KANE'S TECH TIPS:
SUNDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 2024
Welcome to another low down on all the latest Tech news, Tips and Tricks to help you keep up to date with the latest from the Tech world!
You can hear the feature On Air on a Sunday with Mark, and throughout the week.
UK - NatWest Group Blocked Messaging Services On Company Devices
NatWest Group has blocked messaging services WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Skype on company devices in the UK to stop staff using them to communicate with each other.
The bank had already told employees to stick to "approved channels" for conversations about business matters.
But now it has gone further and made the platforms inaccessible on work phones and computers.
Read More: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgl72lrd50o
Source: BBC News
Mobile Phone Coverage Provided To South Uist
Mobile phone coverage has been provided to parts of the Western Isles for the first time, according to Virgin Media O2.
A communications mast was installed on South Uist as part of the £1bn Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme, which was set up to tackle "not spots" - areas with poor or no mobile phone coverage.
Virgin Media O2 said the new site provided a reliable signal for all mobile networks in South Uist.
It is the first location to be completed as part of the programme's second phase of work.
Read More: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crezxr53lqyo
Source: BBC News
Google Beefing Up Android's Google Play Protect Service
Google is beefing up its malware detection with new protections designed to suss out ever-sneakier bad actors.
Android’s Google Play Protect service is getting an update called live threat detection which seeks out potentially harmful apps on your phone by analyzing app behavior and alerts you in realtime if something looks fishy.
The update was first announced at Google I/O earlier this year and is available now to Pixel 6 and newer phones. It should come to additional non-Pixel Android phones from Lenovo, OnePlus, Nothing, and Oppo, among others “in the coming months.”
Source: The Verge
App Of The Week
This weeks app of the week is called Pinnit
This app will require permissions to access all other apps on your phone, but for a good cause—it ensures all your notifications remain pinned at the top of the notification pane, until you unpin it, that is.
It pins all notifications by default, and even tapping "Clear" in the pull-down notification pane will not remove pinned items. They will remain there until you purposely unpin those.
This app is free to download on Android devices only.
App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.sasikanth.pinnit2
🛡️ Security Corner 🛡️
Most of us at some point have been unable to access important data, whether it's work documents, photos, videos, contact details or other personal information.
Making backups doesn't take very long, and can usually be set up to take place automatically. So a little planning in advance to make backups could save you a lot of stress should the worst happen.
