Apple Music’s doubled its subscriber numbers in less than a year December 7, 2016 The number of people subscribing to Apple Music has doubled in just under a year. The tech company now boasts 20m music listeners signed up to its streaming service, according to Apple executive Eddy Cue. That's an additional three million since September when it last shared figures and 10m more than in January. Cue told Billboard magazine [...]
Putting the “art” in startup: UK art marketplace Artfinder raises $2.2m December 14, 2016 UK art startup Artfinder said today it has raised $2.2m (£1.7m) – some of which came from the man behind the Amazon Echo. The company, which bills itself as an art marketplace, said it had brought on a new VC investor, Oxford Capital – and the round was also backed by William Tunstall-Pedoe, the Cambridge AI [...]
Online streaming sites like Netflix and Amazon Prime face a European programming quota under new EU rules May 19, 2016 New rules governing the content provided by online video streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime are set to be announced by the European Commission next week. Streaming firms will be required to devote at least 20 per cent of their offering to European content, as the Commission tries to increase funding for Europe's [...]
It’s hip to be Square’s CFO: Meet Jack Dorsey’s right-hand woman, finance chief Sarah Friar June 1, 2017 Sarah Friar is the top Silicon Valley tech executive you’ve probably never heard of, but certainly should know about. “That fabulous CFO” as CNBC host Jim Cramer recently called her, was entrusted by Jack Dorsey to take his payments startup public and now takes on more than the traditional role of a finance chief at [...]
Amazon Prime Now one and two-hour delivery comes to Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire April 14, 2016 Live in Surrey, Hampshire or Berkshire? Now you can order from Amazon and get your goods delivered on the very same day and within hours. Residents in parts of Surrey, including Camberly, Lightwater and Aldershot, will be able to get items – including groceries – delivered within just 60 minutes, while two-hour delivery comes to other parts of Surrey as [...]
Revealed: Britain’s best and worst parcel delivery firms January 27, 2017 Buying things over the internet from the comfort of our own home is great. But spending hours waiting for them to turn up, only for the delivery person to ring the doorbell just as we pop out, is more than mildly irritating. Yep, we've all been there. Some might say enduring such a debacle is [...]
Black Friday: These are the top selling items at John Lewis right now November 25, 2016 John Lewis opened its stores at 8am this morning and has been selling items at Black Friday prices since midnight – here are the products people are loving: Sonos Play 1 is the biggest seller in tech The Legos Simpsons house is the best-selling item by value Marc Jacobs perfume has had the most units [...]
Why cinema is doomed: The picture house may think it has weathered the storms of piracy and streaming, but the real cliff edge is still to come October 5, 2017 In April of last year, AMC, on the verge of buying out Odeon and becoming the largest cinema chain in the world, announced it was considering allowing people to use their phones during screenings. Its CEO, Adam Aron, justified this by saying, “When you tell a 22- year-old to turn off their phone, they hear [...]
Why cinema is doomed: The picture house has weathered the storm of piracy, but the real cliff edge is still to come October 5, 2017 In April of last year, AMC, on the verge of buying out Odeon and becoming the largest cinema chain in the world, announced it was considering allowing people to use their phones during screenings. Its CEO, Adam Aron, justified this by saying, “When you tell a 22- year-old to turn off their phone, they hear [...]