Monetising Movement (Your Geo-Data)
In this feature, we take a look at how a multi-billion-dollar market obtains, uses, and sells our location data. Report A GVR report estimates that the global location intelligence market was worth USD 12.2 billion in 2020. This market uses our phone/device location data. There are many different interlinked players in this market ecosystem from […]
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What’s Going On With Facebook?
After experiencing two outages in a week, one lasting more than six hours, and a whistleblower at a Senate Committee hearing alleging potentially harmful effects from Facebook’s algorithms, some are asking ‘what’s going on with Facebook?’ Whistleblower Recently identified former Facebook employee turned whistleblower, Frances Haugen, was found to be behind a series of leaks reported […]
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Proposed Ban For Mass Facial Recognition & ‘Predictive’ Policing
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for a ban on the use of AI-based predictive policing systems and the processing of biometric data that leads to mass surveillance. Areas The resolution seeks to ban the use of facial recognition technology and AI in several key areas: – Police use of facial recognition technology […]
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This Is Why The Hospitality Sector Is Suffering
The hospitality industry has faced its own set of unique challenges over the last 2 years but has it opened a pandora’s box of issues that won’t simply fizzle away once the pandemic situation settles? Let’s take a closer look… Business Expenses On The Rise? There are fixed and variable costs for every hospitality business. […]
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What Are Foldable Phones?
With the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 phone being the latest foldable phone in the spotlight, we take a closer look at what foldable phones are, their advantages, their disadvantages, and likely future development. Foldable As the name suggests, foldable phones have either a flexible screen, with a hinge that bisects the handset/device so that the […]
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Loss of a Legend : Sir Clive Sinclair
The inventor, innovator, EV pioneer (with the C5), electronics and tech businessman Sir Clive Sinclair died recently, aged 81. Circuit Design Born in Richmond, Surrey in 1940, and knighted in 1983 for his contributions to the UK’s computer industry, Sir Clive Sinclair started out by designing a circuit for a DIY kit radio (while studying […]
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Laser Broadband Success
Alphabet subsidiary X, the Moonshot Factory’s ‘Project Taara’ is claiming 99.9 per cent uptime within the first 20 days of a light beam/laser broadband project. What Is It? Laser-based broadband uses wireless optical communications (WOC), which has been described as “like fibre, but without the cables”. In short, invisible beams of light, about the width of […]
Read moreEscaping The Theft Of €150,000
We often talk about the importance of taking measures to protect your business’s email inbox, but is the proof in the pudding? Absolutely! The rundown One of Astaris’ customers, a large gin botanical importer, had agreed on an order from their supplier in Serbia, at a price of €150,000. Right before the transaction was due […]
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What Is ‘Doxing’?
In this article, we look at what doxing is, the legality of it, some examples of doxing, and we consider what we can do to protect ourselves and our businesses from attack. What Is Doxing? Doxing is a term meaning for dropping (personal) dox where ‘dox’ is a slang term for documents. Doxing is a […]
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‘Smart’ Glasses?
With Google and Amazon (plus soon-to-be Facebook and Apple) getting into making ‘Smart Glasses’, we take a brief look at what different types are currently being used for, plus we look at the vision for the future of these promising wearables. What Are Smart Glasses? Smart glasses are glasses that incorporate wireless connectivity/Bluetooth and other […]
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Birth dates Becoming Required For Social Logins
The introduction of the Age Appropriate Design Code (also known as the Children’s Code) by the ICO means that Facebook has decided to ask Instagram users to give their date of birth as part of the login. Age Appropriate Design Code The statutory Children’s Code (‘The Age Appropriate Design Code’), which came into force on […]
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The Ultimate IT Membership
The training program What does professionally managed IT mean? Let’s break it down. Having your IT professionally managed by Astaris means we’ll take all the stress and trouble out of IT (because we understand your skills are running a gym, not running a network). Getting to know your new IT support membership just became even […]
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