Last week, I was talking about the environmental cost of electronics, and since then I’ve had lots of questions about how to properly dispose of things you don’t use any more.   Well – there are three steps to this. First you need to sort through any old equipment you’ve got knocking around the house –… Read More »

I was browsing the tech news this week and came across a story that you might have seen – either now or when the research was first published this time last year.  It’s about the environmental cost of sending an email – and I thought it was a really interesting example of how stories (particularly… Read More »

If you have a Google account, you might have been sent an email last week about Google Photos.  I know a lot of you use it to back up photos taken on your smartphone – I certainly do.  But in case you didn’t get it – here’s the gist… Ever since Google Photos launched in… Read More »

If you use Google apps on a tablet or smartphone (or on their website, actually) – things like Gmail for email, Google Drive for storing files online or the Google calendar app – you might have noticed some new icons. Don’t worry – they haven’t actually changed things very much, they’ve just decided that we’ve… Read More »

This week, I’ve got a few tips for you to help improve the sound or picture quality when you’re making a video call.  I’d have mentioned these a few months ago if I’d thought about them, but you know what they say – better late than never! Most of these tips are for if you… Read More »