The Windows 10 phone app means that you can get instant access to your Android phone’s photos and texts on your computer.  Here’s how to get it: (more…)

After losing 74% of its value so far this year, Bitcoin’s value, and that of other crypto-currencies have continued to fall this month as a sell-off takes place in what some see as the natural course for the market, and as another opportunity to buy crypto-currencies at a low price. (more…)

A report by OpenSignal has highlighted how the fact that smartphone users in 33 countries get faster average download speeds using a mobile network than Wi-Fi means that mobile operators and smartphone makers need to ensure that consumers’ smartphones aren’t simply pushed onto a Wi-Fi network, only to receive a worse experience than the mobile network. (more…)

Google has begun the global rollout of its new ‘hashtags’ feature in Google Maps, which allows users to add hashtags to the end of the reviews they write, thereby helping others to find local attractions and businesses. (more…)

Ride-hailing (and now bike and scooter-hiring) service Uber has been handed a £385,000 fine by the ICO for data protection failings during a cyber-attack back in 2016. (more…)

A report by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has shown that as 42% of consumers have received communications from businesses they had not given permission to contact them (since GDPR came into force), this could be a key reason why consumer trust in businesses is still at a low level. (more…)

Vision Direct has been a victim of a co-ordinated cyber breach courtesy of a hack attack. The company stated that nearly 6,000 customers credit card details used between November 3rd and 8th 2018 have been affected by this grotesque cyber crime. (more…)

A former British Army soldier, Phil Kimpton, spoke to the BBC about how he landed on ‘civvy street’ with depression and without a plan for the future. However, undeterred, Phil embarked on a training and networking journey that led him to become a cyber security expert. (more…)

The Information Commissioner’s Office has appointed its first ‘Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence’. Dr Reuben Binns, a leading academic in this field, will according to the ICO explore the dynamics of AI and data protection through the context of framework planning. (more…)

London’s finest, the Metropolitan Police, have been investigated by the Information Commissioner’s Office who have found that their use and deployment of a so-called ‘Gangs Matrix was an egregious breach of current data protection laws. (more…)