Martin lewis: Lock in energy for two years and save £400 with this top provider

Martin Lewis, 45, appeared on the ITV morning show to dish up his weekly deals – and he revealed the new cheap energy deal. The energy switching season is nearly over, but there’s a deal that’s come out that’s very strong for anyone who’s not that keen on switching, said the Money Saving Expert. He […]

The Equifax “Lock & Alert” app works, but what does it do?

Enlarge / Now I’m protected, apparenty, after troubleshooting with Equifax. Last week, I reported about the travails I and others experienced while trying to use a new service from Equifax called “Lock & Alert.” The service, which is front-ended by a website and a mobile application, allows individuals to place or remove a “security lock” […]

Smart lock maker Otto folds before releasing its first product

On a landscape increasingly driven by smart devices, a digital smart lock seemed like an obvious addition to the raft of home automation products already on the market. But Otto, the company that came closer than any other to making the product a sellable reality, has now closed its doors — just four months after […]

Google cracks down on apps with shady lock screen ads

Following years of complaints by users, Google is cracking down on Android apps that show shady ads on your lock screen, according to a new developer policy spotted by Android Police. That includes very popular ones like ES File Explorer, which has over 100 million downloads to date. They often force annoying, obtrusive and even […]

ProtonMail will use encryption to lock down your contacts list

About a year and a half ago, ProtonMail opened up its previously invite-only beta encrypted email service to the public, along with a couple of mobile apps. A couple of months ago, ProtonMail created a free tier for its VPN service, too. Now the company is offering ProtonMail Contacts, which it’s calling “the world’s first […]

Smart lock company August home purchased by actual lock company Yale

Smart-lock outfit Yale’s parent company is buying August Home, in a move that may consolidate some of the smart lock market. Sweden-based Assa Abloy will pick up August Home for a cool $ 60 million, and the regulatory bodies involved are expected to approve the purchase by year’s end. “August Home strengthens our residential smart […]

Dutch Pegida group lock door to Muslim primary school (PHOTOS)

Published time: 21 Aug, 2017 16:35 Edited time: 21 Aug, 2017 16:35 Students at an Islamic primary school in the Dutch city of Leiden were due to return from their summer holidays on Monday, but were unable to enter the building as it had been locked by anti-Islam group Pegida. The far-right group had placed […]