BBC launches new website
“I’ve been a fan of the current BBC News website for some time. When I caught news of its upcoming changes I admittedly was anxious, but thankfully they’ve made a great site even better. What’s new: a fresh, updated design, with more space for the main stories of the day. Larger, bolder text. Better use of video and images clearer and more prominent labelling and signposting of key stories, whether you are on the front page or a story... [Read More...]
New site offers ‘online immortality’ with digital vault
A new website called My Last Song, has launched, offering subscribers a way to store their memories to give to their friends and family after they die. My Last Song has a digital Vault in which people store their memories, their obituaries, their pictures, their family information and their secrets for future generations to access. Only the Vault owners can store and edit the information until they give permission to a close family member to open... [Read More...]
Channel 4 News revamps site
Channel 4 News is redeveloping its website to provide content that better reflects its daily flagship bulletin. The news broadcaster has tasked user experience design agency Clearleft to design a website showcases its more in-depth features and interview approach to news reporting. The new website will aim to increase the length of time users stay on the site and to incorporate a more digestible version of each days show online. It will include the... [Read More...]
Reuters to overhaul website and hints at charging for content
Reuters is set to relaunch its UK website, reuters.co.uk, this week and has hinted at the possibility of charging for elements of its content. The revamp of its website comes as Reuters, which merged with Canadian news group Thomson two years ago, looks to differentiate itself from rival Bloomberg and streamline its operations. The overhaul of the website is set to mirror the revamp of Reuters’ US website in December last year. Tim Faircliff,... [Read More...]
Google gears up for General Election
Google is wading into the General Election fray with a new site dedicated to the 6 May poll. Following on from its dedicated coverage of the US and Australian elections, the search giant has launched its General Election 2010 site. The site is keeping tabs on the popularity of the key figures, with charts tracking the number of searches conducted for each of the prospective Prime Ministers and Chancellors. At the time of writing, David Cameron was... [Read More...]
ITV builds interaction for Britain’s Got Talent around own website
ITV has stepped up social media engagement as part of its online campaign for this year’s series of Britain’s Got Talent, but has reiterated its stance that it won’t sign revenue deals with YouTube. The broadcaster is positioning ITV.com as the hub for all digital activity, with an overhaul of its Britain’s Got Talent site allowing fans to interact with the judges as well as each other in more depth. However, ITV still refuses to sign any... [Read More...]
Comet first to Race Online
Comet has become the first retailer to sign up to the UK government’s Race Online 2012 initiative to get the UK close to 100% internet enabled by the end of the Olympic year. Comet joins Google, McDonalds, Microsoft, and BT in supporting the challenge, led by the government’s newly-appointed digital champion, lastminute.com founder Martha Lane Fox, to get more of the UK’s adults online. More than 10 million adults in the UK have never used the... [Read More...]
William Hill targets casual gamers with revamped site
William Hill has updated its gaming site with brands Deal or No Deal Jackpot, Bejeweled Slot, The X Factor and Millionaire’s Club, in a bid to capture a slice of the growing casual games market in the UK. William Hill players can now access Instant Play TV-themed games, arcade-favourites, as well as Marvel Comic superhero slots and video-poker classics, with many more well-known premium games set to be launched in the coming weeks. The Games site... [Read More...]