Category: IT NEWS & UPDATES

Now the question is how secure is mobile banking? Could a thief sniff out your bank account information digitally? Is it safe to make financial transactions using an app or text messaging, or by visiting a mobile Web site? Here are certain rules you should...

Data corruption is among the most common computer errors. Unlike a bug, which occurs because of improperly written or executed code, data corruption happens when code is intentionally or unintentionally changed from its original, correct form. Corruption can be systematic or random, and even a small change...

Just like Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Mac OS X, Linux is an operating system. An operating system is software that manages all of the hardware resources associated with your desktop or laptop. To put it simply – the operating system manages the...

Routers can also be taken over for criminal activities such as illegal downloads and attacks on websites. In 2016, the Remaiten Worm, or KTN-Remastered, spread to numerous Linux-based routers by connecting to random IP addresses and trying out commonly used log-in credentials. Once it gained...

The two most commonly used systems are resistive and capacitive touch screens. For the sake of simplicity, We will focus here on these two systems and finish with where experts think touch screen technology is headed.

If you’re an Android user, you’re familiar with Google Play. Google Play, formally known as the Android Market, is the online store where Android users download mobile apps. The Android Market was released in October 2008, which housed around 50 apps. Today, close to 700,000 apps...

Facebook says almost 50 million of its users were left exposed by a security flaw.The company said attackers were able to exploit a vulnerability in a feature known as “View As” to gain control of people’s accounts. The breach was discovered on Tuesday, Facebook said,...

eSIM is a shortened version of embedded SIM, where SIM is an acronym for Subscriber Identity Module. So, an eSIM is an Embedded Subscriber Identity Module. I’m sure at this point we all know what a SIM card is—the little thing that allows your phone...

"Free" isn’t completely free when it comes to accessing blocked websites through free VPNs and proxies. These services actually allow malicious third parties to snoop through your personal data, or, even worse, let others use your internet connection to conduct illegal activities on the web....

Cloud storage is a cloud computing model in which data is stored on remote servers accessed from the internet, or "cloud." It is maintained, operated and managed by a cloud storage service provider on a storage servers that are built on virtualization techniques. Cloud storage is...

Computers have become a very important part of our daily life. This awesome machine changed our lives in so many ways. There are lots of interesting facts about a computer that I thought you would be interested in. That’s why I’ve listed 20 of them...

We know that Li-Fi is the short form of Light Fidelity and Wi-Fi is the short form of Wireless Fidelity. LiFi uses light for data transmission while WiFi uses electromagnetic waves at radio frequencies for data transmission. Due to less interference incurred by light compare...

According to a survey of 2,000 British adults, one in seven people have considered divorce because of their spouse’s activities on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and other social media platforms.

Social media user numbers continue to grow. In fact, the average person spends at least 1 hour and 40 minutes per day looking at their favorite social media sites and apps. This is an astounding amount of time that could be spent in other ways, but it...

Spyware is a type of program that is installed with or without your permission on your personal computer to collect information about you, the computer, or your browsing habits.

Yahoo will end its 20-year-old messaging service on July 17. The company said that while the service has “many loyal fans,” it will abandon the chat app in favor of newer messaging tools “that better fit consumer needs.” Currently, Yahoo has no replacement for Yahoo...

Li-Fi (light fidelity) is a technology for wireless communication between devices using light to transmit data. In its present state only LED lamps can be used for the transmission of visible light. The term was first introduced by Harald Haas during a 2011 TED Global talk in Edinburgh. In technical terms, Li-Fi is a visible light communications system that...

SIM card technology is one of the most popular technology which is used in Mobile phones to activate the connection and to communicate and for making links with the server system and also used in various electrical and electronic projects. It is the Subscriber Identity Module that contains...

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) may have a somewhat seedy reputation, but there are plenty of legitimate reasons to consider using one. And besides, no one needs an excuse to keep their internet browsing history secret. We all have a right to privacy online. But how does...