Only 17% of UK local authorities are creating websites that can be viewed adequately on a mobile device, despite the fact that almost a third of people accessing online council information are now using such devices, according to the Society of IT Management (Socitm). The findings come as part of this year’s “Better Connected” review ... Read More
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Few Council Websites Ready For Mobile Revolution
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013Kenya Law Committee To Probe Election Technology Failures
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013Major failures in two pieces of high-profile technology that were intended to make the recent Kenyan national elections run more smoothly are to be investigated by a special committee of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK). The glitches in March meant the country had to rely on traditional methods of polling and vote-counting. Biometric voter ... Read More
‘Health Hubs’ To Use Digital Inclusion As Fitness And Wellness Tool
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013A series of ‘digital health hubs’ are being set up across the UK to teach digital skills and train people to use the internet to improve their knowledge about health, nutrition, wellness and fitness issues. The project is the result of a partnership between the Online Centres Foundation, which manages digital inclusion network UK online ... Read More
After Smart Cities – The Smart Countryside?
Monday, February 11th, 2013The tracking of live data streams could be a key factor in creating responsive public sector policy-making and service delivery in all parts of the UK, not just cities, according to a new report from the Society of IT Management (Socitm). ‘Smart cities: how are they really different?’ ( http://bit.ly/13kY6uE ) says the use of ... Read More
EU Web Access Proposal Is “Missed Opportunity”, Says Blind Union
Monday, December 10th, 2012A European Commission proposal for legislation to ensure public sector websites across Europe are accessible to disabled computer users by the end of 2015 is a “missed opportunity”, according to the European regional arm of the World Blind Union. Shortly after the commission released its “Proposal for a Directive… on the accessibility of public sector ... Read More
Accessible Apps “More Usable by Everyone”
Friday, October 5th, 2012Mobile apps that are designed to be accessible to people with disabilities are more usable by everyone, the London meeting of a group for usability professionals has heard. The insight will be valuable to many local authorities and other public bodies who are currently developing or thinking of developing smartphone apps. Henny Swan, senior accessibility ... Read More
