As some of you may already be aware, last week Google decided to launch a new pilot project for its users, a service which it bills as the natural next step in its YouTube Partner Program. A number of select partners now have the ability to offer paid subscriptions to its users. This announcement isn’t [...]
Are you sharing your location on social media? Are you checking in on Foursquare? And, are you checking in on Facebook? Or, even if you’re not checking in, are you telling the world where you’re located every time you post a status update? There are security risks with being so public about your location so [...]
I don’t think I’d be exaggerating if I were to refer to Twitter as my favorite social network. It’s a downright incredible platform, and an excellent means of communication. As an added bonus, it’s all this without the rather disconcerting privacy concerns of Facebook. It’s where I go to get most of my news on [...]
There’s so much content floating around the Internet, it’s incredibly easy to feel like one’s drowning under it all, to feel like one’s gotten lost in the constant, continual surge of information. It’s not even how much data we’re processing, so much as it is the wide array of sources we’re processing all of it [...]
Online privacy is something that some pay attention to, others are paranoid about, while the majority don’t give it much thought. Part of the reason for the latter is the sheer complexity of ensuring it (or seemingly so). That’s where Priveazy comes in. Priveazy is a Chrome Extension which is made up of three separate [...]
The cloud is a grand way to collaborate with friends, family, and co-workers. I don’t believe I’d be capable of getting through my workday without Evernote, and while I don’t personally use Dropbox myself, I know plenty who swear by it like the Bible. But, are there cloud security risks with such tools, including malware? [...]
If there’s one thing I’ve always hated about job hunting, it’s résumé design. I’m certain that I’m not alone in this – the process of creating a resume is quite possibly one of the most repetitive, mind-numbing pieces of busywork you’ll ever engage in. You’re forced to look through everything that defines you as an [...]
With all the productivity-killers to be found online, it’s pretty easy to forget that modern tech is designed to make us more efficient and productive in getting work done. The way technology has developed has, in particular, made collaboration and organization of group projects easier than ever before. Plenty of people completely neglect that side [...]
Choosing the perfect song for any given occasion can be tough. Particularly when you’ve a library of several thousand pieces (or you’re logged in to a streaming service), finding something that suits both mood and the environment can be downright impossible. In the end, you might end up wasting more time than it’s even worth. [...]
Eventually, you’re probably going to owe someone money, even if it’s only for a short time. This is particularly true if you’re living with one or more roommates. In order for everyone to co-habitate effectively, you’ll pretty much have to work out some sort of system for splitting the expenses. If you’re using such a system – [...]
Some might say we’ve moved past the Information Age – that we’re now living in an age of digital surveillance. Monitoring systems are virtually everywhere. Iit’s gotten to the point that you can’t even turn your head without being watched by someone, somewhere. Whether offline or online, in public or on the Internet, you’re being [...]
We all know that Facebook has a history of playing fast and loose with its users’ personal data. By now, anyone who uses the social network (in other words, almost everyone who surfs the ‘net at this point) knows that whatever data they put on the social site is likely to end up in the [...]
It used to be that Internet Explorer was the dominant web browser. Even as the competitors ate into it, it was still dominant mainly because it was built into the most popular operating system – Windows. And, let’s face it, most end users just use what’s put in front of them. But, I decided to [...]
Modern technology has changed the world and its people in a great many incredible and exciting ways. We live in a society more connected, more knowledgeable, and more advanced than anything our ancestors could have dreamed up. We’re fast approaching the point at which science fiction will become reality, with breakthrough after technological breakthrough. It’s [...]
I don’t think many people will argue with someone who exclaims that parenting was probably easier thirty odd years ago, back before the Internet was a thing. Sure, you still had to deal with youthful rebellion, but at least you didn’t have to worry about the corrupting influence of the world wide web. Nowadays, children [...]
