‘Tim Apple’: Donald Trump makes latest name gaffe with Apple boss Tim Cook March 7, 2019 US President Donald Trump has referred to Apple chief executive Tim Cook as ‘Tim Apple’ in his latest name-related gaffe. Trump met with the Silicon Valley boss during a White House meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, which was set up to help the country manage the shift to automation and artificial intelligence. [...]
Dialog shares boosted as deal with Apple fails to drag on predictions March 6, 2019 Shares in Dialog Semiconductor rose 2.2 per cent today despite fourth quarter results which showed a drop in revenues and predicted of a further fall in 2019. The Anglo-German chipmaker made a stock market bounce after posting better-than-expected fourth quarter results in the midst of an ongoing $600m (£460m) technology transfer deal with its biggest customer Apple. Read [...]
Five fintech trends to watch in 2019 March 6, 2019 There’s no shortage of stories on how tech breakthroughs will transform financial services, from changing the way we interact with our personal finances to threatening entire banking institutions with disruption. It can be difficult to predict exactly what this landscape will look like in the next few years, but most seem to agree that the [...]
‘Don’t believe everything you hear,’ Huawei tells Wall Street Journal readers March 1, 2019 Huawei has taken out a full-page advert in the Wall Street Journal, telling readers “Don’t believe everything you hear”, in an attempt to salvage its tarnished reputation in the US. Read more: Huawei takes ground from Apple and Samsung in smartphone war Catherine Chen, a director at the Chinese telecom giant, claimed the US government [...]
Strong and stable: London extends lead as Europe’s top hub for unicorn startups March 1, 2019 London has cemented its status as the home of more young billion-dollar tech companies than any other European city, taking home the crown for ten consecutive years. Read more: Female fintech leaders highlighted as sector battles gender imbalance The number of so-called unicorn startups – private businesses valued at $1bn (£752.6m) and founded after 2000 [...]
Working Lunch: Want to try Simon Rogan’s cooking without traipsing up north? We give the four course Business Lunch at Roganic a try February 27, 2019 Roganic 5-7 Blandford Street, W1U WHAT AND WHERE? Every food enthusiast worth their salted butter will have heard of L’Enclume, Simon Rogan’s two Michelin-starred restaurant in Cumbria. If you want to ascribe to his ultra-seasonal, foraged philosophy without leaving London, you can try and get into Aulis, his eight-seater chef’s table in Soho, but you’ll [...]
Who wants a smartphone? Here’s how to sell the Nokia 3310 in 2019 February 25, 2019 "Hello? Yeah I’m on my mobile. Yeah I’m in the library. Nah I can’t talk right now. I’m in a library for Christ’s sake.” If you’re old enough to remember Trigger Happy TV, my apologies in advance for the earworming melody of the Nokia tune bouncing around your skull for the rest of the day. [...]
Nokia shows off a five camera array in the Nokia 9 Pureview February 24, 2019 Nokia's latest addition to its premium smartphone range includes a hexagonal array of five cameras, which work together to create one large, high-definition photo. The Nokia 9 Pureview, developed under the Nokia brand by Finnish startup HMD Global, has five cameras on the back joined by two flash and colour sensors, and then two more cameras [...]
Huawei one-ups Samsung with world’s fastest foldable 5G smartphone February 24, 2019 Huawei has stepped up to the plate with a foldable smartphone that is bigger, thinner, and faster than Samsung's model launched earlier this week. The Huawei Mate X features screens on both the front and the rear of the phone that fold outwards to form one larger, eight-inch OLED display. The front and back screens on [...]
China’s Xiaomi lifts the lid on its first 5G smartphone with a sliding camera February 24, 2019 Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has unveiled its first 5G phone, priced far lower than any of its counterparts. Xiaomi's director of product management Donovan Sung told attendees at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that the Mi Mix 3 5G will start at €599 (£520) when it launches in May. By way of comparison, Samsung's 5G phone which [...]