A leading South West law firm has warned businesses that it’s more important than ever to be aware what is being said about their business online, and launched a new service that helps companies monitor it.
‘Eye Online’ is being offered by Stephens Scown LLP in response to the growing need to be aware of what is being said on the internet and social media about a brand or product – and the need to react quickly to conversations.
Eye Online is a powerful tool which gathers real time content from a large number of social media sources such as blogsites, websites, Twitter,...
Is there any way to stop the rise in fraud and online crime?
As the latest results of the Crime Survey for England and Wales are released, the Neighbourhood & Home Watch Network (NHWN) looks at how you can avoid becoming a victim.
“People are becoming more aware that they need to protect themselves, but are often still not taking some quite simple steps,” says NHWN Chairman Jim Maddan OBE. “That’s why we’re supporting Get Safe Online week, which starts on Monday – to help spread the word about online security. People often think you need to be a ‘tech wizard’ to be...
According to the latest UK Business Digital Index, over a million (23%) small to medium-sized businesses (SMEs) still lack basic digital skills. The Index from Lloyds Bank, in association with Accenture and digital skills charity Go ON UK, measures and tracks the level of digital ability among SMEs and charities.
An overall rise in the UK Index score suggests a slow but positive shift towards small to medium sized enterprises becoming more digitally active. However there are still over a million SMEs (23%) that lack basic digital skills. This is even more significant in the charity...
Eighty per cent of businesses in the South West feel inspired to grow, and 87% feel capable of doing so. However, the government’s Do More Online campaign is highlighting the risk that small businesses will be hampered because they are not doing enough online and are missing out on opportunities to find more customers, be more efficient, and save money.
The Do More Online campaign found that 19% of small businesses in the South West don’t have a website; 50% are without any social media presence and 15% are not using online banking. The research also found that 51% have never used...
A revenge porn helpline has been launched by the Government to give victims legal advice and information on how to get images taken down.
The helpline was launched yesterday (8 February) by Women and Equalities Minister Nicky Morgan.
The specialist helpline is the latest in a series of measures taken by the government to tackle the growing problem of people sharing intimate images online as a way of seeking revenge or ridiculing individuals.
The helpline, run by South West Grid for Learning Trust, will provide callers with information on legal help available and...
Health experts are to investigate whether replacing face-to-face doctor’s visits with telephone or internet consultations would bring benefits for patients and GPs.
The project will explore the perceived advantages and disadvantages of using communication technologies to deliver GP services.
Researchers will investigate whether consultations can effectively be conducted by email, text message, telephone or over the internet, based on the experiences of those who have tried it.
The two-year study will be conducted by researchers from the Universities of Exeter,...
WiFi SPARK, the fastest growing WiFi provider in the UK, has welcomed the launch of the ‘Friendly WiFi’ scheme unveiled by the Government recently.
This scheme is the first to officially block pornographic and explicit websites, videos and images across public WiFi – a positive step in the right direction, but something which WiFi SPARK has done for the past decade as standard.
WiFi SPARK has been including content filtering as a matter of course across all of its WiFi installations, which include hundreds of NHS locations as well as schools, colleges and universities,...
The UK’s fastest growing wireless network solutions provider, WiFi SPARK, is now an approved supplier to JANET, a government funded body which assists universities, schools, further education and research institutions to get the best out of cloud and data services.
JANET is the network dedicated to the needs of research and education in the UK, helping provide infrastructure to educational institutions and communities, offering impartial advice and sourcing the products needed to facilitate, for example, remote learning, large data storage, video conferencing, and now Guest WiFi...
'People would still pay attention if I wasn’t…I’m not just an extension of Will.'
Consumed by the vicious, near-constant messages being sent to her by her ex-boyfriend’s fans, the last thing Jen needs is a visit from his co-star, Eli. But with Eli insistent that she should give Will another chance, and Will and Eli’s fans convinced that she’s getting in the way of true love, Jen decides that she needs to know the reality of the two men’s feelings for each other, regardless of the consequences.
Real Person Fiction is an intense new play from Living Robot Theatre...
Schools and colleges in Teignbridge are being asked to join a campaign to make the internet safer for children and young people.
Teignbridge District Council and South Devon & Dartmoor Community Safety Partnership have invited all the secondary schools in the area to take part in Safer Internet Day on February 11th.
It is part of a national campaign being co-ordinated by the charity Childnet with the theme 'Let's create a better internet together'.
Cllr Kevin Lake, Teignbridge District Council’s Executive Member with responsibility for Environmental Services...
