The psychology of gaming: Woobi founder Chaya Soggot reveals the secrets to in-game mobile advertising August 22, 2016 The penetration of mobile gaming shows no sign of letting up. In 2014, 46 per cent of mobile phone users in the US were gaming on their devices, according to Statista. Last year, that figure surpassed the 50 per cent mark, and is expected to hit 63.7 per cent by 2020. But mobile game publishers have [...]
A Global Free Trade Alliance should be Britain’s stunning post-Brexit future August 22, 2016 “You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’” – George Bernard Shaw If the EU isn’t Britain’s future, then what is? Surely, part of the answer lies in the Drakean vision I have put forth in previous columns, forging far closer economic ties with the [...]
Volkswagen invests $300m in Uber rival Gett May 24, 2016 Volkswagen has invested $300m (£205m) in taxi on-demand service Gett, a rival to Uber, handing it a stake in some of Britain's black cab fleet and also indicating the future of the German car brand. Gett bought up Radio Taxis, adding more than 1,000 traditional cabbies to its fleet of 10,000 drivers in the UK earlier this year and [...]
Head of Credit Suisse asset management Bob Jain to move to Millennium Management later this year March 28, 2016 The global head of Credit Suisse Asset Management, will leave the Swiss bank to become co-chief investment officer at Millennium Management. Bob Jain, who joined Credit Suisse in 1996, will manage capital allocations and risk at Israel Englander's New York-based hedge fund later this year, according to unnamed sources who spoke to Bloomberg. Jain was formerly head of [...]
It’ll be Clinton who destroys the transatlantic alliance – not Trump August 1, 2016 I will never vote for Donald Trump. In line with the classic modern American demagogic tradition – from Huey Long to George Wallace – the present Republican nominee often plays fast and loose with the truth. He either outright lies, as when he said large crowds of Muslims were cheering in New Jersey when 9/11 [...]
Zac Goldsmith: Sadiq Khan and Ken Livingstone are “part of the same movement within the Labour Party” April 30, 2016 Conservative mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith has described Sadiq Khan as being "part of the same movement" as Ken Livingstone. The claim comes after a week in which Livingstone was accused of making anti-Semitic comments and suspended from the Labour Party. Khan earlier this week described the comments as "appalling and inexcusable", adding: "There must be no place [...]
These are the seven fintech startups being backed by Mastercard June 21, 2016 Mastercard is backing seven fintech startups hoping to change the way we use money and disrupt the finance world. London startups Revolut and Everledger are among the tech firms chosen for Mastercard's six month Start Path programme from among more than 500 applications from 60 countries. The startups, from as far afield as Israel and Argentina and announced at London [...]
US tops chart of most expensive countries for cancer drugs June 6, 2016 The US forks out the most in the world for cancer drugs, new research has revealed. The highest retail prices for a median of 23 cancer drugs were found to be in the US, with the lowest prices in India and South Africa. The UK ranked third, behind China. Despite poorer countries having access to cheaper drugs, the treatments [...]
Watch out everyone: Britain is being sued for lack of action over nuclear disarmament… by the Marshall Islands March 11, 2016 This week the UK began mounting its defence in one of the more unusual international trials of recent years: in a case brought by the Marshall Islands to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which claimed the world's nuclear powers are not fulfilling their obligations to disarm. The tiny Pacific republic, which has a population of [...]
Why China wants to blast crude oil into space April 6, 2016 China will blast crude oil into space next week, to learn more about oil reservoirs lying tens of thousands of feet beneath the earth's surface. The experiment will look at how molecules in oil redistribute under intense pressures and uneven temperatures. Researchers want to sharpen their understanding of deep crude oil reservoirs up to eight kilometres underground. Read more: UK space industry to [...]