London City Airport is grounded in sustainability June 28, 2019 Despite the political and economic uncertainty, London is continuing to grow and is expected to remain a major global city for business and tourism. London’s population has increased every year since 1988 and currently stands at almost 9m. Brexit may have cast a temporary cloud over London’s short-term prospects, but new corporate offices are still [...]
European Commission launches antitrust probe into Broadcom June 26, 2019 The European Commission has opened an investigation into whether chipmaker Broadcom abused its market position to hurt rivals in its television and modem market. Read more: Chipmaker’s shares plummet on Huawei ban hit Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s antitrust commissioner, is also set to order interim measures against the tech giant to stop its “suspected contractual [...]
Kalifornia Kitchen review: Vegan health food in the heart of London June 25, 2019 Walking into Kalifornia Kitchen is like slipping through a Goodnight Sweetheart portal, except rather than arriving in World War Two you’ve been teleported across the Atlantic to Venice Beach, as seen through an Instagram filter. It’s as though this healthy-eating vegan diner has been surreptitiously airlifted from the West Coast to Tottenham Court Road in [...]
Apple says Spotify exaggerated user fee claims June 25, 2019 Apple has responded to a complaint by Spotify to the EU commission, stating it only collects a fee on less than one per cent of the music streaming platform’s userbase. Apple said in a filing Spotify pays a 15 per cent fee on about 680,000 of its 100m premium customers. It follows a complaint by [...]
Nanoco loses £17m contract as Apple abandons iPhone project June 23, 2019 Apple’s about-face on an iPhone camera project caused UK tech firm Nanoco to lose three quarters of its value, as the California giant cancelled a contract worth £17.1m. Nanoco told investors on Friday a major “US customer” had not renewed a contract with the firm, leading shares to fall 74 per cent in its worst [...]
Apple recalls 15in Macbook Pro over battery fire risk June 21, 2019 Apple has announced a recall of some of its 15-inch Macbook Pro laptops over a battery fire risk. Read more: Amazon overtakes Apple and Google as worlds most valuable brand The company said that a limited number of its old generation Pro series, sold between September 2015 and February 2017, contained batteries that “may overheat [...]
Shares in chipmaker IQE plummet as it warns Huawei ban will hit profit June 21, 2019 Shares in chipmaker IQE plunged almost 40 per cent this morning after it revised down its full-year revenue and profit guidance due to the US trade ban on Huawei. The Cardiff-headquartered firm, which makes semiconductor wafers for smartphone brands including Apple, warned restrictions on the Chinese tech firm, coupled with a slowdown in the global [...]
Activists call for break up of Google June 19, 2019 Protesters are calling on Google’s parent company Alphabet to break itself up before it is forced to by regulators. Sum Of Us, a US-based activist group, will ask shareholders to vote on breaking the company up at a meeting at the company’s offices in California today. Read more: Amazon overtakes Apple and Google as world’s [...]
Debunking the dropout-hero narrative June 19, 2019 It often happens. In meetings, at networking events, or even around dinner tables. “So, where did you go to college, Andrew?” “MIT,” I respond. Naming the Institute usually draws impressed looks. “But I left before graduating to build my own company.” Choosing not to complete university historically evoked suspicion, even sympathy. But that is not [...]
The business case for the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity June 17, 2019 It’s that time of the year again, when some of us in the advertising industry like to start grumbling about the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, which begins today. Too big. Too busy. Too expensive. Our industry’s most prestigious awards and stage seems to be a topic of endless conversations and controversy. A couple [...]