by Geeks Team | Aug 31, 2015 | Latest News
Apple is set to officially announce the latest iPhone next Wednesday 9-09-15 in San Francisco and they are also likely to launch iOS 9 at the same time. Pre-orders are going to be available as soon as Friday 11th with the actual release date of the 18th seemingly. There are lots of rumours floating around and the best we can gather is that the exterior of the new devices will be in-line with the 6 & 6+ although there is mention of a smaller 4″ screen device but that would seem unlikely until there is a complete restyle next year. Some of the likely upgrades include: Taptic Engine & Force Touch, this allows users to interact with their phones more and detects how hard the user is pressing allowing different actions to be carried out. This should allow much easier and faster menu navigation once you get to “Grips” with it. LOL (well it made me laugh) The front facing camera is likely to be upgraded to 12MP and allow 60fps in full 1080p and there is also talk of some new lens technology meaning near DSLR quality. The case has been beefed up somewhat so hopefully no more bendy iPhones, also Apple are very likely to use the new scratch resistant Sapphire glass on the new models although less broken screens = less repairs for the geeks so not sure I like that idea:) It has been mentioned that the new iPhone 6s-7 will have a new A9 processor and the RAM upgraded to 2GB. All of the above is just rumours and speculation but we will all...
by Geeks Team | Aug 27, 2015 | Online Safety
We have received a few too many calls recently from unfortunate customers who have fallen victim to scammers who claim to be working for Microsoft, one of the major banks, or local utility companies. To make this clear before we go on, Microsoft, Apple, your bank or utility company will never call you asking for personal details or payment card information without solicitation. In the case of the Microsoft scammers, Microsoft employees will never call you out of the blue and offer to fix your computer. If this happens, simply hang up the phone. So What Happens? These people work by calling their potential victim, acting as if they are calling from Microsoft, and telling them they have found problems on the victims PC that need to be fixed (Microsoft do not collect the personally identifiable information needed to link a computer to its owner). The scammer will say they can remotely connect to the computer to ‘fix’ any issues for a fee. They will back up their claims by showing you the computers’ event log and pointing out any errors on it. It’s worth noting here that nearly every home-use out-of-the-box PC will show errors in the event log which in most cases are absolutely nothing to worry about. Once they have convinced their victim, these people will send them to a website such as www.ammyy.com and take remote control of the PC with the promise to remove any viruses, and fix any problems. It’s probably apparent by now that this is not the case. At best, they will make it look as though they are doing something...
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