A little over half of all emails (56%) globally are now opened on a mobile phone, according to new research from Return Path. Just 28% are opened in webmail and 16% on a desktop, eMarketer reports.

Shadow Culture Secretary Tom Watson has written to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to urge the watchdog to block the Murdochs' takeover of Sky over revelations it signed a new contract with Fox presenter Bill O'Reilly, after paying off a sexual harassment case against him, "The Guardian" reports.

"The Sunday Times" is claiming a victory in its campaign to get gambling sites to drop games that are believed to be aimed at children. The Gambling Commission and the Advertising Standards Authority have agreed with the paper's concern and order all such games to be dropped immediately.

"The Financial Times" has caused a stir over the weekend with an interview with Google in which the tech giant said that it intends to work on a model with publishers where it takes 30% of the revenue from introducing new subscribers. Google has since denied planning such a new strategy.

A global average of just over two in three consumers are concerned that IoT devices are susceptible to hacking, says eMarketer.

eBay has become the sixth and final brand to fill the roster of advertisers for the reopening of the world-famous Piccadilly Circus lights later this month, "Campaign" reveals.

Ad viewability has hit an 18 month high in the UK, new figures from Meetrics reveals. According to Campaign viewability has risen from 51% to 52%.

British mobile telecom companies are overcharging customers by not reducing tariffs once phone are paid off, the BBC reports. Citizens Advice believes the practice at Vodafone, EE and 3 can cost the public GBP22 a month extra.

Snapchat and Instagram have led social media ad-spend growth after seeing revenue grow 73% and 55% respectively, according to figures from 4C reported on in Netimperative.

British consumers are cutting back. The latest figures show that high street spending in September fell 0.8%. This means the third quarter has shown the lowest growth in consumer spending since 2013, Sky News reports.