Small Business to Sue RBS for £1bn in Damage Claims

After securing legal and financial backing claims worth more than £1bn against the Royal Bank of Scotland would be filed by small businesses alleging that the bailed-out bank drove them to the wall for its own profit. It is understood that 50 claimants less than a month after its launch have been processed by the RGL…

Researchers design flexible transistors

The manufacturing-friendly process could transform the wearables industry. A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised a method to create flexible silicon based transistors in an affordable and impressively fast way. The technique involves using beams of electrons in order to create reusable molds of the patterns that they want, in a…

Bang and Olufsen’s BeoPlay A1: A small wireless portable speaker which packs a punch

The BeoPlay A1 – when you cannot just compromise on audio quality and looks. Danish electronic giant, Bang and Olufsen, is commonly associated with high-end audio gear, and with the launch of its BeoPlay A1, its smallest portable speaker, do expect a world class audiophile-grade device. The portable Bluetooth-enabled wireless speaker, is small enough to…

Regulation, Content, and Competition makes Netflix Trip in Asia

As it struggles to provide enough strong content to attract consumers amid tough local competition Netflix Inc is facing problems in several major Asian markets months after its global rollout. The company also faces many regulatory hurdles, underlining concerns about disappointing subscriber numbers reported this week. The U.S. video streaming giant’s January launch into 130…