With the general intent behind social media being to connect and engage the world, the common sentiment often expressed is ‘the more information the better’. And in today’s climate, it’s clear that the limits on sharing have been pushed to alarming new levels as many networks provide new and exciting ways to share; all increasing…
In June 2012, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) along with the Citizen Lab, a division of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, released information on a new remote access Trojan (RAT) horse virus called BlackShades. The virus was discovered in Syria, where it targeted the computers of Syrian activists who…
The first album ever to be released as a CD album was Billy Joel’s award-winning ’52nd Street’, which was sold in Japan on October 1, 1982. Despite the increasing popularity of digital downloads in the last decade, printing CD albums can still be a worthwhile investment. Here, we discuss some of the key reasons why…
Social media usage rates have increased at an incredible speed over the past decade. In 2006, a Pew survey revealed that only 5 percent of adults used the major social networking sites such as Facebook or LinkedIn. When they repeated the survey just six years later in 2011, that number had risen sharply to 50…
As most are aware, the Internet is a global network of servers and personal computers (desktops, laptops, tablets, mobile phones, etc.); it allows humans to access and transmit information anywhere in the world. The Internet of Everything takes this one step further. Whereas humans have traditionally been the ones behind the wheel, the Internet of…
Your privacy is the most important thing that you should protect when using the Internet. Regardless of what kind of browser you are using, being able to surf the internet safely should be an important concern for you. It is no secret that companies can obtain your private information whenever you visit their sites and…