Category: Technology
Technology
The rise and fall of Barnes & Noble the brick-and-mortar bookseller
Source: CNBC Before Amazon challenged Barnes & Noble the brick-and-mortar bookseller was one of the most prolific American chains during the twentieth century. This holiday[more...]
Marlboro owner Altria buys stake in e-cigarette maker Juul Labs for £10bn
(qlmbusinessnews.com via telegraph.co.uk - - Fri, 21st Dec 2018) London, Uk - - Marlboro cigarette maker Altria Group has bought a 35pc stake in Juul[more...]
Minicab and Uber drivers to pay London congestion charge from April
(qlmbusinessnews.com via cityam.com - - Thur, 20th Dec 2018) London, Uk - - Minicab and Uber drivers will no longer be exempt from the £11.50 congestion charge[more...]
The CEO Who Envisage One Day Sending People Into Space With High Altitude Balloons
Source: Bloomberg Jane Poynter is CEO of World View Enterprises, a flight technology company which transports things to the stratosphere and back using high altitude[more...]
Huawei CFO arrested in Canada amid telecoms giant spying row
(qlmbusinessnews.com via telegraph.co.uk - - Thu, 6th Dec 2018) London, Uk - - Canada has arrested the chief financial officer of Huawei, the Chinese telecoms[more...]
Uber fined for 2016 data hack by British and Dutch regulators
(qlmbusinessnews.com via uk.reuters.com -- Tue, 27th Nov 2018) London, UK -- (Reuters) - British and Dutch regulators on Tuesday fined ride-hailing service Uber [UBER.UL] for[more...]
GCHQ warns Black Friday could be “prime picking” for cyber-crime
(qlmbusinessnews.com via bbc.co.uk - - Fri, 23rd Nov, 2018) London, Uk - - Black Friday sales could be targeted as "prime pickings" for cyber-crime, the[more...]
Apple considering launch of Roku-like TV dongle for streaming service
(qlmbusinessnews.com via telegraph.co.uk - - Thur, 22nd Nov 2018) London, Uk - - Apple is considering launching a small dongle that could plug into TV[more...]
Nationwide report 17 percent drop in first-half profit on technology investment
(qlmbusinessnews.com via uk.reuters.com -- Thur, 22nd Nov, 2018) London, UK -- LONDON (Reuters) - Nationwide Building Society (POB_p.L), one of Britain’s three biggest mortgage providers,[more...]
TSB appoints Debbie Crosbie as new chief executive after IT fiasco
(qlmbusinessnews.com via bbc.co.uk - - Mon, 19th Nov 2018) London, Uk - - TSB has appointed Debbie Crosbie as its chief executive, replacing Paul Pester[more...]
Supersonic Air Travel Revival and The Challenges of Ultrafast Civilian Aircraft
Source:Verge Science Supersonic air travel is back. 15 years after the Concorde was grounded, everyone from aerospace companies to NASA to small startups is[more...]
EE and Virgin Media fined £13.3m by watchdog for overcharging customers
(qlmbusinessnews.com via bbc.co.uk - - Fri, 16th Nov 2018) London, Uk - - EE and Virgin Media have been fined £13.3m by the telecoms regulator[more...]
