Advertising industry due for major upheaval?
WPP, one of the world’s biggest advertising, media and communications groups has reportedly been interested in acquiring another major player in the advertising business, Interpublic Group. This deal,...
View ArticlePolymer notes announced for UK arrival in 2016. De La Rue to capitalize?
The Bank of England announced on 18th December 2013 that they are planning to change the UK’s paper £5 and £10 bank notes to plastic, polymer bank notes in 2016 and 2017, respectively. The Bank of...
View ArticleFour major mobile networks in the UK put to the test
RootMetrics, a mobile coverage mapping analytics company has released its report on the UK’s mobile network performance. All four major networks in the UK, Vodafone, O2, Three, and EE were all included...
View ArticleApple’s imminent questionable $3.2 billion acquisition
Tech giant, Apple, has recently been rumored to be acquiring American audio company Beats Electronics in a deal worth $3.2 billion in the very near future. Beats Electronics revenues have relied...
View ArticlePublicans to be given “fairer deal” under new statutory code
The British government is to introduce a new statutory code that will give publicans a “fairer deal” after a Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) survey concluded that 57% of landlords in tied tenancies...
View ArticleSpotify turning users from Premium to Uber
Music streaming subscription service, Spotify, has teamed up with the somewhat controversial mobile taxi app service, Uber. The partnership will get underway from November 21 when the joint service...
View ArticleSmartwatches – Samsung wise to stop the clock? Apple et al to gain advantage?
2015 promises to be an exciting time for the tech industry. Not least because it is being heralded as the year of the smartwatch, which is something 2014 could not achieve. 2014 did, however, witness...
View ArticleUK motor insurance industry recognises dashboard cameras
UK Insurers are now accepting dashboard cameras as supporting evidence in cases where the parties involved do not agree on the cause of a road traffic incident and sales of the devices have increased...
View ArticleVR: Virtual insanity is what we’re living in
In June 2012, Oculus VR, LLC was founded. Based in California, US, it was formed as a virtual reality technology company, and launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund development of their proposed...
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