Google I/O 2015: From Projects Vault and Brillo to smart jeans and cardboard virtual reality, the impossibly advanced technologies unveiled in San Francisco June 3, 2015 BRILLO Essentially an operating system for the Internet of Things (IoT), Google’s Project Brillo is an adapted version of Android designed to manage a number of connected devices from a central management console. It’s Google’s attempt at standardising the way we control devices, from household appliances like Nest (which, incidentally, Google owns) to wearables [...]
Is there a role for leadership in flat organisations? June 3, 2015 Time-sensitive and strategic decisions are best left in expert hands. For some time now, companies like Google and online retailer Zappos have championed flat organisational structures – where authority is widely distributed, everyone works together in a large space, and employees are encouraged to collaborate. This has certainly transformed leadership and management styles, [...]
Apple issues global recall for Beats Pill XL due to fire safety risk, including UK June 3, 2015 Apple has issued a voluntary global recall of a Beats speaker range due to concerns overheating could cause a fire. Owners of Beats Pill XL in all five colours have been warned not to use the speakers and return them to Apple for a refund or credit. The speakers, worth £215, have been on sale since January [...]
Streams are the new downloads: Apple music service rumours swirl as Netflix tests ads and Spotify experiments with video June 2, 2015 The battle to dominate the growing online media streaming market, and to make money from it, is about to go up a level. Tech giant Apple is rumoured to be preparing to announce a $10 (£6.50) a month music streaming service at its WWDC conference for software developers on Monday. If the move [...]
Pinterest will bring in a buy button to app June 2, 2015 Pinterest, the online service that allows users to compile their favourite images and brands, has announced that it will introduce a new buy button on it iPhone and iPad apps in America. The company made the announcement yesterday in California. Images, known as pins. that are buyable, will have a blue price attached to it [...]
The ultimate foodie break to Jersey: The largest Channel Island has more than tax breaks and sunshine to offer June 2, 2015 Have you been to Jersey lately? Why not? It’s the sunniest place in the British Isles. You can leave your City office at 6pm and make an 8pm dinner reservation (I flew from London City with Blue Islands, which provides you with free drinks and won’t shout at you about the size of your carry-on [...]
WWDC 2015: Apple Music, iOS 9, Apple TV and a new OS X – but no selfie sticks – what you need to know about Apple’s developer conference June 2, 2015 It’s that time of year, and no sooner have we been offered a host of goodies by Google, than Apple’s developer conference WWDC will be dropping even more juicy tidbits about what tech toys we’ll soon be playing with. Fresh from huge success with the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch, Monday 8 June will see [...]
Top 100 firms double in value to $16.2 trillion: Apple heads list as HSBC named UK’s most valuable company June 1, 2015 The world’s biggest 100 firms now have a combined value of more than $16 trillion (£10.7 trillion), almost double their market capitalisation in 2009, a PwC study reveals today. Technology firms have driven the boom in valuations – just 12 firms in the sector have a combined valuation of $2.8 trillion. Six years ago, the [...]
Microsoft will give new version of Windows free to customers June 1, 2015 MICROSOFT has announced that the latest version of its Windows operating system will be available as a free upgrade for existing users upon its 29 July release. Customers who run Windows on their tablet devices, laptops and PCs are now able to reserve to upgrade their device to the new Windows 10 on the release [...]
Music streaming wars: Is Apple about to unveil a Spotify killer? June 1, 2015 After months of conjecture, is Apple about to take the bull by the horns and launch a Spotify rival? The Wall Street Journal reported today that the company is poised to take on the music streaming giant. According to the WSJ, the technology giant is planning to go into direct competition with Spotify and Pandora, an internet radio [...]