Tag: Coronavirus
More than half British workers have transformed bedrooms into offices
More than half of workers have transformed their bedrooms into makeshift offices during lockdown, according to a new poll. The survey of 2,000 adults who are working from home examined how they have adapted after offices were forced to close in March. More than half (54 per cent) of those questioned by Premier Inn say…
British bosses encourage remote working as work safety measures introduced
British businesses are set to encourage more remote working in future – with nearly half of bosses believing it will save them money. A poll of 1,000 employers in the UK found that, prior to lockdown, just 45 per cent were comfortable with staff working away from the office. But seven in 10 are now…
Top Tech Stories of the Week: Amazon profits surge, Apple sales up too
Chris Price looks at some of this week's top tech stories as most of the big tech brands announce their quarterly results with Amazon, Apple and Tesla all declaring profits despite Coronavirus slowdown.... Amazon sales up, but Bezos plans record investment Predictably, Amazon sales surged in the first three months of the year, as the…
Will we see the death of the touchscreen as a result of Covid-19?
Interesting research from Foolproof that suggests four in five Brits will change the way they engage with touchscreen technology as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, just as it is becoming ubiquitous in our everyday lives. Certainly Foolproof's statistics suggest big implications for retailers, banks, and travel operators, who rely on millions of interactions…
NCSC removes 2000 Coronavirus scams in a month
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ, has taken down more than 2,000 online coronavirus scams in the last month. NCSC said this included 471 fake online shops that were selling fraudulent virus-related items. It coincides with the launch of a cross-governmental ‘Cyber Aware’ campaign offering advice for people to protect passwords,…
Contract tracing app only effective if mass take up
A contact-tracing app could help stop the coronavirus pandemic, but only if 80% of current smartphone owners use it, say experts advising the NHS. The University of Oxford's Big Data Institute has modelled a city of one million people to simulate the software's impact. The team estimates that 56% of the general population must use…
8 Tips for setting up a Secure Zoom meeting
Just as Britain leaving the European Union spawned new words - most notably Brexit - so too is the Coronavirus pandemic changing our vocabulary. And inevitably with many of us now WFH - or working from home - a lot of these words are to do with technology, particularly around video conferencing it seems. Much…
eBay and Amazon still Coronavirus profiteering, claims Which?
Consumer watchdog Which? is calling for urgent government action to limit the prices of essential products during the coronavirus crisis, after a new investigation found Amazon and eBay are still failing to get to grips with blatant profiteering on their websites. More than a month after the competition regulator raised the alarm, and despite a…
Five ways smartphones could help Coronavirus ‘exit strategy’
Could technology help us find a way out of the current Coronavirus pandemic - the so-called exit strategy? It is possible. Chris Price looks at several projects that are hoping to fight the spread of the virus... NHS Coronavirus 'contact tracing' app 'Contact tracing' is expected to be a key part of the government's exit…
COVID-19 briefings drive huge increase in data traffic on EE
A huge volume of people are using mobiles to tune into the Prime Minister’s daily COVID-19 briefings on the BBC at 5pm, with data consumption on EE more than doubling during the briefings. When Boris Johnson set the most stringent measures to date at 8.30pm on Monday 23rd, traffic on EE’s mobile network increased by more than…
