Wine with oysters? Here are five of the best November 12, 2013 Ranald Macdonald, owner of Boisdale at Canary Wharf, chooses the perfect pairings for his Rock and Native Oysters Bouzeron Aligote 2009 Racy and lemony with plenty of depth and structure, this wine goes down well with the soft texture and gentle flavour of native oysters. Price: £15.40 justerinis.com Blanc de Blancs, Diebolt Vallois This light, [...]
Apple launches Retina-display iPad mini, supply worries begin November 12, 2013 Apple's Retina-display iPad mini is now on sale, after a surprise launch this morning. Although the news is encouraging – many thought that the delay on the launch, which was expected to be at the end of November, would be longer – there are now worries over supply. Apple said in a statement today that [...]
Diet expert November 11, 2013 NUTRIENT DENSITY The typical UK diet is increasingly energy-rich but nutrient-poor. In other words many of us are consuming foods which are high in sugar and unhealthy fats and contain little in the way of vitamins, minerals and fibre, which we need for good health. To help improve the nutrient-to-energy ratio, health experts recommend we [...]
Apple to follow Samsung with curved screen November 11, 2013 APPLE is developing two new iPhones to be released in the second half of 2014 with larger displays and curved glass screens, according to a report from Bloomberg. Samsung’s Galaxy Round was the first smartphone to feature a curved screen when it was shown off earlier this year, however the firm is yet to give [...]
WPP acquires award winning Bottle Rocket November 8, 2013 WPP announced today that it has acquired US mobile solution provider, Bottle Rocket. Bottle Rocket creates specialised high-end apps for iPhones, iPads and Androids. The company won several industry awards including the Apple Hall of Fame awards. Bottle Rocket, founded in 2008, posted unaudited revenue for the previous twelve months ended September 2013 of $17m [...]
Sir Christopher Wren’s historic mansion home goes on sale November 7, 2013 Freehold of house in grounds of Hampton Court Palace offered up for first time in over 300 years SITTING in the grounds of Hampton Court Palace, nestled among the greenery of suburban Richmond, lies a mansion that was once home to Britain’s greatest architect. For the first time in over 300 years, Sir Christopher Wren’s [...]
London must learn from New York’s woes and build more homes November 6, 2013 ONE of the perennial myths about this country is that we are somehow uniquely keen on home-ownership and are culturally averse to renting. That’s nonsense: 70.7 per cent of those who live across the EU’s 27 member states are owner-occupiers, against just 64 per cent (and falling fast) in England and Wales. Having risen from just [...]
New York Report: Microsoft helps Dow to close at a record high November 6, 2013 THE Dow industrials closed at a record high yesterday, led by gains in Microsoft and encouraging European economic data, while the S&P 500 also rose but closed shy of its own record. Meanwhile the Nasdaq fell, hurt by losses in Tesla Motors and as investors readied for Twitter’s much-anticipated IPO. The benchmark S&P 500 rose [...]
Geek Speak: Hands-on review: The iPad Air November 6, 2013 @steve_dinneen iPad Air From £399 for 16GB wi-fi only Five stars Every time Apple releases a new version of the iPad, it gets harder to review. Here’s a good starting point: the iPad Air is the best tablet in the world. That’s not even a subject for debate, unless you’re the most ardent of Android [...]
IMF’s man is coining it in Greece November 5, 2013 IT’S an interesting way to pay one’s debts. A protester in Greece was detained yesterday for throwing a fistful of coins at an International Monetary Fund representative as he walked into a meeting with the finance ministry in Athens. Poul Thomsen, part of the IMF’s delegation in Greece’s troika of creditors, managed to avoid the [...]