Spotify reveals user numbers after Apple Music launch as TeliaSonera funding pushes valuation to $8bn June 10, 2015 Spotify has revealed the number of users it has, just days after the launch of a rival music streaming service by Apple dubbed a "Spotify killer". The service which made music streaming popular now counts 75m active users – growth of 88 per cent since May last year – while the number of subscribers has [...]
Google’s Larry Page, American Express’ Ken Chenault, Three’s David Dyson: These are the UK’s top-rated chief executives, as voted for by their employees June 10, 2015 It's a tough business, being a chief executive these days – so a little bit of love from their employees never goes amiss. Now recruitment site Glassdoor has unveiled its list of the UK's highest-rated chief execs. Alas, the top-rated guy isn't even based here… The list, which is based on approval by their employees, [...]
Mix it up: Breathe new life into your G&T with these artisan gins June 9, 2015 Familiarity can breed contempt. Prior to the recent resurgence, such was the state of Britain’s relationship with the gin and tonic. The fire had gone out: it had become a cocktail of convenience. It wasn’t always thus. Like all good love stories, British affection for the G&T was born in battle. It was a [...]
This animation shows how 12 iconic company logos have changed over time: Coca-cola, Nike, Google, Apple, Microsoft June 9, 2015 Logos are key to how customers remember and relate to a company – meaning many avoid changing them too often. However, Zing Ecommerce has put together an animation showing how much some of the world's most widely recognised logos have changed over time. "It might surprise you how the most recognisable logos of some of [...]
Apple Pay in the UK: These are the retailers and restaurants signed up for the July launch June 9, 2015 Some of the UK's biggest retailers are lining up to start accepting Apple Pay when it launches in the UK next month. As well as being able to use your iPhone or Apple Watch to seamlessly glide through ticket barriers on the Tube, the Silicon Valley giant has its finger hovering over the button [...]
Everything we know about Apple’s new Spotify-killer: Seven reasons why Apple Music wins June 9, 2015 Tech giant Apple has finally gone and done it. Last night it revealed streaming service Apple Music. Here's why it's going to change the shape of the industry – and why it could end up killing off rivals like Spotify. * It launches really soon – June 30 – and will be available in [...]
Commuters to be able to pay using iPhone June 8, 2015 COMMUTERS in London will soon be able to pay for travel on public transport journeys by touching their iPhones to the barriers, tech giant Apple revealed last night. Transport for London director of customer experience Shashi Verma said: “With around one in ten of all contactless transactions in the UK now taking place on our [...]
Best venue race is a must-watch June 8, 2015 GET YOUR glad-rags out; the City’s most exclusive venues are holding hundreds of corporate events this summer, and they’re pulling out the big guns to get more. Two of the City’s most exclusive venues are both opening roof-gardens this season to attract corporate punters; with one even shelling out for free Apple Watches. Corporate monolith [...]
Airlines and Apple hurt US – New York Report June 8, 2015 US STOCKS ended lower yesterday as investors worried about Greece and mulled the prospect of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates as early as September. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 82.91 points, or 0.46 per cent, to end at 17,766.55. The S&P 500 lost 13.55 points, or 0.65 per cent, to 2,079.28 and the [...]
The secrets to having a highly engaged team June 8, 2015 Use internal talent to train and don’t forget old-fashioned thank yous. Only A third of UK employees are highly engaged at work. That’s according to our recent report, Employee Engagement: How British business measures up. It also revealed that line managers are the key to how engaged staff are at work. We all know [...]