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Seasons Greetings Wishing for a peaceful and prosperous New Year For All
Read More Festive messageAll things IT related
Seasons Greetings Wishing for a peaceful and prosperous New Year For All
Read More Festive messageFirst of all, I have to admit that I don’t like shopping unless I can park close and get what I want and then go! I try to do all my shopping on-line, shopping is meh 🙂 I’m sure other people do something similar to us, in that we have a notepad (paper) stuck on …
Read More Shopping Geek styleCurrently sitting enjoying a couple of glasses of Italian red, whilst connected remotely to my grand son’s laptop. It’s in a bit of a state! I’ve told him to run ccleaner once a week but does he listen? I suppose he does well for a 6 yr old 🙂 He’s teaching me how to use …
Read More It’s grand life, if you don’t weaken!Stumbled on the following article and thought myself “at last some one else thinks smartphone screens are too small” but to be honest I don’t think many people would want to carry a large screen around and use it as a phone. I think there is a limit to the amount of “multi-functionness” that you …
Read More The phablet, good idea??This is an interesting add-on for Firefox, it’s called lightbeam. Not meant to scare you, just keep you informed. Have a read of the article on infopackets for a heads up. http://www.infopackets.com/news/internet/2013/20131030_track_web_trackers_using_firefox_add_on_lightbeam.htm The Mozilla blog is here. https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2013/10/25/lightbeam-for-firefox-privacy-education-for-users-open-data-for-publishers/ Get lightbeam from here https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/lightbeam/ The graphs and info is interesting.
Read More Who’s tracking you while you surf the WebHope you enjoy my long blog about my idea of the Internet Origins. https://dvoit.co.uk/all-things-it/internet-origins/
Read More Just added a new page – Internet OriginsThis is amazing, Phonebloks. A mobile phone with easily replaceable parts. Read the article on the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24490331
Read More Lego phone, not really but close.This is apparently real check out the report on BBC www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/24527475. That should add a bit of fun to sending a txt – imagine the possibilities, no don’t 🙂 Seems to be only available for the iPhone.
Read More Smelly text messages??WiFi on mobile devices eats up battery life, with this in mind I usually turn off WiFi unless I need to use it; but now there’s an even better reason to turn it off 🙂 Check out the article on Naked Security http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/10/25/is-your-smartphone-broadcasting-your-movements-when-you-shop/?utm_source=Naked+Security+-+Sophos+List&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=b982b250e4-naked%252Bsecurity&utm_term=0_31623bb782-b982b250e4-418408301 and digitalairwireless http://www.digitalairwireless.com/wireless-industries/retail-wifi-location-analytics.html
Read More Why you should switch off WiFi on your mobile device1. Sign into your Google account. If you’re in the process of setting up an account, finish that first, then come back. 2. Go to the Shared Endorsements setting page. If you’re not already a Google+ user, you will be asked to upgrade your account. 3. Toward the bottom, you’ll see a checkbox that says …
Read More How opt out of Google photo endorsement