The web has replaced many objects and processes that were commonplace a couple of decades ago, or at least provided a popular alternative to them. Interestingly though, we continue to pay homage to them in modern-day digital discourse.

For example, it’s still common to hear websites described as ‘webpages’. A site has no physical ‘pages’ to flick through in (more…)

While many of us might see Christmas Eve as a chance to do half a day at work and then sneak off to the pub, or perhaps make use of the last few hours of Christmas shopping, one popular and well-known festive frolicker is slogging his way through his busiest day and night of the year.

December 24, as well as (more…)

As we are approaching the new year, it is often a good time to reflect on the past 12 months and what we have learned, and in some cases not learned, about our behaviours and actions online.

The annual list of (more…)

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday coming up in the next fortnight, not to mention the seemingly ever-lengthening Christmas shopping season being well underway, a timely piece of research has ranked many of the UK’s e-retail sites from the e-xcellent to the e-mbarrassing.

Which? has conducted a survey that reviewed 117 retail websites, collating feedback from (more…)