With all the discussions about privacy and protecting yourself online, I thought I would take a look into some tips on how to protect your privacy online. This is by no means comprehensive as the privacy settings for various social… Read more ›
Today’s post will continue with looking at the right to privacy by concentrating on what privacy means in your everyday personal online activities. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, being a responsible digital citizen means you have to take certain… Read more ›
When you think about who you are or what your identity is – do you ever think about who you are online? Even for those of you who say ‘I don’t have to consider those things because I don’t engage… Read more ›
On Monday (3 December) it was revealed that Grade 9 pupils across South Africa achieved 12.7% in maths in the  national assessment of pupils’ mathematics and literacy abilities run by the Department of Basic Education. Two of the main reasons… Read more ›
Finding copyright free (public domain) and free to use cartoons (open licensed) can be difficult and the reuse of cartoons in online resources without the necessary permissions is a tricky legal area depending on the facts and circumstances of the… Read more ›
After the release of the Copyright Review Commission Report a few days ago various articles have spoken of the recommendations made by the commission particularly the call to amend the Copyright Act to include provisions that take into account various… Read more ›
The Web was designed to be a universal space of information, so when you make a bookmark or a hypertext link, you should be able to make that link to absolutely any piece of information that can be accessed using… Read more ›
Many people on the Internet share photos everyday, either through websites like Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook or Twitter. It’s been said that 62% of adults worldwide use social media – recent social media sites such as Pinterest have reported 11.7 million… Read more ›