Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Apple Shines…Facebook Treachery Deepens

“Education then, beyond all others devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men.” - Horace Mann

Tech News and Opinions

Everything Apple revealed at its 'field trip' event

Apple is ready to make a major push into the education market and during its keynote in Chicago this morning, the company revealed how it plans to make students and teachers fall in love with Apple.

Apple unveils new $329 iPad to take on Chromebook in schools

At its education event in Chicago on Tuesday, Apple showed off a new iPad to help get ahead in the classroom. $299 for students.

Facebook Collected Your Android Call History and SMS Data For Years

If you installed Facebook Messenger app on your Android device, there are chances that the company had been collecting your contacts, SMS, and call history data at least until late last year. Not on iOS devices.

Facebook knows literally everything about you

Facebook's terms and conditions are a giant lie. They are purposely misleading, too long and too broad. So you can't just read the company's terms of service and understand what it knows about you.

FTC to investigate if Facebook violated privacy settlement

Federal regulators are investigating to see if Facebook violated a settlement in 2011, which forced the company to undergo regular privacy screenings for 20 years.


Desktop and Laptop Tips and Tricks

7 ways you can (maybe) get Microsoft Office 365 for free

Do you dream of making slides, writing reports, and calculating columns of numbers without cracking open your wallet? If so, have we've got seven (possible) deals for you.

Google Search starts rolling out mobile-first indexing

Google has found that relying only on the desktop version can cause issues for mobile searchers because desktop content sometimes differs from mobile content.

How to Delete Your Phone Contacts from Facebook

if you want keep Facebook from filling in the gaps by collecting data about your friends from you—or worse, records of your call data—it’s easy to shut your devices up.

Securing Facebook: Keep your data safe with these privacy settings

Here's Facebook privacy settings explained. Don't let your personal information get into the wrong hands.

Windows 10 vs Windows 7: Microsoft's newer OS is almost 'twice as secure'

The volume of malware seen on Windows 10 devices is far lower than on Windows 7 machines, says security firm.


Mobile Computing

iOS 11.3: Get your iPhone and iPad ready for the biggest update yet

Here's what you need to do to make sure that your upgrade goes smoothly and you don't lose any data.

Best new apps for iPhone and iPad

What are the hottest new apps on the App Store right now? These!

These simple steps will ensure you never lose an Apple device ever again

Here is everything you need to know about Find my iPhone so you never lose any Apple device again.

How To Remove Android Malware From Your Smartphone

If you can still access your Android device, your first step should be to get rid of the infected app, before it tries to infect other devices or does more damage. Here’s how.

World's first Chrome OS tablet arrives but can it steal Apple's iPad thunder?

Acer jumps the gun on Apple's rumored iPad launch with the first Chrome OS tablet for the education market.

The Android tablet market is on life-support

From more than 30,000 respondents, 55 percent said they’d never owned a tablet and weren’t considering owning one either, which is a top-line number that makes sense.

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