This week we have a rant about slacktivism, update on Boaty McBoatface and chat about someone pressing the red button at 123-reg (and deleting a lot of domains in the process), as well as, what Twitter’s new China boss means for the platform. As always there is also beer.
Microsoft has had a tough old time over the last few weeks (mainly thanks to Tay the racist AI) but it looks like things might be turning a corner for them. Or at the very least finally making things that little bit easier for its users. Updates might be the bane of any office workers life but from the looks of it this is one worth doing.
This week we talk about hugging Britons, equal pay in tech and Match.com’s faux pas. We also chat to special…
It’s here! MRM’s definitive list of the best investing podcasts around. If you listen to nothing else, listen to these. Featuring Investors Chronicle, Brewin Dolphin, Motley Fool, FT Money, Vox Markets and Wake Up To Money.
Neil Woodford’s eponymous asset management business put fund fees back in the spotlight recently after opting to reveal all the additional costs associated with the group’s flagship income fund.
In MRM Digital’s latest podcast, we interview Quidco’s Victoria Leyton about what’s next for the cashback site and talk about North…
Today’s young people have been disproportionately hit by the financial crisis. This age group suffers from high unemployment, with levels of young people in work still not returning to their pre-crisis high, as well as poor job security. It is also increasingly being shut out of the housing market, instead being forced to rent at ever-rising prices. At the same time, many of the benefits enjoyed by their parents’ generation, such as free university education and in many cases, generous, defined benefit pension schemes are no longer available to them.
What’s more important to young people, a pension or a property? According to a recent report by financial services consultancy MRM of 1000 young people aged between 18 and 25, it’s property. Just over 32% of those surveyed said this was their top financial priority. On the other hand, just 7% said the same about a pension. Conversely, 21% were prioritising clearing debts and around 20% were saving for something specific, such as a holiday or a car. But with more and more young people locked out of the property market and lacking the means to save for a deposit, should they be focusing on saving for a pension instead?
Brands went into meltdown (ish) this week over whether they should urge all their followers to turn their notifications on. Microsoft also suffered a meltdown of sorts, with the creation of a racist robot. Join the MRM Digital team in the beer tent, where they discuss everything (important) in digital this week.
Are young people savers or spenders? This is a time-honoured question: one with connotations of footloose and fancy free young…
Twitter is 10 years old, but what exactly IS it? Join the MRM digital team in their server room/beer tent, where…
If your job were to make Twitter bigger – “Head of Growth”, perhaps – you’d be forgiven for not being in a party mood this week as the network celebrates its 10th birthday.
The figures are well-reported but let’s remind ourselves: a net loss of £63m for the last three months of 2015 and user growth flat at 320 million monthly users. Investors are not impressed. There’s an atmosphere of decline. People are grumpy.