Amazon moves drone testing to Canada after US takes too long to grant licence March 30, 2015 Tech giant Amazon appears to have followed through on its threat to move futuristic drone testing out of the US, after complaining of excessive red tape. The company is testing drones just across the border in Canada. It plans on using the unmanned flying machines to deliver goods ordered through its website. Just last week, Amazon [...]
Vodafone teams up with Visa and Carta Worldwide to offer contactless payments to Android mobile users March 30, 2015 Vodafone is getting into the business of contactless payments by allowing its customers to add bank cards to their digital wallets in the coming months it announced yesterday. The telecoms giant has teamed up with Visa and Carta Worldwide to allow European customers with Android smartphones to pay for services at contactless pay points via [...]
The new Meningitis B vaccine for babies on the NHS: How much of a difference will it actually make in the UK? March 30, 2015 Later this year, the NHS will start rolling out its new Meningitis B vaccination programme for all babies in the UK. As part of the national childhood immunisation scheme, they will receive three doses of the GSK-owned medication, first at two months, then at four months and finally at 12 months. It makes Britain [...]
Being tired helps you have creative thoughts, which can make you better at your job March 30, 2015 If thinking creatively is part of your job, tossing and turning all night could actually be a good thing. Having a well-rested, straight-thinking mind improves attention and focus, but it also blocks out weird – aka "creative" – thoughts that creep up after a night of little sleep. These thoughts should not be cast aside [...]
Uber users in Singapore can hail a Lamborghini or a Maserati March 30, 2015 Commuters in Singapore can now ride in a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder or Maserati GranTurismo, after taxi app Uber added the supercars to its fleet there. Uber has partnered with luxury car rental company Dream Drive for a trial period which runs until April 20. However, the taxi app warned customers it expects demand will be high and [...]
London’s booming FinTech sector will stumble without better access to talent March 29, 2015 One of London’s strongest attributes has always been its ability to reinvent itself – and the success of the financial technology (or FinTech) sector shows this characteristic coming to the fore once again. Since the financial crisis, the explosion of companies specialising in financial technologies has brought innovation and prosperity to formerly run-down areas of [...]
Daylight Saving Time has arrived – here are seven interesting facts you should know about the clock change March 28, 2015 Tonight the clocks will go forward by one hour, and that means British Summer Time has officially arrived. We'll have an hour less sleep, which isn't ideal, but we'll also have lighter evenings to look forward to for a whole six months. This clock switch wasn't always how things were done, however – in fact, [...]
Could we survive a trip to Mars? Nasa is about to find out with its first year-long human trip into space March 27, 2015 Nasa is about to send two men to the International Space Station for a whole year – the longest human mission it has ever launched. With space agencies around the world ramping up their research into the possibility of sending humans to Mars in the not-too-distant future, this experiment aims to determine how the body [...]
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff just promised economic sanctions against Indiana and made a major stand for gay rights after “religious freedom” law passed March 27, 2015 The boss of Salesforce, the software company which almost renamed London’s Heron Tower, has just promised economic sanctions against the US state of Indiana and made a major stand for gay rights. Marc Benioff said the firm will cancel plans to expand in Indiana and could leave the state altogether after lawmakers approved a law [...]
Blackberry quarterly revenue falls to lowest in almost a decade in the fourth quarter March 27, 2015 The figures Blackberry has posted profit in the fourth quarter of four cents per share, or $20m, a turnaround on the last quarter when it made a loss of eight cents per share. The Canadian tech company was ahead of expectation – a loss of four cents per share had been expected. However, revenue fell 47 [...]