Airbnb users have many options when they visit London, but they and their hosts are probably unaware that these short-term lets are often illegal. However, that’s about to change – much… Read more »
London-based online currency transfer outfit TransferWise has raised a $58 million Series C round that was led by Andreessen Horowitz. This follows a $25 million Series B round just seven months… Read more »
The Web We Want festival runs from this weekend in London. With education at the festival’s core, the organizers — including web inventor Tim Berners-Lee — want to create a movement… Read more »
Julian Assange will “soon” leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has been taking refuge since breaking bail terms two years ago, the Wikileaks founder said Monday in a press… Read more »
The company says it will challenge the ban, which came into force on Wednesday evening. In the meantime, Uber’s drivers are taking a heck of a chance by keeping the business… Read more »
The web giant’s investment arm is setting up a London office. Details are pretty sketchy when it comes to the type of investments it will make, and it certainly isn’t the… Read more »
It’s easy to assume that traditional players protesting against their nimble new competitors are just sore losers — easy, but not always fair nor accurate. Read more »
We’ve covered TransferWise quite a few times – along with one or two rivals such as CurrencyFair, the London-based financial technology startup offers a genuinely disruptive foreign exchange service that significantly… Read more »
The city’s transport authority says it reckons the services of companies like Uber don’t qualify for regulation in the same way as traditional taxi services do, but it realizes the law… Read more »
Google(s goog) has bought London security startup spider.io, which deals in detecting ad fraud. Founder Douglas de Jager and his small team specialize in combating scams like hidden display ad inventory… Read more »