Why do people pursue careers in finance? May 3, 2017 Committing to an occupation that will consume 40 or more hours each week for decades is a fairly big decision. LinkedIn research shows that millennials will change jobs four times on average before they reach age 32, job-hopping twice as often as Gen Xers and much more than earlier generations. Each job decision has an [...]
Malaysian Formula One boss: Liberty Media needs help and Bernie Ecclestone suckered us good and proper April 27, 2017 The boss of Malaysia’s Grand Prix circuit has blasted Formula One’s new owners Liberty Media, saying no one at the US corporate giant understands the sport apart from F1 veteran Ross Brawn. The Sepang International Circuit will host its final Grand Prix on 1 October, ending a 19-year relationship with the sport. Dato’ Razlan Razali, [...]
How to avoid the financial hit of a ransomware infection April 26, 2017 It's one of the fastest-growing forms of cybercrime – and one of the most visible. Ransomware locks victims out of their valuable files and demands payment to release them, unlike other forms of malicious software that stay hidden and stole data. Ransomware has quickly grown to become one of the biggest cybercrime threats for businesses [...]
Asleep at the wheel: MPs and campaigners blast transport top dogs over botched HS2 contract April 20, 2017 A whistleblower exposed a conflict of interest at the heart of a £170m High Speed 2 contract, it emerged yesterday, triggering fresh criticism of the government’s handling of procurement on its flagship £56bn rail project. American firm CH2M was awarded the development partner contract on HS2 in February, beating Bechtel and a joint venture between [...]
Is my app reaching its target audience? April 19, 2017 As of January 2017, there were over 2.2m apps in the Apple app store. Too many of these are not reaching their target audience. In this article, we are going to look at ways that you as an application developer can ensure that your app reaches its desired audience. For the purpose of this article, [...]
Lycamobile’s chairman Subaskaran Allirajah: Meet the philanthropist behind the multi-million pound business April 3, 2017 He cooks for everyone and we stand around the breakfast bar and chat. Some of the most important decisions the company has taken have been over meals he’s made.” This is one of Lycamobile’s leadership team, and he’s talking about his boss, founder and chairman Subaskaran Allirajah. Lycamobile is a mobile virtual network operator, providing [...]
Article 50 and sport: What triggering of Brexit process could mean for Britain’s sport industry, from player transfers to stadium projects and intellectual property March 28, 2017 The highly-anticipated triggering of Article 50 is now upon us and, on Wednesday, the UK will begin the two-year untangling process from the European Union. But what impact will this have on the UK’s sports industry which last year, according to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, contributed more than £35bn to the British [...]
Amber Rudd’s WhatsApp encryption remarks: Here’s how experts in tech, policy, intelligence and security reacted March 27, 2017 Amber Rudd has sparked concern by suggesting that WhatsApp, the Facebook owned messaging service, should give access to encrypted communications to security services (read more about it here). The remarks came in the wake of the terrorist attack on Parliament and the revelation that the attacker, Khalid Masood, sent a WhatsApp message shortly before. Experts [...]
Westminster attack: There is no cause for complacency – but we mustn’t be alarmist about the pathetic terrorist incident March 24, 2017 The pain now being experienced by each person who loved or cared about one of the four innocent people who were murdered on Wednesday is something few of us can even bear to imagine. Processing the senselessness of those deaths will be a long and complex journey. We can only hope that the public expression [...]
Westminster terrorist attack: Four people killed including police officer stabbed by attacker after pedestrians mown down by car on Westminster Bridge March 22, 2017 Four people have been killed and around 40 others injured in a terrorist attack in Westminster, Scotland Yard said. The attack began when a car ran down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge. A police officer was subsequently stabbed and died as a result of the injuries sustained. He was named as 48-year-old Keith Palmer. Police said [...]