Britain’s broadband speeds hindering business, says IoD
A group of business leaders have recently challenged the government over broadband speeds, stating that the UK is lagging behind other European countries. The Institute of Directors (IoD) has recently...
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Child-friendly search engine launched
A new search engine powered by Google Safe Search has recently been launched aimed specifically for children. The internet can often be a dark place, and many parents have concerns that their children...
View ArticleThree subjects the internet can teach you better than school can
With many young people taking part in work experience at this otherwise nondescript time of year on the academic calendar, it’s taken me back to my days of exams, uniforms, assemblies and detentions,...
View ArticleWhat would happen if we printed the internet?
Those of us who went to school in the 1990s may remember Microsoft Encarta, which was essentially an enormous encyclopaedia with tens of thousands of entries, all condensed into one computer...
View ArticleSearch engines don’t exist, says EU
With just over two months to go until Brits head to the polling stations to vote on the UK’s membership of the European Union, people sitting on either side of the debate have been given further fat...
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How the internet has changed the way companies name themselves
If you lived through the ‘80s and ‘90s, you’ll remember that the first reference point if you wanted to find a local business was the phone book or Yellow Pages. This was a big, weighty doorstop of a...
View ArticleYou don’t have free rein to make a fool of yourself on the web
Earlier this year, I wrote an article defending satire on social media, arguing that sites like Facebook are often a little too trigger happy in removing posts and ‘unpublishing’ pages. That’s not to...
View ArticleWhat the #@#@ were ‘hash’ and ‘at sign’ up to before the internet came along?
Aside from the letters we use to build words and the numbers that allow us assess quantities, language is full of non-alphanumeric characters that help us communicate. Some of them (like £, $ and €)...
View ArticleWhat would a Brexit mean for the internet?
Lovers of tedious, repetitive debate and scaremongering will be pleased to hear that it’s still nearly three weeks until Brits vote on whether they would like their country to be a member of the...
View ArticleDon’t play ‘pass the parcel’ with your passwords
With the recent news that Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg had his Twitter and Pinterest accounts hacked due to setting a very unsecure password, it’s a reminder that no matter who you are,...
View ArticleSAScon 2016 – are we virtually there yet?
This year’s SAScon event took place in Manchester last week, and being an annual attendee of it really makes you realise that the tech world is developing at an exciting and perhaps frightening pace....
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Football, millennials and the key to business growth – SAScon 2016
Last week, I took a break from overloading myself with Euro 2016 to make my second appearance at SAScon, a two-day event held in Manchester. Engage Web set itself up with a 2-3 formation for this away...
View ArticleBritain boasts fastest mobile internet
A new report compiled by Akamai, a US content delivery network, suggests that the UK has the quickest average mobile internet connection speeds in the world. The news comes after a pretty miserable...
View ArticleWhy would any business not have a website?
Usually, when we want to find something in 2016, whether its news, information or a local business, the first place we turn to is the internet. It helps that most of us have now access to it wherever...
View ArticleFacing up to the impact of emojis
Emojis may seem like a gimmick, but with studies showing that 92.4% of us use them more than once a year, they’re an important part of the way most of us communicate online. Businesses should be no...
View ArticleHow 21st-Century idioms are doing companies’ marketing for them
We all remember a good advertising slogan, especially if it’s one that gets hammered into us at every opportunity. Anyone who lived through the ’80s or early ’90s will be aware of that Shake n’ Vac...
View ArticleA Brit’s guide to ‘Cyber Monday’
If you haven’t been reminded already, today is ‘Cyber Monday’ – a day online retailers use to promote their best deals and attract the swathes of people who are happy to shop through their computers,...
View ArticleThree utterly ridiculous examples of online ‘vandalism’
With the internet being largely unregulated and anybody able to add to it, it means that a lot of what appears on it should not necessarily be taken as the truth. We see this regularly on social media...
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SAScon – five reasons why Beta is better!
Thursday, December 8 saw the Engage Web team make a short trip to Manchester to attend the annual SAScon Beta. This is the scaled-down, single-day version of the main SAScon event that takes place...
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SAScon Beta – where things move quicker than the M56
Last Thursday, the entire Engage Web team took a trip to Manchester to attend the annual sister event of SAScon – SAScon Beta. Well, that is if we were to successfully traverse the Bermuda Triangle of...
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