The Jamie Oliver Group has cooked up a new skill for Amazon's Alexa assistant, making it easier to find recipes using voice commands. The brand, in conjunction with AKQA, has launched the new skill to coincide with the UK launch of the Amazon Echo, the smart speaker that operates with Alexa. Skills are akin to an app on a smartphone.

Betting firms and broadcasters have lashed out against the prospect of a ban on betting ads on daytime TV, amid reports that the government is planning a crackdown to protect children and problem gamblers. The two industries voiced their criticism as figures revealed that gambling firms' spend on TV advertising has more than doubled since 2012, reaching GBP162m already this year.

Internet trolls who whip up "virtual mobs" to target people or post humiliating "photoshopped" images of them online face jail, the country's most senior prosecutor has warned. The Crown Prosecution Service has issued new guidance making clear that it is an offence to encourage people to target someone online because they disagree with them.

Land Securities, the site's owner, has won planning permission to replace the six screens with one screen that could be sold for upwards of GBP30m a year, according to industry estimates. The six screens are worth more than GBP4m a year, but a single screen would be worth more than the individual screens combined, according to Lorna Tilbian, Numis Securities' media analyst.

"Blurred boundaries" between prominent YouTube stars and their viewers can put young people at risk, a leading children's charity has warned. Emily Cherry of the NSPCC said YouTubers had a "responsibility" to make sure relationships with young fans were appropriate. Claims of inappropriate behaviour have been made against a small number of Internet personalities.

Facebook's UK arm ended 2015 with an GBP11.3m credit to offset against future tax payments just months after vowing to contribute more to the Exchequer. Despite reporting a worldwide profit of $6.19bn (GBP4.97bn), accounts for the social network's British holding company show that it ended the year with a GBP11.3m tax credit, compared to a charge of GBP4,327 in the prior year.

Facebook is launching a stand-alone app for its social media-driven calendar that will record events tied to the Pages a person likes as well as highlighting those their friends are interested in attending. The glorified calendar allows users to browse through recommendations based on time, location and interest. There is also a map to help people find nearby events.

The Federation has called for the radical shift in education policy alongside the publication of a research paper that shows that a focus on the English baccalaureate qualification limits life chances. The EBacc was first introduced in 2010 and includes no creative subjects, and the Federation warns that the education system will not produce enough young people with a mix of skills.

London has the best 4G coverage in the UK, but also the slowest speeds. That's according to a new State of Mobile Networks report from Which? and OpenSignal that has broken down the key 4G stats for the various regions in the UK. According to the report, mobile phone users in the capital are able to access a 4G network 69.7% of the time. In Wales, that figure falls to a meagre 35.4%.

Apple has begun to display search ads in the US iOS App Store following a successful beta trial. The paid ads are part of Apple's strategy to shake up its revenue model for apps and will appear above the search banner, but only when they are related to a user's search query.