UK biz ‘facing digital skills gap’
A report published by Econsultancy and Blue Latitude this week looks at the effect of rapidly evolving digital technology on a range of different business functions.
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Social media ‘Apprentice’ campaign to find Alan Sugar’s favourite word
A social media campaign has been launched as the UK’s most high-profile recruitment process begins in the form of the BBC’s ‘Apprentice’. MyJobGroup.co.uk, which operates over 300 regional job boards across the UK, has launched the UK’s first competition to find the single most commonly used word by the business supremo throughout Series Six of … [Read more…]
Guest comment: Mi-fi and the savings you see vs. the savings you don’t
As demand grows for high-speed web connections on the move, just what is the future of mobile broadband? Julia Kukiewicz, editor of Choose.net, examines if external broadband routers (otherwise known as Mi-fi) really do offer value for money to consumers.
CCTV site lets public snoop on criminals for £1,000 reward
Internet Eyes, a new website which pays the public to monitor live commercial CCTV footage online is set to be launched in Devon.
TV catch up sites: BBC’s iPlayer tops usability list, Sky Player comes last
The BBC offers viewers the most usable Video on Demand (VoD) / catch up TV website with its iPlayer service, while Sky’s Sky Player service fails to match other broadcasters in terms of usability, according to new findings released today.
TV catch up sites: BBC’s iPlayer tops usability list, Sky Player comes last
The BBC offers viewers the most usable Video on Demand (VoD) / catch up TV website with its iPlayer service, while Sky’s Sky Player service fails to match other broadcasters in terms of usability, according to new findings released today.
Flash doesn’t always mean cash: Retailers losing sales with rich media
More than one in two consumers abandon sales from websites as a consequence of having to download additional plug-ins to view rich media features, according to new research.
Social media ‘low priority’ for marketers web strategies- research
Marketers are prioritising content creation and personalisation in their website investment strategies for the next 12 months and putting social media on the backburner, according to a new survey.
Pure-play retailers are leading the way in mobile commerce
Pure-play online retailers such as Play are outperforming their high street counterparts when it comes to mobile shopping services, according to new research.
Social media ‘could provide clues for banks to tackle complaints’
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) this week announced that it had received 84,212 complaints about financial providers in the UK between January and June of this year, marking a three percent increase from the final six months of last year. Of the 84,212 complaints made, over half were made in relation to Britain’s five biggest … [Read more…]