Google has made it easier to make quoted searches by adding snippets to search results to help users save time in locating a phrase in a web page. Quoted Searches Quoted Searches are searches where the search term is placed within quotation marks to find an exact match in the […]
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What Is GitHub, GitLab etc?
In this insight, we take a look at what GitHub and GitLab are and why they are important in the world of software development. GitHub, from GitHub Inc., is a not-for-profit website and cloud-based hosting service for open-source development projects – it is the largest open-source host. It helps developers, […]
Read MoreSpotting Fake Reviews And Dubious Ratings On Amazon
Following Amazon suing the admins of more than 10,000 Facebook groups over an alleged co-ordinated fake reviews campaign, we look at how to spot fake reviews and dubious ratings on Amazon.
Read More1976 Apple Expected To Fetch Around $500,000 (£400,000)
A 1976 Apple-1 prototype, believed to have been owned by Steve Jobs and hand-soldered by Steve Wozniack is being auctioned and is expected to fetch around $500,000 (£400,000).
Read MorePlaying Video Games For Long Periods Isn’t Bad For You
Why do we believe spending time playing video / online games is bad for us when a new study has concluded that there is little to no evidence for a causal connection between game play and well-being.
Read MoreHands On Our Best Bits! – Issue 17
All the top picks from our social medias including our article on how many people are still homeworking, our brilliant new YouTube video on how to print a document to PDF, a warning that online scams are not just email-based, how to keep your hardware cool in the hot weather and what to do on National Lazy Day. ?
Read MoreHow Many People Are Homeworking Now?
With an ONS survey showing that from October to December 2019 and January to March 2022, homeworking in the UK more than doubled from 4.7 million to 9.9 million people, we take a closer look at the figures and what’s behind them. COVID 19 Pandemic Triggered Huge Rise In Homeworking […]
Read MoreWhere Do People Get Their News From?
With young people now unlikely to read newspapers or watch the TV news and following the latest Ofcom report, we look at which channels people get their news from. Decline Of Printed Newspapers Newspaper readership has been declining for many years but the drop in readership during the pandemic years […]
Read MoreWindows Overflow Added To Taskbar
For those who have so many apps open that they run out of space on the taskbar, Microsoft is adding an overflow button where the excess ones can be access. Overflow – Button With Three Dots For those who need it (i.e. those who are in the habit of having […]
Read MoreHot Weather & Hardware
In this tech-insight, we look how extreme heat can affect IT hardware and what measures you can take to keep the equipment cool and prevent damage. High Temperatures Hot weather UK-style is not normally a problem. With an average temperature here of about 14 °C, temperatures over 30 °C are a fairly rare […]
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