• Tech News : New Meta Verified Blue Badge Subscription Service

    28th February 2023

    Meta has announced it’s launching its own version of Twitter’s Blue Tick called ‘Meta Verified’ for Facebook and Instagram where users pay a monthly subscription to be verified on the platforms. Announcement  On February 19,...

  • Tech-Insight : Throttling And The “Big Switchoff”

    28th February 2023

    With OpenReach now ‘throttling’ broadband speeds and limiting phone calls as measures designed to gently “nudge” customers to upgrade as the “Big Switchoff” approaches, we look at exactly what’s happening, why, and when. What Is The Great Switchoff? ...

  • Tech News : IT Security Threatened By Professional Burnouts

    28th February 2023

    A Mimecast spokesman has warned that in a labour market already stretched by shortages, Dutch digital resilience could be threatened if more attention isn’t paid to the mental well-being of cyber security professionals. Wanting To...

  • Tech Tip – Send Web Pages To Your Inbox

    28th February 2023

    If you’d like a way to send web pages you find interesting to your inbox rather than bookmarking them in Chrome and forgetting about them, the InboxThis extension may be helpful. Here’s how to use...

  • Tech News : Want Free Hot Water? Have A Server In Your House!

    21st February 2023

    Green distributed computer network heating company Heata is offering to provide up to 4.8kWh of free hot water per day in exchange for installing a business cloud server in your home. Green Distributed Compute Network  Heata,...

  • Featured Article : Usage Based Pricing And Now Hybrid Pricing

    21st February 2023

    Although Openview’s recent second report shows that most SaaS companies used usage-based pricing last year, many are now moving to hybrid models. What Is Usage Based Pricing?  Usage-based pricing (UBP) is a pricing model where...

  • Tech News : 2FA Storm At Twitter

    21st February 2023

    Twitter-owner Elon Musk’s latest decision to turn off SMS 2FA after 20 March unless you pay for Blue Tick has caused another storm of criticism. What And Why?  On 15 February, Twitter announced that: “starting today,...

  • Tech Insight : What Are SPF, DKIM, And DMARC Records?

    21st February 2023

    In this insight, we look at the popular email authentication protocols SPF, DKIM, and DMARC, how they work, why they’re important, and what happens if they’re not set up properly. What Is SPF?  SPF, or...

  • Tech Tip – Useful YouTube Shortcuts

    21st February 2023

    If you’d like a fast and easy way to navigate within YouTube, here are some top keyboard shortcuts. – While watching a YouTube video, use the following letters on their own on the keyboard (no...

  • Featured Article : Do Hackers Get Pensions & Sick Pay?

    15th February 2023

    Kaspersky research has shown that hackers are now being recruited with dark web job ads offering huge salaries and benefits! What?!  According to Kaspersky’s analysis of more than 200,000 employment ads posted on the dark...