Take your very own bite of the Big Apple September 9, 2010 IN ANY job transfer abroad, top of the list of concerns is finding a place to call home. This is particularly overwhelming if your destination is New York: finding a cosy foothold in this concrete jungle can be a confusing affair. But rather than making a beeline for an estate agent, or realtor, as yanks [...]
Google set to offer TV service in the US September 7, 2010 GOOGLE will launch its service to bring the web to TV screens in the United States this autumn and worldwide next year, its chief executive Eric Schmidt, said, as it extends its reach from the desktop to the living room. Schmidt said the service, which will allow full Internet browsing via the television, would be [...]
Scent yourself straight to the top September 6, 2010 AS THE worst economic crisis since the Great Depression broke in 2008, French designer Paco Rabanne released the most inappropriate scent possible: 1 Million, a male perfume in a bottle the shape and colour of a gold bar. Yet this grossly ill-timed slice of hedonism and opulence wound up being one of the UK’s best-selling [...]
Suits’ fave spot for a helping of glam September 6, 2010 Aqua Nueva Fifth Floor, 30 Argyll Street, W1B 3BR Tel: 020 7478 0540, www.aqua.com.hk FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £50 LONDON’s love affair with the shamelessly glam has been hotting up for several years and Aqua Nueva, the Spanish side of a double rooftop restaurant off Regent Street, fits the bill perfectly. [...]
Irresponsible strikes will hit London September 5, 2010 BARRING a last-minute reprieve, commuters will be subjected to much chaos from 5pm tonight as Underground workers go on strike. Tomorrow will be especially tough. This strike is irresponsible. It is being caused by selfish militants who cannot face losing some of their privileges at a time when everybody else in Britain is being forced [...]
Samsung joins the queue of iPad killers September 2, 2010 Samsung’s first tablet computer will go on sale in two weeks, it said yesterday, joining the hunt to challenge Apple’s iPad. Global handset vendors and PC makers including Nokia, LG and Hewlett-Packard are moving into the new category of devices, between traditional PCs and smartphones, taking a cue from Apple. Dell said last month it [...]
DSG nets a World Cup boost September 2, 2010 DSG International said yesterday its total group sales were up three per cent after a boost from World Cup TV purchases and the success of the iPad. In an update on trading for the 12 weeks to 24 July the company, which owns Currys and PC World, said its online sales had surged by 12 [...]
CITY VIEWS: HAS APPLE SPREAD ITSELF TOO THIN BY MOVING INTO TV PRODUCTS September 2, 2010 BARTOSZ WOJTOWICZ | NOMURA “I’m perfectly happy with Apple expanding, and think they get it right a lot of the time. I would love to have an iPhone, but my mobile phone network won’t offer them for another three months, so I’m stuck with my old phone.” JIMMY SMALES | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA “I [...]
TV wars loom as Apple takes aim September 1, 2010 Apple last night launched a revamped on-demand TV service it hopes will help it smash into the online rental market. Apple TV allows users to rent episodes of hit US shows like Glee for as little as 99¢ (64p) and play them through their TV. The device could catapult Apple into a market currently dominated [...]
THE ART OF PEACEFUL PROTEST (IN SWINDON) September 1, 2010 IN an age where Facebook protests can reach hundreds of thousands of members within a few hours, often for the most spurious reasons – the lynching of women who put cats in bins being a recent example – it’s nice to see a good old fashioned show of dissent. One-man-army Paul Slennett, owner of three [...]