An all-electric ferry capable of carrying roughly 30 vehicles and 200 passengers has completed its maiden voyage The e-ferry, Ellen, crossed waters between the ports of Soby and Fynshav in the south of Denmark. The ship is powered by a battery system with a capacity of 4.3 megawatt hours. TheRead More →
McAfee My favourite internet security software is McAfee – others are available. TIP – I have always found the best deals are available if you buy the physical product either in store or from an online shop – not by download. (See below). Example deal Argos £5.99 – McAfee TotalRead More →
Apache Open Office suite of programs. If you haven’t tried it yet you really should check it out. It’s an excellent piece of software. Apache OpenOffice is an open-source office software suite providing, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It’s available in many languages and works on allRead More →
What is what3words? What3words is a really simple way to find any location, anywhere in the world. It is a geocoding system for the communication of locations. It encodes geographic coordinates into three dictionary words. Simple and brilliant Essentially, it points to a very specific location, using words not numbers.Read More →
A disaster waiting to happen A privacy nightmare is how campaigners labelled Amazon’s new initiative allowing people to ask Alexa for medical advice from the UK National Health Service. It’s a ‘data protection disaster waiting to happen.’ Patients apparently can now receive NHS approved answers to basic medical enquiries suchRead More →
UK tech start-up Antstream A little know UK tech’ start-up, Anstream, creates online retro game streaming platform. UK based business, Antstream says it wants to bring a streaming experience to retro gaming enthusiasts. In the company’s own words, Antstream is the World’s first retro game streaming subscription service. No downloads, no fiddlyRead More →
Online security is important! Hacking and cyber-attacks have become part of our everyday online lives, and we need to take these threats very seriously. There is much we can do to protect ourselves online. Here are a few simple steps we can all take to help keep our online livesRead More →
U.S. Justice Department investigation The U.S. Justice Department has announced an investigation into large U.S. technology companies, examining whether they are unfairly restricting and stifling competition. The investigation will most likely look at the dominating power of tech’ giants such as: Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon. Too big and tooRead More →
On Monday, China launched a new tech stock market, the Science and Technology Innovation Board, STAR Market. Shares surged in early trading, partly due to oversubscription by retail investors in IPO shares. China boasts the second largest equity market behind the United States and is trying to improve the credibilityRead More →
Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency criticised at Senate hearing Facebook’s new cryptocurrency plan has come under attack at a U.S. Senate hearing. Politicians are calling the company ‘delusional’ and untrustworthy. The Senate officials had been grilling Facebook executive David Marcus over the tech giant’s intention to launch its own digital currency. FacebookRead More →