EU website reviews: Remain winning on desktop, but Leave winning on mobile
With the EU referendum just one day away, new research looks at how well both the offoical websites of the Leave and Remain websites are performing.
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The Digital Single Market: Why marketers’ referendum vote hinges on awareness
Josie Scotchmer, UK Marketing Manager, Mailjet explores why low awareness of the Digital Single Market could drive some marketers to back a Brexit and question whether the UK can be a world leader in digital.
Right to reply: Six reasons why Three’s ad blocking will fail
With Three starting its ad blocking trial this week, Andrew Darling Blis Communications Director, argues why this will not be successful, and how the advertising industry can address the challenge of ad blockers.
Guest comment: What has the EU ever done for ecommerce?
The Digital Single Market aims to make cross-border ecommerce easier, from shipping and VAT to consumer rights and watching iPlayer abroad. Philip Rooke, CEO of Spreadshirt, looks at how Brexit could limit the benefits from this upcoming EU initiative.
Digital skills crisis: UK ‘missing out on £63bn a year’
The UK is facing a digital skills gap which could be costing the economy £63bn in lost income each year, according to a new report.
EU vote fiasco: UK extends deadline after site crashes [UPDATED]
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said that the Government may extend the EU voter registration deadline, after the official website crashed in the final hours, leaving many people unable to take part in the upcoming referendum. UPDATE: The deadline for registering to vote in the EU referendum has been extended until Thursday (9th June), … [Read more…]
BuzzFeed and Facebook to stream live EU referendum event
UK Prime Minister David Cameron is to appear in BuzzFeed’s EU referendum event, which will be streamed using Facebook Live on June 10th.
China’s government ‘faking 488m social media posts’ – Study
Chinese government employees are inserting millions of deceptive messages into the streams of real social networks, to divert citizens’ attention from adverse or embarrassing news, according to new research.
UK to get digital driving licence?
The UK government is developing a digital driving licence, according to new reports.
BBC faces backlash ahead of online recipe cull
The BBC and UK government are facing and online backlash after it was revealed the broadcaster is to delete 11,000 online recipes.