Here are the best Cyber Monday deals November 28, 2016 If you've been trying to bag a bargain on all your Christmas gifts over Black Weekend, but you haven't got everything you need quite yet, don't worry. There's still time: it's Cyber Monday. According to Nationwide, its customers have spent over £15.3m on Cyber Monday deals between midnight and 9am alone. During that period, more [...]
Oxfam is wrong to imply free markets make the rich richer at the poor’s expense January 17, 2017 Every year Oxfam releases statistics comparing the wealth of the global poor and the global rich, showing a stunning, often widening, gap between the two. They heavily imply that the poor are getting poorer while the rich are getting richer – but only half of this is correct. The lot of the world’s worst off [...]
Sir Martin Sorrell: Brexit not the only uncertainty worrying businesses November 21, 2016 Sir Martin Sorrell has said today current levels of uncertainty are hurting businesses, but Brexit was far from the only problem. Speaking at the Confederation of British Industry annual conference, the WPP group chief executive said of the Brexit negotiations: "What business wants is more certainty but, given the different objectives of both parties (businesses and government), [...]
President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address will be streamed on Amazon, YouTube, and the White House’s own website January 11, 2016 US president Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address will be available to stream on Amazon Video, YouTube, and the White House’s own website. The move comes in response to dwindling figures for the annual speech; while 52m people tuned in to Obama’s first address to Congress in 2009, figures for last year's speech slumped [...]
These are the ten most powerful people in retail June 16, 2016 Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive of Amazon, has topped the list of the most powerful people in retail, compiled by Retail Week. Sebastian James, group chief executive of Dixons Carphone, came second, and Mike Coupe, Sainsbury's chief executive, took third place. Read more: Does Amazon Fresh pose a real threat to UK supermarkets? Chancellor [...]
Pixel phone and Google Home: What to expect from Google’s big event October 4, 2016 Google is preparing for an event almost as anticipated as any Apple has put on for its iPhones over the years. The tech giant is expected to launch a range of new hardware and software that even its own executives are billing as something as big as when it first launched the Android operating system. We [...]
Tech triumph: These are the most valuable brands in the world October 5, 2016 Technology continues to dominate in the battle of the world's most valuable brands, with Apple and Google topping the latest list and Facebook crowned the fastest growing brand. More than half of the top ten brands in Interbrand’s annual index are technology companies, while Amazon and Adobe were also among the fastest growing brands as [...]
Artificial intelligence and robots are one of the biggest technological risks to the world January 11, 2017 Artificial intelligence and robotics are one of the biggest potential risks to humankind of emerging technologies, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum. But, the development of such technology, which is expected to disrupt everything from the world of work to geopolitics, could also conversely bring the biggest benefits to the world. [...]
These are 2016’s top 100 influential leaders in fintech (part 3 of 4) December 7, 2016 City A.M. is publishing Hot Topics' top 100 fintech influential leaders list for 2016, supported by 360Leaders. This is part 3 of 4, in alphabetical order. Part 1 is here. Here is the list's Part 2, and this link contains the final part 4. The most influential fintech leaders in 2016, K to Q Kenneth Lin, CEO [...]
Oracle and BT team up for UK cloud push June 28, 2016 US software giant Oracle has entered into a partnership with BT to grow its cloud computing business. Oracle customers will be able to get on to it’s cloud through BT’s network. BT’s so-called cloud of clouds was launched in April last year and has already partnered with Amazon, Microsoft Azure, Salesforce and Cisco. After a [...]