Technology

In 1978, when Clapperton Mavhunga turned six, he had to walk several miles each way to and from his school in rural Zimbabwe. It was not his biggest problem. Zimbabwe’s war for independence was rumbling on, as it had intermittently since the 1960s. Mavhunga’s father, Peter, who was involved with the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army as a local chairperson ... Read More »

This is part 4 of a 6-part series where I discuss a set of start/build/exit best practices for digital entrepreneurs. The first part addressed the processes and people that surround the start/build/exitprocess. The second part was about the players, the entrepreneurs, investors, investment bankers and lawyers. The third part was about pitching, valuing and funding. This part is about what ... Read More »

Apple just suffered an important legal defeat to Samsung in its battle over patents. This is good because Apple’s claims were frivolous; its patents were questionable; and its use of litigation to hold back a competitor set another wrong precedent for the industry. Because of these patent wars and patent trolls, technology companies are divesting huge resources to defend themselves ... Read More »

The technology sector, the source of many of the world’s richest individuals, is no longer creating wealth at the rate that it once was, with WealthInsight’s global research of the 10 largest markets for tech high net worth individuals (HNWIs) showing that all but two – Germany and Sweden – have slowed since peaking in 2012-13. In the latest white ... Read More »

While waiting for the much-discussed future of driverless cars to arrive, European automakers are focusing on tried-and-tested sales winners at this year’s Geneva International Auto Show — rolling out the small SUVs that are increasingly replacing hatchbacks and sedans in people’s driveways. Long after it has ceased to be an innovation, the small SUV category is drawing carmakers like catnip ... Read More »

Blockchain technology has the potential to revolutionize financial transactions but companies will have to overcome several challenges in order to experience any benefits, according to industry experts. Blockchain was developed alongside the digital cryptocurrency bitcoin. It works like a huge, decentralized ledger which records every transaction and stores this information on a global network to prevent tampering. Bitcoin, itself, is ... Read More »

One million jobs to vanish in 10 years,” shout the Monday morning headlinesjust to get the week off to a good start. But it’s not another scary intervention in the referendum debate by a pro-European or a Brexiter. It’s more serious than that. The culprit on this occasion is the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the people who speak for shops ... Read More »

The display mirrors Dolby’s recent efforts to move beyond sound enhancement to improve what people see when they watch films. Several of the movies up for Oscars on Sunday in Los Angeles were made with Dolby Vision, which has become an industry standard for image quality in movies. Best picture nominees “The Martian” and “The Revenant,” as well as Pixar’s ... Read More »

The controversial idea that Britain’s nuclear submarines could be rendered irrelevant before the new fleet is even launched, will be bolstered this week by a report to be presented to MPs examining the Trident programme. Emerging drone technology, which could make the oceans “effectively transparent”, will make the submarines that carry the UK’s nuclear deterrent vulnerable to attack, warns the ... Read More »

Apart from upgrading Common Service Centres (CSCs) in all districts with 69 additional e-services, Union Minister for Communication and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday announced that a Software Technology Park of India (STPI) would be set up in Panchkula under the Digital India initiative. With a total of 31 e-services already being ... Read More »