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Many business owners make the assumption that only larger organisations are targeted by malicious web users. However, recent research has demonstrated that smaller businesses are being targeted more frequently. One study showed small businesses targeted 18% of the time in 2011, 34% of the time during 2014, and a staggering 43% of the time during […]
Since I’m not a coder myself (have a team of developers whom I work with), when I write a tech review of any device or app I use, I do so from the point of view of the end-user. So in my review of the anatomy of a good betting app, using a real world […]
Summer is here and with it comes warm weather and lots of gorgeous sunshine. Summer is the time of long days and long nights hanging out and having fun. It’s the season of selfies, so you’re going to have your phone on you and out constantly. Being aware of the security threats you’re more likely […]
We spend a lot of our time looking down at the little screens in our hands. We hear of cyber attacks taking personal information from our PC’s and laptops but if you’re like me and use your phone to buy things and check up on your bank account, then really what are we doing to […]
The media nowadays is full of stories about cyber criminals hacking and stealing personal information from devices. It makes us think about how much do we really put online and what are we actually storing on our computer. Would we really be at a loss if someone saw our holiday snaps in Ibiza? Probably not, […]
Keeping your personal information secure is very important, especially in this day in age when people in authority are telling us that we should even have our webcams covered with paper when they aren’t in use. But is this all just a big scare? Cyber crime is becoming more and more common as technology advances […]
With the amount of electricity brands and manufacturers that are around at the moment, it’s easy to become overwhelmed with choice when trying to find something new, whether that be tablets, phones or laptops. Instead of being able to go out and buy the bog standard product, spending money on something like a laptop needs […]
Norton Security is probably one of the more well-known security software that are available to keep your devices protected. Norton offers to protect your PC’s, Mac’s and mobile devices for a year on a tiered price basis, depending on what you want from your security software. Usually, there is some form of discount if you […]
There are plenty of different features on our computer that we either aren’t sure what they mean or have no idea how to use them. Even the simplest thing like your web browser can change the way you use your computer and make it easier for yourself when it comes to downloads and buying things […]
Everyone was up in arms when it came to Microsoft’s new operating system update. It skipped from Windows 8 to 10 with the makers claiming that ‘this is it’ when it came to updating their systems. Therefore, you’d expect it to be everything that you’d need. Many people are stuck in their ways and refuse […]
