It’s a me Mario! Nintendo comes to the iPhone September 7, 2016 Fresh from its success with Pokemon Go, Nintendo is now coming to smartphones with Apple for the first time. The Japanese games maker will launch gaming app Super Mario Run. The announcement was made on stage at an Apple event where boss Tim Cook also revealed its newest device, the iPhone 7. Read more: One chart [...]
Apple iPhone 7: Everything we think we know September 7, 2016 Apple boss Tim Cook has taken to the stage in California at a special event where he is expected to reveal the iPhone 7 Hot on the heels just six months after the iPhone SE, Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, as well as give updates on the Apple Watch and [...]
One chart showing just how important the iPhone is to Apple September 7, 2016 Apple is just hours away from launching its latest long-awaited and much hyped flagship smartphone, the iPhone 7. While the lack of a headphone socket has fans all of a flutter, it's the wider context of the launch which has Apple-watchers wondering. Read more: Crunch time for Apple ahead of iPhone 7 launch? The smartphone market [...]
Apple iPhone 7 launch: Betway says new handset is odds-on to sell less than previous iPhone6 September 7, 2016 Online gambling group Betway is betting that Apple's newest release, the iPhone 7, will not prove as popular as previous versions when it hits shelves tomorrow. Apple is hoping to put to bed the idea that it has passed its peak with the release of its latest smartphone, which will boast a number of improved features, such as a [...]
Multinationals could be forced to declare country-by-country revenues and taxes thanks to an amendment tabled in parliament by a Labour MP September 6, 2016 New UK legislation could force multinational corporations to reveal the taxes they have paid in every country in which they operate, after MPs voted in favour of landmark new tax proposals this evening. The new rules would introduce a country-by-country reporting system, allowing tax information published by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to include details on where a company's revenues [...]
Wake up, Britain: Your post-Brexit future is brighter than you realise September 6, 2016 This is an extract from a speech to be given at the Institute for Turnaround Conference in London on 8 September 2016. Britain's future is brighter than the British realise. This is perfectly obvious to outsiders but the British can’t believe it. Britain has been for some time the second most compelling investment destination after [...]
Crunch time for Apple ahead of iPhone 7 launch? September 6, 2016 Apple is preparing to put to rest critics' claims that it has peaked, with the launch of a new iPhone on Wednesday evening. Chief executive Tim Cook is expected to unveil the iPhone 7, tempting consumers with a improved features such as a dual camera for taking better photos, while other familiar ones could disappear – the headphone jack [...]
La Compagnie suspends its business-only London to New York service from end of the month September 5, 2016 A business class-only airline blamed the Brexit vote for its decision to suspend its London to New York route. La Compagnie said that the outcome of the EU referendum had created "long term uncertainty for the airline industry" and decided that it would replace the London Luton departure with a second daily flight from Paris to the Big Apple. [...]
Now you can open a HSBC account with a selfie September 5, 2016 Forget passwords and pins, but now its not even fingerprints or eye scanning that is replacing these traditional security measures — it's selfies. HSBC will now let its business customers open an account simply using a selfie thanks to facial tracking technology, a type of biometrics which is becoming increasingly popular among firms as a way of making [...]
EU takes closer look at more Irish tax deals, as Apple decision fallout rumbles on September 4, 2016 The European Commission is closely scrutinising a slew of Irish tax opinions, less than a week after its competition division decided its dealings with Apple amounted to illegal state aid. The European Competition Commission hit the tech giant with a bill for €13bn (£10.9bn) last week following a two-year investigation into the company's tax affairs in Ireland. [...]