Think of the biggest market for a physical product you can possibly imagine – are you thinking mobile phones, cars or game devices even? Think again…? They are all big commercial markets but in the coming decades a new product is coming and it will be so desirable that itRead More →
Technology giant Nvidia reports its sales have hit a record after more than doubling as demand for its artificial intelligence (AI) chips take off! It figures The company says revenue jumped to above $13.5bn (£10.6bn) for the three months to the end of June. Nvidia also expects sales to performRead More →
Brief ARM history Arm is a British semiconductor and software design company that is known for its Arm processors, which are widely used in smartphones, tablets, laptops, and other devices. Arm was founded in 1990 as a joint venture between Acorn Computers, Apple Computer, and VLSI Technology. The company wasRead More →
British microchip designing giant Arm has announced that it has filed paperwork to sell its shares in the U.S. The Cambridge-based company, which designs chips for devices from smartphones to game consoles, plans to list on New York’s Nasdaq in September. The highly anticipated IPO in the U.S. comes after UKRead More →
Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011, Inventor and visionary. Co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple. Steve Jobs was one of the most influential and visionary entrepreneurs of the 21st century. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc., the company that revolutionized personal computing, music, mobile phones, tablets, andRead More →
That’s still 3% above the target of 2% The Bank of England’s forecasting, which has a major impact on the UK economy, is being reviewed and has been criticised. After the Bank raised interest rates for a 14th time in a row in an effort to slow price rises inRead More →
UK house prices dropped at their fastest annual pace for 14 years in July 2023, according to Nationwide. The building society said house prices dropped by 3.8%, which is the biggest decline since July 2009. Nationwide said mortgage interest rates remain high, making affordability a difficult for house-buyers. Mortgage costsRead More →
In July 2023, Elon Musk rebranded Twitter to X – another step in his master plan to emulate Chinese super app WeChat. Mr Musk has long said that he wants to transform his social media firm, which he bought last year for $44 billion, into a much larger platform. HeRead More →
Albert Einstein 1879 – 1955 Compound interest, an investors best friend This is why? The concept is very simple. Compound interest is simply interest added back to the original or principal sum and then more interest is earned or calculated on ‘that’ added interest over the next compounding period. LikeRead More →