Category: Websites
How Does a Website’s Address Autocomplete Function Work?
Chances are you use the address autocomplete function regularly when you buy anything online, and you don’t even notice. The address autocomplete function may seem simple automation, but it is powerful. It can help any user experience (UX), product, or marketing team create more successful onboarding, checkout, and information-capture flows. The reason is simple: eliminating…
TfL collaborates with Google to launch online transport collection
Today (Monday 26 February), Transport for London (TfL) joins more than 200 UK cultural institutions who have collaborated with Google Arts & Culture to share their collection and stories online. TfL’s collaboration with Google Arts and Culture, whose mission is to preserve the world’s art and culture and to make it accessible to anyone,…
Data privacy: shopping and food delivery apps track most data
Shopping and food delivery apps, notably Amazon Shopping and Wish, are most data-hungry. Amazon Shopping collects most data points in its category, Wish leads in linking and tracking user data. On average, shopping and delivery apps collect 21 out of 32 possible data points. Facebook and Instagram top the list of privacy-invasive apps, collecting…
Teens on screens: Ofcom survey reveals life online for kids and young adults
Drawn to drama: Kids gravitate to dramatic, short-form videos on social media Rise of ‘split-screening’: Trend for watching two videos at once More careful, less creative: Youngsters more socially self-conscious, posting fewer videos. Screen time: 16–24-year-olds more likely to take social media break to manage wellbeing Children are gravitating to ‘dramatic’ online videos which appear…
1 in 8 Brits who use internet dating have been targeted by romance scam
One in eight Brits (12%) who have tried internet dating have been targeted by romance or phishing scams, research by cybersecurity company NordVPN can reveal. These cons see fraudsters match with another user and then try to drain their bank account, either by dangling the promise of a romantic relationship or encouraging them to share personal details. …
Meta named as the least trusted technology company
Forbes Advisor names Meta the technology company Brits trust the least with their data, with nearly half (48%) holding the view it is untrustworthy Paypal is the most trusted technology company, with almost half (47%) claiming they trust the payments platform with their data Nine in ten Brits (90%) are concerned about their data being hacked…
Illegal Christmas lights sold on AliExpress, Amazon, eBay and Wish
Christmas lights bought from online marketplaces are being sold illegally and in some cases putting users at risk of electric shocks or fires, a Which? investigation has found. The consumer watchdog tested Christmas tree lights at the cheaper end of the price range - all £15 or under - bought from online marketplaces AliExpress, Amazon,…
Made.com faces final curtain, Next buys IP and website
Made faces The Final Curtain Online furniture retailer Made.com has gone into administration, leading to hundreds of job losses and customers in the dark over refunds. The administrators PWC said there will be 399 job losses, most of which are redundancies announced today. 79 employees who had resigned and were working…
Made.com ‘on verge of administration’, reports claim
British online furniture retailer Made.com has suspended taking customer orders after talks to find a buyer failed, pushing the group towards administration, reports Yahoo! The company said on Tuesday that talks with potential buyers had been terminated and warned that if further funding could not be raised before its cash reserves were fully depleted it…
Trustpilot removed nearly 2 million fake reviews in 2021
Trustpilot claims it removed nearly 2 million fake reviews in 2021, out of around 46.7 million which were left on its platform during the period. The consumer website claims to have invested heavily in fraud and anomaly detection software which has sped up and enhanced the process of identifying and removing fake reviews. Using this…
