Following on from yesterday’s article about how to backup your Instagram photos the next step for some may be to delete your Instagram account altogether. It’s very easy to do – just visit http://instagram.com/accounts/remove/request/ and, if prompted, login prior to verifying your attention to close your Instgram account. Be careful though as this is a one way process. …
Category: Legal
May 25 2012
Call Me – Save Yourself a Call to Amazon
A couple of days ago I found that my replacement Kindle DX which I had in my possession for just two weeks succumbed to the screen failure issue that the original Kindle DX suffered. Needless to say I was a bit annoyed by this turn of events as I had not even had the chance to start …
May 02 2012
Boydo’s Kindle DX Goes to Heaven
Well, just a few days out of warranty my Kindle DX went to heaven after suffering a fatal screen failure. Unfortunately, I was unable to get a free replacement unit (which is fair enough given that I am outside the warranty period) but my wife was able to get her Kindle replaced a few days …
Apr 02 2012
An Easier Way to Monitor Google Apps E-mail Accounts
This tip is aimed at those of you who are using Google Apps with your personalised domain name and want to monitor the e-mail communications conducted under each e-mail address. For a variety of reasons, it’s important to be able to keep track of the e-mail communications undertaken by each user. It could be that …
Feb 22 2012
Keep Informed on Product Recalls
Not all electronic devices are created equally and sometimes, due to poor manufacturing or lack of testing, product recalls are necessary to correct these defects. Companies may take out newspaper ads, attempt to contact customers based upon their product registration details and perhaps even television ads (if they are brave). Anyway, there is something you …
Feb 15 2012
R18+ Classification for Video Games – Nearly There
It’s been in the news today but I thought this topic was worth mentioning. I’ve also written about this in the past, specifically: R18+ Video Games – One Step Closer R18+ Computer Games Classification – Its Time Will Come Draft R18+ Guidelines for Computer Games Released Today, a bill was introduced into Federal Parliament to …
Jan 18 2012
The Web Goes Dark Over SOPA
This has been in the mainstream news a bit but I thought I’d cover this off briefly here for the sake of awareness. Wikipedia, one of the most popular websites on the web has gone dark in opposition to SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) which is a bill that will be tabled in the United …
Jan 13 2012
Amazon Saves Heartache Over a Broken Kindle
A few nights ago my wife turned on her Kindle only to find that the top half of the screen would remain stuck on what had been on the screensaver while the lower half would refresh (apart from some minor glitches). We both didn’t have a good feeling about it and numerous attempts to switch …
Jan 04 2012
Making Digital Copies of Legal Documents
You might have seen in the news today an article about a Canadian man who used his iPad to gain entry to the USA after leaving his passport back at home which was two hours away from the border. In a nutshell, he was able to cross the border by providing a digital copy of …
Jan 02 2012
Hackers… In… SPAAAAAACE
It’s been a game of cat and mouse between regional governments around the world and people wanting to keep information flowing and free from restrictions and censorship imposed by local authorities. The web is proving to be something that governments do not fully or properly understand as they seemingly bend to the will of large …
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