FTSE 100 chief executives on Twitter: Why they should be on social media… even Snapchat and Instagram September 15, 2015 FTSE 100 companies are notoriously quiet on social media, and their CEOs even more so. It can be easier sometimes to bury one’s head in the board room than put it on the Twitter parapet. So when I took a look at the new data on how many FTSE 100 bosses are active on social [...]
EXCLUSIVE: If you make it easy for someone to steal from you, chances are they will September 15, 2015 The big interview Frank Abagnale LONG GONE are the days where Frank Abagnale, former con artist, walked into a bank impersonating a Pan-Am pilot trying to cash in bad cheques. The man whose life story was the inspiration behind the Hollywood movie Catch Me If You Can, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Leonardo DiCaprio [...]
EC1V is the UK’s hottest tech post code: Silicon Roundabout houses eight times more tech firms than nearest rival Silicon Canal September 14, 2015 Silicon Roundabout’s EC1V is the UK’s hottest tech post code, as a survey of where tech companies are based reveals just how much the capital’s biggest tech hub outstrips its rivals around the country. Being home to Silicon Roundabout, it’s no surprise that the East London post code is number one when it comes to [...]
Shot on iPhone: How smartphone cameras are changing the world September 14, 2015 If you've travelled on the underground in the last couple of months you might have seen some gorgeous sweeping landscapes, tumbling waterfalls and stunning vistas, all ‘Shot on iPhone 6’. A few years ago if the world’s biggest technology company wanted to do a global marketing campaign it would have hired the best photographers [...]
From West to East: These five cities will take over as the world’s biggest tech centres in the future September 14, 2015 Berlin, London, Tel Aviv – these cities are all becoming synonymous with startups, and fierce competitors to Silicon Valley. But successful new technology firms are no longer limited to developed economies, with thousands now making gains in emerging markets in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. According to data from the World [...]
Alibaba hits back at Barron’s article which suggests share price could plunge 50 per cent September 14, 2015 Alibaba has struck back at mounting criticism of its stock's performance, taking aim at a recent Barron's cover story, which suggested its share price could drop by 50 per cent from current levels. The Barron's article describes China's struggling economy and rising competition in the e-commerce market as cause for concern and argued Alibaba's price-to-earnings ratio and [...]
Venezuela’s “dear comrade” Jeremy Corbyn puts Labour’s moral authority at risk – The City View September 13, 2015 It's Saturday afternoon in a central London pub, and a newly victorious Jeremy Corbyn can be found leading supporters in a rousing rendition of The Red Flag. At the same time, just under 5,000 miles away, Venezuela’s opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez is beginning a 13 year prison sentence after a court of questionable legitimacy [...]
Heineken’s UK boss David Forde on the everlasting link between rugby and beer as World Cup fever grips the nation September 13, 2015 Rugby and beer have long been bedfellows. Since time immemorial, gnarled and cauliflower-eared players have taken enormous pleasure in knocking seven bells out of each other on the pitch, before retiring to the bar to share a friendly pint. Even now, in the age of sporting professionalism, it is a rugby tradition kept alive with [...]
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour leader win was greeted with happiness on Twitter September 13, 2015 While Labour supporters – and of course everyone else across the political spectrum – is unpicking what exactly Jeremey Corbyn's elevation to the top means for the party and UK politics, one thing's for sure: the Twitterati were pretty happy about the outcome. Analysis of more than a quarter of a million tweets during the [...]
One chart showing that people cared more about Microsoft than iPhone 6S or iPad Pro at the Apple launch September 11, 2015 Tim Cook said “everything had changed” again when unveiling Apple’s new products earlier this week – but how were they received by the public? Looking at hundreds of thousands of social media mentions give us a pretty good clue of how people felt about the new iPhone, iPad Pro and Apple Watch. Some 179,000 tweets [...]