The latest salvo in the battle to launch a digital wallet has been unveiled - with a mini, stick-on credit card. Barclaycard is hoping that UK customers attach the extra card to their mobile phones and use them at "contactless" terminals for everyday purchases. This wave-and-pay technology ... read more »

Hyperion HQ is soon to be filled with bin-bags and cardboard boxes as Alex is currently project managing an office move. After three years in Islington we are going to relocate to Holborn. The general consensus is that the higher per square mile ratio of Costa Cofee, Prets and general bars and clubs... read more »

I have read in an industry magazine that Pocket Kings, or the Dublin based company affiliated to Full Tilt Poker, are beginning to hire staff again. This is very interesting and would indicate that the well publicised deal with French based consortium Groupe Bernard Tapie is more imminent than maybe ... read more »

That time is upon us again, Sir Alex Ferguson’s now famous and yet bizarre phrase has come to the fore, as it does every season at this stage. This campaign is a little different however, whilst the title race has been a 2 horse one almost all year, it has been a close one (geographically and t... read more »

I remember my first time! The lights were out and up he popped! The Undertaker! I was mesmerised watching this giant of a man dressed all in black walk demonically toward the ring and then in glorious contrast the music hit, the lights were raised and dancing his way down the ramp was the man... read more »

We are living in The Information Age, and as such speed is KING. It’s a selling point for almost everyone - as Usain will tell you, he is, “Super-Fast,” like Virgin Broadband. Reducing lag on the line, (or as it is known lowering latency) is the main aim; the lower the latency, the ... read more »

We are all looking forward to the United States opening its doors to iGaming but as I am sure you know that is only the beginning. Once the Feds decide to allow iGaming to be played on a national level then the real battles will start, not on the national level but on the state level. Since each indi... read more »

George Osborne today as expected a tax on point of consumption, with the intention of on shoring offshore companies and to retain the existing Gambling Companies within the UK. Thus leveling the playing field between UK and non UK based Gambling operators. Though the level of taxation took the indus... read more »

I’m probably not the best spokesman for this because I got very lucky in my career so my experience of landing a marketing job will no doubt be very different from most people. I didn’t do a traditional marketing related degree at university (an undergrad in computer animation and masters... read more »

So much for first-mover advantage. PayPal Here was unveiled today as not the first, not the second, and by many counts not even the third or even fourth small business solution designed to turn phones into POS terminals. And, based on what I’ve seen and heard so far, it was smart for them to wa... read more »