You can’t trust anyone with your data

Worried that your bank details have been stolen? They already have, says Barry Collins

“Only the paranoid survive,” according to former Intel chief Andy Grove. Yet there’s not even a tinge of paranoia in what I’m about to tell you: your personal data has been stolen. Get over it.

Unless you’ve never filled out an online registration form, never bought from an online store and never signed up for a free webmail account, your personal details are almost certainly logged in a stolen database somewhere.

Run USB hardware on your Android device

USB OTG (On-The-Go) makes your Android device work with your PC’s peripherals. Wayne Williams shows you how to use it

Most of the hardware we use with our Android devices, such as keyboards, headphones and speakers, connects via Bluetooth. It’s very easy to add Bluetooth devices and, for the most part, they work well. But why limit yourself to using Bluetooth products when you already have loads of peripherals attached to your PC that will work just as well?

Thanks to a technology called USB OTG (On-The-Go) you can connect all sorts of hardware to your phone, including printers, keyboards and mice, games controllers, external hard drives, USB memory sticks and more.

Free note-taking services

There are plenty of free note-taking services that help you organise your work, research, thoughts and daily life. Some can even sync your notes across multiple devices. Rob Beattie compares six of the best options