Posts made in May, 2017

on May 26, 2017

By Jessica Goodfellow Global-owned LBC has fired controversial radio host Katie Hopkins with immediate effect after comments she made following the Manchester terror attack sparked outrage on social media. LBC announced her departure with a tweet made on Friday (26 May) morning: LBC and Katie Hopkins have agreed that Katie will leave LBC effective immediately. — LBC (@LBC) May 26, 2017 On Tuesday (23 May) Hopkins posted arguably one of her most controversial tweets to date in the wake of the Manchester terror attack, in which she called for a “final solution” to end terrorism in the UK. The Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on May 26, 2017

By Katie Deighton The hippie communes that formed down the USA’s West Coast after the Summer of Love don’t appear to be the logical starting point for the empires of Apple, Google and Uber. But the philosophy developed in this time and place – that of democratising the tools of liberation – is one that continues to live on in Californian technology and design. The formation, expansion and product of these tools of liberation is the central focus of the Design Museum’s latest exhibition. Brendan McGertick, the co-curator of California: Designing Freedom, explained: “What distinguished Californian design is, is a certain kind of Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on May 26, 2017

By Cara Wagner Earlier this month (2 May), MailChimp announced that they would be making their marketing automation tools available to all customers at no extra cost. Why is this a big deal? MailChimp has always been a go to service that we can recommend to our clients, but it’s usually missing some of the features of the bigger players such as dotMailer or Bronto. Adding the marketing automation feature is another big step in the right direction to making MailChimp a bigger player in this space. What is email marketing automation? MailChimp has always been able to do email campaigns, including customisation and Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on May 26, 2017

By John Glenday Payday loan firms are facing a fresh clampdown with the stipulation of new regulations mandating that all businesses operating in the sector must advertise on a minimum of one price comparison website. Authored by the Competitions and Markets Authority the new rules include a requirement for all lenders to include a ‘prominent’ link to a price comparison platform in order to allow customers to more readily compare terms on their loans with other providers. The CMA believes that such a requirement will also provide borrowers with a clearer understanding of fees and charges to hammer home the true cost of Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on May 26, 2017

By John Glenday Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has set out his political stall during a headline speech at Harvard in which the social media pioneer criticised the global ascendancy of nationalism and authoritarianism. Depicting this fight as the ‘struggle of our time’ to an audience of graduates and their families Zuckerberg railed against those who wish to roll back globalisation in his first overtly political major speech. Positioning himself as a counterpoint to such moves Zuckerberg went onto reach out to those people on the receiving end of such changes, saying: “There is something wrong with our system when Read full story › Source: The Drum...