The future of bookshops
I like writing about bookshops. In fact I wrote about ‘the perfect bookshop’ for the Sunday Observer when I was a teenager. It was my first time ‘in print’. I’ve not seen a copy of the article for...
View ArticleA simpler life – the secret to happiness?
Survey of 16,000 people around the world explores contentment. Is a simpler life the key to happiness? Or is it being Danish? On average, 77% of respondents from 20 developed countries* declared...
View ArticleTime wasting at work
How much time is wasted at work being non-productive – and what can be done to improve the situation? In Sweden, several employees of the Social Insurance Agency have been discovered browsing on the...
View ArticleDangerous and negative selfies
Young women urged to consider unexpected consequences of ‘sexy selfies’ while footage of a man taking a ‘dangerous selfie’ in Spain has gone viral. Research undertaken by the Oregon State University...
View ArticleInternet security 2014
Symantec declares 2013 a year of mega-breaches and targeted attacks. The Symantec Corporation has published its Internet Security Report for 2014. Symantec’s data monitors threat activity in 157...
View ArticleTop of the apps
Popularity driven by world sporting events – and the weather. Figures released by App Annie for June 2014 show top performing, non-gaming, apps around the world. The top ten worldwide apps include some...
View ArticleExperimenting with emotions
Dating website deliberately mis-matched users; art gallery ‘sells’ art to the emotional. Earlier this summer, Facebook admitted it had been conducting experiments on ‘emotional contagion’. Now OKCupid...
View ArticleChildren and teenagers online
According to recent reports, Google is working on child-friendly versions of some of its services. At the moment Google services are age-restricted (to over 13-years old in the United States; over 16...
View ArticleGoogle and the social divide
The social divide: Google search terms reveal inequalities in American society. The New York Times Upshot column explored life in every region in the United States, measuring six factors: Education...
View ArticleWorking holidays
What did you do on your holiday? Did it include working? Our employees should relax on holiday and not read work-related emails. German car manufacturer Daimler has been in the news with its employee...
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