Mike Lynch, arguably Britain's most successful tech entrepreneur, has resigned from HP, the company he sold Autonomy to last year.
18 May 2012
Move over road rage, there's a new psychosis in town. According to web hosting firm 1&1 Internet, slow web pages are still a major issue for 78% of internet users, prompting bouts of 'negative emotion'.
Social networking site Pinterest has raised $100m, valuing the two-year old business at £1.5bn.
The off-the-peg website and online shop builder has been bought e-lock, stock and barrel by Yell for £18m with a £5.2m pay-out for the executive team after two years.
Quote of the day: 'There is no writer working in Hollywood today who is more capable of capturing such an extraordinary life for the screen,' reckons Amy Pascal, co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment. That life is that of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, and that writer is none author than Aaron Sorkin,...
Revenues at the telcoms giant may have fallen 4%, but shareholders are expecting a full-year dividend after a raft of cost-cutting helped BT hike profits.
Quote of the day: 'I felt using the infinity symbol was the best way to represent the car of the future.' So said Bruce Breslow, director of Nevada's Department of Motor Vehicles, as Google launches its first fleet of driverless cars across the state. The modified Toyota Priuses features an infinity...
Finish software outfit Rovio has been feathering its nest thanks to the runaway success of its Angry Birds app.
01 May 2012
We've all done it: Googled our symptoms only to freak ourselves out to the point where we really do have to visit the doctor. But are you suffering from Cyberchondria?
30 Apr 2012
| by Emma Haslett
The economy is stagnant, customers are cash-strapped and new business is scarce. No surprise then that, from high street to high tech, from publishing to fashion, many firms are struggling.