Tube mayhem rocks London businesses August 6, 2015 Retailers and leisure companies in London are braced for a multi-million pound hit as Tube workers go on strike for the second time in a month. On the day of the last strike on 9 July, London shopping malls suffered a nine per cent drop in footfall compared with the same day last year, according [...]
Manchester United kit launch already worth £1.5m to Adidas in social media value August 5, 2015 Adidas' record breaking £750m kit deal with Manchester United is already beginning to pay off thanks to a successful social media launch. Read more: Even at £750m Adidas' Man United kit deal could prove to be a bargain for the sportswear giant The launch of United's new kit – the first from Adidas in a 10-year [...]
Response to Cecil the Lion’s death is a sad lesson in the irrationality of public opinion August 4, 2015 Alas poor Cecil! Close personal friend of mine, sadly dead now. The catchphrases of the Scottish comedian Bob Doolally capture the outpourings of grief among the Twitterati at the death of the now famous lion. The mourning is mixed with incoherent rage, as long-standing opponents of torture and capital punishment demand that the American dentist [...]
Sweden’s Arlanda airport creates climate simulator to let passengers try out the weather at their destination August 4, 2015 Stockholm’s Arlanda airport is helping its passengers acclimatise to their destinations with a climate simulator. Forget checking the forecast before you travel – this Swedish airport is letting you try out the weather conditions at your destination before takeoff, with a climate portal that gives you the physical experience of Dubai’s desert heat or Hong [...]
Golf Comment: Bangkok’s answer to John Daly Aphibarnrat is breath of fresh air August 4, 2015 IT’S NOT difficult to see why Kiradech Aphibarnrat is frequently compared to John Daly. Most obviously, Thailand’s newest golfing sensation has the same full frame as the maverick two-time Major winner. But the similarities don’t end there. Aphibarnrat, who won his second European Tour title of the season on Sunday at the Paul Lawrie Match [...]
Apple prepares a voicemail service that will transcribe your messages using Siri to compete with Microsoft’s Cortana and Google Now August 3, 2015 The problem is obvious: Leaving voicemail is quick and convenient. Unfortunately, listening to it is sadly tedious. This age-old telephone dilemma has been solved, and the solution is ingeniously simple: transcribing incoming voicemail messages so that you can read them instead. Apple is preparing a new tool which will use voice assistant Siri to transcribe [...]
Windows 10 launch: 14m devices installed Microsoft’s new operating system in the first 24 hours as users cheer the return of the start menu and Cortana July 31, 2015 The owners of 14m devices rushed to install Windows 10 in the first 24 hours after the launch of the latest incarnation of Microsoft’s long-running operating system, the company said today. Microsoft’s Yusuf Mehdi wrote about the response to the new OS on the Windows blog: We’re humbled and grateful to see the response to [...]
Liberty Global increases stake in ITV to 9.9 per cent July 31, 2015 ITV's largest shareholder, Liberty Global, has increased its stake in the broadcaster, citing the opportunity of "attractive growth potential". Read more: ITV share price skyrockets as Liberty Global pays £481m for stake In a statement this morning Liberty Global, the world's largest international cable company, said it had bought 138.7m shares in ITV, taking its total [...]
Greece crisis: After six months in power Alexis Tsipras’ Syriza government has left the country with a veritable Mount Olympus to climb July 30, 2015 Alexis Tsipras’ six-month old left-wing Syriza government has put the country through a breath-taking roller-coaster of ideological hysteria, politico-economic gambles, and farcical constitutional experiments. Now it faces a rockier path ahead than the one it inherited. Perversely, at the time they lost power, the previous government was beginning to boast financial indicators pointing [...]
Former Apprentice star Stuart Baggs “the brand” found dead aged 27 July 30, 2015 Former Apprentice star and telecoms entrepreneur Stuart Baggs has been found dead at a house on the Isle of Man. Police were called to the 27-year-old's property at 9am this morning. A spokeswoman said the cause of death was “unknown” but not thought to be suspicious. A statement issued today said: "Police can now confirm [...]