TechByter Worldwide 2017-09-24: The Changing Face of News in a Mobile Era. Adobe Sparks Interest in Your Brand. Short Circuits. Spare Parts.

How we obtain news is changing. Use of print newspapers and magazines is declining as is the number of people who watch television news. Old media wants a place at the new table and is working hard to earn one. An update to Adobe Spark this week makes it possible for any Creative Cloud user to create graphics with their own branding instead of Adobe's. In Short Circuits: Users of utility program CrapCleaner were surprised to learn that the application had been manipulated to spread malware, but it's not as bad as it sounds. This is also the week that more than 100 Android smart phone apps were found to contain malware. It never ends. And if you lose your internet connection, a temporary solution might be in your pocket. Many smart phones can double as Wi-Fi hotspots. In Spare Parts (only on the website): How to figure out if that new car you want will fit in your garage. There's an app for that. Business owners may increasingly turn to bots and virtual assistants to provide customer service. What do Angry Birds have in common with football players? And -- in the old days, IBM was always the safe bet for the IT manager. Now it's Microsoft, SAS, Google, and VMware.