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Foursquare has already made its name in the world of social media as one of the platforms used to “check in” and share info with friends and family, but the startup-turned-tech giant is now trying its hand at processing big data itself. According to reports from Tech Crunch and WebProNews.com, Foursquare is now entering the […]
After hackers breached one of the Internet’s largest adult dating sites, nearly four million users are finding their so-called “private” lives exposed. According to the UK’s Channel 4 News, the stolen data of 3.9 million Adult FriendFinder accounts includes information like users’ sexual preferences and sexual orientations; it even lists which users might be seeking […]
About five years after the Deepwater Horizon spill sent millions of barrels of crude oil gushing up from the sea-floor into the Gulf of Mexico, another offshore drilling mishap is spewing more than 100,000 barrels of the black stuff onto the California coastline and into the ocean. And now, according to CNN, the Santa Barbara […]
It’s now been a month since Google updated its ranking algorithms to prioritize mobile-friendly sites in results for searches made on mobile devices. Up until the rollout, professionals in the web design and search engine optimization industries were in a near-frenzy trying to predict the outcomes of the change and prevent their clients from being […]
Saying the Internet has grown “a lot” since its inventors created it some 20 years ago would be a gross understatement. Tim Berners-Lee built the first web page on August 6, 1991, and dedicated it to providing info on the World Wide Web project. Today, there are 4.49 billion web pages in the world today, […]
If you do not have a strong technical background, there is a chance that you do not know much about what a computer server is or does. A server is a component of software or hardware in computers that will provide functionality for other devices or programs, which are known in the technical world as […]
Today, cloud-based storage services are becoming increasingly prevalent in numerous industries, with cloud equipment alone projected to reach $79.1 billion by 2018. However, in order to keep these systems cost-effective, cloud service broker companies and their clients are beginning to test out new ways of combining this new technology with old standbys. One of the […]
Canada is having trouble dealing with daily cyber attacks from state-sponsored hackers, according to internal reports obtained by the Star. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s (CSIS) heavily censored “threat overview” stated “state-sponsored” hackers are targeting everything from pieces of personal information to trade strategies to political positions “daily to advance their economic, military, (and) political […]
Studies have shown that a significant majority — 88% — of homeowners view their homes’ exterior as one collective entity rather than the sum of its parts. Apparently, those in charge of some of New York City’s most prominent buildings and landmarks seem to think so, too. Atop Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, a new initiative has […]
A graduate student from the University of California, Merced (UC Merced) recently developed an encryption system designed for smart phones that send and retrieve sensitive data from cloud services. UC Merced’s website reports that Mehdi Bahrami, a student in the School of Engineering, created an efficient encryption system that allows private data, such as pictures […]