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		<title>Data shows even more Britons are getting online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Government statistics show that more than 600,000 Britons used the internet for the first time during the last 12 months.
That’s more people than live in Glasgow, but there are still more than 8million who have never gone online, according to the Internet Access Quarterly Update from the Office for National Statistics.
The disappointing thing about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2012/05/16/data-shows-even-more-britons-are-getting-online/</link>
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		<title>Billions at stake in Britain’s booming online sector</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Britain’s internet economy is bigger than healthcare, construction or education, and is set to almost double in the next four years.
That’s the finding of a report by Boston Consulting Group, which values the UK’s internet economy at £121 billion, or 8.3 per cent of gross domestic product.
The report set out to measure how much impact [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2012/03/20/billions-at-stake-in-britain%e2%80%99s-booming-online-sector/</link>
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		<title>Announcing the UK’s Digital Hero 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday afternoon we were at the House of Lords for the TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards ceremony. It was a fitting finale for what has been a fantastic competition packed full of incredible individuals working for equally amazing projects.
As well as recognising all twelve regional finalists, each of whom will receive a £5,000 grant for their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/11/25/announcing-the-uk%e2%80%99s-digital-hero-2011/</link>
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		<title>Making sure super fast is super competitive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We recently reflected on some of the comments made by the Culture Secretary on piracy and parental controls in his speech to the Royal Television Society. Today I wanted to focus specifically on his vision for superfast broadband.

As Mr Hunt recognised, the UK benefits from some of the lowest broadband prices and most innovative services [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/09/26/3272/</link>
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		<title>Our reflections on the Culture Secretary&#8217;s speech</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, made an important speech this week to the Royal Television Society. He covered a lot of ground but there are two aspects which I wanted to dwell on.

Firstly, we were pleased to hear Mr Hunt outline his thoughts on copyright protection.
He suggested that responsibility for reducing access to sites which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/09/16/our-reflections-on-the-culture-secretarys-speech/</link>
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		<title>Q&amp;A with East Anglia Digital Heroes winner, Wendy Maxwell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wendy is the East Anglia Digital Heroes winner, 2010. She volunteers for the charity, Chill4us, on a project that aims to get carers online and in touch with each other. Wendy campaigns for free laptops for carers, and has so far given out more than 100 computers. We took a few minutes of Wendy’s time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/08/26/qa-with-east-anglia-digital-heroes-winner-wendy-maxwell/</link>
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		<title>Q&amp;A with Northern Ireland Digital Heroes winner, Michelle Gallen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<strong>Michelle</strong> is the Northern Ireland Digital Heroes winner, 2010. She has developed a social networking site, <a href="http://talkirish.com" target="_blank">Talk Irish</a>, where people can find and connect with Irish language learners, speakers and teachers. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/08/19/qa-with-northern-ireland-digital-heroes-winner-michelle-gallen/</link>
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		<title>The winner of Digital Heroes Award 2010 &#8211; Ben Richardson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<em><strong>Ben Richardson</strong> was the overall winner of the <a href="http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/01/15/interview-with-talktalk-digital-heroes-awards-2010-winner-ben-richardson/" target="_blank"><strong>TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards 2010</strong></a>. Ben works for <a href="http://www.connection-at-stmartins.org.uk/" target="_blank"><strong>The Connection at St Martins</strong></a>, a charity which helps homeless people in London, where he runs a digital media group. Here Ben tells us what’s he’s been up to since winning last year’s Digital Heroes Awards. </em>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/08/09/the-winner-of-digital-heroes-award-2010-ben-richardson/</link>
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		<title>Smartphone “addiction” a sign of the times?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ofcom claims that we’re becoming a nation addicted to smartphones, following research released today which shows that a quarter of adults and nearly half of teens now own a smartphone. A key finding was that 37% of adults and 60% of teens admitted to being “highly addicted” to their smartphone device, such as an iPhone, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/08/04/smartphone-%e2%80%9caddiction%e2%80%9d-a-sign-of-the-times/</link>
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		<title>Search for Britain’s Digital Heroes 2011 begins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we are launching the TalkTalk Digital Heroes 2011, our nationwide search to find and recognise people who are using digital technology to do amazing things for their community.
The Digital Heroes Awards, which are run in partnership with Citizens Online and supported by Race Online 2012, is the UK’s only scheme to recognise inspirational people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/08/02/search-for-britains-digital-heroes-2011-begins/</link>
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