Facebook Social Data-Sharing & Surveillance Bans

Facebook and Instagram privacy policies are reported to have been updated with the intention of stopping developers and businesses from using the data they find there to provide surveillance tools. What’s Been Happening? Facebook, which acquired Instagram in 2012, has...

Timely Content … Or A Sneaky Advert?

Google recently removed an unprompted audio advert from its Google Home smart speaker / digital assistant system after accusations that the piece was simply an unrequested advert. Beauty and the Beast The controversial incident occurred when ‘Google Home’...

Tech Tip : Customise or Disable the Windows 10 Mail Signature

If you don’t like the fact that you have “Sent from Mail for Windows 10” at the end of your emails, and / or if you’d like to personalise / customise your signature, or simply turn the signature function off, here’s how. Change / Customise the Signature: Launch your...

Tech Tip : Have Your Own Theme

If you spend a lot of time at your work computer, one way to feel better while you work is to at least have a theme that makes YOU feel good. You don’t have to accept just the selection of themes that Windows 10 gives you, you can create your own! Here’s how: Put your...

Robot Lawyer For Refugees

A UK student has developed a chatbot computer program that can be used to provide refugees with legal advice and help, via the Facebook Messenger app. DoNotPay The program was originally launched in March 2016 by a 20-year-old British man, Joshua Browder, who is...