Posts made in March, 2015

on Mar 28, 2015

By Seb Joseph Google has lost its attempt to prevent UK users of Apple’s Safari browser from suing it over tracking cookies and privacy violations. The landmark ruling paves the way or Apple users to sue the search giant, which had tried to convince the Court of Appeal to block privacy lawsuits from three complainants. The challengers accused Google of breaching security settings on the Safari browser between summer 2011 and spring 2012 that included tracking their cookies to improve advertising targeting. Google’s defence was that the tracking did not cause any financial harm and so a trial was not needed. However, the judge dismissed Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Mar 28, 2015

By Jennifer Faull Nescafe has partnered with east London artist, Faizal Lulat for a digital campaign in the run up to Easter. Devised by creative agency Jam, the two-week campaign has seen Lulat create bespoke pieces of art, based on the conversations of 30 high-profile bloggers. Shot in London’s oldest coffee house, Jamaica Wine House, the online film shows the bloggers talking over coffee about their different passions, while Lulat systematically creates colourful pieces of art. It has also been extended to social, with people able to win their own personal piece of art from Lulat by posting on Dulce Gusto’s Facebook page the five words Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Mar 28, 2015

By Seb Joseph Loaded magazine will shut down as a print title after 21 years. The last issue came out on Thursday and featured an interview with musician Noel Gallagher and Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh. Deputy editor Lia Nicholls posted pictures of the “very first and unfortunately very last” issues of the magazine on Twitter, telling readers: “Sad day. Loved every minute.” The very first and unfortunately the last issue of @loadedmag. Sad day. Loved every minute. pic.twitter.com/rdBWfNxj0h — Lia Nicholls (@LiaNicholls) March 27, 2015 A statement from Loaded’s publisher reads: “As of the current issue, published on March 26th, Loaded will Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Mar 28, 2015

By Seb Joseph STV chief executive Rob Woodward gained a 10 per cent bonuslast year that swelled his annual salarly to £661,000. It is a noticeable increase on the £601,000 he earned in 2013 and accounted for 46 per cent of the maximum amount payable. The bonus reflects the broadctaser’s strong performance in a year that saw it reap the commercial rewards of the World Cup as well as benefit from the growth of its local stations. Revenues at STV, which holds the two ITV franchses for Scotland, jumped 7 per cent in 2014 to £120.4m. STV quadraupled its dividend as a result. STV’s Finance director Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Mar 28, 2015

By Seb Joseph Chat room service Slack has revealed that the personal details of some users have been compromised after it was hacked earlier this year. The business came clean about the cyber attack in a blog post yesterday (27 March) but only after it had cleaned up the security breach and made “additional changes” to “prevent future incidents”. It said the phone numbers and Skype IDs of a “very small number of accounts” were affected by the hack though it has “no indication that the hackers were able to decrypt store passwords” or access financial information. The owners of those breached accounts Read full story › Source: The Drum...