The World Economic Forum is underway in its Swiss home of Davos. And the event, which is marked by its star-studded attendees from the worlds of business and politics, has provided some…
Amazon Opens First Checkout-less Store in Seattle
Amazon Go, the supermarket with no checkouts, has opened to the public today for the first time. The store, which has been in testing for the past year, uses an array of…
Amazon Announces Increases in Prime Deliveries
Amazon has announced that its Prime service saw more uptake than ever before in 2017. The company, whose chief Jeff Bezos this year became the world’s richest person, will still not reveal…
Gym, or Something Else? Tech Aims to Keep You Fit in 2018
The likelihood is you’re reading this article with a pretty full belly, having blown through Christmas dinner, evening cheese and enough chocolate to be transported via rail. Next comes self-loathing and a…
The Five Best Podcasts for Entrepreneurs
Long, long gone are the days when podcasting was a low-rent, spare time hobby. Today over 67 million Americans listen to podcasts each month, and the medium’s audience grows 21% year-on-year. Titles…
Could Nielsen’s Streaming Announcement Shift Netflix’s Soaring Fortunes?
This August Nielsen celebrated its 94th birthday. The ratings firm has, somehow, managed to keep alive and (just about) relevant upon a fast-moving media landscape. The announcement, made yesterday, that it can…
3D Printing: The Coolest Objects We Can Make Today
3D printing has come a long way. The first 3D-printed object was a small, black cup-shaped item, created by Colorado native Chuck Hull in 1983. Back then Hull called his breakthrough “stereolithography”.…
Is Uber on the Wane? Don’t Bet on it Yet
Earlier this week DiDi Chuxing and SoftBank plowed $2 billion into Grab, the largest ride-hailing company in Southeast Asia, valuing it at around $6bn. “Markets everywhere are still at infancy stage with…
Didi and SoftBank to Pour $2bn into Taxi Firm Grab
DiDi Chuxing and SoftBank are investing a combined $2 billion in Grab, formerly known as GrabTaxi, Southeast Asia’s premier ride-hailing app. The company, which operates in 65 cities across seven nations, is…
DocuSign’s Signature Growth
Technology is making the world smaller. In our personal lives, we can speak face-to-face with people on the other side of the planet, we can share data and files with friends and…