The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is warning that one in three young people have added strangers as friends in the last six months. The charity has told "The Independent" this leave children open to stalking via the new controversial Snap Maps feature.

Consumers are facing their toughest financial challenge in five years as real household income dipped 2% in Q1 of 2017, according to the Office for National Statistics. The "Times" reveals that this is the largest decrease in household income since 2011, and comes at a time when inflation is at 2.3% and the weak pound has led to a 2.9% increase in the price of imported goods.

J Walter Thompson has been put on alert as Debenhams seeks to review its advertising agency with a new "social shopping" brief, "Campaign" reports.

Google is showing publishers some love today with news that its Digital News Initiative has awarded GBP19m to 100 online publishing projects. Most notably, "The Drum" reports, there were awards for Dennis Publishing's sell-side platform called Project Arete and Jimmy Wales' news venture, Wikitribune.

London-listed online payments provider Worldpay has agreed to be bought by its American rival Vantiv to create company that will be valued at around $20bn, "The Times" reports.

A video posted by Nadia Sawalha, one of the stars of tv show "Loose Women," about Snap Maps has gone viral, prompting a response from Snapchat. The actress's video questions whether it's a little spooky for children to be tracked online via the feature. Twenty million people have since watched the clip, the "Daily Mirror" reports. Snapchat counters that the feature is set to "off" as a default.

When it comes to being addicted to devices, there is a very clear age gap, GfK research has found. Nearly half, or 44%, of 15- to-19-year-olds agree that it's hard to take a break from technology. Conversely, more people over 50 take the opposite viewpoint, believing a break from tech is possible, eConsultancy reports.

Tesco has updated its loyalty Clubcard with contactless technology that allows customers to receive points without putting the card in to a reader. The supermarket has also announced that Uber and Hotels.com have joined its loyalty scheme, "Campaign" reports.

If you fancy a look around Google's proposed new London "landscraper" office, "The Telegraph" has a slideshow of what the proposed building will look like.

The working conditions of Uber drivers, and others involved in the "gig" economy, are to be reevaluated the Transport Minister, John Hayes, has confirmed. Following on from a Westminster debate, the minister said he would look again at the advice given to local authorities on handing out taxi licences. Authorities have greater power over conditions that many realise, he concluded.