Doubters be warned - Silicon Roundabout, the cluster of technology companies around the Old Street junction - is fast becoming a serious force in the social networking world... more
If the Queen had not abolished the practice in 1958, today would have been the start of the summer season with three, high-profile debutantes coming out on the London market... more
Groupon backer Marc Andreessen, the Netscape co-founder who took part in a recent round of funding, waves off fears of an emerging tech bubble, citing historically low PE ratios... more
Daily deals site Groupon files for an initial public offering, hoping to capitalise on the biggest investor stampede into Web start-ups since the dotcom bubble burst a decade ago... more
An initial public offering by social networking firm LinkedIn Corp to raise about $341 million seems poised to be a stunning success, but it carries a number of risks that may shake up investors in the future... more
JPMorgan is planning on starting a fund of between $500 million and $750 million to invest in internet and digital media companies, according to the Wall Street Journal... more
Facebook is not worth the $50 billion (£31.43 billion) valuation put on it by bulge-bracket investment bank Goldman Sachs, according to a survey of potential investors... more
Even if someone dies, their internet avatar lives on. And for those left behind, this online afterlife can be both haunting and comforting. By Bel Trew... more
Spotted: Rob Lowe, star of West Wing and acknowledged as one of the shrewdest and most knowledgeable figures in the global entertainment industry, with Tom Barrack, the charismatic chairman and CEO of Colony Capital... more
We all know someone who boasts of their 200 friends on Facebook. But it’s not the number of online contacts you have, it’s how valuable they are... more
London Fashion Week Jsen Wintle, who had David Walliams, Richard James, Evgeny Lebedev and Joely Richardson in his front row, is a name to watch... more
TIMES are tough at Merton council. It’s ordered council employees who weren’t able to make it into work because of the snow, to account for the time from their annual leave.... more
The news that LinkedIn, a networking website for business professionals, has secured a new round of investment valuing the company at over $1 billion has made the online world take notice.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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