Kieran Colfer

When it comes to cybercrime, phishing is the most common weapon a criminal uses to obtain one’s personal information, via breaking into their online accounts. Phishing has become so prevalent over the last decade, more people are becoming victims to it each year. It is important to know what phishing email scams are, how to spot them, and what to do when you’ve clicked on one. What are phishing emails? Phishing emails are a way for cyber criminals to try and trick victims into giving over personal information. They will often send emails that look like they are from a…

Years ago, USB flash drives were amazing for storing and transferring files like music and movies with friends and family. All you had to do was hand over the USB flash drive and plug it into a computer. Today, USB flash drives have more or less become obsolete as cloud storage and transfer solutions like Google Drive, Dropbox & Airdrop make it easier than ever to send larger files – eliminating the need of carrying a flash drive. As a result, most USB devices people own are stored in a random drawer somewhere, collecting a whole lot of dust. Well,…

If you have just started a new business and are looking for potential visitors to check out your brand-new website, or you have already had a website for your business for a while and would just like to explore new ways to get more clicks on your site, adopting new tactics can help your business’s site gain more exposure which can lead to more customers. This article will go over some useful tactics that you can use to drive more potential customers to your business’s website. Advertising on social media Advertising is one of the most important things a business…

Video games are an industry that is bigger than sports and movies. The market is worth billions of dollars and each year, that value only keeps increasing as new innovative video games are developed for gamers to play and spend money on. With all the growth, there are plenty of opportunities to find employment within the booming industry. Working as a Video Game Store Employee Working at a video game store, either temporarily or permanently, is a great stepping stone when finding employment within the games industry. Although the pay isn’t that great, video game store employees usually have early…

Whether you want to make a one-off donation this Holiday season or you and friends are planning to make a video game fundraising event, there are many fantastic gaming-related charities that are worth fundraising for. These charities positively impact the lives of many people, including disabled and sick children. SpecialEffect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZgV1GPlpE4 SpecialEffect is a UK charity which helps disabled people, specifically children, to have the ability to play video games. The charity works with different manufactures and developers to develop controllers or other devices specifically specialised to make video gaming easier. A technology that SpecialEffect has developed, is an eye-tracking…

Since the existence of video games, there has been an age-old argument to whether video games make people lazy, corrupt the minds of young children or provide any beneficial value to gamers lives. In this article, I am going to outline some interesting benefits everyone can gain from playing video games! Video Games improve your leadership skills When you play video games, sometimes you must take the role of leading a team of soldiers into battle. Showing leadership in most games tends to reward the player with special power ups or cosmetics you can use in-game. Researchers have noted that when…

Google products are packed with quality features that provide us with the convenience to do anything on the internet. Whether it is searching for something on Google’s search engine or uploading documents into Google Drive. We all rely on Google products to get important things done. With the ever-increasing privacy concerns from Google, did you know there are alternative services and products that are just as good and respect your data and privacy? In this article, I am going to tell you about some great products that are worth looking at! Google search alternatives Did you know that there are…

Every day, we log into many different websites on the internet. Whether it is logging into YouTube to look at that cat video a friend sent you, or you simply want to check your online banking account. With all these accounts, we must remember many different passwords to log in to each one. As a result, we tend to re-use the same passwords because it is just way more convenient. The problem with re-using the same passwords Chances are that most people who are reading this article are re-using the same password for every single account they have made online.…

As reported by Jason Schreier at Bloomberg, next year’s Call of Duty game developed by Treyarch will be delayed until 2024. This sort of news has been long awaited for the Call of Duty franchise, and it’s most certainly going to be a benefit for the players and developers alike. Crunch It’s no secret that over the last few years, Call of Duty games have taken a turn for the worst. The quality of the games has declined massively due to crunch that is put onto the developers to get a new title out each year. In recent years, stories…

If you’re one of these people that love to work from the comfort of your home, there are plenty of home business ideas out there to make money. If you’ve been thinking about starting a home business and are looking for some ideas, here are some profitable home business ideas that you can literally start today. Run a blog You may think blogging is outdated, but it’s actually more popular than ever. Every day, hundreds of people start a new blog about all diverse kinds of interests. Many people like to blog about their daily lives, their favourite hobbies, travelling,…