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10 Ways to Keep Your Phone Safe from Theft
Last year, over 2 million Americans had their phones stolen. Phone thefts usually happen in public areas when your guard is down. Luckily, there are simple steps you can take to prevent this from happening, as well as precautions to put in place so that if it does get stolen, you have a better chance of tracking it. Be alert, be smart, and be intentional about living in a way that is ensured to keep your phone safe from theft.
By James Lizowski7 years ago in 01
Hounded on All Sides: Freedom in Digital Spaces
The pervasion of mental spaces has increased dramatically over the last decade, particularly with the rise of social media. Most digital spaces have been sold and bought by corporations who push their corporate messages consistently onto vulnerable users. Such users (but not all) are vulnerable because they enjoy these spaces to relax and thus are not sufficiently circumspect against hidden advertisement. These corporate messages infiltrate mental spaces at such a regular and constant pace that they become assimilated unconsciously by users, which Alyssa Loh emphasises with regard to the USA; “Democracy in the United States, however, is less likely to end in spectacular violence than in the banal chug of market force...the gravest threat to our freedom today may be the steady erosion of our spaces of mental freedom.”
By Harriet Weston7 years ago in 01
Splitting Hairs, Everywhere
I am a football junkie. No, I don’t play fantasy football. No, I’m not a gambler (those casinos in Las Vegas didn’t build the fountains and the pirate ships off the backs of winners!) It’s just an enjoyable way to pass the day, and in the age of working on a second, or even a third screen, four hour college games are not annoying, they are good background noise and entertainment. Dan LeBatard once said that “Sports are the ultimate reality show,” and in the age of ESPN, that is entirely true!
By David Wyld7 years ago in 01
12 Promising Social Media Platforms Fit for Creatives
If you still haven’t deleted your Facebook account yet, then you probably know that it’s kind of a big deal to be present on social media. Although sometimes social media can feel like antisocial, it all depends on how effective you are with your social interactions.
By Lovelli Fuad7 years ago in 01
An Intro to Ruby, a Newbie-Friendly Programming Language. Top Story - November 2018.
For those of you who are intimidated by coding, look no further than the hopeful red glimmer in your career-switching horizon. Ruby is your best friend, grasshopper. It's a programming language that is easy to read because it looks a lot like plain English.
By Milcah Halili7 years ago in 01
The Chicago Computer Club
Let me start this article by telling you what "The Chicago Computer Club" is. The Chicago Computer Club is a mid-level, full-service computer shop. They service, sell, upgrade, secure, and perform regular maintenance on computers in the Greater Chicago Area. They have stores from the far Southside of Chicago to the far Northside the city. They also have a store in Oak Park and one in South Holland.
By Eugene Nelson Jr7 years ago in 01
How to Choose a Flash Drive: Memory Size, Interface, and Design
What do we know about flash drives? There isn't a person who does not know what a flash drive is. It is difficult to imagine how people managed to live without it before. Disks are forgotten. Most people will not even remember floppies. With a flash drive, it is more convenient and much easier to transfer data. Often the question arises how to choose the right USB flash drive for the computer?
By macy helly7 years ago in 01
How to Make Animated Graphics with Free GIF Makers
A GIF is a cheaper alternative to a full explainer video that you can feature in places like blogs and social networks. Animated GIFs, short for Graphic Interchange Format, are cool and easy to make. Well, relatively easy to make. While some people has their own Adobe Photoshop technique to come up with GIFs and memes, this article will focus on using its free alternatives.
By Lovelli Fuad7 years ago in 01
USB 3.0—What Are the Advantages?
What do we know about USB 3.0? This interface was developed back in 2008, but it only got into mass production from the second half of 2011. Three years were spent on the refinement and testing of new data transmission technology, after which USB 3.0 still became available for use by ordinary users, but there was no sharp “boom” on USB 3.0.
By digitaldays karin7 years ago in 01
Google+ Is Shutting down by August 2019
Due to the security breach that exposed half a million Google users private data, Google Plus is closing down. Google+ launched in 2011 and promised to be decent competition for rivals Facebook and Twitter. In 2015 it started to wind down most of the consumer functions, citing its failure to catch on backed by their reports that most users only stayed on for 5 seconds or less. I love Google+ and so do many of it's other users! We definitely stay on for more than 5 seconds at a time. One thing is the lack of engagement. You can like and share without feeling so much pressure to comment. It has become a favorite for photographers, who have communities and collections of food, historical sites, people, animals, bugs, fish, the Ocean, or whatever else floats your boat! It's so calming to click on my feed there and see all the pics of nature and animal shares posted in the collections and communities I follow. Someone who speaks a different language can post a comment. Then I can click a button to translate, and even respond back that I agree, the cat refusing to let that pizza slice go IS super cute! Not like I have, but I could if I wanted to. So, because a few private user accounts, that supposedly weren't even used, had been laced with a security breach bug, and Google Vice President Ben Smith says there is a 'low usage' of the social network, it's time for us to say 'Good-Bye Google Plus'?
By Lady Sunday7 years ago in 01
11 Weird and Wonderful New Merriam-Webster Entries from Tech
You don't have to be working in IT to encounter tech jargon. Technology is known for coming up with new (and sometimes funny sounding) words and popularizing them in a blink of an eye. Old terms quickly become outdated, replaced by new ones, and newer ones. Take the word hashtag as an example; it got into the Oxford dictionary in 2010 and the Scrabble dictionary in 2014.
By Lovelli Fuad7 years ago in 01
