Category: Presentations 2023
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Videos on your Smartphone – taking, editing, uploading and managing them.
Taking a video: Most modern smartphones have several camera lenses e.g. my Motorola has a triple camera that consists of 48 MP (wide) + 5 MP (ultrawide) + 2 MP (macro). To take a video, turn on your smartphone camera … Read more
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Emojis – What are they? who makes them and what do they mean?
On Thursday 23rd March we had a look at the topic of “emojis”, the little images which spice up e-mails Facebook messages and WhatsApps. An emoji (/ɪˈmoʊdʒiː/ i-MOH-jee; plural emoji or emojis) is a pictogram, logogram, ideogram or smiley embedded … Read more
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File mess management
Last week we looked at strategies for improving file management, mainly on PCs, with some tips from Scotty about File managers in Android phones. First – clean up the device and get rid of junk :The Best Way to … Read more
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The streaming giants compared – will there be a winner?
Chris ran through a summary of the major streaming platforms available in Spain, looking at their origins, content and pricing. She then demonstrated some of them, including the new SkyShowtime, (thanks Tom for lending login information!). These video streaming platforms … Read more
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The Future of Television and video media – a discussion
“Digitalization of papers, the evolvement of streaming media, explosion of mass content creation, on-demand access to various content: we are now entering a new era of how television content is created, delivered, and even defined.” https://www.globallogic.com/insights/blogs/the-future-of-television/ Do you have … Read more
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ChatGPT investigated – Well-written fact and fantasy shows it doesn’t understand what it’s saying.
On Thursday 18th February we looked at the latest hot thing: ChatGPT and put it through its paces. The site was pretty busy (100m users as of January) but we were lucky enough to get a slot for the … Read more
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The little known impacts of the EU’s Copernicus Satellite program
Last Thursday, February 9th, Peter Breger gave us an eye-opening comprehensive presentation about what the EU’s Copernicus Satellite programme is doing and how it is helping to improve lives all over the world – including providing important maps and data … Read more
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An Amazing Eye Opener about Satellites!
On Thursday 26th January, Peter Breger PhD, gave a fascinating presentation which really expanded our understanding of the history, technology, politics and economics of satellites. There was so much that, I for one, had never appreciated. Peter kindly sent us … Read more
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Gmail: Filters, labels, categories and … dots and plus signs.
Last Thursday, January 19th we looked at some of Gmail’s powerful tools to help you organise your e-mails. Chris emphasised that you can use Gmail to manage multiple e-mail addresses, even those not hosted by Google (you need to import … Read more
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Email – clearing up some terminology, and some useful tips
On Thursday 12th January, we looked at e-mail. Some of the terminology is a bit confusing and confused. On the one hand we have an email service provider ESP, on the other an Email client – are they the same? … Read more