What do NASA and Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises” have in common A tiny typo. But while the book will now fetch its owner quite a hefty sum, to the space agency it meant the failure of Mariner 1.
Rolls-Royce has showcased its latest luxury design, unleashing a futuristic concept vehicle known as the Vision Next 100 (codename 103Ex), claiming the business “anticipates the mobility demands of the luxury customer of the future”. Fancy taking this for a drive
For the past few days the sun has been out during office hours, only to change into torrential storms when time comes for staff to go home. Possibly having noticed how employees drag their feet and feel less motivated during such times, bosses have started to let them leave early on Fridays.
It’s fair to say investor Chris Sacca, who worked with the likes of Uber and Twitter, knows a thing or two about successful entrepreneurs – and he’s suggested the great minds of Silicon Valley have a few things in common.
By Phil Beckett
Data is the lifeblood of most modern day businesses, but it presents a challenge in that it is portable, easily manipulated and relatively effortless to duplicate, so here are the abnormal places that digital fraud attacks may lurk.
Virgin Trains has seemingly taken inspiration from Netflix with the launch of BEAM, a free on-board entertainment platform designed to deliver luxury and convenience with some 200 hours of content for passengers, including Captain America: The Winter Soldier, House of Cards, Top Gear and Frozen.
One would imagine that with the world being rife with tragic news, there would be an unspoken rule to steer clear of mentioning any such events in marketing campaigns. We found two companies that didn’t get the memo – as well as ones that created an unfortunately prophetic advert that couldn’t be pulled back in time.
By Jan Cavelle
We are recruiting again this month and hearing some of the tales of woe, I have been reminded of how many people have absolutely no idea how to be interviewed.
The issue of controversy has been in the news a lot lately, from JetBlue asking a passenger to change clothes before boarding to Facebook tweaking its policies on trending topics. With that in mind, we took a look at how businesses brought on a storm of criticism due to products or statements.
How many times have you heard that the Internet of Things (IoT) is going to be epic – with billions of connected devices generating trillions of dollars And yet, the overwhelming reaction of tech consumers right now is essentially “meh”.
