According to a report aiming to chart the consumption of news in the digital age, 43 percent of Britons between the ages of 16 and 24 are most likely to access news through social networks such as Facebook and Twiiter rather than search engines.
Facebook has been deemed the most important social network for news – accounting for over half of all news sharing in the UK (55 per cent), followed by email (33 per cent) and Twitter (23 per cent).
The first YouView boxes are due to go on sale at the end of this month. YouView aims to build on Freeview’s success, offering a subscription-free TV service with extra content available via the web. It will also offer a TV app store and a full search experience.
Early intervention is firmly back on the political agenda.
In recent months, the government has announced a £10m contract for an organisation to run the new Early Intervention Foundation, while the Shadow Children’s Minister, Sharon Hodgson has attacked the coalition’s record on the subject.
Two years after its launch in America and subsequent redesign, Google TV is ready to offer its service in the UK.
The Sony branded set-top box is due to launch 16th July. It offers direct access to the internet with built-in Google Chrome web browser and controlled by a dual-sided remote control with a full Qwerty keyboard.
eCommera a provider of intelligent, multi-channel trading solutions has launched the Mobile App Service; a configurable out-of-the-box solution compatible with multiple operating systems.
The app has been designed to enable brands and retailers to bring items to market via mobile devices and deepen customer engagement within relatively short timescales.
In our annual research report, DMI 2012, we highlight the positive impact that working in collaboration with partners and customers can have on the digital strategy of an organisation. In fact of the 40 digital leaders we interviewed, it is becoming increasingly important as they seek to offer more comprehensive services to customers.
The digital revolution continues at an incredible pace and organisations are having to work harder than ever to keep up.
Now in its third year, the Digital Maturity Index (DMI) is a study to determine how well prepared companies are to drive customer engagement through digital channels.
Stroke experts at Newcastle University have developed a video game to help patients recover their motor functions within the comfort of their own homes.
‘Circus challenge,’ the first game to be produced in a planned series, allows a player to try such activities as lion taming, juggling, plate spinning and flying the trapeze.
Kinect technology is now being used not solely for gaming but in the medical field too.
In a live Trial, Doctors at Brighton Sussex University Hospital operated the touchless technology in conjunction with an already in use 3D imaging system used for complex aneurysm procedures.
The Kinect technology allows the surgeon to move the images around without touching the screen thus avoiding infection control issues.
Always! That is the dreadful word ... it is a meaningless word, too.
The new electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global village.
Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.
The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.
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