Mark Lyndersay

Mark Lyndersay is a writer and photographer based in Trinidad and Tobago. He wrote 1,800 editorial leaders for Guardian Media Limited between 2001 and 2016 and now provides leaders for the T&T Newsday. He writes features and reviews for several publications. His column, BitDepth has examined personal technology issues continuously over the last 27 years. As a photographer, he divides his time between commercial assignments, editorial photography, annual reports and personal projects like Local Lives, which examines the backstory of life and culture in Trinidad and Tobago.

The wired Prime Minister

"Once I became comfortable with the word processor everything changed."

The razor’s edge – Tools for shaving

Canned shaving creams are a terrible and cruel joke and you’re better off building a lather with a neutral soap like Pears or Neutrogena.

NIBTT closed to assess Boxing Day ransomware attack

The NIBTT has reported the incident to the Trinidad and Tobago Cyber Security Incident Response Team (TT-CSIRT) under the Ministry of National Security.

My favorite things: iOS apps

Software admitted to the iOS app store must abide by Apple's strict guidelines on what software can and cannot do on their mobile platform.

Updated: AlphaV “unseizes” stolen PriceSmart data, releases 500GB of data

AlphaV's darkweb onionsite was siezed by a coalition of law enforcement agencies and shut down today.

My favorite things: Android apps

My favorite optional apps that you can add to your Android device that will give it character while serving you.

Which smartwatch: Apple or Galaxy?

Apple's gallery of watch-faces is anaemic compared to what you can get for a Wear OS based Galaxy smartwatch.

BlueWaters breach and data dump announced by LockBit3

Cybersecurity researcher Shiva Parasram confirms that at least one of the links to published data files is a collection of 3.4 GB company information.

Android vs iOS: Smartphone software integration compared

Blackmagic, creator of expensive camera capture equipment, offers a free app for the iPhone that turns it into a cinema grade capture tool.

From Android to iOS

On Android, tools that used open protocols and web services to exchange data and worked on multiple platforms became the go-to apps.

The flagellation of TSTT

Customers were disappointed, citizens were uneasy and trust in the company was unnecessarily shaken.

TSTT’s dark night of the soul

The laws that should govern the handling of misappropriated information are still frozen in the clauses of the Data Protection Act that have not been brought into local legislation.
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