Cities of opportunity – what makes a city ‘great’?
What makes a city great? How can cities thrive economically and yet remain liveable? PwC and the Partnership for New York City have published the latest edition of Cities of Opportunity, a report...
View ArticleMeasuring the value of the British Library
Measuring the value of the British Library Oxford Economics has published a report evaluating the economic value of the British Library. The researchers used a benefit cost analysis (or BCA) to...
View ArticleBYOD – latest trends and predictions
Two new reports on the impact of BYOD on business and individuals have appeared this month. BYOD strategies enable employees to use their own devices to access data and enterprise applications....
View ArticleEnlightened enterprise – the Etsy economy
The CEO of Etsy believes business should be conducted as if people and place matter. Etsy is an online global marketplace and community of 900,000 creative people around the world. The focus is on...
View ArticleMultiscreen and mobile
A global study of 15,000 mobile web users in 14 countries* explored how consumers are interacting with visual content across a variety of devices. The report outlines opportunities for businesses and...
View ArticleWearable technology and apps
Google Glass may have been garnering many column inches recently but wearable technology and apps are still relatively niche products. 18% of the 4,000 adults in the US and UK who participated in...
View Articlee-content and e-reading
Is our long history with writing for and reading print on paper affecting the way we create and publish content on digital and connected devices? Are many of us still struggling to ’forget the paper...
View ArticleGood mobile experiences for customers
In a global survey of senior level executives, 74% said that mobile was either “critical” or “important” to the delivery of their organisation’s business objectives. Only 6% said that mobile was not...
View ArticleCollaborating to ensure cybersecurity
Earlier this year the European Commission published its Cybersecurity Strategy. The document called for the development of a platform to bring public and private sector stakeholders together so they...
View ArticleDigital natives love libraries!
America’s ‘digital natives’ are fans of digital content and traditional media. The latest research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows that 16-29 year olds are heavy users of...
View ArticleManaging information risk – European business must do better
European companies are improving when it comes to managing information risk, but they must do even better. PWC and Iron Mountain have published their 2013 Risk Maturity Index, exploring attitudes to...
View ArticleFlexible working arrangements and the talent pool
New technologies and working practices should mean that many people can work at a time, and from a location, of their choosing. But what is the real picture? Catalyst has been conducting a...
View ArticleMobile users: data vs minutes
Data allowances are now more important that voice minutes. Over 1600 respondents to a uSwitch survey in the UK reported what their priorities were when they last negotiated a mobile contract – and what...
View ArticleSocial login and sharing
Recent research from Janrain explored trends in the use of social login (where users can register and log in to websites using their social network identity) and showed that Facebook is the most...
View ArticleMeasuring the digital economy
Research suggests the government is seriously underestimating the size of the UK’s digital economy. A report by the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR) commissioned by Google...
View ArticleTwitter: from communication to content
In 2010, Twitter positioned itself as “a network powered by people … around the world… that lets you share and discover what’s happening now”. By 2012 this had shifted to “a real-time information...
View ArticleTablets and TV – media consumption in the home
The average UK household now owns more than three types of internet-enabled devices and tablet ownership has more than doubled in the last year. Over 50% of adults in the UK now own a smartphone....
View ArticleThe psychology of sharing
If we understand what drives people to share content online, then we can appeal to their motivations to connect our content with others. The New York Times Customer Insight Group has collaborated with...
View ArticleFacilitating access to free resources
Academic libraries are moving away from ‘content purchasing’ models to ‘facilitating access to content’. And an increasing amount of this content is free. Taylor and Francis has published a white...
View ArticleThe European internet economy – a manifesto for growth
How can Europe grow its internet-led economy? The Startup Europe Leaders Club has made 22 recommendations in its new manifesto. The independent group of leading entrepreneurs has been asked to act as...
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