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OUT WITH THE OLD

If you take a closer look, you will notice some changes in this month's newsletter. In keeping with the University's centenary celebrations and in an attempt to standardise our emails for both consistency and safety reasons, we've rebranded all our electronic communication. Read more about the new look here.

We'd love to know what you think of the redesign. Do you think our automated emails (change password, internet account and general emails) will appear more trustworthy or could they still be easily confused with phishing emails? Do let us know at bitsbytes@sun.ac.za.

   
 
A BRAND NEW LOOK

We have, with the assistance of the Corporate Communications Division, re-branded all our electronic communication. This is what all electronic communication from IT will look like in future.
TIPS AND TRICKS
 
+ How to free up space on your smart phone
+ Worried about your Facebook privacy? Here's how to lock down your account
+ High Internet costs? Here's why
+ Did you know about these WhatsApp tricks?

BE CYBER SAFE
 
+ Latest phishing emails
+ "I Was Paid To Kill You" threat is a scam
+ Database leak exposes personal records of nearly 1 million South Africans
+ 3 ways to verify the identity of an email
+ How to spot a Russian troll

TECH NEWS
 
+ Time Magazine recreates their iconic cover using drones (video)
+ Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot can run and jump over obstacles
+ Car dealership asks woman to prove she’s not a robot ... in real life
+ Are Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant up to the challenge of an extremely Scottish accent? (video)
+ For more news and updates, read our open Twitter feed
+ Google’s AI is here
+ This is why your inbox is suddenly full of notices about privacy policies

IT MAINTENANCE IN JUNE
With end of the first semester around the corner, we also need to conduct some necessary maintenance. Unfortunately this could lead to interruption of services. Here are the dates.
NEW ONLINE PLATFORM FOR SU SOCIAL IMPACT
Would you like to get involved in Social Impact opportunities at Stellenbosch University, or simply see what existing initiatives are underway?
 
HAVE YOUR SAY

In our previous newsletter we asked you which browser you used before Google became part of your life. Here's what you said:

"We generally used Yahoo on Internet Explorer’s search platform and it was painful." - Mrs Peta Steyn, Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science.

"I really liked the historical search engine question which was included in the latest Bits & Bytes edition. So I have decided to answer the question. I believe that Yahoo and Webcrawler are some good examples that fit the description". - Samuel Simango, Library and Information Service.

If you have an opinion on any tech issue or news, email us at bitsbytes@sun.ac.za.
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