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Mark Lyndersay

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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.
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Microsoft's Viva brings HR to the remote workday

By Mark Lyndersay
February 7, 2021
3 Mins read
“Viva is powered by the full breath and depth of Microsoft 365, and it’s experienced primarily through Microsoft Teams.” – Jared Spataro
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The Facebook-Apple face-off

By Mark Lyndersay
February 4, 2021
3 Mins read
Apple’s privacy drive reaches deep into the systems that control programmatic advertising.
FeaturedTechnology Reporting

Caesar's Army hosts a digital bashment

By Mark Lyndersay
January 28, 2021
5 Mins read
I didn’t like the spectacle frames on my avatar, which came from a rather limited selection, but my body shape, red polo, jeans and clean-shaven head offered up a decent facsimile of my meatworld self.
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Building a soca party in pixels

By Mark Lyndersay
January 28, 2021
4 Mins read
In the ideation phase we might come up with thousands of great ideas we would like to implement all at once to give our users the most immersive and engaging experience.
BitDepthFeatured

Carnival is not a product

By Mark Lyndersay
January 28, 2021
4 Mins read
Above: Petrotrin flared gas as part of its refinery process for decades. The flame finally went out when the refinery…
FeaturedTechnology Reporting

Huawei panel considers GDPR’s impact in 2020

By Mark Lyndersay
January 21, 2021
2 Mins read
The legal challenge by privacy activist Maximillian Schrems forced the court to reconsider the EU-US Privacy Shield law and how it works in practice.
BitDepthFeatured

Samsung targets disabilities with new assistive tech

By Mark Lyndersay
January 21, 2021
3 Mins read
Samsung has been working on accessibility features with the Royal National Institute of Blind People for years and has collaboratively developed these assistive features.
BitDepthFeatured

The NCC is a failure and embarrassment

By Mark Lyndersay
January 14, 2021
4 Mins read
The NCC has built the structures, dispensed the funds, kowtowed to the politicians, handed out thousands of largely meaningless trophies and thrown a cloak of culture over a shambles of mismanagement.
FeaturedNews Briefs

What’s up with WhatsApp

By Mark Lyndersay
January 11, 2021
3 Mins read
Facebook’s business model is based on user surveillance. Patterns of user behaviour, viewing and content posting are tracked aggressively.
BitDepthFeatured

WFH - A short history

By Mark Lyndersay
January 7, 2021
3 Mins read
Having a fax available alongside a fully digital communication tool made it possible to appreciate the difference between transmitting live data and a picture of it.
FeaturedOpinion

2020: The annual report to readers

By Mark Lyndersay
December 31, 2020
5 Mins read
Letters to the Prime Minister and Education Minister and a report on the ANSA McAl ransomware hack were the four leading stories for 2020.
BitDepthFeatured

The gritty reality of online school

By Mark Lyndersay
December 31, 2020
4 Mins read
Forced to radically rethink the course material and requirements through a dramatically different lens, actually improved several aspects of the teaching process.
BitDepthFeatured

The big leap to Big Sur

By Mark Lyndersay
December 24, 2020
3 Mins read
Two full, bootable backups before a major OS update should be mandatory for a computer in daily, critical use.
BitDepthCovid-19Featured

Why is TATT buying tablets for students?

By Mark Lyndersay
December 17, 2020
4 Mins read
TATT is governed by procurement rules, which require a competitive bidding and tendering process that is supposed to be documented and accessible to the public.
Backgrounder

TATT responds to questions about $15m tablet purchase

By Mark Lyndersay
December 13, 2020
2 Mins read
Questions posed to the Telecommunications Authority about a $15 million purchase announcement and the regulations in the Telecommunications Act that govern the spending related to the Universal Service Fund.
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