How often do you double check the credentials of a Google Play Store app before you click the buy button? Does it depend on what you’re downloading? What if the app has multiple entries? Popular Google Play Store apps with numerous download options should set your internal alarm bells ringing, and in many cases can […]
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Did you know that when you take a photo, you aren’t just taking a photo? The resulting JPG or RAW file actually contains more information than the simple bits and pixels that make up the scene you shot — this extra bit of information is called EXIF data. EXIF data (Exchangeable Image File) can include things like the make […]
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You don’t need a data plan to get information from the Internet: sometimes a text is enough. Whether you’re temporarily away from 3G connectivity or just avoid paying for data plans altogether, this can come in handy. You’ve maybe forgotten that SMS exists, using one of the many messenger apps on the market today instead. […]
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Copy, one of the many cloud storage providers on the market, is shutting down on May 1. With its generous 15 GB offered for free, it was a popular storage option — but now you’ll need to get any data stored in the service out by May 1, 2016 or it will be gone forever. […]
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We all think we have more privacy than we really do. We take privacy for granted in two ways: either by believing that people are more benevolent than they really are, or by believing that privacy breaches “could never happen to me“. But these things always blindside you, partly because they come from the places you […]
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