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Category: MacOS

Privacy is the new black

I am sure you have all been reading – with ever increasing waves of horror – that Facebook data (your data) was used by Cambridge Analytica to aid Donald Trump’s presidental campaign. If you haven’t read about this here is my breakdown… Facebook collects data about its users. Advertising companies use this data and Facebook …

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Add a text bubble to your photos

Years ago Apple used to include a little application on your iMac called Comic Life. It was a cute little application that was only used once a year usual (which might explain why it has been discontinued on the Mac) that you could use to add speech bubbles to your photos at Christmas or birthdays. …

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Bad reporting

I have never read should rubbish in all my life Be warned, as you read this you might think this is in no way related to your Mac and your particular setup, but I implore you to push on because it is not actually about Apple or Macs per se. One of the driving forces …

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POS for the rest of us

Ok, picture this. You have a small business, or you sell cakes at the bus depot markets or do anything that requires the taking of money. In the past you have been limited to cash or spending bigly (thank you Mr Trump) on renting a credit card machine from the bank. If you are running …

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Meltdown and Spectre

Another year and another round of exploits and serious ones at that. This time it’s the fault of Intel and over curious security experts that have discovered a serious flaw in the very chip that powers almost every device on the planet. IBM, Dell, Acer, and sadly Apple are embroiled in this very serious security …

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