NEWS that Google is testing how users could search for broadcast and video content via set-top boxes loaded with its Android operating system should surprise no-one.

LDP Creative reporter Alistair Houghton on Ignite Liverpool ( #IgniteLiv )

THE much-maligned PowerPoint presentation has become a byword for corporate tedium - but Ignite Liverpool proved that a showcase of slideshows can be anything but dull.

HERE'S the latest from LD Creative blogger Dougal Paver:

NEWS that Twitter may be about to launch an advertising resource targeting its 75m global users has caused a flutter among techies.

Ben Pinnington, director of Merseyside PR firm Artemis, says the main parties must prioritise manufacturing as election stampede gathers pace

A FEW months ago I became acquainted with the terrifying sound of British engineering at its zenith: the engine 'howl' of the Vulcan Bomber. This magnificent aircraft designed and built in the UK provided Britain with its prime nuclear deterrent during the Cold War.

FOUR Liverpool firms have been chosen to take part in a new BBC commissioning project in a move the corporation says shows the strength of Merseyside's digital sector.
Conker Digital, Milky Tea, Onteca and Splinter Digital have been chosen to join @North, a project that aims to help Northern companies win commissions with the BBC to develop digital content.

LEADING figures in the video games industry have urged the Government to invest in education to ensure schools and universities develop the industry's future talent.

LDP Creative blogger Dougal Paver shares his views on the Liverpool Daily Post's new look
TELLING readers of LDP Creative that good design sells is a lesson in the bleeding obvious. So there endeth the lesson.
Nevertheless, it would take a cold eye not to be won over by the Liverpool Daily Post's re-design.

PRODUCTION house Mills Media says it has secured 121 new contract wins since November - up a third on the same period a year earlier.

LDP Creative blogger Dougal Paver on Tesco's "jim-jam ban"

NEWS that a Tesco store in Cardiff has banned customers wearing pyjamas from entering the store will doubtless feature large in this week's Radio 4 News Quiz.

VIDEO production and training firm First Take is planning to expand its services after securing a loan from The Social Enterprise Loan Fund (TSELF).