Twitter’s not singing as revenue growth slows to a crawl and misses estimates February 9, 2017 Twitter shares are definitely not singing after releasing its fourth quarter earnings, sending shares down as much as nine per cent in pre-market trading. The figures Revenue came in at $717m, inching up just one per cent on the same quarter a year earlier – its slowest quarterly growth since going public – while earnings were [...]
Ambitious plans for UK commercial spaceflight just came a step closer to blast-off February 9, 2017 Ambitious plans to develop the UK's commercial spaceflight sector are nearing take-off with fresh multi-million pound funding promised by the government and draft legislation for the fledgling sector due "within weeks". Grants for businesses hoping to send tourists and satellites into space worth up to £10m have been announced by science minister Jo Johnson. "We want to [...]
GDPR is the biggest ever overhaul of data protection regulations, yet few businesses are remotely prepared for it February 9, 2017 Eclipsed by the rising moons of Trump and Brexit, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is approaching fast. And yet, with just 14 months until enforcement, very few businesses are prepared, let alone aware of what it entails, or its myriad implications. A Veritas study in December found less than half had set in motion [...]
Apple boss Tim Cook hits out at Donald Trump’s travel ban again February 8, 2017 Apple boss Tim Cook has again stressed his opposition to President Donald Trump’s travel ban. “We have employees that secured a work visa, they brought family to the US, but happened to be outside the US when the executive order was issued and all of a sudden their families were affected. They couldn’t get back [...]
Huawei Mate 9 review: The latest Huawei flagship fills the phablet gap left behind by Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 February 8, 2017 Having had its reputation scuttled by the exploding Galaxy Note 7 – a phone that’s now as welcome on an aeroplane plane as a wet fart – Samsung has left a slightly singed gap in the phablet market. Men and women with very large hands who need giant telephones to make them feel momentarily normal [...]
When fintechs and banks go speed dating February 8, 2017 While the seemingly age-old debate about whether fintech startups will kill banks still rages on, FinovateEurope demonstrates why that question is now largely redundant – things have moved on. The 80 startups on stage at the two day event in the heart of the City are pitching the banks, insurers and City institutions in attendance more [...]
The snow moon, New Year comet and penumbral lunar eclipse will all be visible on Friday – here’s what you need to know February 8, 2017 Whether you’re an astronomy fanatic or just an occasional stargazer, you don't want to miss this weekend’s events – when we’ll be treated to not one but three celestial displays on the same day. The lunar eclipse, Snow Moon and New Year comet will all be visible the night of 10 February, until the early [...]
Has the PR industry missed the search marketing boat? February 8, 2017 Do you know how the Google search engine ranks websites? When you enter a search term, its “bots” scan billions of web pages and, in milliseconds, follow 200 or so “signals” to decide what to present to you in a SERP (Search Engine Results Page), that list of sites that you see. Google’s chief concern [...]
Here’s how Twitter is planning to crack down on abuse and curb the prevalence of trolls February 7, 2017 Twitter has long faced criticism over its apparent inaction in effectively tackling abuse on its platform. And now Jack Dorsey's company has set out concrete steps for how it intends to cut down on abusive content, fast. Twitter has previously made a number of tweaks in an effort to make it easier to report and [...]
Forget contactless, train tickets could soon use fingerprints and facial recognition February 7, 2017 Ambitious plans to bring train travel into the 21st Century could replace paper tickets and even forward-thinking contactless payments with fingerprints and iris scanning. “Britain’s railway exists to drive our economic prosperity. A 21st century railway offers opportunities for businesses to grow by bringing more technology to the railway more quickly. Everyone in the railway [...]
