AmazonFresh opens up to new London postcodes June 30, 2016 US online retailer Amazon has expanded its recently launched fresh food delivery service, Amazon Fresh, across London. Its footprint has grown from 69 to 128 London postcodes less than a month after it began the service in London. Amazon Fresh’s arrival sent shockwaves through the grocery industry. Online supermarket Ocado’s shares fell to a three-year [...]
Facebook Watch video: Social network makes major move with original shows taking on TV, Netflix and YouTube August 10, 2017 A new and powerful contingent has entered the content wars and it’s likely to inspire fear among broadcasters and tech companies alike. Facebook has launched a new platform dedicated to TV-like video content called Watch and it will feature “shows are made up of episodes – live or recorded – and follow a theme or [...]
Questioning AI ethics doesn’t make you a gloomy Luddite November 29, 2017 Last month, Google-owned DeepMind introduced AlphaGo Zero, the latest evolution of AlphaGo, the first computer programme to defeat a world champion at the ancient Chinese game of Go. Speaking at Web Summit earlier this month, Kevin Bandy, chief digital officer at Cisco, told the audience that “there are more moves in this one game than [...]
Trump, Thiel and space travel: Three things we learned from Amazon’s Jeff Bezos June 1, 2016 One of the most successful entrepreneurs of the modern world, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has spoken candidly on pressing issues such as Donald Trump, Peter Thiel versus Gawker and freedom of speech, as well as his childhood passion for space travel. Here are the three things we learned from his talk at Recode's Code Conference in California… [...]
The investment lesson from Nike’s humble start – and the ‘$35’ swoosh logo December 13, 2017 Most books about successful businesses or entrepreneur’s autobiographies follow a pattern. There will be stumbles along the way but there is almost always a sense of inevitability, the feeling that everything is going to turn out fine. Read Shoe Dog, however, and you will be continually amazed that, most days, entrepreneur Phil Knight was able [...]
Apple and Dell join with Foxconn to bid for Toshiba chips unit, but chief executive is coy over pricing June 13, 2017 Apple and Dell have partnered with electronics giant Foxconn to bid for Toshiba’s chip unit, according to Foxconn’s chief executive Terry Gou. In an interview with Reuters, he added that US-based Kingston Technology, a maker of memory products, would also be part of the bidding group. Amazon is apparently close to joining, while Google, Microsoft [...]
Watch out Tesco, now Amazon’s creating its own-brand range May 16, 2016 Is Amazon trying to eat even more of Tesco and the rest of the supermarkets' lunch? Not satisfied with muscling in on the grocery world with speedy deliveries straight to your door, the retailer-slash-tech giant is now planning on selling its own-label range of food and other sundries, according to reports. A new line of products that [...]
How to get ahead in fintech: Four courses for studying banking disruption August 13, 2017 There’s one word on everyone’s lips in the Square Mile and beyond these days… fintech. For the uninitiated, the portmanteau of financial technology threatens to bring the disruptive innovation felt already in industries such as retail by the likes of Amazon to the traditional world of banking. And for those looking to stay ahead of [...]
New Queensferry Crossing creating a catalyst for investment September 13, 2017 The royal opening of the Queensferry Crossing, signalled the successful culmination of the biggest infrastructure project in Scotland for a generation. Exactly 53 years since Her Majesty opened the adjacent Forth Road Bridge, The Queen officially cut the ribbon to open the £1.35bn Queensferry Crossing on Monday 4 September 2017. World-class engineering The new iconic [...]
As Amazon steps up tests in the UK, will drone deliveries really catch on among consumers? July 26, 2016 Nadav Rosenberg, partner at Entrepreneur First, says Yes. Two years ago, drone deliveries were a consumer gimmick; a PR stunt designed to push Amazon’s forward thinking brand. But this recent development is different. Having gained approval from the Civil Aviation Authority to test drones outside of warehouses, with special concessions including operating drones without a direct [...]