Facebook suffers drop in brand value as consumer trust slides October 17, 2019 Facebook has suffered a second successive annual decline in its brand value as the social media firm faces a backlash over data use and its faltering move into digital currency. The Silicon Valley giant has dropped out of the top 10 rankings of the world’s most valuable brands, suffering a decline of almost 12 per [...]
Google unveils new Pixel 4 phone as it looks to take on Apple October 15, 2019 Google has unveiled its new series of Pixel phones with a host of upgraded features as the tech giant looks to challenge the dominance of rival Apple in the smartphone market. Read more: Google Safari lawsuit: iPhone users win appeal to seek £3bn in damages The new Pixel 4 phones, which come in two sizes, [...]
City Moves for 11 October – Who’s switching jobs at Leo Burnett, Badi and Refinitiv? October 11, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes Leo Burnett, Badi and Refinitiv Leo Burnett Advertising firm Leo Burnett’s London office has appointed Carly Avener as managing director. In her new role, Carly will be responsible for the day-to-day running and operations of the agency. She will be working with the company’s existing clients such as Iceland, McDonald’s, Betfair [...]
BT Mobile rolls out 5G for consumer and business plans October 11, 2019 BT has become the latest UK mobile network to launch 5G, rolling out its next-generation network in more than 20 towns and cities across the country. Read more: EU warns of cyber risks from state-backed 5G suppliers London, Birmingham, Cardiff and Manchester are among the first locations to gain access to the network, while BT [...]
Dialling down: A quarter of mobile phone users make fewer than five calls a month October 10, 2019 A quarter of mobile phone users in the UK make fewer than five calls per month, while six per cent made no calls at all, new figures have revealed. Moreover, around 60 per cent of those people who did pick up the phone ended the call in under 90 seconds. Read more: Mobile shopping platform [...]
Nintendo Switch Lite review: The quirky hybrid has become a conventional handheld October 2, 2019 Nintendo has a reputation for updating its consoles mid-generation, not long after launching them, to the extent that it’s become a little risky to be an early adopter. Why spend a few hundred pounds on a device that will be refined into something neater in 12 months, as the Nintendo DS was with the DSi, [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ review: The best stylus-driven phone you can shake a stick at October 2, 2019 Samsung’s Note series has traditionally offered performance-obsessed customers the most powerful phones it’s possible to buy. If a flying saucer popped out from behind the moon tomorrow and challenged the human race to come up with the most advanced seven-inch slab of glass and metal we could manage, we’d be sending a box these things [...]
FuroSystems Furo X review: A slick and stylish carbon fibre electric folding bike with buckets of power October 1, 2019 It took a short while for them to find one another, but now that they’re together, electric bikes and folding bikes are a match made in heaven. Either one is essential for those of us intending to commute partly by public transport and partly by bike, and without arriving at the office a sweating, stinking, [...]
Augmentum Fintech backs German tech rental platform October 1, 2019 London-listed investment fund Augmentum Fintech has led an €11m (£9.8m) funding round backing German technology rental firm Grover. Augmentum invested €6m in Grover – which offers consumers flexible subscriptions to products including smartphones and laptops – the fund’s first investment in Germany. Read more: Augmentum Fintech to double in size as it seeks £150m fundraise [...]
Mobile shopping platform Rezolve secures bumper deal with Samsung September 30, 2019 Mobile shopping platform Rezolve has secured a deal with Samsung to make its technology available on the South Korean firm’s smartphones. The London-based tech startup said its product will be embedded directly into Samsung’s Bixby Vision software and will be available in the US later this year. Read more: Samsung prepares to release new foldable [...]