The perils of online shopping in 2024
Too cheap to be true? The site looks legit… Should I use Paypal? Do I really need that thing - it's so cheap! Why can't they deliver to my address? Is Amazon Prime really worth it..? Is it OK to get stuff directly from China? This Thursday, May 16th we'll discuss these and other issues related to Online shopping in ...
Digital forensics – following digital footprints to solve crimes
Fingerprints and DNA ? Old hat! These days crime busting often involves the use of Digital forensics. This is the recovery, investigation, examination, and analysis of electronic evidence found in digital devices, increasingly this means mobile devices. It's a huge field, so his week on Thursday, May 9th, we'll focus on how mobile devices - including cars- can provide important clues ...
Free Smartphone camera apps
On Thursday, May 2nd we looked for free camera apps for smartphones. How do we know if they are legit? It's best to get them from the Google Playstore (Android) or Apple's App store (iPhone) - since the apps on these sites have been vetted. Chris had installed HD camera for Android: Xcamera on her cheap Android phone. The app ...
The best Free Smartphone Camera apps
I want to install a better camera app on my phone.. Which one should I choose? How do I know if it's legit and that they will not be spying on me? Will it work on my old phone? This Thursday, May 2nd we hunt for good, free camera apps for Android and iPhone and put a couple of them ...
Gmail Q&A – and how to create Google Alerts
Have you got questions about Gmail? - This Thursday, April 18th we'll try to answer them for you. We'll also demonstrate how to set up "Google Alerts" - which are e-mails created for you when new results for a topic you have chosen show up in Google Search. For example, you can get info about news, products, your home town...just ...
Can you shoot a cinematic movie using a mobile phone?
The capabilities of mobile phones never cease to amaze, and this goes for their cameras too. This Thursday April 11th, Chris will share a short film shot on Apple iPhones by an internationally renowned director. As a follow-up we'll see a "making of... " clip to see something of how it was made. We'll discuss the impact of modern technologies ...
Finding out about Facebook
Most of us use Facebook to some extent but we want to know more So our next workshop on Thursday 4th April will be about how to use it. Come and ask all your questions about Facebook and find out how to correctly reply and comment to posts you see on the groups you belong to' by Margaret ...
More fiddling with Photos
By popular demand, this Thursday, March 28th we'll continue fiddling with photos and start getting creative with filters, templates, stickers and whatever else tickles our fancy. We'll look at several free on-line photo editing apps to see what they can offer, and what stunning creations we can concoct! ...
Playing with Pixlr – creating collages and composite images (with a little help from AI)
Last Thursday we looked at easy photo enhancements using standard tools and filters. This week, Thursday 21st March we will delve a little deeper and see what we can create with the free online photo editor Pixlr. Perhaps you'd like to create a composite image of family members - past and present - when they can't all be together? How ...
Fiddling with photos
With the advent of smart phones more people are taking more photos of more things. There are also more tools to help us turn a so-so snap into a really good photograph using the minimum of skill, taps and clicks. This Thursday, March 14th we will experiment with some of the photo tweaking apps and see what stunning images emerge ...