Author: Natasha Lomas

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Uber drivers deemed to be employees by Swiss insurance provider

January 5, 2017
Natasha Lomas

 Uber has suffered another setback to its operational model in Europe after a Swiss insurance agency…

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Messaging app Telegram adds unsend feature

January 4, 2017
Natasha Lomas

 Disappearing messages don’t impress security professionals, given how flimsy a privacy protection they offer, but despite…

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What can we learn from Magic Leap’s latest PR trip?

January 4, 2017
Natasha Lomas

 Stealthy mixed reality startup Magic Leap has been having a bit of a tough time on…

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Gartner spies growing opportunity for voice-driven devices

January 4, 2017
Natasha Lomas

 Analyst Gartner is projecting flat growth for worldwide device shipments; it says the combined shipments of…

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More wearable woe as Vinaya restructures and seeks pivot to b2b

January 3, 2017
Natasha Lomas

 2016 had a little more woe to deliver in the wearables space as London-based high end…

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Prisma launches a social feed to see if style can transfer into a platform

December 20, 2016
Natasha Lomas

 Prisma, the app that popularized style transfer to apply art-esque filters to photos and videos after…

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EU asks whether the financial sector’s use of big data needs new rules

December 19, 2016
Natasha Lomas

 European financial regulators are worried that big data techniques might result in restrictions on consumer access…

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WTF is Brexit?

December 18, 2016
Natasha Lomas

 At 10pm on June 23, 2016, the polls closed in the UK on a referendum on…