With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) going into effect on May 25 it did not take long for the first complaints to be filed. This should be no surprise, even though Europeans are nowhere near as litigious as us Americans. Among the early targets of these complaints were Facebook, Google, Instagram and WhatsApp (the […]
What search engine do you use on the Internet? It’s a hot issue and companies like Google and Microsoft have a vested interest in the way that you answer that question. Search Engines have lead companies like Google to great prosperity and have changed the way that we spend our time on the Internet. That […]
User privacy is becoming increasingly important in today’s digital age. Data mining and information sharing has come to the forefront in recent weeks regarding Cambridge Analytica and Facebook and has brought user privacy into the limelight. This covers anything from Facebook to Twitter to email clients like Gmail and has caught the attention of lawmakers […]
As Easter comes it is always fun to find Easter Eggs hidden in the tech that we love. Google feels so too and has hidden several Easter Eggs on their website. Have a look at some of these. They may help pass a few minutes or help you play a joke on someone! Games Need […]
Advertising is all around us. On TV, on the radio, in the magazines that we read and on the web pages that we view. It is an easy way to get a message in front of people but it is being done so much that most people just tune them out. Whether that is done […]
For many who are now in their thirties and older they discovered the Internet in the mid-1990s. Whether it was from a small ISP or though one of the millions of AOL disks that were distributed through the United States and around the world we became connected to the information superhighway. For some that was […]
The cloud has changed the way the Internet works. No we don’t mean those puffy cumulus clouds or stratus clouds that stretch as far as the eye can see, no we mean Cloud computing. This used to be the domain of the uber geek but in recent years it has been made available to the […]
Supporting any startup, whether it be by testing a product or with financial support can be risky. It can also be extremely lucrative. You could potentially be the first person to see the next great tech innovation getting yourself in on the ground floor before everyone else does. There is also the opportunity to invest […]
Getting into the top of a search engine ranking can be an arduous process. We are sure that once there you would also like to keep that ranking, especially if you now occupy the top spot. Like any champion in any sport occupying that spot now places a bullseye squarely on your back. You competitors […]
When you want to find out something about a business or find a business near you that provides the goods or services that you need where do you go? It used to be the Yellow Pages but who uses that anymore? No, you go to Google and the decision about what business or restaurant you […]