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.

What smart technologies do you use during the Covid-19 pandemic?

Your answers will identify smart technologies that should be used in the Caribbean to make our lives safer during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Rescuing old computers from digital oblivion

"There were tens of thousands of obsolete and damaged systems no longer in use, so I thought it would be a good idea to refurbish and get them to where they are needed."

E-money is coming

A reading of the Central Bank’s role in managing the accreditation of emoney issuers suggests that this is could become a scalable solution accessible to most existing financial institutions.

Samsung updates five devices at Unpacked 2020

Samsung's new device line has been dipped in a new signature colour, a liquid bronze colour that Samsung calls Mystic Bronze.

A manifesto for technology

There is no need for a ministry to handle digitalisation of records for the public sector. That should be function of a properly constituted public sector.

About the project

TechNewsTT is an expansion of the long running technology column, BitDepth. The column, written by journalist Mark Lyndersay, has been continuously published for the last...

The world goes 5G

“We only have so much spectrum, and we cannot get anymore, If you don’t give the operator enough spectrum, there is no way they can deliver the best quality.”

Education goes Massive

"Using a new technology in the old way doesn’t get you anywhere. When it comes to adapting new principles to the classroom, sometimes you need to let the students guide you.” - Simon Fraser

How regional IXPs became a necessity

The advantages of local routing and caching during covid19 deepened the value of the system for disaster resilience.

Bad news for local news

Revenue online is gutted by a combination of competing Facebook ad placement efficiencies and reach and the nightmare of Google ads.

Unqueue: Go online to get out of line

There are no minimum or maximum numbers for product listing and Unqueue makes a Business Services team available to anyone needing coaching on the process. 

Apple takes another RISC

Apple has traditionally smoothed these issues over with emulation technology, which runs older software in a code environment that fakes being an older computer system. 
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An app to make co-parenting more accountable

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In a US university film lab, a Trini is working and learning

Most people are pressing buttons. The work is in defining what the buttons do.

The Global Lense – The one about data and tech stack sovereignty

Most recent technology development appears to be companies outside the region tapping the market within the region.

Declaring independence from mobile roaming

Most modern smartphones, even those with a physical SIM tray, will also accept an e-SIM.

Intellico introduces AI agency service with 150 agents

The proper use of AI can help flatten the world and make opportunities available to small nations that they could not achieve previously.