Chat apps that promise to prevent your messages being accessed by strangers are under scrutiny again following last week's terror attack in London.

By Leo Kelion
Technology desk editor

Identify and block spammers, search for unknown numbers, call friends and much more! With a community-based spam list from over 250 million users, Truecaller is the only phone app you’ll ever need.

Scam calls can be unsettling and are potentially harmful to you if you fall for them. These calls are made by criminals with the intent to get hold of your identity and your money.

After receiving both computer and IRS scam calls I am examining why I answer a call from someone I don't know. This is a question I believe we all earnestly need to ask ourselves.

If a call feels wrong, it likely is - a scam.
By recognizing a call is a scam,
you can without conversation, upset or harm to yourself,
- hang up.

Apollo The International Art Magazine - November 2016

Art UK

These days, access to public collections is as much a matter of their digital
reach as it is of visitor facilities or convenient opening hours. 

Houston Patch - October 2016

usnews.com - September 2016

Look at the top of your screen. Do you have a webcam?

If you don't, breathe easy.

If you do, and it isn't covered right now, it really should be,
according to FBI Director James Comey.

Singularityhub.com - October 2016

Over the last few decades, a new wave of science has been infused into the world of food in the form of molecular gastronomy. By definition, food preparation and cooking involve physical and chemical changes, and molecular gastronomy simply uses scientific principles to take food in new technical and even artistic directions.

It’s also a great excuse to have some fun with liquid nitrogen.

Forbes - October 2016

The ink has barely dried on telecom giant AT&T’s over $80 billion cash and stock takeover of Time Warner, the owner of HBO, Warner Bros. and CNN, but the mega-deal is already creating waves in the media industry. 

BBC News - October 2016

First mandated in 2008 and implemented in 2012, the emergency alert system is why everything from AMBER alerts to extreme weather warnings appear uninvited on your smartphone.

The US has slowly withdrawn from its early role as key administrator of the Internet.

It is my hope to help each person who visits this blog to increase their awareness of and understanding of -- technology - to assist each visitor's ability to better cope and function in our ever changing world.

There are varying levels of information here. Technology (Tech) matters!

Observation and a willingness to commune with nature begins to unlock facets about what is going on. In this frame of mind one enters into a world that can otherwise just appear to be a backdrop.

This frame of thought begins to hint at how to unlock the mysteries of working with technology and claiming your place within the Internet community.

Building blocks: Basic level. MAC & PC

Pre-requiste: Ability to create files and folders

Bringing clarity to fuzziness

Technical tip: Stickies

Stickies is an app for Apple Macintosh computers (desktop and laptop) that puts Post-it-note-like windows on the screen, for the user to write short reminders, notes and other clippings (actually anything you can type or drag in can be stored here.) wikipedia.