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When you search in the Start Menu in Windows 11 you will find that Microsoft have a Smart Search feature that can offer you what it believes are relevant searches and even adverts.  You might not want these though, especially if you have already set your…

When you choose to purchase cloud services for your business or organisation you might be concerned about the sustainability of those services, or whether in purchasing services run from major datacentres you’re actually making the problem of climate change worse. The simple truth is that…

We all want the batteries in our mobile devices to last for longer, so we don’t find ourselves having battery anxiety before the end of the day.  Fortunately Google have added useful battery management features to Android, you can find these in Settings under Battery. Some of…

Your smart speaker is listening to you.  Don’t just take my word for it as there have been hundreds of articles in newspapers and magazines, and on websites, detailing how they are listening to, and even recording everyday conversations in your home, and how they’ve…

Sometimes you want to switch from using one web browser to another, perhaps you have received a new PC, or maybe you’ve just changed your mind or heard stories about your current web browser that you don’t like. Fortunately, all the major browser makers make…

It can be tricky choosing a new smartphone to purchase.  The manufacturers of all the big Android handsets, Samsung, OnePlus, Xiaomi, Oppo and more all target their advertising at how great their new handsets are, how much the cameras have improved, and how you’ll really…