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When mentioning the word ‘cookies’, in this tech-savvy world more of us will think of the tracking tools used by websites than that much-loved teatime snack. And if you’re not already thinking this way, from next month you will have to. From 26th May 2011, every website operating in the UK had to do two [...]

You might have seen the most recent round of The Economist’s famous ‘where do you stand’ pairs of adverts – both sides of a topical issue are presented and the public are invited to join the debate. The most recent pair of ads posed the question ‘social media should/should not be censored’, using arguments ranging [...]

Over the past few years prospective employees have been warned, in the search for jobs, to carefully monitor what they release and publicise on their social media profiles for fear of harming their job prospects. But now it would seem the limit has been reached, with firms not only screening prospective candidates by social network [...]

A few weeks ago it was all about tech innovations at CES 2012. This week, though, it’s been all about DLD, or ‘Digital Life Design’, the network dedicated to uniting an informed community with interest in the digital age and what it means for the media, commerce, business and the customer. And for the Vice [...]

Over the past few months, data security and mobile working have been popular topics on our blog. In particular, you may remember reading about data backup with the LaCie Cloudbox as well as mobile working and the importance of security. With data moving to the cloud and workers becoming more remote, issues of security and [...]