The Brain behind Brainlabs: Dan Gilbert talks robots, advertising, and the merits of being positive November 27, 2017 “Did you know Dan used to be a comedian?” asks Pepper, Brainlabs’ humanoid secretary, head pivoting quizzically like a confused marionette as I arrive at Old Street. “He wasn’t very funny,” it chuckles, dancing a noisy jig before offering me coffee. For the easily amused, such as myself, Pepper is priceless. As my inner child [...]
And…We’re Live! November 24, 2017 | City Talk After a lot of hard work (but thankfully not too much blood and tears), today we announced the public launch of the appScatter platform. Head over and take a look – we’d love to hear your thoughts! For the last year or so we’ve been adding interested parties to a waitlist. Those patient souls will [...]
Uber hack: Should you delete the ride-hailing app? This is what the experts advise November 22, 2017 Uber has been rocked by a wave of bad news over the past few months, including the departure of its co-founder and chief executive Travis Kalanick and the loss of its operating licence in London. And there was more bad news for Uber last night as it emerged that the ride-hailing app had been hacked [...]
Meet the fifty fastest growing tech firms in the UK: Deliveroo, Bloom & Wild and MoveGB top Deloitte Fast 50 November 17, 2017 Deliveroo has been crowned the fastest growing tech company in the UK, notching up the biggest upward trajectory of any top tech business in the last two decades. The food delivery startup has topped Deloitte's annual Fast 50 list of the fastest growing technology firm, now in its 20th year, recording an unprecedented growth rate [...]
iPhone X review: A decade after the release of the first phone, Apple hasn’t lost its Midas touch November 16, 2017 The iPhone X is the biggest reinvention of the iPhone since… well, the iPhone. Apple is hardly shy when it comes to boasting about a new handset – every year Tim Cook takes to the stage and breathily exalts whatever happens to be in his hand as “the best phone we’ve ever made” – but [...]
Nest Protect review: A wantonly profligate but eminently stylish way to protect against smoke and fumes November 16, 2017 It strikes to the core of everything that’s wrong with western civilization that a smoke alarm, perhaps the most baldly practical device ever invented, something whose sole purpose is to stop you from choking to death on sooty black clouds while you lie in your bed at night, can become a coveted piece of consumer [...]
How are Apps Using Bitcoin? November 14, 2017 | City Talk Found on both IOS and Android, Bitcoin is used in apps ranging from wallets to apps that can help convert bitcoin to physical currency. There are also an increasing number of games that use Bitcoin as a reward to users completing engagements within their apps. Bitcoin can be used as a proxy to Bitcoin [...]
Barclays is working with startup Flux to make your receipts digital and paperless November 13, 2017 Barclays is the latest major bank to turn to a startup as we approach the era of Open Banking, when high street banks will have to work even harder to keep up with newer and more digital rivals. The bank is working with Flux, a UK fintech, for making receipts digital, initially in a trial [...]
Tech startup Trouva, a marketplace for independent shops, raises $10m November 12, 2017 Tech startup Trouva, an website that provides independent shops with the ability to sell online, has raised fresh cash from investors. BGF Ventures has led the $10m (£7.6m) series A, with Index Ventures, a previous backer of fashion firms Farfetch, Etsy and Asos, and Octopus Investments also participating. Trouva acts as a marketplace for small [...]
How to Boost the Visibility of Your Mobile App November 1, 2017 | City Talk The mobile app market is a massive and monstrous marketplace where the number of annual app downloads is forecast to top 200 billion in 2017, up from 82 billion in 2013. Research from Gartner expects app downloads will soar to 269 billion in 2017, up from 102 billion in 2013. 451 Research reminds that there [...]