Amazon to allow e-book sharing

January 3, 2011

Amazon will now allow electronic book readers to share at least one copy of their favourite digital books with friends. In an effort to incorporate the more social aspects of book reading into the modern Kindle experience, Amazon is bringing the ...

RBS offloads Grosvenor House hotel to Indian billionaire

January 1, 2011

Royal Bank of Scotland has continued to sell off non-essential assets under the terms of its return to privatisation, among them is the luxury Grosvenor House hotel. The bank completed the sale this week to India billionaire Subrata Roy, who owns ...

Christmas day shopping more popular than church

December 26, 2010

Leading retailers have predicted that more people will head to the internet to shop than attend church services on Christmas Day. For the first time since online shopping became widely popular, more Britons will be surfing the net than attending mass, ...

Financial Times names Steve Jobs as Person of the Year

December 25, 2010

The Financial Times, a British financial publication, has crowned Steve Jobs, head and c0-founder of Apple, has "Person of the Year'. The title, announced Thursday, symbolizes Jobs' remarkable overhaul of the company, which was failing when Jobs took over as head ...

Cup Size Choir from La Senza dominates YouTube

December 12, 2010

Lingerie retailer La Senza has made an inspired new film as part of its holiday ad campaign featuring models singing the equivalent of their cup size. The quirky jingle - sung by the Cup Size Choir - has surged in its ...

House of Fraser says Christmas shoppers nostalgic this year

December 11, 2010

House of Fraser has identified a growing trend this year as the holidays come closer. With a recent jump in online sales, the British retailer has highlighted a key trend in Britons returning to traditional Christmas favorites. As the severe wintry ...

Julian Assange Denied Bail for Alleged Sexual Assault

December 8, 2010

Julian Assange, the 39-year-old Australian founder of WikiLeaks, surrendered on Monday to London police as part of a Swedish sex-crimes investigation. This is the latest blow to the organization, which is facing challenges legally, technologically and financially after publishing ...

Disney originally not pleased with Jack Sparrow

December 4, 2010

The famous actor that gave life to Captain Jack Sparrow in Disney's popular franchise the Pirates of the Caribbean said that initially Disney executives were not excited about the direction of the character. According to Johnny Depp, who crafted the drunken ...

Popular UK retailers prepare for heavy snow

November 27, 2010

As the Met Office warned that cold weather would hit the UK this weekend and continue to stay through next week, some of the UK’s most popular retailers are stocking up on wintry weather essentials. Tesco announced it ...

Tesco offers prepaid Facebook Credit cards

November 21, 2010

UK retailers Game and Tesco will be among the first to carry prepaid cards with Facebook Credits on them. The popular social networking site uses a system known as Facebook Credits that allows users to make microtransactions in social games and ...