Everyone is online at some point in the day. Some people are online a lot because of work and study. Others may be online for leisurely purposes, communications, shopping, banking, etc. But how safe is it? We thought it would be a good idea to give you some tips of Read more…
Over the last number of weeks, we have looked at Accessibility in MS Word and covered many things. This week we turn our attention to proofing tools in MS Word, those which are available from opening the software and those you need to activate. Let’s get started. What are proofing Read more…
Following on from last weeks’ Tech Review on deep and shallow fake videos, this week we asked Tony McGovern to look at Tik Tok and why this is so successful. What is TikTok? TikTok, it sounds like the last 5 minutes of work stretching on indefinitely preventing you from getting out and enjoying your night. Read more…
We hope you had a lovely Easter break. The last blog post (pre-Easter) was on the theme of Tabs and Accessibility in MS Word. This week, we would like to elaborate on the use of Tables. It would appear tables fall out of and into vogue from time to time. Read more…
How does one know video content is legit with all the content that gets shared on social media? This week, we asked Tony McGovern to give us an overview of deep fake and shallow fake videos. Here’s what Tony has to say. Everyone enjoys scrolling through social media. You see Read more…
This week, we tasked our colleague Tony McGovern to check out some of the more widely used communication Apps. Here’s what Tony had to say! Communication used to be a simple process. You would walk up to a person and talk to them. This has evolved into the form of Read more…
There is much about accessibility which we are still learning and want to share with you and last week we touched upon the Pilcrow, gave some historical context and a rough guide to how we use it now. This week we’ll still be using the Pilcrow to demonstrate good and Read more…
Last week and the week before, we set Tony McGovern the task of exploring Twitter Spaces and Messenger Rooms (from Facebook). These are two competing social media platforms which allow users to create group chats. Tony did a great job here and continues to compare and contrast the two social Read more…
Needless to say, over the weeks and months we have been looking at and highlighting accessibility issues across the board. Looking at other blog posts on the DigiKnow main site will show we have covered the use of text, images, video, audio, etc., and how to improve accessibility. This is Read more…
What are Messenger Rooms? This was the question we posed to our colleague Tony McGovern this week. Messenger Rooms are group-chat rooms. These are Facebook services but you don’t need a Facebook account to use them! These group chats can be video or audio and are multi-platform. You can use this service via Messenger, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram Read more…