Category: Weekly Newsletter
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The Wonderful things your Phone Camera can do!
IMPORTANT: THIS THURSDAY’S PRESENTATION STARTS AT 10.00 AM! On Thursday August 11th we take a look at the amazing capabilities of smartphone cameras and the various Apps you can use to get creative. Bring your phone along to experiment, share, … Read more
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The things that Google knows about you – and how you can make it forget!
On Thursday August 4th, Chris led members on a tour through the Google services which collect information about you (“You” means people with a Google e-mail address) . We took a look at: Search: Google stores the terms you … Read more
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What Google knows about you – and how to make it forget…if you can!
Many Club members have Google accounts and use Google services such as Gmail, Maps, Search, YouTube….All this activity feeds information back to Google so that it can build a profile and target advertising at you. This Thursday, August 4th we … Read more
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What are the best Weather Apps and sites?
With extremes of weather becoming more common, planning future activities has become more difficult. It helps to know in advance if it’s going to frazzle, tip it down and flood, blow a gale or even snow. This Thursday, July 28th … Read more
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What you want to know about WhatsApp, but are too afraid to ask..
This Thursday, July 21st, Margaret will lead a Q and A about WhatsApp. What’s the difference between a group and a Broadcast?, How do I make or delete a group? What’s the difference between WhatsApp Web and WhatsApp Desktop? How … Read more
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I Can’t Believe it’s not Windows ! – a look at Linux
On Thursday July 14h Scotty demonstrated how he doesn’t use Windows at all, but instead does everything on his laptop by running Ubuntu Linux. https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop The origins of Linux First he summarised how the Linux operating system was developed in … Read more
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I can’t believe it’s not Windows!
This Thursday, July 14th, We will take a look at an alternative to Windows which looks and works a lot like Windows though it’s not made by Microsoft or Apple. i.e. the Linux Operating system. Linux has a number of … Read more
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Selling and buying your stuff on-line
We looked at this on Thursday July 7th, with the aid of links supplied by members. Chris subsequently checked up on some of the sites in more detail and found that scammers were a growing problem! We agreed that having … Read more