It’s been a busy week in the music industry – here’s what caught our attention. Facebook’s expansion into music has stimulated all kinds of exciting startups since the f8 introduction of the Open Graph. 3rd party developers can display users’ activities on their Facebook pages, and on the real-time Ticker. So, users see what songs [...]

As researchers continue to explore new ways to promote and improve solar power, Spanish companies are becoming world leaders in this emerging field. In the last few years the number of installed photovoltaic systems has been growing exponentially and Spain is about to become a leader in innovation and generating advanced solutions in the industry of [...]

The Big Society – So is it a load of old rubbish used to detract from the governments huge cuts on public services, or is it a great idea to empower business and society? Read on and you might find out… ‘Cuts are “destroying” volunteering and undermining the government’s “big society” vision,’ say charity bosses. [...]

Today I read an article by TNW on ‘London Taking on Silicon Valley with Major Investment’ and it got me thinking. You see David Cameron et al have the right approach getting behind the Internet economy – after all, they’ve just figured out how valuable it is.

What is the most common line you’ve heard in the last 2 years? ‘Don’t start a business during a recession’. Am I right? Well, we’re still in an economic downturn but plenty of great start-ups have come out of it. In the business world opportunities never cease – so let’s turn this downturn into an [...]

I remember my father teaching me about the economic cycle. It’s really simple, he told me. It goes like this. Every 5 years each economy experiences a cycle of boom to bust. That’s 5 years from peak to trough. It’s just gravity. As hard as economists and politicians try to find ways to smooth the [...]