YouTube is Killing Itself
YOUTUBE WILL CRACK DOWN ON TOXIC VIDEOS, BUT IT WON’T BE EASY By Alyssa Foote | 25 Jan 2019 YOUTUBE IS TRYING to reduce the spread of toxic videos on the platform by limiting how often they appear in users' recommendations. The company announced the shift in a blog...
What’s on This?: Your TV Remote
By Brian Vanhooker You’re sitting at home, eyes glued to the screen as you binge through the latest season of the hottest new TV show. You hit the rewind button and go back 30 seconds, then you crank the volume to try to understand that last bit of forensic science...
Twitter Allows Parody Accounts For Trump But Not Beto
By Hank Berrien | 23 Jan 2019 This week, Twitter, which tolerates all sorts of parody accounts that mock President Trump, reportedly permanently suspended one lone account that brilliantly parodied former Congressman Beto O’Rourke’s series of blogs that detail his...
Disturbing Deep State Tech Takeover Rapidly Approaching
By Jon Browne | 14 Jan 2019 Americans unprepared for incoming spy grid The tech giants recently announced in corporate documents the incremental clamping down of free speech is nearing its next inevitable Orwellian phase. In a matter of months, United States citizens...
Journalists Blame Mass Layoffs on Google and Facebook Duopoly
Following the announcement of mass layoffs at HuffPost and BuzzFeed amongst others this week, journalists blamed the Google and Facebook duopoly on digital advertising. “What is happening to American journalism isn’t a mystery. Google and Facebook are eating this...
Drinking Low-Carb Booze Will Still Make You Fat
By Ian Lecklitner | 2 Jan 2019 Most of us know this (and only this) about carbohydrates: Putting less of them in our mouths results in weight loss. Now, this is technically true — research shows that low-carb diets are particularly effective for combating obesity and...
What Is Search Engine Optimization And Why Is It Important
In today’s competitive market, SEO is more important than ever. Search engines serve millions of users per day looking for answers to their questions or for solutions to their problems. If you have a web site, blog or online store, SEO can help your business grow and...
The PEC Review: WooRank Website Analysis Tool
By Armondo Roggio Jun 14 2010 Search engine optimization (SEO) is changing. As search engines like Google, Bing, and Ask seek to provide better, more relevant, personalized, and, perhaps, even real-time results to search queries, so-called traditional SEO tactics may...
Microsoft Emerges as Clear No. 2 in Cloud Computing
By Steve Lohr | 19 Jul 2018 Just a few years ago, Thomas M. Siebel often faced skepticism when encouraging big companies to adopt internet-style cloud computing. Many companies, he said, had qualms about relying on the faraway data centers. Now his customers have a...
Apple’s iPhone X keeps selling as Q3 services revenue soars
The company also projected better-than-expected revenue in the fourth quarter, indicating good times ahead for its new iPhones. By Shara Tibken | 31 Jul 2018 People just kept scooping up Apple's iPhone X. The company said Tuesday it sold 41.3 million iPhones in its...
HOW GOOGLE’S SAFE BROWSING HELPED BUILD A MORE SECURE WEB
By Lily Hay Newman 17 Jul 2018 IN THE BEGINNING there was phone phreaking and worms. Then came spam and pop ups. And none of it was good. But in the nascent decades of the internet, digital networks were detached and isolated enough that the average user could mostly...
T-Mobile, Nokia seal $3.5 billion deal to build out 5G network
T-Mobile will use a wide range of Nokia hardware, software and services to build out its 5G network. By Larry Dignan | 30 Jul 2018 Nokia landed a $3.5 billion deal with T-Mobile to build out the carrier's 5G network. Under the terms of the deal, T-Mobile will use...
HOW TO SECURE YOUR ACCOUNTS WITH BETTER TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION
By Brian Barrett | 22 Jul 2018 HOPEFULLY BY NOW you’ve heeded the repeated warnings from your friends and loved ones (and friendly, beloved internet writers) to use two-factor authentication to secure your digital accounts. That’s where access to Facebook or Twitter...
Facebook’s China innovation hub hits licensing roadblock
The social network hasn't climbed the country's Great Firewall yet, a report says. By Sean Keane | 30 Jul 2018 Facebook's push into the Chinese market may have hit a bump, with government agencies saying it hasn't been given a business license. The social media...
GOOGLE CHROME NOW LABELS HTTP SITES AS ‘NOT SECURE’
By Brian Barrett | 24 Jul 2018 NEARLY TWO YEARS ago, Google made a pledge: It would name and shame websites with unencrypted connections, a strategy designed to spur web developers to embrace HTTPS encryption. On Tuesday, it finally is following through. With the...
