Tag: online
5 of the Best Ways to Spend Time Online
According to a recent report, the average human being now spends more than a quarter of their life online. That equates to more than six hours of internet time every single day! If that sounds familiar, but you’d like to move away from incessant scrolling through your social media networks to more productive online pursuits,…
UK adults spent more time online during lockdown than those of other nations
UK adults spent more time online on computers, smartphones or tablets in 2020 than those in other European countries, according to Ofcom’s annual study into the nation’s online habits. Its Online Nation 2021 report looked at an unprecedented year, when communication, entertainment, culture, retail, work and education moved more online. UK adults spent more than…
Brits spend average of 22 years of their lives online
Perhaps rather depressingly, Brits will spend the equivalent of 22 years, one month and four days of their life online. A study of 2,000 adults found the typical week will see 59 hours – the equivalent of more than two full days - spent using the internet. This amounts to 128 days a year, or…
1 in 3 Brits ordered food online for first time during lockdown, claims research
Over a third of Brits have tried a local small restaurant or shop for the first time by ordering food online during the Coronavirus lockdowns, new research from Internet Association (IA) reveals today. And with 71 percent of small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) surveyed planning to continue selling products online after the end of lockdown,…
9 in 10 will continue doing most of their shopping online
Nine in 10 shoppers will continue to do the bulk of their shopping online – despite high street stores looking set to open in April. The study of 2,000 adults found almost half find shopping online far less stressful than going in store, and 28 per cent like that they don’t feel pressured to make…
ONS figures reveal we’re in for a ‘Digital Christmas’
Whisper it! Santa is going digital this Christmas ONS figures show retail’s fight-back continued in September, with significant online pre-ordering of new games consoles pointing the way to a digital Christmas, says the home delivery specialist ParcelHero. Today’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) retail sales figures for September showed the much-heralded…
Plans for online pornography age checks dropped
Age verification measures designed to prevent children from accessing online pornography have been dropped, the Government has announced. Under the scrapped plans, people would have to prove their age in a number of ways, including using traditional forms of ID such as a credit card or passport, or by buying an over-the-counter card from shops…
How can we keep our photos safe when nothing is permanent online?
I was born in 1987, which perhaps makes me one of the last people born to not have a complete archive of photos of my entire life. At least in the developed world (no pun intended, honest). Kids born since…
Google Play Music All Access now available in the UK
Google Play Music All Access is now available to UK music fans, as well as a whole host of other European countries. First launched for US users back in May at the search giant's annual Google I/O conference, All Access…
HANDS-ON REVIEW: BT HomeHub 4 dual-band router
The BT HomeHub 4 is BT's latest home broadband router, a significant redesign of the workhorse that was the HomeHub 3, adding a new slim design to the series and bringing dual-band connectivity to the table. And though BT have…