Posts made in April, 2017

on Apr 29, 2017

By Staff Writer Marks & Spencer (M&S) is working on a service that will allow customers to order food online and have it delivered to their homes. A trial of the service is set for this autumn in a bid to capitalize on the fastest growing part of the UK’s £180bn grocery market. The retailer already sells a limited variety of food and alcohol online but this would be the first time it has made its wider grocery offer available online. The emergence of AmazonFresh, which lets shoppers order groceries at lunchtime and have the produce delivered to their homes for dinner, is testament to Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Apr 29, 2017

By Staff Writer Facebook has admitted that “malicious actors” had created “fake personas” to spread fake news across its social network last year. The admission came in a report by the technology firm’s security team, which said its data “does not contradict” the US director of National Intelligence’s conclusion that Russia interfered with the US election. Facebook’s own investigation explored how foreign states are using the social network to try and sway public opinion in other countries. Consequently, it revealed that political debate on Facebook had been tainted by “information operations” and hinted at the impact of a suspected Russian-backed cyberattack that culminated in the Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Apr 29, 2017

By Staff Writer Channel 4 anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy has urged the media to do more to question the ‘slogan-filled’ campaigns he believes politicians will prize over actual facts in the run-up to this year’s general election. The news reader blamed the media for allowing politicians to get away with “accountability-light’ campaigning. Instead of properly questioning speeches and political statements, he said news outlets give them a “free platform”. “They [politicians] get this free platform whether or not they agree to answer questions from either the public or journalists,” Guru-Murthy continued. He called on the industry to agree to properly scrutinize political campaigning over the next Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Apr 28, 2017

By Lisa Lacy After potentially killing a giant rabbit named Simon and allegedly breaking the clubs of Australian pro golfer Mat Goggin – not to mention forcibly re-accommodating a passenger and barring girls for wearing leggings – United Airlines is out with a ten-point plan to change “how it flies, serves and respects its customers”. This was released the same day the airline announced it “reached an amicable resolution” with forcibly removed passenger David Dao. In a press release, United said its plan includes “[reducing] the amount of overbooking”, increasing compensation Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Apr 28, 2017

By Chris Thilk Privacy is in the news again. One recent story tells how Uber worked around Apple’s rules for apps to track individual phones, even after an individual deleted the app. That story has been rebutted by Uber, but it’s reopened concerns about how we are tracked through the super-computers we willingly carry around in our pockets or purses. That same story included the revelation that Unroll.me, a service that lets one mass-unsubscribe from email lists, was selling user information and data to Uber — information it gleaned because. in order to use it. you have to connect it Read full story › Source: The Drum...