The Q1 2024 smartphone market share shows Apple relegated to #2, with Samsung tin the top spot. Percentages subject to change without notice.
Metadata secretly exposes data – yours. You may not have heard of it but you need to take steps to ensure your data remains private.
Planes and power banks – the 100Wh rule is now strictly enforced following a slew of Lithium-ion power bank recalls and fires.
YouTube blocks ad blockers – The only way to see Ad-free YouTube content is to subscribe to YouTube Premium. Read why this is a good thing.
If you have downloaded the Temu or Shein app or used their websites these steps may help protect your privacy from these data harvesters.
Shein has emerged as the fast fashion player. But can you have that and privacy as well? It appears cheap and privacy are mutually exclusive.
Temu – the cheap Chinese shopping site has been revealed as a thinly disguised, likely state-sponsored data harvester.
The Digital ID bill was passed in the Australian Senate. It is the best hope we have to minimise rampant ID Theft.
Prepaid mobile plans are good for bill certainty but they lack the flexibility of postpaid plans like International Roaming and more.
Can you trust Google. Well 80% of the world’s smart phone users and 92% of search results indicate that Google is a pretty safe bet.
Can you trust anything in a digital world? The short answer is no and its not going to get better anytime soon.
The 2023 Roy Morgan report on Australia’s most and least trusted brands shows that tech brands do not fare well. Read why.