Posts made in February, 2016

on Feb 27, 2016

By Gillian West EDF Energy has come under fire after a 13-year-old boy won its competition designed to make science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects more appealing to teenage girls. The Pretty Curious programme asked children to think of ideas for a connected home bedroom product, originally aimed at girls the competition was opened up to all 11 to 16-year-olds. According to the BBC, the decision to open the competition to both genders was made in the interest of fairness with “a couple of hundred” entries received. The winner’s idea was for a games controller which harnessed kinetic energy from the users thumb actions. Amy Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Feb 27, 2016

By Gillian West Beth Rigby, media editor at the Times, is to join Sky News as a senior political correspondent. Revealed by Rigby in a tweet yesterday, she said she was “very sad to be leaving the Times and the brilliant team there.” Very excited to be joining @SkyNews as senior political correspondent, but very sad to be leaving @thetimes & the brilliant team there — Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) February 26, 2016 Rigby joined the Times in 2015 from the Financial Times where she held the role of deputy political editor. She succeeded Alex Spence, who left the paper in Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Feb 27, 2016

By Gillian West Performers at this year’s Brit Awards including Coldplay, Rihanna and Adele have enjoyed little chart success following the high profile event. According to the Official Chart, most of the night’s performers are non-movers in the album chart and though Adele remains at number one sales of 25 have experienced little week-on-week change. Best British Male winner James Bay appears to be the only exception with his album ‘Chaos and the Calm’ rising 10 places to number seven. Performers did see some success in the singles chart with Rihanna’s ‘Work’ up one place to number two and Coldplay’s ‘Hymn for the Weekend’ climbing seven Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Feb 27, 2016

By Gillian West Facebook’s New York headquarters is reportedly on high alert following threats made by Isis to its founder Mark Zuckerberg in a propaganda video. Released earlier this week, the video targets Zuckerberg and Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey and according to reports officers from the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit were on patrol near both Twitter and Facebook’s offices on Friday (26 February). However, it appears there has been no direct request from Facebook for extra protection. The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit routinely patrols ares perceived to be at risk. The video, released by a group calling itself ‘the sons of Caliphate army’, Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Feb 27, 2016

By Gillian West Mac Cosmetics has signed Caitlyn Jenner as its latest brand ambassador. The reality star has joined forces with the make-up brand to launch a rose lipstick called Finally Free. In a statement on Mac’s website, Jenner said: “Mac was the first to come to me, and a company, I realised would make a big commitment. I knew the Viva Glam campaigns; I saw that the proceeds were going, in those cases, mainly to AIDS and HIV causes, and I was wondering if they were interested in doing something specifically geared towards trans issues because we need funding. “Mac is a global company. It’s Read full story › Source: The Drum...