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Your own electricity from solar panels – does it deliver what it promises?
Everyone seems to be installing domestic solar panels these days. This Thursday, May 25th, Peter Breger reports from his personal experiences and may find at least some answers to the many questions that come to mind: Have you ever wondered … Read more
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When you can do everything on your smartphone – do you really need a laptop, tablet or camera when you travel?
Smartphones are really very capable these days and there are Apps for everything under the sun. When on the move, you can pop one in a pocket or handbag. Laptops are, by contrast, big bulky things which have to be … Read more
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Tarting up your e-mails and WhatsApp messages
E.mails and WhatsApps can be pretty boring to look at. This Thursday May 4th, we look at ways to brighten up your messages to make them eye-catching and fun – and we’ll have a laugh in the process. As usual, … Read more
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Paid plans for extra Cloud storage – are they worth it?
Next Thursday, April 27th, we’ll take a look at paid upgrade plans for Google, iCloud, OneDrive and Dropbox. We’ll discuss whether it’s worth shelling out money for the extra storage (and in some cases, extra goodies, Google1 throws in a … Read more
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Don’t get Phished or Scammed !
There seems to have been an outbreak of scams and phishing attempts recently. This Thursday, April 20th, we’ll take a look at the recent warnings, and compare notes and experiences. We’ll also discuss how to avoid getting sucked into one … Read more
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Videos on your smartphone
Following on from last week, this Thursday 13 April, we take a look at videos on your smartphone: Those you take with your camera, those created by screen recorder, and those dumped there by WhatsApp and e-mails. What’s the best … Read more
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Photos and images on your Smartphone
Following on from last week’s discussion about phone settings, this Thursday, April 6th we look at photos and images on smartphones: camera shots, screenshots, WhatsApp images, image storage, editing images and sharing them. What does DCIM mean? What’s the difference … Read more
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Smartphone settings – there are many more than you realise. What are they? Do we need to change any of them?
Each time your phone receives an update it gets new features and renews old ones. The settings and their shortcuts become more sophisticated and useful, but most of us know little or nothing about them. Do we need to change … Read more
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EMOJIS – what are they? who makes them? What do they mean? (…beware! 😲)
This Thursday, March 23rd we take a look at the fairly recent phenomenon of Emojis. We will take a look at how they developed from WingDings and Dingbats (some of us are old enough to remember those) Did you know … Read more
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Where’s my stuff? It’s all over the place. How can I find and sort duplicates and junk?
This Thursday, March 16th we look at the problem of file miss (mess) management and discuss some solutions and tools to help tidy things up, on your PC, phone and cloud storage (Google Drive, Dropbox, Onedrive, iCloud etc.) Come along … Read more
