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Google’s Drone-Deliveries Boosted By Pandemic
The value of drone delivery services appears to have been realised now that the world’s population centres are in lockdown, with Alphabet’s (Google’s) drone deliveries doubling in test areas in the U.S. and Australia. What Drone Delivery Service? Alphabet Inc.’s Wing service offers parcel delivery by special drone aircraft. In the U.S. the service was…
Make Your Own Adverts With YouTube’s Free Video Builder Tool
YouTube has launched YouTube Video Builder, a free tool that enables businesses to easily make short video adverts. Easy To Use The new free (beta) Video Builder tool enables users to create video animations from static elements such as images, text and logos, and to enhance those videos with music from YouTube’s (Google’s) library. Users can…
Tech Tip – How To Delete Your Twitter History
If you use Twitter for business and networking and you’d like to take precautions around your tweet history, here’s how you can delete your Twitter history: – Firstly, archive your Tweets – click on the “Your Twitter Data” tab (left-hand column) and scroll down to “Twitter Archive”, and request your archive be sent to the…
Coronavirus Tracking
Following recent Wall Street Journal reports that phone data from tech companies and data providers is being used to track the movements of Americans in order to better understand the spread of COVID-19, here’s a look at how data and apps are being used worldwide in the common fight against the virus. Americans Tracked By…
Facebook Launches Desktop Messenger
Facebook has launched a desktop Messenger app for macOS and Windows for free group video calls and chats. Huge Increase The social media giant reports that, over the past month, it has seen a 100% increase in people using the desktop browser for audio and video calling on Messenger, and that this has led to the…
Data Reveals Business Worries About Remote Working Challenges
London-based security company Redscan has reported that recent Google searches reveal how businesses are focused on how they can adapt to the security and technology challenges posed by remote working. Not Prepared This does appear to show, perhaps not surprisingly, given the speed at which the spread of the COVID-19 virus led to the temporary…
YouTube Bans 5G and COVID-19 Link Conspiracy Videos
After a recent live-streamed interview with David Icke linked the introduction of 5G technology to the emergence of the COVID-19 the pandemic, Google’s YouTube has now banned all 5G conspiracy videos. 5G Theory Far-Fetched Mr Icke’s interview, which was watched by a reported 65,000 people and in which he alleged a possible link between 5G…
Tech Tip – How To Sign A Digital Document (Mac)
If you have a Mac, there’s a fast and easy way to sign a digital document without the need to print it out first. Here’s how: – Save the document as a .pdf file. – Open it with the ‘Preview’ app. – Select the ‘Show Mark-up Toolbar’ option. – Select ‘Sign’ and use the mouse…
Featured Article – Maintaining Security on Employee Exit
When employees leave (or are asked to leave) or retire from businesses and organisations, those entities still have a legal responsibility to ensure that security levels are maintained with regards to data security. Laws For Data The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 1998 are the main legislative frameworks covering how a businesses…
Research Indicates Zoom Is Being Targeted By Cybercriminals
With many people working from home due to coronavirus, research by Check Point indicates that cyber-criminals may be targeting the video conferencing app ‘Zoom’. Domains Cybersecurity company ‘Check Point’ reports witnessing a major increase in new domain registrations in the last few weeks where the domain name includes the word ‘Zoom’. According to a recent…
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