb, which lets holidayers book stays at regular people’s homes, has roped rapster-extraordinaire Snoop Dogg in to help with its pop-up event at SXSW festival in Austin, Texas this year. The rapper, who briefly re-styled as Snoop Lion before seemingly going Dogg again, has designed a pop-up house which reflects [...]
Channel 4 reader Jon Snow is stuck in a lift March 11, 2014 Newsreader Jon Snow is stuck in a lift at the Channel 4 headquarters on Horseferry Rd. He has been captured on camera in his new, vertical prison but appears to be in good spirits – waving and smiling. The twitterati have leapt behind his cause, calling for his freedom and asking for swift action [...]
Pictures: BT chief Gavin Patterson abseils down BT Tower March 10, 2014 When Gavin Patterson took on the role of chief executive of BT back in June 2013, we’d wager he didn’t expect his tenure at the top to involve abseiling down BT’s famous totem, the BT Tower. But sure enough, this morning, Gavin Patterson stepped into a harness, plonked on a hard hat and took [...]