From BHS and John Lewis to TSB and the Apple Watch: What got us talking this week? March 13, 2015 Jeremy Clarkson punched a man over a steak. Blurred Lines went from being the song with questionable gender politics to being a Marvin Gaye rip-off. And somewhere above our heads, a pilot got bored and drew rude pictures using GPS flight data. Here is what got us talking at City A.M. 1. After 15 [...]
Gotham Air is Uber for helicopters March 13, 2015 Pills, pets, hot stone massages – there's an Uber for all of them. But now the "hail something from your smartphone" model has gone considerably more upmarket, after the launch of Gotham Air – an Uber for helicopters. Admittedly hailing a helicopter comes with more conditions than hailing a cab. Firstly, at the moment it's [...]
Total recall: Could you draw the Apple logo from memory? March 11, 2015 Do you know what the Apple logo looks like? How confident are you that you're right? Chances are you might be deluding yourself if you answered “very”. We are constantly bombarded with logos from McDonald's Golden Arches to Nike's swooshing tick, but a new study suggests we really aren't paying all that much attention. [...]
Wish you still had your Nokia 3210? Now you can play Snake on the fountains at Kings Cross March 11, 2015 Do you wish we could get back to the good old days when mobile phones were for making calls, maybe texting – and, at the absolute most, playing Snake? If that sounds like you, there are two options open to you. First, you could relocate to a county where 4G reception is so bad you [...]
Restaurant review: Typing Room is a local with verve March 10, 2015 On the ever-spinning carousel that is the London restaurant scene, there are inevitably winners and losers. When Nuno Mendes packed up Viajante to help create London’s most papped eatery, Chiltern Firehouse, it seemed Bethnal Green would be one of the losers. But the space he vacated – the old town hall off Cambridge Heath road, [...]
Apple Watch: This is what luxury watch stocks are doing after Apple’s smartwatch launch March 10, 2015 After the fanfare of the Apple Watch, stocks in the world’s traditional luxury watchmakers dipped lower as the historic industry faces up to the modern age. The Swiss watch industry, where the majority of luxury watches are made, exported 28.6m units in 2014, while analysts are predicting challenger Apple (in the watch arena at least) will [...]
Gold Apple Watch: Five things you can buy for $17,000 – classic car, house deposit and four years worth of travel March 10, 2015 Now we know everything about the Apple Watch, the biggest decision is whether to buy one or not. Starting at a respectable $349 (£299), many Apple owners will be eyeing up the entry-level Sport model. At the other end of the spectrum, however, is the 18 carat gold version, coming in at an eye-watering $17,000 (£13,500) [...]
Will Apple’s watch range be worth its weight in gold? March 9, 2015 Apple yesterday unveiled its highly anticipated take on the smartwatch with a host of new innovations and an ostentatious 18 carat gold version. The cheapest in the range is the Apple Watch Sport, priced from £299. But one version, the solid-gold Apple Watch Edition will set buyers back up to £13,500. The launch of the [...]
WPP’s Sir Martin Sorrell slams critics of his pay deals March 9, 2015 WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell hit back at criticism that his remuneration was excessive yesterday, saying that if you personally risked investing in and building a business from scratch to the global leadership position in its sector it would be only natural to be rewarded for it Sorrell, who saw off a shareholder revolt over [...]
Dow up after Apple unveils its new watch – New York Report March 9, 2015 US STOCKS bounced back yesterday, helped by a couple of billion-dollar deals, while Apple shares ended slightly higher after the long-anticipated unveiling of its smart watch. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 136.53 points, or 0.76 per cent, to 17,993.31, the S&P 500 gained 8.14 points, or 0.39 per cent, to 2,079.4 and the Nasdaq [...]