OTHER December 1, 2011 IHELICOPTER, £30 Flying a helicopter around your living room using your iPhone as a controller is exactly as much fun as it sounds. A lot. amazon.co.uk SAMSUNG NAVIBOT VACUUM CLEANER, £400 The future is here – get a robot to do your vacuum cleaning. And it actually works. samsung.com/uk DYSON HOT, £260 The latest innovation [...]
THE TIPSTER December 4, 2011 WHEN Victrex reports its earnings on Tuesday, analysts are expecting revenues of around £93m, up from £75m this time last year. The maker of polymers’s shares have slid 27 per cent from their highs in July of 1,600p, but it looks like it is on the way back from lows of 1,020p. Strong gains and [...]
Sleeker speakers March 7, 2012 ALTEC LANSING IMT320 INMOTION SPEAKER SYSTEM £37.50, www.amazon.co.uk Among other virtues, Altec Lansing’s super-reliable, universally compatible addition to the inMotion range comes with a cover that doubles as a stand. Two full-range neodymium drivers give pure, distinct full-spectrum sound and good bass, and the trademarked Audio Alignment system offers good balance. Lasts up to 24 [...]
OZWALD BOATENG The man who made tailoring cool again March 29, 2012 Frankly, unless you’re wearing Ozwald Boateng then you’re not dressed properly.” It’s a bold statement, made by the actor Paul Bettany in new documentary A Man’s Story, which follows the Anglo-Ghanaian designer through 12 turbulent years at the top of the menswear industry. There is some truth behind the hyperbole. The rude health men’s suiting [...]
RAPID RESPONSES January 3, 2012 Cogs and couches Interesting article from Dennis Hayes [2012 should be the year we get off the couch and make companies more productive, yesterday]. I would be intrigued to know how the likes of Google, Facebook and Amazon view the point he makes. I suspect that employee well-being is core to their respective strategies. Where [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING December 8, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES GDF SUEZ LAYS OUT FIVE YEAR PLAN GDF Suez, the world’s biggest independent power producer, is to spend up to €55bn globally over five years as it tries to double its size in Asia and cut its reliance on Europe, where it has been locked in dispute with two of its biggest state [...]
Know your Fire from your Vox with our guide to the ultimate e-readers November 30, 2011 People said e-books would never catch on. For some reason, this was quite often backed up by the argument that e-readers don’t smell like real books. But – and this is no slight on the aroma of the works of Mark Twain – these people were wrong. Retailers are rubbing their hands at the prospect [...]
US stocks extend gains on good data February 1, 2012 US stocks extended January’s rally yesterday after upbeat global manufacturing data boosted sentiment and as Greece neared a long-delayed deal with private creditors. The recent run of better-than-expected economic data around the world, though still not suggesting a booming expansion, has helped lift equity markets as investors move away from a worst-case scenario for the [...]
US bookseller launches tablet November 7, 2011 US bookseller Barnes & Noble has introduced its first ever tablet to compete with Amazon and Apple for holiday sales. Barnes & Noble will charge $249 (£155) for the Nook tablet, which is expected to hit the shelves late next week. That compares to the $199 price tag on Amazon’s new Kindle Fire, which will [...]
US bookseller launches tablet November 7, 2011 US bookseller Barnes & Noble has introduced its first ever tablet to compete with Amazon and Apple for holiday sales. Barnes & Noble will charge $249 (£155) for the Nook tablet, which is expected to hit the shelves late next week. That compares to the $199 price tag on Amazon’s new Kindle Fire, which will [...]