Mark Serrels

Facebook now lets you delete third

Amid increased pressure in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook has released a new tool designed to help you more easily manage the third party apps that have access to your data.  Previously if you wanted to delete third-party apps from your Facebook page you had to delete them one by one. But …

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Survey: 31 percent of tech workers say they will delete Facebook

In the wake of the Facebook scandal, with 50 million users potentially having their data passed along to Cambridge Analytica and used for political profiling, many have called on people to #deletefacebook.  Yep, it even has a hashtag. A new survey from the app “Blind‘ found that up to 31 percent of tech workers are planning to delete Facebook. Blind is …

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Vodafone TV lets you watch whatever the hell you want

Vodafone is about to take its NBN plans to the farthest reaches of Australia (read: Brisbane, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Perth and Tasmania, as well as the Melbourne and Sydney markets it’s been operating in) so it’s decided to make some announcements to sweeten the deal.  Vodafone First is Vodafone TV, a fairly open Android TV box that will retail at …

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Samsung Galaxy S8, Note 8 phones will soon get Android 8.0 Oreo

If you’re on a specific carrier in a specific country, your Samsung Galaxy S8 or Note 8 may already have the Android 8.0 Oreo update, but many are still waiting. In an update on Samsung’s community site, the electronics giant announced a rollout for all S8 and Note 8 phones (including unlocked phones) should be complete within three weeks. “We understand …

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How to make sure Facebook isn’t scraping your call data

An Ars Technica investigation discovered Sunday that Facebook has been gathering phone and message metadata from Android phones. Facebook claims it does not sell this data and that it was always an “opt-in” feature. Regardless, if you want to make sure Facebook isn’t collecting this data, it’s a fairly easy process and there’s no real good reason to leave those permissions …

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Ryan Gosling isn’t a graphic designer for a cryptocurrency is he?

On the face of it MIROSKII looks like any normal initial coin offering for a brand new cryptocurrency.  Buzzwords, “banking without bankers”, a team of cryptocurrency experts working together on a new piece of ground breaking technology. Great stuff.  But then you scroll down its list of advisors and notice something a bit weird.  Is that… Ryan Gosling? Meet Kevin …

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Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ Australian pricing and pre

Samsung has just revealed its pricing for the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus. You can expect to pay AU$1,199 for the 64GB version and AU$1,349 for the 256GB version. The S9 Plus will cost AU$1,349 for 64GB and AU$1,499 for 256GB. The phone is available in Coral Blue, Midnight Black and the new Lilac Purple colourway.  The phone will officially be released …

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Steven Seagal has a cryptocurrency now. It’s bad

When dealing with the wild west that is cryptocurrency in 2018, a good general rule: Everything is a scam unless you can prove otherwise. Excessive marketing is a red flag. But perhaps the biggest red flag of all? Hiring Steven Seagal to be your worldwide brand ambassador. But that’s precisely what Bitcoiin2gen (B2G) has done.  From Team SeagalSteven Seagal has …

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