Lance Bass hosts the Environmental Media Awards virtually as green messaging is celebrated

Lance Bass hosts the 30th annual Environmental Media Awards virtually as green messaging is celebrated in film and television at the event By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 05:00 BST, 22 August 2020 | Updated: 05:00 BST, 22 August 2020 In response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the 30th annual Environmental Media Awards were presented … Read more

‘Stay at Home’ messaging ‘may have led to a spike in heart attack deaths’

Ministers were praised for their simple and effective slogan, ‘Stay at Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives’ The Government’s ‘Stay at Home’ messaging during the strictest days of lockdown may have led to a spike in heart attack deaths, research suggests. Analysis by University of Leeds experts found hospital admissions for heart attacks plummeted by … Read more

A fifth of Britons use emojis when messaging a love interest 

The new language of love? One in five people across the UK use emojis instead of text when messaging a romantic interest uSwitch surveyed 2,000 Britons ranging in age from 16-year-olds to pensioners Adults between 22 and 35 are the most likely to send an emoji in a message  Humour, anger and ‘cheekiness’ are the … Read more

Scammers use encrypted messaging to sell tutorials on how to steal unemployment for $50 of Bitcoin

Scammers use encrypted messaging services to sell tutorials on how to steal unemployment from different states for just $50 worth of Bitcoin Scammers are flocking to encrypted messaging to sell fraud tutorials  Tutorials on Telegram offer off methods of stealing unemployment  They also offer instruction on how to avoid detection The tutorials can be purchased on … Read more

Tory aide and social media guru are masterminding the government’s NHS messaging

The man who mapped out the Conservative Party’s recent thumping election victory has been brought in to encourage Britons to stay indoors as many continue to flout the rules.  He is little known outside Westminster, but 36-year-old Australian Isaac Levido has been central to the government’s communications strategy and its central slogan: Stay at Home, Protect … Read more

Slack messaging software hits record number of active users as employees everywhere work from home

Slack messaging software hits record number of active users as employees across the world work from home due to the coronavirus pandemic Slack messaging software has hit a record number of active users  Its instant messaging software now has 12.5 million active users That’s an increase of 2.5 million active users in the last 10 … Read more

Messaging and conferencing app Microsoft Teams is made available for free across the NHS

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

Chris Hughes slams troll for messaging him pretending to be his girlfriend Jesy Nelson 

Chris Hughes slams troll for messaging him from a fake account pretending to be his girlfriend Jesy Nelson By William Cole For Mailonline Published: 20:36 GMT, 15 March 2020 | Updated: 20:36 GMT, 15 March 2020 Chris Hughes has hit out at a troll who messaged him on Twitter pretending to be his girlfriend. The … Read more