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Q. Why Do Python Programmers Wear Specs?
A – Because they don’t see sharp! That’s a programming humour for you. And talking of programming, there’s currently an explosion of code being auto-generated by AI and before long, human-coders may go the way of the early switchboard operators. Hmm, possibly! Yet can you imagine painstakingly programming computers, line-by-line with assembly language, punched-cards and…
MSP Copywriting – Part 3
As quick recap from last time, you’ll hopefully recall that we looked at the ‘Who’. Now, I’m obviously not talking about the famous British rock band – instead I was referring to your target market, your avatars, your ideal client profile (ICP). Then we looked at the ‘What’, specifically what their pain-points and challenges were…
Why Is There Only One Monopoly Commission?
In this insight, we take closer look at the subject of tech companies getting into trouble over antitrust issues, why it happens, what can be done, and what part organisations like the UK ‘Monopoly Commission’ plays. The Monopoly Commission The Monopoly Commission dates back to a previous incarnation of a regulator and is often used…
iPhone Radiation : What’s It All About?
Following the recent news that sales of Apple’s iPhone 12 in France have been banned over radiation fears, we look at where these fears came from and how much danger, if any, Apple iPhone 12 users may be in. France, Fears, Ban, & Update France’s National Frequency Agency (ANFR), the watchdog that manages all radio…
Study Shows 20% Of Time Wasted Within IT
A study by the University of Copenhagen and Roskilde University has revealed that computer problems are responsible for us wasting between 11 and 20 per cent of our time. How The Study Worked The study involved 234 participants, in varying jobs (and education) including students, accountants, consultants and IT workers who spent between six and…
€345m Children’s Data Privacy Fine For TikTok
Video-focused social media platform TikTok has been fined €345m by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) over the privacy of child users. The Processing of Personal Data The fine, as well as a reprimand (and an order requiring them to bring its data processing into compliance within three months) were issued in relation to how the…
MSP Copywriting – Part 2
Recap – last time we looked at why learning copywriting is so important – especially for owners of businesses that sell quite technical or complicated products and services. In this section, we’ll look at making a start on planning you sales letter. There are infinite ways to write a sales letter so in this section,…
25 Years of Google
Did you know that Google was incorporated 25 years ago, in September 1998?Or that it was originally made from Lego? (sort of) Google began as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were students at Stanford in 1996. Originally named “BackRub.” the name “Google” is a play on the word “googol,”…
Laundering Money Via Spotify?
In this insight, we look at how, according to an investigation by Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet (SvD), criminals may have been using Spotify to launder money since 2019. How? The reported money laundering process, which was noticed by analysts from the National Operative Unit of the Swedish Police Force, involved a web of activities using…
Temporary Climb-Down By UK Government
In an apparent admission of defeat, the UK government has conceded that requiring scanning of platforms like WhatsApp for messages with harmful content, as required in the Online Safety Bill, is not (currently) feasible. The ‘Spy Clause’ Under what’s been dubbed the ‘spy clause’ (Clause 122) in the UK’s Online Safety Bill, the government had stated…
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