Vodafone is to begin testing 5G mobile network benefits in UK smart cars October 5, 2016 Vodafone is to begin tests of new mobile connection technology to let cars talk to each, possibly preventing crashes, on UK roads. The telecoms giant has plans to use the 5G mobile network to let cars send messages to each other to signal their intention to change lane, indicate, or emergency stop. Last month some of [...]
Google’s driverless cars have now racked up 300 years of driving experience October 5, 2016 Google's driverless cars have already clocked an astonishing 2m miles on the roads, it has revealed, as the journey towards a driver free future ramps up. The tech company has passed the milestone in just 16 months since it last passed the 1m mark on the roads of California – it originally took it six years to reach that first [...]
Creating new employment law for Deliveroo and Uber workers won’t be easy, but someone’s got to do it October 4, 2016 The Deliveroo and UberEats protesters, who were making a stand over their pay packets, must feel vindicated. Theresa May has now appointed Matthew Taylor, an ex-head of the Number 10 Policy Unit, to review legal rights for those people working in the gig economy. While all this sounds promising, it's going to be a titanic [...]
Everyone’s massively underestimating fintech in capital markets October 3, 2016 The application of fintech in capital markets is being vastly underestimated by both banks and startups as other areas of banking steal the spotlight – and funding – new research reveals. Venture capital cash is failing to flow into fintech specialising in capital markets, according to the new report from Boston Consulting Group, adding that only a minority of startups are working [...]
Automotive and tech firms are poaching each other’s talent to pull ahead in the driverless car race October 3, 2016 Automotive and IT firms are poaching each other’s talent in a bid to nudge ahead in the driverless car race, according to research by CPA Global. Its analysis found that more than 20 patent inventors have made the switch from automotive to IT companies or vice versa since 2008, with Google’s self-driving car programme serving [...]
Theresa May appoints Blair policy expert to review employment law October 1, 2016 Theresa May has appointed one of Tony Blair's top advisers to lead a new review into employment rights across the new economy. Matthew Taylor, who was head of the influential Number 10 Policy Unit between 2003 and 2006, will be tasked with creating a new framework of employment rights and protections for the millions of [...]
Here’s how many people are using UberEats in London (and it’s expanding to zone 2) September 29, 2016 Uber now boasts more than half a million users of UberEats in London as it expands the food delivery service further across the capital. The service which launched in June to rival homegrown Deliveroo will now be available in parts of zone 2 beyond its initial launch area of central London. In the three months since launching, the billion-dollar startup [...]
Global telecoms giants form pact with car makers to develop 5G self driving infrastructure September 27, 2016 Some of the world’s biggest telecom equipment makers have pledged to work with car giants on the infrastructure required to make driverless vehicles a reality. Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Nokia, and Qualcomm will work with German car makers Audi, BMW, and Mercedes owner Daimler to put together the technology. It’s understood the group of companies are [...]
Flying cars? Uber’s working on it September 26, 2016 And you thought driverless cars were the future? Not content with being one of the first companies to get the autonomous technology on to real-life roads, Uber's not stopping there and is already planning ahead for what the next big thing might be after that. The billion-dollar startup has revealed it's looking at technology which could produce [...]
Meet the Pikes: The brothers who gave up corporate jobs and first-home deposits to launch SuperCarers September 26, 2016 For brothers Adam and Daniel Pike, business is about personal passion as well as profit. Two years ago, they launched SuperCarers, an online solution to placing carers for the elderly in the home. “Our grandma needed care. The quality wasn’t good enough and it was too expensive. So our mum ended up being the primary [...]