HANDSET REVIEW: HTC ONE X April 4, 2012 The HTC One X will go on sale in the UK today after impressing at Mobile World Congress. The Taiwanese manufacturer hopes its new flagship handset will remind people that it can still play amongst the big boys, with the former golden boy of the mobile world going somewhat off the boil last year. I’ve [...]
Tablet market hots up September 5, 2012 A resurgent Microsoft hopes a new range of devices running Windows 8 will succeed where Google has failed and shake up a tablet industry dominated by Apple. Here are some of the players hoping to steal the iPad’s limelight. Sony Vaio Duo 11 The Vaio Duo 11 is a flippy, foldy, deckchair-like device with a [...]
Being a plucky trailblazer can leave you spitting feathers September 23, 2012 THERE is always a lot of talk about first mover advantage. But is it overrated? The benefits are quite clear: being first to the market means you may have a monopoly, with no competition. This allows you to charge a higher price than otherwise. The other big benefit is that your brand becomes strongly associated [...]
This year buy tech gifts that will last December 12, 2012 Attacknid combat robot £49.99 This beast is sure to get more attention on Christmas morning than any other gift. With eight moving legs and an independently operated, foam disc-firing turret, it is as close to Robot Wars as most people are ever going to get. Realistically, it will probably end up in a cupboard by [...]
Rapid responses October 9, 2012 Sharing is caring [Re: Osborne’s employment incentives idea is no game changer, Tuesday] If the purpose of the idea is to give workers a vested interest in the business, with the carrot of not paying capital gains tax on any profit that those shares make, then there are already existing schemes in operation such as the [...]
Downton’s high-profile fan proves studio is booming November 13, 2012 AFTER months and months spent out on the campaign trail supporting husband Barack Obama, no one could begrudge the newly elected First Lady of the United States a little downtime. Particularly not ITV, which yesterday said it had been only too happy to send Michelle Obama preview copies of Downton Abbey, so eager was she [...]
Sweden’s Espresso House sold by UK owners to Norway fund September 5, 2012 COFFEE chain Espresso House, known as the “Starbucks of Sweden”, has been sold by its UK private equity owners Palamon Capital Partners to a Norwegian private equity fund, it was announced yesterday. The popular coffee haunt, which has 120 coffee bars dotted around Sweden, was snapped up by Norwegian fund Herkules Private Equity III after [...]
German hospitals have stolen a march on 4G cost savings November 4, 2012 BATTERSEA saw the launch of the UK’s first major fourth generation (4G) mobile service last Thursday. Nicole Scherzinger of X-Factor chose a dress made up of live Tweets for the occasion, while a 4D light show transformed the grim exterior of Battersea’s derelict power station into a lively illumination of what a future super-fast Britain [...]
UK tech boss: My side of the story November 21, 2012 MIKE Lynch, the founder of British software giant Autonomy, yesterday hit out at the chief executive of Hewlett-Packard (HP) over claims the US company had been lied to during its $11bn (£6.9bn) acquisition of Lynch’s firm last year. The former Autonomy boss, who was forced out of HP in May, denied any wrongdoing, rejected claims [...]
BMW car sales gain on China and Russia demand August 7, 2012 German carmaker BMW posted a 4.2 per cent increase in luxury auto sales in July on strong demand from China and Russia, contrasting rival Mercedes-Benz, which suffered the first drop in volumes last month. Munich-based BMW, the world’s biggest luxury carmaker, said today brand sales rose to a record 113,253 vehicles, driven by demand for [...]