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Category: Blog

This Asus PC case monitors your dust filter so you don’t have to

2024-04-062024-04-06 Danie
Side view of a black computer case, with a dust filter mesh resting against the side of the case.

Traditionally, one would have to periodically check the status of the dust filtering on a PC case, but that’s not the case (pun intended!) with the Asus ProArt PA602. This chassis has a fancy infrared […]

Blogcases, dust, technology

German state of Schleswig-Holstein ditches Windows, Microsoft Office for Linux and LibreOffice

2024-04-042024-04-04 Danie
An old fashioned wooden sailing ship in the background on a canal. On both sides of the canal are tall wooden houses with Tudor style-woodwork. In the foreground is a group of penguins.

Schleswig-Holstein, Germany’s most northern state, is starting its switch from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice, and is planning to move from Windows to Linux on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functions. The announcement […]

Blogdatasovereignty, germany, opensource, technology

Android’s Find My Device network settings FINALLY start going live for some users

2024-04-042024-04-04 Danie
Smartphone with screen showing a title Device finders, and Find my Device set to on.

Nearly a year ago at Google I/O, the new “Find My Device” network for trackers was announced for Android, but then delayed indefinitely for the benefit of iPhone users. Now, finally, the network is starting […]

Blogandroid, technology, trackers

UK govt office admits ability to negotiate billions in cloud spending curbed by vendor lock-in

2024-04-042024-04-04 Danie
Man sitting at a boardroom table examining a piece of paper. Around him are positioned various other executives.

It’s one of the points I’ve been making since the beginning of enterprise cloud services. It’s not to say necessarily that a cloud service is bad, but you have no control (and often no easy […]

Blogcloud, technology, UK, vendorlockin

Overview of Memories Advanced Photo Management Suite that installs inside Nextcloud

2024-04-012024-04-01 Danie
Memories open-source selfhosted photo management with an image showing a whole lot of polaroid style photos scattered on a table

Memories is a fast, modern and advanced photo management suite, that installs quickly and easily inside Nextcloud. My video contrasts it with the Photos app that comes with Nextcloud, and highlights some reasons why you […]

Blogopensource, photomanagement, selfhosting, technology

Android 15 may be taking privacy to a whole new level by hiding locations even from the network

2024-03-302024-03-30 Danie
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In a surprise move that’s more iPhone than iPhone, it looks like Android may be taking privacy to the next level, with new devices able to hide their locations even from their networks. Even more […]

Blogprivacy, technology

LocalSend and SnapDrop can be used for universal AirDrop instead of pushing to Apple

2024-03-302024-03-30 Danie
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Firstly, Airdop only works to other Apple devices, but there is a lot more to the world than just Apple devices! These open source (private and secure despite what Apple claims) apps will do universal […]

Blogalternativeto, filetransfer, opensource, technology

Proton Pass now supports passkeys on all devices and plans: Beating Bitwarden to mobile devices

2024-03-292024-03-29 Danie
Popup window with title Passkey, and itemises information underneath such as username, domain, key, and created date.

Passkeys are an easy and secure alternative to traditional passwords that can help prevent phishing attacks and make your online experience smoother and safer. Unfortunately, Big Tech’s rollout of this technology prioritized using passkeys to […]

Blogopensource, passkeys, ProtonPass, security, technology

ActivityPub plugin for WordPress Adds Your WordPress Site to the Fediverse

2024-03-292024-03-29 Danie
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This plugin effectively turns your WordPress blog into a one-person Mastodon (or another microblog) instance on the Fediverse. You carry on doing your blogs as normal, but anyone from right across the Fediverse can find […]

Blogblogging, fediverse, technology, wordpress

Google Just Revealed When Apple Will Officially Adopt RCS: Possible Northern Hemisphere Fall 2024

2024-03-292024-03-29 Danie
Woman smiling at, and holding a smartphone. Title text says "better messaging for all. Apple has announced it will be adopting RCS in the fall of 2024. Once that happens, it will mean a better messaging experience for everyone".

The Android developer just published an updated landing page for Google Messages, showing off key features ranging from customization, privacy and security, and, of course, AI. On this landing page, there are different sections for […]

Blogapple, interoperability, RCS, technology

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