May 2019 – Page 33

Bug Caused Twitter to Accidentally Share iOS Users’ Location Data

With all the talk of multiple instances of Facebook not protecting user data and even giving it away willfully, we can’t forget the other social media outlets. As Instagram and SnapChat can leave you vulnerable as well. In fact, Twitter recently blamed a bug for iOS users’ location data accidentally being shared. Twitter Bug Leaks Location Data Twitter has somehow become more than conversations. It’s a sales tool, it’s a political tool, it’s a grievances tool. It’s many, many things, but any time you use any such tool, you are leaving yourself open to potential frailties in the platform. On Monday Twitter announced their platform… Read more

How to Apply Group Policy to Only Non-Administrators in Windows 10

Group Policy makes it a lot easier to configure several settings in Windows. When you change a particular policy, depending on the computer configuration or user configuration, it is applied either to the computer regardless of users or to users regardless of what computer they are using. However, there will be times when you want to apply certain policies, like drive restrictions, to non-administrators only. In those situations, you can create a custom snap-in. Follow the instructions below. Note: Group Policy is only available for Windows Pro and Enterprise users. If you are using Windows Home edition, then this tutorial is not applicable… Read more

How to Add a Relationship to a Contact on Your Mac

If you frequently use Siri on your iOS devices/Mac to call or message contacts, adding relationships to your contacts is an additional way to easily access them. You can specify a certain relationship for a contact quite easily. For example, you can specify that “Sarah” is your sister, and then instead of saying “Siri, call Sarah,” you can simply say, “Siri, call my sister.” It’s a simple and time-saving method which is quite easy to set up. This method essentially adds a contact as a relationship to your own contact card in your Contacts. Another plus point of adding relationships to your contact is that if you… Read more

Get a Lenovo Tab 4 Android Tablet for Under $150

Looking for an iPad but don’t like the high prices? If you’re not married to the idea of an Apple product, consider purchasing a Lenovo Tab 4 Android Tablet for under $150! It’s a 10.1″ tablet with quad-core processor, up to 1.46GHz, 2GB RAM, and 32G storage. Along with the 64-bit quad-core Snapdragon processor that gives you up to 1.4 GHz and the 2GB of RAM, you’ll also get an amazing twenty-hour battery life. That’s enough juice to allow you seamless performance for all your day-to-day tasks. It employs a 5 MP auto-focus camera on the rear and a 2 MP fixed-focus camera on the… Read more

UseNeXT Makes Accessing Usenet Fast and Easy

This is a sponsored article and was made possible by UseNeXT. The actual contents and opinions are the sole views of the author who maintains editorial independence, even when a post is sponsored. Usenet is older than the Internet as we know it. It also happens to be one of the first distributed discussion systems in the world. More importantly to some people, it can also be used for sharing all manner of files. In order to access Usenet, you’ll need a Usenet provider. ISPs used to offer Usenet access, but this is becoming less and less common. That’s where a provider like UseNeXT can… Read more