Grandparents Using Skype to Keep Up with Family
In an interesting illustration of how technology is used to bring families together and keep people who may be geographically separate together in communication, the Kansas City Star published an article about how technology is embraced as a means for family cohesiveness.
Read MoreBeing Two-Faced (or even more) on the Internet
The Virtue of the Walled Garden
This post isn’t about deceit, it’s about creating walled gardens of individuality.
In the social internet, you are encouraged to be you, your name, yourself. But it might benefit us to be more cautious and adopt a feeling of being two-faced. Not to lie to your friends about who you are, but more to make sure to segregate your friends from your acquaintances.
Here’s my concern, see if you don’t share it with me: privacy on the internet is becoming more and more scarce as time moves forward.
Read MoreFor Me, A Last Nail In Dropbox’s Coffin
I wrote just last week about how not only was the Dropbox service compromised in theory through the changes in their Terms of Service but also with a series of scripts that could potentially quickly and easily access your Dropbox information (though granted it required local access to your machine). A recent mis-step occurred however, that has broken whatever confidence I had in the Dropbox service for anything but the public sharing of files.
What happened, and why does it concern anyone that isn’t just some geek that wants to share files on the internet?
Read MoreYour Home Wi-Fi: Blessings and Dangers
Going wireless is fantastic. I love it and enjoy the benefits that it provides. Do I want to enjoy the sun out in the backyard? My wireless netbook can still connect and I can still work. Is it a pain to try to string cable to the downstairs apartment to be able to stream media to the entertainment station there? Wireless is the answer. How do I get more out of my smartphone when I am at home? The answer, once again is the signal coming from my Wi-Fi router.
These are the miracles of our age, these little ways that we can stay connected to our friends, family and news and information sources. There’s no doubt that Wi-Fi is a great convenience, but it can make your home network more vulnerable if you’re not following a few simple steps.
Read MoreNew Dropbox Vulnerability
According to an article on BetaNews, a new tool (in the shape of a series of Python programming language scripts) called “Dropbox Reader” can delve deeply into the data about your Dropbox account
Read More6 Ways Cheap Fiber Access Helps You
The big news in the ISP market last week may have escaped you. After all, who really pays attention to the doings of monopolies when the trend is to pay more for less service? However, there are some small players that are shaking things up, and last week there was a distant rumble.
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