Following the news that Morrisons is going to start delivering food direct to your door courtesy of Ocado, it begs the question, how many of you actually do your food shopping online? Read More >>
Featured comment by ThisIsNotAUsername:
"You should pop up the road to the new Tesco Extra in Walkden (J13 M60). That thing dwarfs the Altrincham one (and maybe the huge Asda by the Trafford ..." More »
As part of the ongoing Apple e-book price fixing investigation by the Department of Justice, a new email sent from Steve Jobs to James Murdoch has come to light. Read More >>
Featured comment by adeyb:
"So Murcock and Job's in cahoots...
Nevermind the fact there nothing here to suggest price fixing per se, I can image them all back slapping each ot..." More »
The Sun, that bastion of quality news journalism and tits on page 3, is planning to erect a paywall for its online offerings, in something it's calling Sun+. Basically, you pay two quid a month for access to the paper and "near-live" TV clips of Premier League footie. Tempting perhaps? Read More >>
Featured comment by Tom Pritchard:
"Since you don't seem to understand the art subtly then let me rephrase so you'll understand unless you've written any form of tabloid journalism then ..." More »
Bad news for those who'd like to see NFC phone payments like Google Wallet actually take off in the UK. The Tesco retail juggernaut has basically said it's a load of crap, and that it's already out of date. It's just not "cool" enough, apparently. Read More >>
Featured comment by itsliamprowse:
"Working in McDonald's in the UK, we have a lot of customers pay via NFC, not the majority, but if it were more widely available to use (if more banks ..." More »
The Sony we used to know and love is slowly returning. With products like the Xperia Z, awesome headphones, some seriously good TVs, and cutting out the crap, Sony's managed to drag its loss-making arse back into the black. It made its first annual profit of £280 million in five long years, but it's not all good news. Read More >>
Featured comment by jpxdude:
"Yep, this is mainly a result of asset sales and the fall of the yen, so a lot of manipulation involved. However they are taking some positive steps, ..." More »
When you're a company as big as Apple, saving on tax bills is important — especially when they're in the billions. Fortunately its team of accountants has just managed to save it a cool $9.2 billion (£6 billion). Read More >>
Featured comment by Someone Else:
"Fair enough, to be honest I had forgotten that yesterdays article concerned the new allegations, thought it was just about the morally dubious but leg..." More »
Google's suffering a bit of an 'out of the frying pan into the politician's lap' moment. Having recently been accused of being tax cheats, Google's now apparently a liar as well. Awkward. Apparently, one of the cornerstones in Google's tax argument was that it doesn't have any salespeople in the UK, something job advertisements seem to disagree with. [Reuters] Read More >>
Featured comment by Someone Else:
"Then if taxation is a legal not a moral issue then there is no good or evil in Google's tax payment simply legal or illegal. yet you still call it imm..." More »
Having set up a joint venture with Best Buy in Europe, the American retailer has recoiled back into the US, selling its half to Carphone Warehouse. Considering Best Buy didn't exactly do that well in the UK, I'm not sure it's that great a purchase, but who knows. We might get more Best Buy stores opening here again. [FT] Read More >>
Featured comment by tbl:
"I wonder what CPW will do with the 'asset'.
I just don't see the relevant in most of these places now. Comet is no more, Currys/PC World are worse ..." More »
Nokia's spat with HTC over microphones thankfully won't affect sales of the awesome One for the time being. HTC's apparently free to use the HDR microphones it bought from STM electronics and to continue to sell HTC Ones with them already in until further notice, which is good, because HTC really needs the One to do well. Read More >>
A recent Wall Street Journal article posits an interesting question: Is Apple a hardware company or a software company? Does it sell iPhones or iClouds? The answer has deep implications for how analysts evaluate the company's worth. It's framed as an identity crisis, one with deep, dangerous implications for one of the most dominant consumer electronics companies in the world. There is much gnashing of teeth. Read More >>
Featured comment by ian1175:
"Yeah look at it like this ! When i upgraded to the new Macbook pro retina i gave my 2005 macbook pro to my son. And he still uses it everyday and love..." More »
Featured comment by mysticusa:
"But you forgot to deduct the overhead costs of selling in the US (staff, shipping, handling, US plugs etc...)? Dont you think... When you deduct those..." More »
For the first time since launch, EE's busted out some real subscriber numbers, and it seems not that many Britons have actually jumped on the 4G bandwagon yet. Only 318,000-odd people have plunked for one of EE's high-priced 4G tariffs, which in comparison to EE's total subscriber base of 13.7 million is still a drop in the ocean. Mind you, that is after only five months. Read More >>
Featured comment by zerobob:
"But wait!... The Nexus 4 doesn't have LTE bla bla bla bla fucking bla.
I must have been the only person that that certain specification didn't both..." More »
Eric Schmidt, Google's talkative executive chairman, has launched a mini offensive over the company's controversial UK tax affairs, claiming Google is a key element of the tech scene that's driving the UK's recovering economy so we ought to be grateful for its presence instead of moaning about its suspiciously low tax bills. Read More >>
Featured comment by spank86:
"no, my argument is that I expect companies to be evil, only google told us they were different, that they were good... so Mr Schmidt should understand..." More »
It's that time of year again, the global rich list has just been updated allowing you to work our precisely where you are in the global money-grubbing rankings. Simply enter your salary into the spangly new box and hey presto, feel miles better about your miserable existence. Read More >>
China's not happy with all the risqué content Apple's apparently trying to push to its citizens. The state-run The People's Daily, named and shamed Apple in a porno-shock investigation, labelling it as one of the biggest providers of the sordid material behind the Great Firewall of China. Oh the irony. Read More >>