by Eoin Gleeson | Jan 29, 2019 | Blog
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been thinking about the next stage of the crypto cycle. We’re convinced that we could see Bitcoin retest new heights over the next two years – from $3,400 now to $40k or $50k. Money remains a great use case for cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin...
by Michael Orme | Jun 26, 2018 | Blog
A few snippets of news that are worth your attention this week… The unveiling of the A12 bionic chipset in the new XS iPhones and the sensor behind the electrocardiogram in the new Watch were for us the real news at last week’s event. 1. The A12 can run 5...
by Michael Orme | Apr 26, 2018 | Blog
Remember the dial-up internet and the finger tapping timpani it yielded? Well, maybe a new era of the ‘world wide wait’ looms. Global internet traffic is growing by at least 25% a year — far outstripping the current growth in bandwidth with mobile traffic growing at...
by Michael Orme | Apr 25, 2018 | Blog
An experiment. Hold out your right arm and then slowly flex your wrist. Which comes first – the thought to flex your wrist, or the action itself? In the 1980s, an experiment by the neurologist Benjamin Libet raised some disturbing questions about the extent to which...
by Michael Orme | Apr 11, 2018 | Blog, Uncategorized
Those who want to strictly regulate Facebook or indeed Google or Amazon are baying at the moon. Take the example of Facebook. Yesterday we had the spectacle of Zuckerberg donning sackcloth and ashes before Congress. But this Facebook scandal will be a nine day...
by Michael Orme | Feb 22, 2018 | Blog
In 1986, Toshiba manufactured the first laptop computer in a bid to satisfy Japanese consumers’ needs for space and convenience. It was largely the work of an engineer, Tetsuya Mizoguchi, working on his own steam at the company’s Ome factory, 25 miles outside Tokyo....
