Tag: TalkTalk

Employees want tech to boost business productivity, not to monitor performance

Perhaps unsurprisingly, workers want technology that helps them become more efficient rather than helping their bosses snoop on them, a new business report shows.  Over half of employees (53%) are prepared to use technology like wearables to boost their own productivity at work. However, three quarters (74%) said no to wearables being used by employers to monitor performance. These…
Chris Price Business tips, Gadgets, Poll, Polls

TalkTalk buys Blinkbox from Tesco for £5m

Tesco has announced this morning that it has finally sold Blinkbox to TalkTalk - for a surprisingly low £5m. According to Business Insider, integration between Blinkbox and TalkTalk's existing TV business will be kicking off immediately - with "revenue synergies" (ie: job cuts) expected. Interestingly, it isn't just a video on demand business TalkTalk has…
James O'Malley Online TV

Is TalkTalk planning to buy Blinkbox?

There have been rumours for a while that Tesco is looking to offload its struggling on-demand service Blinkbox - and today we're hearing reports that it looks like TalkTalk could be a buyer. According to The Guardian TalkTalk has been TalkTalking to Tesco about a possible sale of the service - which is apparently lost…
James O'Malley Apps