Bring your own identity
Organisations are seeking a balance between security, privacy and compliance on the one hand and convenience on the other. Effective Identity and Access Management (IAM) is becoming increasingly...
View ArticlePrivacy, social media – and lavatories
In the United States advisors to the White House have published their review of internet privacy and are calling for an Internet Privacy Bill of Rights. Is ‘privacy’ possible in the era of big data...
View ArticleThe tablet market in Europe
Tablet users will increase by double digits in all EU5 countries in 2014. Tablets are continuing to take market share away from traditional PCs. Worldwide shipments of PCs dropped by 9.8% in 2013....
View ArticleBaby-boomers and Millennials online
Growth in the numbers of people online is being driven by the over-65s. But the way they use the web is different. In the UK the number of over 65s (‘baby-boomers’) accessing the internet increased by...
View ArticleChatham House rules! A historical digital archive for the 21st Century
Leading international affairs think-tank has released its digital archive. Chatham House in London is the home of the Royal Institute of International Affairs which, by bringing together academics,...
View ArticleThe second digital revolution
New information seeking behaviours mean libraries and publishers have to change. People are increasingly creating and consuming information on the move. This, combined with the growth of cloud-based...
View ArticleLearning from the world’s top brands
Google takes top spot away from Apple This year’s BrandZ report has been released. The researchers analyse corporate earnings and combine this data with large-scale consumer research in 30 countries....
View ArticleBusiness schools and MBAs – what do employers want?
Are business schools losing their credibility? Hult International Business School commissioned research to find out what senior level executives, managers and academics feel about the current state of...
View ArticleAccess to the Internet
Google wants to use satellite technology to improve connectivity At the beginning of 2014, there were estimated to be between 2.5 and 3 billion internet users around the world – that’s around 35% of...
View ArticleEphemeral messaging
“This message will self-destruct in 24 hours” The growth of ephemeral messaging services and private social networks – individuals want more privacy; companies want to be more like Snapchat! Path is a...
View ArticleCash free and free cash
While a millionaire is giving away cash on Twitter, new tech is enabling more people to go ‘cash free’. The Twitter ‘free cash’ phenomenon has spread to Europe. In the US @HiddenCash has been posting...
View ArticleWorkplace trends – meet the no-collar workers
If you’ve just about got your Gen-X and Gen-Y straight, meet a new group of workers. There are already, according to the latest estimates, 40 million millennials in the American workforce. A recent...
View ArticleInformation Management: past, present and future
Information Managers looking to be strategic influencers and advisors LexisNexis has surveyed 500 people working in information services in a range of roles across Europe. In depth interviews were...
View ArticleSpammers, spam – and Monty Python
Research explores how key spam players interact. Canada’s new anti-spam legislation came into effect in July 2014. It is estimated that over 14 billion spam messages are sent around the world every...
View ArticleThe 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...
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