GMP Securities has announced its “Best Ideas” picks for the next 12 months, with a number of technology and healthcare stocks making the grade of top picks. Published on a quarterly basis, GMP’s Best Ideas covers stocks they see providing at least a 20-per cent return. The investment banker notes that after outperforming over the […]
Unusual alliance calls on government to ‘slow down’ and listen to ‘legitimate concerns’ Tech heavyweights Google and Facebook have joined civil and digital rights groups in an unusual alliance aimed at defeating Australia’s planned encryption laws. The Alliance for a Safe and Secure Internet brings together the disparate groups in a plea for the government […]
With its latest update to Google Maps, Google is trying to make the lives of commuters a little easier. Commutes to work are never likely to be fun, but they can at least be a little less frustrating. And Google Maps might be the key… Google Maps Features for Commuters Google Maps now boasts a dedicated […]
Instagram has a new boss: Adam Mosseri, Instagram’s current VP of product and a former high-ranking product exec at Facebook, is taking over as “Head of Instagram” as expected. The news, announced today, comes a week to the day after Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger unexpectedly revealed they were resigning from Facebook six […]
There is a new technology gripping the markets of the future – technology to wear. Wearables, as they are known, are portable systems that contain sensors to collect measurement data from our bodies. Powering these sensors without wires calls for pliable batteries that can adapt to the specific material and deliver the power the system […]
Silicon Valley start-up Aeva has been secretive about the technology it’s been building to help self-driving cars understand what’s happening around them. On Monday, the company finally revealed its creation: a system that detects velocity, depth and reflectivity more than 200 meters away, without using a ton of power — in a unit that’s the […]
TESLA MOBILE APP UPDATE There are three main changes in this new update: Third-party map apps navigation sharing Remotely initiating vehicle firmware updates Media control for passengers It requires Tesla 3.6.0 on iOS or Android and the vehicle firmware 18.39 (version 9). Third-party map apps navigation sharing The first new feature enables Tesla owners to find […]
VC firms haven’t been the only ones raising hundreds of millions of dollars to invest in a booming market. After 15+ years of being the last industry anyone wanted to invest in, the music industry is coming back, and money is flooding in to buy up the rights to popular songs. As paid streaming subscriptions get […]
New York City’s high-speed WiFi kiosks have been around for a while, but just how many people are using them? Quite a few, in fact. The LinkNYC team has revealed that there were over 5 million registered WiFi users as of September 2018, with over a billion sessions spread across the 1,700-plus units in the city. People make […]
I’ve said it before: what Apple AAPL +0.3%’s iPhone XS (details) and iPhone XS Max (details) get right, they get very right indeed. But it’s now clear their biggest weakness is not just about saving money (and making the iPhone XR look good), it’s connected a fundamental flaw that may require a recall… In short: many of Apple’s new iPhones refuse to charge. […]
BP and Johnson Matthey have signed an agreement with Fulcrum BioEnergy to license their Fischer Tropsch (FT) technology to support Fulcrum’s drive to convert municipal solid waste into biojet fuel. BP and JM have developed a simple-to-operate and cost-advantaged FT technology that can operate both at large and small scale to economically convert synthesis gas, […]
An unprecedented capacity crunch. Archaic processes badly in need of reinvention. New Uber-like technology entrants bent on cutting out the broker. The blurring of asset vs. non-asset providers. Seldom in the brokerage market’s history has there been a time of such massive upheaval—and opportunity. How do brokers respond, transform and emerge on the other side […]
