Jaguar trumps Tesla with new electric car
Watch out Tesla, there’s a new cat on the prowl. Jaguar Land Rover’s long-awaited electric car was finally revealed to the world at the LA Motor Show. And Jaguar’s new electric motor has Tesla firmly...
View ArticleHow to Boss it Like… Jim Cregan, Founder of Jimmy’s Iced Coffee
From Annette King to Federico Bolza and Tracy De Groose, these smart people seem to get an incredible amount done, in an impossibly short space of time. This morning we’re talking to Jim Cregan, one...
View ArticleThe Money Maker Ep.1: What Brexit really means for startups
Months after the referendum, things are still as clear as mud. As soon as the result was announced, rival European cities spotted an opportunity to steal a march ahead of London. Earlier this year,...
View Article‘Codebreakers school’ planned for historic Bletchley Park
Bletchley Park is about to become a centre for the next generation of codebreakers. Set on the grounds where Alan Turing and a team of Britain’s brightest coding minds helped bring WW2 to an early end,...
View ArticleBarclays boost for Britain’s Creative Economy
Technology and the arts have a long history. Apple became the brand it is today by putting creativity at the heart of what it does. As the late Steve Jobs said after launching the iPad in 2010: “It’s...
View ArticleWork for The Memo: We’re hiring an Office Manager/Executive Assistant
It’s been a great year at The Memo. We now have over 500,000 readers every month, 20,000 subscribers to our newsletter, and we’ve just closed a successful round of funding. But a great publication can...
View ArticleDear readers: We just raised a six-figure investment for our future
As the year draws to a close, and we look back on 2016, there’s a lot to be proud of. We hit the 500,000 readers a month milestone, passed over 20,000 subscribers to our newsletter, and picked up even...
View ArticleThe Memo’s predictions for 2017
2016 threw a number of curveballs. As we look ahead to 2017, we’re doing our own bit of future-gazing, looking at the worlds of business, finance and culture, and how these will all soon change and...
View ArticleNot so “smart” home – 81% not interested
Smart homes: everybody’s talking about them, but nobody’s buying. We’ve made no secret of our concerns about “smart” devices in the past, and a new report from EY has confirmed what we long suspected,...
View ArticleChilling: LG threatens to put wifi in all appliances
When it comes to woeful smart home devices, this year’s CES exhibition in Las Vegas hit the jackpot. There were bluetooth toasters with “personalised brownness”, bonkers devices for brewing the perfect...
View ArticleNew York’s underground wifi & calls put London to shame
While London grinds to a halt thanks to yet another strike, New York’s transport system took a giant leap forward into the future. Starting this week, New Yorkers will enjoy wifi and mobile signal...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Surface Pro 4 leaves your MacBook in the dust
The short of it Your old Macbook Air’s running out of steam. You’re tired of lugging your laptop and your tablet around. It’s time for something different… Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4, does it all, in...
View ArticleTech shamefully missing from Stonewall’s top LGBT employers – but why?
Diversity – everybody’s talking about it – but is it working? Stonewall’s Top 100 Employers list is the annual definitive ranking of Britain’s most inclusive companies. But, prepare yourself, this...
View ArticleHP Spectre is the blingy replacement for your tired MacBook Air
The short of it The HP Spectre isn’t the James Bond of laptops – it’s the Kanye West. It’s a brash, bold and worthy alternative to the MacBook Air. Why do I care? Windows PCs have lagged behind Apple’s...
View Article3D TV’s festering corpse is dead and buried
Remember 3D TV? We thought it was long gone. It turns out TV makers were still hanging onto the dream that 3D would take off – until now. The final nail in the coffin is here. Sony and LG, the final...
View ArticleYou’re so vain, you probably think this smart mirror is about you
You don’t need a £300 ($400) smart mirror. But you’ll want one. SimpleHuman, the chic brand best known for shiny recycling bins loved by upwardly mobile city-dwellers, has a new trick up its sleeve –...
View ArticleBog to future: Why smart toilets are spreading across Europe
I met the king of toilets. The lights turned on, the seat rose to welcome me. There was no need for toilet paper. This throne of the future offers an almost entirely hands-free experience, and better...
View ArticleWelcome to The Future of Love this month
Every month The Memo drills down into one topic you need to care about. From December’s Christmas retail extravaganza to January’s deep-dive on health and fitness in The New You, we introduce you to...
View ArticleApocalypse now? Silicon Valley elite flee to New Zealand
You know things are really about to turn sour when the Silicon Valley elite, the masters of our modern universe, are taking out the ultimate life insurance policy – a war bunker in New Zealand. Yes,...
View ArticleThe Memo’s Editorial Calendar 2017
Every month at The Memo we drill down into one theme you need to care about. Last year we explored topics like future finance, health, love, and education; in 2017, we’ll be returning to some of these...
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