Rebecca Sentance

Rebecca Sentance

Experienced digital journalist and editor specialising in marketing, emerging technology, search, and ecommerce. Currently Deputy Editor at Econsultancy.

BBC World Service •

Progress Before People? - Tech Tent

We ask Silicon Valley investor and thinker Om Malik what Amazon's concept shop without cashiers says about the tech industry's attitude towards society. Plus we try the latest app from Blippar, which recognises faces in the street - will it be good for jogging your memory or just creepy? And Jane Wakefield reports on attempts by traditional media to combat online lies masquerading as news. With Mark Ward from the BBC Online tech desk, and special guest Rebecca Sentance, digital marketing blogger
Share Radio •

The World This Week: Michael Hewson on the EU delay in granting market economy status to China

The Chinese markets are still front and centre in economic news, and this week brought the revelation that the European Commission has again postponed the decision on whether to grant market economy status to China. I spoke to Michael Hewson, Chief Market Analyst at CMC Markets, about what market economy status would mean for China and why the EU has been so reluctant to make this decision. The interview was broadcast on Share Radio's 'The World This Week' show, presented by Rita Lobo, which loo
Share Radio •

Share Politics: WASPI Petition Gathers Speed

The Women Against State Pension Inequality, or WASPI, movement, recently launched a petition to campaign for fair transitional payments to be made for women who have lost out on thousands of pounds, due to rises in the state pension age which were implemented with little to no notice or time for them to plan. I spoke to Lin Phillips and Doreen Smulders from WASPI last week about the response to the petition and what they hoped to gain from it.