Activist Apple investor Carl Icahn to endorse Donald Trump September 28, 2015 Carl Icahn may have called it when it came to Apple stock, but can he do the same when it comes to the Republican Presidential nomination? In a video due to be published tomorrow, the activist investor is expected to come out in favour of controversial candidate Donald Trump. To be fair, this won't be [...]
CoolBrands 2015: Apple crowned the king of cool as Google slips September 27, 2015 Apple has retained pole position for the fourth year in a row in a ranking of companies' brand appeal, according to pollsters CoolBrands. Its tech rival Google, however, dropped out of the top 10 altogether, slipping to 12th from sixth in 2014. Despite an improving economy, luxury brands did not manage to maintain [...]
Michael Moritz: Billionaire venture capitalist on leadership and his new book with Sir Alex Ferguson September 27, 2015 If you meet Michael Moritz, you’re speaking to a venture capitalist whose investments include Google, PayPal, Yahoo and LinkedIn. He was the man Steve Jobs described as Apple’s “historian”, and went on to write the first history of the company, The Little Kingdom. His firm, Sequoia Capital, forms close relationships with young founders, whose companies [...]
From Volkswagen and Glencore to the Black Cab protest: Here’s what got us talking this week September 25, 2015 There was an alarming protest in Croydon (with an excellent response from Debenhams). There was an eyebrow-raising development in the world of robotics. And somewhere in the CIty, some window cleaners were left hanging. On the side of skyscraper. For several hours. Here's what got us talking this week Could you fall in love with [...]
Blackberry confirms a new Android smartphone called “Priv” – but investors aren’t wowed September 25, 2015 Blackberry has finally confirmed what it’s been hinting at for months: the struggling mobile phone manufacturer has been working on an Android-powered smartphone named Blackberry Priv. The phone, due to be released before the end of the year, was confirmed by the company’s chief executive John Chen when presenting earnings for the second quarter: Priv [...]
London’s Tube is running “too fast”, new study suggests September 24, 2015 First we were told that Tube strikes were good for commuters, now, it’s that the London Underground trains are running too fast – scientists just keep on discovering things about the capital’s transport system that go against every instinct. In “everything we think we know about the Tube is wrong”, part two, researchers looking at [...]
iPhone 6S and 6S Plus UK release date and pre-order sales: Apple’s new flagship iPhone is already the UK’s second most popular phone – before hitting the stores September 24, 2015 Apple’s new iPhone is landing in UK stores tomorrow. But even before going on sale, it’s become the second most popular phone in the country, new figures show. Based on pre-orders alone, Apple’s new iPhone is outstripping Samsung’s latest flagship phone, Galaxy S6. Released earlier this year, the Korean tech giant’s phone has been pushed [...]
iPhone 6s and 6s Plus UK relase date approaches and people are already queuing at Apple Stores at Regent Street and Covent Garden September 24, 2015 People are already forming orderly queues to get their hands on Apple's new iPhone 6s. With tents, ponchos, cushions and a book to keep them occupied, several eager beavers have already pitched a spot outside London's Apple Shops at Regent Street and Covent Garden. The new iPhone 6s and 6s plus hits stores on Friday [...]
Apple iPhone 6s launch: Pope Francis visit to the US to delay deliveries of new smartphone in Washington, New York City and Philadelphia September 24, 2015 Unwitting Apple customers, eagerly awaiting the arrival of their brand new iPhone 6s on Friday, may just have to wait a little bit longer after a bigger arrival to the US: Pope Francis. The Pope's security arrangements are – as one would expect – going to block up the streets, causing major disruption. And not [...]
iOS 9 problems: Apple issues first update to fix bug that left iPads and iPhones paralysed September 24, 2015 A week after releasing iOS 9 to iPhone and iPad users, Apple has rolled out the first bug fix update to the operating system. The iOS 9 launch was plagued by technical glitches that kept it from being the happy occasion it should have been for Apple users, but the update promises to fix a [...]