by alex | Mar 1, 2017 | newsletter
Security company Cloudflare have revealed that a leak of sensitive data (nicknamed ‘Cloudbleed’), which was made possible by a bug in their code, could mean that many users of popular services may need to change their passwords. What Happened? A bug in the code of...
by alex | Mar 1, 2017 | newsletter
Israeli ad-blocking software company Shine is re-positioning itself as a trusted online ad verification hub for both consumers and advertisers. Ad Verification & Filtering Service Shine’s new, free ad filtering and verification service provides a way for consumers...
by alex | Mar 1, 2017 | newsletter
A team of Dutch researchers have used brain scans of consumers to discover what makes adverts most effective in terms of prompting a person to seek out a product online. The Research. The researchers (at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University RSM) showed a...
by alex | Feb 22, 2017 | newsletter
A new anti-piracy voluntary code of practice between search engines Google and Bing could see the filtering out of websites offering pirated films, music and illegally streamed sport. What Was The Problem? At the moment, search engine filtering is not in place to the...
by alex | Feb 22, 2017 | newsletter
Online retailer Amazon has announced that is going to create 5,000 new full-time jobs in the UK this year. The new jobs will boost Amazon’s total, permanent UK workforce to 24,000. What Kind of Jobs? It has been reported that Amazon is going to be hiring people in a...
by alex | Feb 22, 2017 | newsletter
The effects of the UK’s vote to leave the EU and the resulting fall in the value of the pound appear to be the reasons why Microsoft has raised the price of its Surface PCs by as much as 15% in the UK. Big Hike The price hike is likely to add up to £400 to the price...
