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  • Stagefright hack: 95pc of Android phones are vulnerable to this text message hack

    July 27, 2015

    Bad news for Android users: It takes just one multimedia text for hackers to gain access to 95 per cent of the world’s Android devices, according to researchers from the cybersecurity firm Zimperium. In what’s being described as one of the worst Android flaws to date, a vulnerability found in the operating system’s media library [...]

  • Now Gett lets you order Veuve Clicquot champagne in London as it expands on-demand services

    July 27, 2015

    Londoners will be able to order champagne and have a bottle delivered in just 10 minutes with a new service from taxi app Gett. The partnership with Veuve Clicquot will deliver champagne in the same way as ordering a taxi, as Gett explores a tranche of new product deliveries and on-demand services in a bid to [...]

  • Smartphone battery life: Samsung has developed the first computer monitor that charges your phone wirelessly

    July 27, 2015

    Forgotten your phone charger again? Smartphones with irritatingly short battery life mean we’re often forced to stare helplessly as the power dwindles over the course of a single working day. But help might be on the way – in the form of a new computer screen. Samsung has developed a desktop monitor, which at first [...]

  • David Cameron to take UK fintech leaders on Asian tour

    July 26, 2015

    David Cameron will go on a trade mission to Asia next month as part of the government’s plan to develop the UK financial technology sector. The delegation is made up largely of senior staff from the financial tech sector, reflecting the government’s aim to position the UK as a fintech leader. Thirty businesses will be [...]

  • Flexi-time and compressed hours on the rise as City firms ditch 9 to 5 to compete with fintech

    July 26, 2015

    City employers are loosening their ties and becoming less rigid over staff working hours, according to research that shows a jump in the number of workers being given more flexibility. A third of men working in the City (34 per cent) say they now have some flexibility over the hours they work, either through flexi-time [...]

  • Secret Escapes gets $60m Google Ventures backing for global expansion

    July 26, 2015

    Deals website Secret Escapes has landed $60m (£39m) investment from Google's venture arm to fuel ambitious global expansion plans. The flash deals website set up in London in 2010 which offers luxury holidays at a discount has completed a series C round of funding led by Google Ventures and existing investor Octopus Investments. Index and [...]

  • Why climbing the social ladder keeps Britons happy

    July 24, 2015

    Most of us view “social climbing” as a negative trait – we tend to associate it with people who are fake and use others to reach their own goals.    Read more: Wealthy, healthy and successful The middle-class drinkers with the hidden health problem   But whatever the people around them think, social climbers are are [...]

  • Ecstasy use has soared among young people in the UK

    July 23, 2015

    The number of young people taking ecstasy in the UK has hit a 10-year high, according to research by the Home Office.   Read more: London is the European capital of flushing cocaine down the loo   In response to the department's National Crime Survey for England and Wales, 5.4 per cent of 16 to 24 [...]

  • Forget Silicon Valley and Silicon Roundabout: Birmingham’s Silicon Canal is the future of the UK’s technology sector

    July 23, 2015

    For years now we've been told that London could rival the Silicon Valley with its own tech hub. But five years after launching my business, I’m a bigger advocate for Birmingham's Silicon Canal than I have ever been.  There is an incredible talent pool in Birmingham that offers a wealth of brilliant software engineers. These [...]

  • Analytical minds prefer complex music – here’s the ultimate Spotify playlist for people working in finance

    July 23, 2015

    The way you think determines your taste in music, according to a new study published in Plos One, and for analytical financial minds this means a preference for punk, heavy metal, and avant-garde jazz.   Read more: North vs south London: Whose music tastes come out on top?   Researchers at the University of Cambridge found [...]

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