The UK’s top 20 coolest brands may not be something that’s necessarily on your radar – why would an arbitrary measure of something the vast majority of consumers buy into, or would like to buy into, ever be on anyone’s radar?
If you’re into tech though, this year’s list makes for interesting reading – not only does a tech brand top the list, other tech brands are clearly on the up.
Is your small business using social media effectively? Is your small business using social media at all?
Yesterday we took a look at the importance of having a website and the influence this can have on the growth of a small business, and today we’re going to get to grips with how small businesses in the UK are using social media.
If you’re the owner of a very small business – we love an abbreviation here so let’s call it a VSB – and you don’t have a website, you’re potentially missing out on vital future growth.
More worrying still is that you’re far from alone as 60% of VSBs in the UK are without a website.
So just how important is a website to a small business?
Do you wake up each morning feeling like you could do with an extra hour or two before you’re ready to face the day ahead? Do you often hit the wall mid-afternoon? Do you struggle to switch off from the working day, or feel compelled to check social media last thing at night, first thing in the morning, or both?
Then it sounds like you could be suffering from technology addiction.
The hackers who last month attacked the Ashley Madison website have today released the names, email addresses, phone numbers and partial credit card numbers of 37 million users of the infidelity site.
Carphone Warehouse has been subjected to a cyber attack that could have seen the personal details of up to 2.4 million customers compromised and the encrypted credit card details of 90,000 customers accessed.
And although most Carphone Warehouse customers will remain unaffected, customers of the OneStopPhoneShop.com, e2save.com and Mobiles.co.uk subsidiaries may have more to worry about.
It’s less than a week since Windows 10 launched and Microsoft has come in for some heavy criticism following revelations its new operating system collects data on ‘everything you do’
The government is considering increasing the penalty for violations of online piracy laws to include a jail term of up to ten years – a massive five-fold increase on the current maximum term of two years.
Ministers have launched a consultation to bring sanctions in line with those imposed on anyone who infringes copyright laws on physical goods.
Have you ever wanted to take a conference call while in the shower, or conduct a teleconference while on the toilet?
It may seem like a odd question, but it’s something almost half (47%) of us admitted to doing in a recent study from InterCall.
Or maybe you just want some waterproof tech you can take to the pool or the beach on your summer holiday?
Whatever the reason, here is our updated round-up of the best waterproof tech…
The internet has made the world a smaller place – a concept that has been completely lost on phone operators across the globe who feel not all internet connections are created equally.
So if you’ve ever got back from holiday only to find you’ve been charged the earth for those texts, Tweets and Instagram updates, you’ll be happy to know data roaming charges are to be scrapped within the European Union (EU) within the next two years.