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 science of vaccination

There are more than 200 virus families that are known to cause the common cold and chances are you haven’t been exposed to even half of them yet.

TT Government partners with Have I Been Pwned for cybersecurity

Have I been Pwned is a well-regarded site used by individuals to find out if their passwords have been compromised through data breaches and leaked to potential hackers.

Digicel raises prices, speeds for home broadband service

The company noted that the Digicel+ service had upgraded all subscribers to a minimum broadband speed of 100Mbps and introduced a new Smart Wi-Fi solution

News deserts and Trinidad and Tobago’s journalism

Facebook’s entire budget for its widely touted journalism funding project is roughly one per cent of one day’s profit for the company.

Candy coated computing

Last month’s announcement of iMacs was the first major colour splash since 2003. Apple will be making the new 24-inch iMac available in seven colours, green, pink, blue, silver, yellow, orange and purple.

WiPay brings 1200 shops online, awaits Guinness confirmation

WiPay is awaiting confirmation from the Guinness Book of Records on the achievement. The current record for the same achievement is 500 websites.

TATT chases IP phantoms

Where was all this effort and concern about policing IP infringements was when the livelihoods of calypsonians and soca artistes was being yanked from their pockets by widespread roadside piracy of their music?

WiPay goes for a Guinness record with WiShops

Plans for a caravan going into towns and villages to demonstrate the service, were abandoned with covid19 numbers rising in the Caribbean.

Grenada announces participation in WiShops Project 1000

Participants in Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada will not  count toward the total tallied by Guinness, but will benefit from the first free month on the service.

Microsoft: Better cybersecurity needed

“Hackers are attacking 579 times a second, from individual phishing to nation state attacks.” - Vasu Jakkal.

Avaya financials reveal big increases in cloud adoption

“The playbook for our industry is not a secret. It is all about how you execute and I couldn’t be more delighted with our performance." - Jim Chirico.

Huawei calls for global collaboration on cybersecurity

“Facts must be verifiable, and verification must be based on common standards. Huawei believes that this is an important model for building trust in the digital era.”
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