The iPhone 5 – is it more than a 4SS? September 26, 2012 Connectivity One of the biggest selling points for the iPhone 5 is its 4G technology, which will make mobile browsing far, far quicker. Unfortunately, it hasn’t been switched on yet in the UK. Tthe newly rebranded “EE” (formerly Everything Everywhere), plans to launch the first 4G network in London within “weeks”. If you’re on another [...]
Why Apple is playing the long-game with its Maps app September 26, 2012 An Apple user walks into a bar. Or a church. Or a field. He’s not really sure. Ha! A joke at Apple’s expense! That’s not something you hear every day. If you believe the hype, problems with Apple’s in-house Maps app could be the iPhone 5’s equivalent of the antenna troubles that dogged the launch [...]
Meet the hero of the Audi range September 25, 2012 The Neckarsulm facility, near Stuttgart in Germany, is the home of Audi’s R8 supercar production and where it builds its RS line of high-performance vehicles. It’s also where quattro GmbH and its motorsport division is based, which is why we’re racing across Europe from the UK to Neckarsulm on a 600-mile drive in Audi’s latest [...]
Car talk September 25, 2012 Seat redesigns its logo – and its Leon Spanish manufacturer Seat is getting a makeover. Its logo is getting a new, more modern and streamlined look and the first in a family of cars to wear it will be the all-new Leon hatchback. It will be unveiled at this week’s Paris Motor Show. The stylish [...]
Score a networking hole in one September 25, 2012 Mix business and pleasure with a corporate day on the golf course. We seek out some of the best options. Marriott Tudor Park, Maidstone, Kent What: An 18-hole championship golf course in Maidstone, Kent located in a 200-acre park. Cost: From £50 per person, season dependent. £5,000 for full course for the whole day. Optional [...]
Prime London property prices still soaring up September 24, 2012 PRIME London property registered another quarter of booming growth in the three months to September, estate agent data revealed yesterday. Prime property prices grew 0.5 per cent between the second and third quarters, capping off growth totalling five per cent over the year, the research from Savills showed. Contrasting with the picture in much of [...]
Duck & Waffle doesn’t have the greatest kitchen in the world but the views are ace September 24, 2012 RESTAURANT DUCK & WAFFLE Heron Tower, 110 Bishopsgate, EC2N 4AY FOOD ** SERVICE **** ATMOSPHERE ***** Cost per person without wine: £44 MY HOUSE is what estate agents would euphemistically call “lower ground”, which translates almost exactly as “basement”. Outside the front door, running underneath the pavement, is a cupboard, which would, once upon a [...]
London’s bespoke hidden gems September 24, 2012 There are not many hair salons that have a porter greet you at the door, but then Rossano Ferretti is not your average salon. In fact it doesn’t even call itself a salon, but adopts the label “hairspa”. This is not meant to be your usual run of the mill trip to the hairdresser. Number [...]
The most influential people in beauty and makeup September 24, 2012 1. Maksymilian Faktorowicz (1872-1938) He founded Max Factor, which started as a theatrical make up shop and grew into a cosmetic empire. 2. Elizabeth Arden (1884-1966) She founded the brand, under her own name, which became international in 1915. 3. Charles Revson (1906-1975) He created the world famous makeup company Revlon, launched in 1932. 4. [...]
The New York fairytale hoping to wow London. But is it any good? September 24, 2012 RESTAURANT BALTHAZAR 80 Spring St, New York Tel: 00 1 212 965 1414 FOOD **** SERVICE ***** ATMOSPHERE **** Cost per person without wine: £45 In the late nineties and early noughties, New York’s Balthazar was the very definition of an “it” restaurant. Renowned as one of the hardest places to get a table in [...]
