• Got Google Fatigue? Here Are 6 Alternatives
    The flack Google has taken over their response to the newly created "right to be forgotten" has only emphasised how influential the search engine is when it comes to browsing habits, with the Californian company estimated by NetMarketShare to serve almost three-quarters of the search market. While there is plenty to recommend the world's biggest search engine, some have decided to look elsewhere for their search tools.
  • Bauer Allows 'Yours' Mag Readers To Shop On Site
    The relaunch coincides with the 40th anniversary of the magazine, which targets the 50+ women market. The site features a 'Yours Recommends' channel to promote Yours-branded businesses such as retirement services, events, travel, diet club and bingo. Activities, competitions and the opportunity to buy products recommended by the editorial team are also available.
  • Lawyer Warns Of Threat To Journalists
    New data-handling guidance now under consideration would require reporters to warn public figures at the beginning of an investigation and then destroy their notes and phone numbers afterwards, according to a report in The Times. Media organisations have objected to the guidelines drawn up by the information commissioner's office as a result of moves, at European Union and UK level, to introduce greater protection for individual privacy.
  • Want To Learn How To Code? Free For Journalists
    For young journalists facing stiff competition for jobs in digital newsrooms, the ability to code is a skill which can really help them to stand out from the crowd. Yet coding does not have a strong presence on most journalism MAs in the UK, with many students approaching data analysis and data visualisation with tools and software already available online.
  • Victoria Newton On A High Point In Her Career
    Three years ago this week, Rupert Murdoch shut down Victoria Newton's old paper, the News of the World. Seven months later, he gave her and a group of Sun colleagues just a week to launch its replacement. But she sees that frenetic week in the run-up to the launch of The Sun on Sunday (which she now edits) as one of the high points of her career. "It was exciting. I'll never experience anything like that again," she says.
  • Demand For Click Convenience Is Burgeoning
    Recent data from Econsultancy highlighted the UK markets thirst for click-and-collect services among internet users - with around 45% of UK respondents admitting to use such a service. Retailers have been scrambling to cash in on the click-and-collect craze, with brands launching services across the country. London's underground is being used as a key battle-ground for connecting consumers to convenience, with Asda piloting a scheme for London's busy commuters.
  • Guardian, Observer Print Income Stable, Digital Up
    The Guardian and the Observer narrowed losses to just over GBP30m in the year to the end of March, as income from print operations remained resilient and digital revenues grew by almost a quarter. Guardian News & Media, which also includes theguardian.com, reported a loss before interest, tax and amortisation of GBP30.6m, broadly flat year on year.
  • Searched For Privacy Tools? The NSA Is Onto You
    The NSA says it only banks the communications of "targeted" individuals. Guess what? If you follow a search-engine link to Boing Boing's articles about Tor and Tails, you've been targeted. Cory Doctorow digs into Xkeyscore and the NSA's deep packet inspection rules.
  • Nick Pollard On Why Newspapers Beat TV
    Former head of Sky News Nick Pollard believes newspapers get more stories than broadcasters because TV "production effort is so much more complicated than print". Pollard also said in an interview with The Guardian that newspapers have a "much better network of stringers and sources". "Newspapers get more stories than the broadcasters, by and large, and the broadcasters follow them up," he said.
  • Germany To Break Dublin's Lock On Amazon
    Given all the talk about data sovereignty requirements, it's not surprising that Amazon Web Services would add a German region to its roster - a plan that the Register confirmed Monday based on research from German startup Bitplaces. Currently, Amazon runs all of its European cloud operations out of Dublin with some edge locations elsewhere in Europe.
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