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Car-sharing platform Turo expands beyond the States, steps foot into the UK

In a weirdly shocking revelation, estimates suggest that private cars are sitting…

Just Eat spends over £317Mn to acquire Delivery Hero’s UK arm and Canada’s SkipTheDishes

Take-out and delivery startups in Europe are experiencing frenzied activity with the…
aws, amazon, Amazon Rekognition

Amazon opens its AWS data centers in London

Amazon yesterday announced that its region of Amazon Web Services (AWS) data…

SMC takes over Cambridge-based health-tech firm Oval Medical Technologies

HealthTech firm Oval Medical Technologies has been acquired by global pharmaceutical device…

London-based startup Electron attempting to sell blockchain changes to UK energy sector

UK startup Electron is aiming to persuade the energy sector to buy into…

Signal Media secures £5.8M in new funding, climbs the media monitoring ladder

The ‘media monitoring’ space is up and coming in the tech world,…

InsurTech startup Digital Fineprint secures $400k from Eos Venture Partners and others

Digital Fineprint, an InsurTech startup that uses social media to help insurers…

HealthTech startup MedShr raises over £1.5m in seed

HealthTech startup MedShr has landed over £1.5 million in a Seed round…
Cortana, Microsoft

Cortana arrives on Android and iOS for UK customers

Microsoft is all set to bring out a major new update to…

Mulberry Green Fund launches £20m green tech investment pool in the UK

Courtesy of the Mulberry Green Fund, early stage green tech startups in…

App prototyping platform Marvel raises £4 Mn in Series A from BGF Ventures, existing investors

Marvel, an online design and prototyping platform, has announced that it has…

Visa debit and credit cards susceptible to hacking, requires a mere 6 seconds

According to a research study conducted in Newcastle University, cyber criminals can…

pureLiFi to trial Li-Fi technology in Singapore as IMDA opens up spectrum for trials

Light Fidelity (Li-Fi) is a technology that utilizes light to transmit data…

Verifone and Mastercard partner to launch UK point-of-sale app

Soon, British shoppers will have the power to spread the cost of…

UK passes the Investigatory Power Act into a law, will allow monitoring of web usage

Described as the most extreme surveillance legislation ever passed in a democracy,…
facebook, atomico / europe, eu, European Union, roaming

Europe is all set to go head-to-head with Silicon Valley: Atomico

A new survey by the venture firm Atomico has revealed that Europe’s tech…
esa / exomars

European Space Agency(ESA) believes member states should back ISS, ExoMars missions

The Director General, European space agency (ESA) expects its member states to…
uber, uberclub

Many Londoners are ditching their own cars, says research from Uber

According to new research by the on-demand taxi service, more than a…
skyscanner / ctrip

Chinese travel giant Ctrip.com acquires Scotland-based travel search engine Skyscanner for a massive $1.74 billion

Ctrip.com International Ltd, listed on Nasdaq and boasting the place of China’s…
Facebook

Facebook set to hire 500 employees for its new London HQ

Facebook Inc. is poised to increase its UK headcount by a whopping…