This Week in Digital (29 September 2017)

This week in digital, Twitter finally let their users say a little more and Google stripped Amazon of their right to use YouTube. Read all about it in this week’s digital roundup.

Twitter Trials a Character Count Increase

The regular Tweeters or, indeed, Twitterers among you will know that since its inception in 2006, Twitter has limited its users to 140 characters per tweet. They announced on Wednesday that for a select number of accounts they are trialing a character increase. Read the full story...

Dyson to Launch Electric Car

From vacuums to hair dryers and fans, the Dyson mission to reduce global pollution levels through their cyclonic motor technology can be detected across their product range. On Tuesday, James Dyson himself communicated that the South West tech giants are also set to launch an attack on the automotive industry. Read the full story...

Google Remove YouTube Access from the Amazon Echo Show

In the latest face-off between Google and Amazon, it was reported on Tuesday that Google has removed the video streaming platform YouTube from Amazon’s Echo Show device without warning. These two tech titans have a history of tension and have previously butted heads in other areas.. Read the full story...

It’s Back!

Cue 18 “hungry” contestants, power marching over a London bridge to Prokofiev’s Dance of the Knights. All of whom are self-proclaimed to be “the smartest person in any room” and vying for Lord Sugar’s £250,000 investment. The Apprentice is back and we cannot wait to see what Lord Sugar has in store. Read the full story...