There are 470,000 WhatsApp groups indexed on Google and Facebook says it's not his fault
Want to find new WhatsApp groups? Google it. Reporter Jordan Wildon has discovered hundreds of thousands of private groups through the search engine thanks to public invitation links. Not all were created with the intention that anyone could join them after a simple search. As a Facebook spokesperson explained to Motherboard, administrators…
Category : News and events 22-02-2020 by Janeth Kent
How to Stay Safe When Shopping Online
It can seem that not a day goes by when we don’t hear of some new hacking case or people who have had their sensitive date compromised via the internet. It’s true that cybercriminals are always coming up with new strategies to attempt to steal either money or information, but…
Category : News and events 08-01-2020 by Silvia Mazzetta
The worst 50 passwords of 2019
Despite all the security flaws, data leaks or privacy risks, the vast majority of people still use things like "123456" for their password. Darlings, it's time to take security a little seriously. The security company SplashData has published its ninth annual list of the year's worst passwords, assessing over 5 million passwords…
Category : News and events 31-12-2019 by Silvia Mazzetta
5 popular Dark Web sites
People tend to confuse the terms Deep Web and Dark Web, and while they are related, they are not exactly the same. The Deep Web is essentially the entire Internet that's out of reach of traditional search engines, and it can encompass everyday things like emails from a Gmail account,…
Category : News and events 09-12-2019 by Silvia Mazzetta
How to prevent people from adding spam events and appointments in Google Calendar
Let's explain how to prevent people from adding spam to your Google Calendar by adding events and appointments without your approval. This is a practice that has been used for more than a decade to add appointments and events in which ads appear that may be fraudulent, so that they…
Category : News and events 28-08-2019 by Silvia Mazzetta
How to Get the Most out of Digital Technology in Business
The entire business landscape continues to be transformed by digital technology with every new piece of tech that is rolled out — in order to keep your company at the forefront of its market, quite simply, you need to keep your finger on the pulse of these latest developments and…
Category : News and events 29-03-2019 by Janeth Kent
The Steps to Take if You're the Victim of a Cyber Hack
According to statistics, the fight on cyber-hacks and crimes has never been more heated. Last year marked a six-year high when it came to cybercrimes in the United States as there were more than 300,000 people in the country that found themselves a victim. Even more alarming was the fact…
Category : News and events 27-03-2019 by Janeth Kent
What You Need to Know When Sending a Press Release to Newswire
A newswire or a press release distribution service helps businesses in improving their online visibility and web presence. If you haven’t used it before, there are many things you need to know prior to using any platform. What is a newswire? Newswire or wire services syndicate your story across different sites and…
Category : News and events 25-02-2019 by Janeth Kent
A Guide to Moving IT Services During an Office Relocation
Relocating a business from one office to another can be stressful. You can’t afford any loss of productivity and given that there are so many things that can go wrong, it is wise to plan everything down to the last detail. Moving desks and other office furniture is relatively straightforward. A…
Category : News and events 21-08-2018 by Janeth Kent
A Guide to Integrate Social Media into Your E-Commerce Store
There’s no disputing the influence that the internet and social media have had on business management. The speed at which platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter have grown has been remarkable, and the integration of the business tools that they provide has been largely positive. For those involved in e-commerce,…
Category : News and events 09-07-2018 by Janeth Kent
Anatomy of a Tech Startup Team - by Wrike project management tools
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Category : News and events 09-12-2016 by Janeth Kent
How to Figure Out If You’re a Workaholic - by Wrike project management tools
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Category : News and events 30-09-2016 by Janeth Kent
Google Chrome will block Flash content starting next month, make HTML 5 default by December
There really is no stopping Flash's demise. In a blog post Chrome team has announced that the browser will start blocking the Flash starting this September with Chrome 53. As more and more websites are moving towards HTML5 type of technologies which gives user faster page loading time, improved security and…
Category : News and events 10-08-2016 by Janeth Kent
How to Enjoy Summer in the Office - by Wrike project management software
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Category : News and events 09-08-2016 by Janeth Kent
Raspberry Pi Zero: Get a Computer for only $5!!
Raspberry Pi, the charitable foundation behind the United Kingdom's best-selling computer, has just unveiled its latest wonder – the Raspberry Pi Zero. Raspberry Pi Zero is a programmable computer that costs just $5 (or £4), may rank as the world's cheapest computer, is the smallest Raspberry Pi yet for just $5,…
Category : News and events 26-11-2015 by Janeth Kent
Facebook 10th anniversary
There are ten candles on the Facebook birthday cake. A phenomenal decade. Ten years ago it did not exist now, it has 1.23 billion users; to put that in perspective it’s something like the population of India. It was the vision of Mark Zuckerberg. The anniversary comes on the back of soaring profits -1.5 billion…
Category : News and events 04-02-2014 by Janeth Kent
A Christmas Easter Egg in New Google Maps
Google Maps Easter Egg for Christmas Today the Pegman icon from the new Google Maps looks different: it now wears a Santa hat as long as classic Google Maps still has the standard icon. If you are curious about the 200 outfits created when Pegman was added to the new Google…
Category : News and events 19-12-2013 by Janeth Kent
Happy 18th Birthday JavaScript!
On December 4, 1995, JavaScript was announced in a press release by Netscape and Sun. The press release leads with this title: NETSCAPE AND SUN ANNOUNCE JAVASCRIPT, THE OPEN, CROSS-PLATFORM OBJECT SCRIPTING LANGUAGE FOR ENTERPRISE NETWORKS AND THE INTERNET The subtitle may have been better still: 28 INDUSTRY-LEADING COMPANIES TO ENDORSE JAVASCRIPT AS A COMPLEMENT…
Category : News and events 18-12-2013 by Janeth Kent
Google Zeitgeist: Here's to 2013
Discover what the world searched for with Google's year-end Zeitgeist: Music: "Feels Like Coming Home" by Jetta, available on Google Play: http://goo.gl/fJC7wl Daft Punk's Random Access Memories available now on Google Play: http://goo.gl/w1MJyQ The Rolling Stones are now on Google Play: http://goo.gl/PaJHEG Breaking Bad available now on Google Play: http://goo.gl/qkPZa4 Despicable Me 2 available now on Google Play:http://goo.gl/np16NG "1D: This…
Category : News and events 17-12-2013 by Janeth Kent
Becoming a Web Professional: 19 online resources
The web education industry (designers, developers, graphics,seo,sem...) has exploded from a small niche to a powerful, continually expanding force. Countless people all over the planet are interested in learning about web design,web development, seo, sem, gamification, web marketing, and tons of companies are cropping up promising the ultimate solution. The good…
Category : News and events 18-07-2013 by Janeth Kent
Digital Woman of the Year Award
The 2013 Digital Woman of the Year™ Award is destined for a woman*, 18 years of age or older, who lives and/or works in Europe and distinguishes herself through leadership, creativity, entrepreneurship, social-focus and/or innovative discoveries, and who is positively impacting the number of girls and women participating in digitally-driven or digitally-enabled areas of…
Category : News and events 17-07-2013 by Janeth Kent
THE ING PROJECT aka the European Crowdfunding Machine
"ING" as the English suffix expressing the action of the verb or its result, product, material. "THE ING PROJECT" was born from the idea of Matteo Masserdotti and Carlo Saccone, they define their project as "crowdfunding + reinvest into the community". Matteo says: "In order to create a VDC (Very dedicated community),…
Category : News and events 12-07-2013 by Janeth Kent
Google Officially Buys Waze
Today Google announced it had acquired Waze. Brian McClendon, said Waze product development would remain in Israel as a separate team, for now. “We’re excited about the prospect of enhancing Google Maps with some of the traffic update features provided by Waze and enhancing Waze with Google’s search capabilities” McClendon said. The deal was worth $1…
Category : News and events 11-06-2013 by Janeth Kent
WWDC 2013 - Apple presents new iOS 7, OSX, And More
Today at its WWDC event in San Francisco, Apple made several key product announcements, they previewed an updated Mac Pro line of desktop computers. The device is cylindrical in shape. The new models will support up to a 12 core Xeon processor from Intel, while its DDR RAM will run…
Category : News and events 10-06-2013 by Janeth Kent
Thousands of Tumblr blogs migrate to Wordpress after Yahoo deal
It's official: Yahoo have purchased blogging giant Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, of which CEO David Karp will receive $250 million. Yahoo has gone through a spate of purchasing hot startups recently, such as GoPollGo and Summly, but none of the acquisitions have been on the scale of Tumblr. And it would seem that…
Category : News and events 20-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
Mini Microscope For iPhone, For Pure Geeks
The Mini Microscope for iPhone transforms your smartphone into a mini microscope capable of 60x magnification. Attach the Mini Microscope to the camera lens of your iPhone 4 or 4S and you can zoom in on just about anything. Three built-in bright white LEDs will shed light on your subject…
Category : News and events 15-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
Google I/O Expectations: The Developers Guide
If you like Google, mobile development and cloud platforms, this is going to be a good week for you. Google will have lots of goodies this week for developers - and consumers - at its I/O developer conference in San Francisco. We might see some new hardware, a couple updates to Google’s major…
Category : News and events 15-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
The biggest bank robbery in history!
Reportedly, the group of hackers targeted weaknesses in how banks and payment processors handle prepaid debit cards. Authorities said they arrested these seven U.S. citizens and residents of Yonkers, New York: Jael Mejia Collado, Joan Luis Minier Lara, Evan Jose Peña, Jose Familia Reyes, Elvis Rafael Rodriguez, Emir Yasser Yeje and…
Category : News and events 10-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
The HTML Working Group has announced their decision to release a First Public Working Draft of the Encrypted Media Extension (EME) specification
The W3C announced today that it intends to publish the controversial Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) specification despite highly outspoken resistance, paving the way for native web DRM: > On 01/22/2013 01:03 PM, Paul Cotton wrote: >> This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to publish as a First Public >> Working Draft (FPWD)…
Category : News and events 10-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
YouTube Launches Paid Channels, Subscription Fees Start at $0.99 Per Month
The YouTube team has finally launched a pilot program for a small group of partners that will offer paid channels on YouTube – a move that had been expected since January. YouTube has been building a partner program since 2007 that enables content creators to earn revenue for their creativity. And these content creators have…
Category : News and events 10-05-2013 by Janeth Kent
