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.

Samsung introduces S22, obsoletes Note

Samsung is using more recycled materials in the S22, from recycled paper for the packaging to using material from recycled fishing nets for internal components.

Hootsuite reports growth, shifts in social media

Over the last ten years, the count of internet users grew from 2.18 billion at the start of 2012 to 4.95 billion at the start of 2022. In 2021, those numbers grew by four per cent.

Taking media back to its audience

"Overseas diaspora audiences are particularly important for Ireland, so we need to research, build out and understand where the growth opportunities are." - Ronan Doyle

UTT webinar on the Democracy of Media and News Dissemination

A discussion hosted by the UTT on journalism dissemination.

Samsung launches S21 Fan Edition at Gulf City

Samsung launched the S21 Fan Edition at Gulf City Mall

Digital transformation using open source software

"I would highly recommend setting up a high level combined Digital Transformation and Open Source steering group to look at strategic issues." - Saranjit Arora

Why stealing IP is bad for culture

It actually doesn't take much effort to find out where a digital file originates, but a surprising number of people looking for IP don't bother to make the effort.

Kaiso, kaiso, flows into the data stream

Calypsonians, Phillip believes, also have to become more proactive in pushing their careers online. Too few are active online or on social media developing and promoting their work.

Phishing gets subtle, more worrisome

"We've got all the weaknesses we've always had, but we've got all these new areas which are providing scammers and fraudsters with a whole new range of options to attack us with enticements."

That difficult vaccination conversation

Recent urgings and threats to the public to be vaccinated have only led to an uptick in booster shots being administered, with first vaccinations remaining flatlined.

Taking the right tablet

Google's Android OS is more open to the user and functions more like a traditional desktop operating system than iOS, which is often insistently opaque in how it handles files internally.

Alwin Chow’s brief media blitz

The Guardian would probably have kept right on using those aging Microtek word processors for the rest of the decade, despite their constant glitching.
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