Shazam: from text-based service to $1bn app in 15 years

Call a company “Shazam”, and it needs to be doing something magical. Last week, the 15-year-old British business managed that, at least in part: a $30m (£19.9m) investment for just under 3% of its shares. That meant it became one of only half a dozen UK technology startups valued at $1bn or more – joining Powa, Wonga, Monitise, Zoopla and,

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Scotland gets its own .scot domain as independence vote looms

The independent Scotland referendum has moved to the new .scot domain as Scots get their own domain. More than 45 companies and organisations have already registered new .scot domains, including the Scottish government, NHS Scotland, the Highlands and Islands University and both sides of the referendum campaign -Yes Scotland and Better Together . “It is entirely right that Scotland should

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Stuart Parkin awarded prestigious Millennium technology prize

British scientist Prof Stuart Parkin has won the 2014 Millennium technology prize worth €1m (£824,400) for research that has led to a phenomenal increase in the storage capacity of digital devices and heralded the era of cloud computing. The Watford-born physicist told the Guardian he planned to use the money to buy a house in Halle, Germany, but was aiming

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