Apple Watch beware: Switzerland is unleashing a wave of smart tech at the high end April 8, 2015 “An expensive watch is a piece of art, part of eternity,” professed LVMH’s bumptious watch chief and erstwhile industry spokesman Jean-Claude Biver on CNN in February. “Because,” he explained, “a watch that is made by hand can be repaired in a thousand years. A technological watch will be obsolete in probably five.” That may be, [...]
Restaurant review: Les Gourmets des Ternes, the Frenchest place on earth, is now located in Knightsbridge July 7, 2015 I started reviewing restaurants for this newspaper back in 2011, a relative blink of an eye but enough time to see some pretty seismic changes in the London food scene. Back then the shadow of the Great Recession still loomed large over London and only the brave or foolish dared to open new restaurants. It [...]
Boeing and SpaceX will share a $6.8bn space taxi Nasa contract September 16, 2014 NASA yesterday revealed Boeing and SpaceX will share a $6.8bn (£4.2bn) contract to fly astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). Massive aerospace and defence company Boeing will get $4.2bn from Nasa to use its CST-100 capsule to ferry astronauts to the ISS. Meanwhile SpaceX, founded in 2002 by former Paypal entrepreneur and Tesla Motors [...]
Apple to reveal new iPads and OS X Yosemite at event next month September 17, 2014 Apple, apparently not content with two new iPhones, its first smart watch, and trolling iTunes users with a U2 album, could be set to unveil two new iPads next month. The tech giant will announce the sixth iteration of the iPad, the third version of the iPad Mini, and OS X Yosemite, the latest [...]
Total Amateur: Boost your mobile photography and video skills with these super-snappy camera gadgets February 4, 2015 iBlazr £29.99 Ever wanted to take a selfie in the dark? With most smartphones it’s impossible, as the flash only works for the camera facing away from the screen. The multifunctional Iblazr flash can help. Four LEDs plug into the headphones jack and can be synced with iOS or Android smartphones and tablets using the [...]
Not convinced? January 12, 2015 CHECK OUT THESE ALTERNATIVES… MERCEDES-BENZ GLA 45 AMG PRICE: £44,595 0-62MPH: 4.8 secs TOP SPEED: 155mph CO2 G/KM: 175g/km MPG COMBINED: 37.6mpg THE VERDICT: DESIGN Three Stars PERFORMANCE Four Stars PRACTICALITY Three Stars VALUE FOR MONEY Three Stars MAZDA CX-5 PRICE: £24,895 0-62MPH: 9.0 secs TOP SPEED: 124mph CO2 G/KM: 139g/km MPG COMBINED: 47.1mpg THE VERDICT: DESIGN Four Stars [...]
Sarries stars don earpieces in concussion trial January 4, 2015 SARACENS used Saturday’s Premiership clash with London Irish to launch the first tranche of a pioneering programme to determine the effects of concussion in rugby union. Mark McCall’s side became the first top-flight outfit to have impact sensors taped behind their earlobes, a technology known as xPatch which is designed to measure the size and [...]
Film review: Suite Francaise March 13, 2015 Cert 12a | ★★★☆☆ Suite Francaise is a handsome adaptation of the Irène Némirovsky novel Dolce, written during the Second World War before she was murdered in Auschwitz in 1942. The unfinished work was eventually published by Némirovsky’s daughter in 2004, and became a critical and commercial phenomenon. While the film doesn’t live up to [...]
Jaguar to create 1300 UK jobs with the launch of its first SUV at the Detroit Motor Show January 11, 2015 Jaguar Land Rover will create 1,300 jobs when it drives into the sports utility vehicle sector next year, with the launch of its own 4×4 SUV to be unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show later today. The new model is based on the C-X17 concept car which was first showcased at the Frankfurt motor show [...]
Not convinced? February 16, 2015 CHECK OUT THESE ALTERNATIVES… BMW X5M PRICE: £73,583 0-62MPH: 4.2 secs TOP SPEED: 155mph CO2 G/KM: 258g/km MPG COMBINED: 25.4mpg THE VERDICT: DESIGN Three Stars PERFORMANCE Five Stars PRACTICALITY Four Stars VALUE FOR MONEY Five Stars MERCEDES-BENZ ML63 AMG PRICE: £86,920 0-62MPH: 4.8 secs TOP SPEED: 155mph CO2 G/KM: 276g/km MPG COMBINED: 23.5mpg THE VERDICT: DESIGN Four Stars PERFORMANCE [...]