Category: IT NEWS & UPDATES

Many times we post something on our Facebook or Twitter wall only to realize the post is dumb enough to be deleted. If you thought that after your deleting the data, it is done and dusted, you are wrong. Anything that one posts on social...

FTP is another such protocol, one that stands for “File Transfer Protocol.” It’s also one of the oldest protocols in use today, and is a convenient way to move files around. An FTP server offers access to a directory, with sub-directories. Users connect to these servers...

With countless smart devices available on the market, all with different sized displays, varying screen resolutions and special names for these technologies, it’s not easy to know the difference between them all. FHD this and WQHD. Well, the most important thing to note is the...

We’ve all been tempted to use public Wi-Fi: it’s free, saves on your data allowance, and is always helpful in speeding up loading times. However, Hackers are now exploiting this need; where one may have previously believed that accessing public/ unsecured Wi-Fi is a clever life hack to...

A range of security features such as URL filtering, download protection and the ‘do not track’ feature have transformed mainstream desktop browsers such as Chrome, Internet Explorer and Firefox. In a sense all browsers could now plausibly claim to be ‘secure’ browsers for the average...

USB-C, formally known as USB Type-C, is a 24-pin USB connector system, which is distinguished by its two-fold rotational-symmetrical connector. USB-C is finally beginning to pick up traction, with many smartphone manufacturers now adding the new digital connection. After all, it’s not just as a better way to charge a...

There are times when your internet connection is fine but you’re still not able to open any website. One of the possible causes could be the issues with your ISP’s DNS server. Configuring a custom DNS server on your make contribute to make your internet...

Government officials continue to seek technology companies’ help fighting terrorism and crime. But the most commonly proposed solution would severely limit regular people’s ability to communicate securely online. And it ignores the fact that governments have other ways to keep an electronic eye on targets...

This might sound weird to many of you but to be honest this is the real truth. If you have some sort of IT knowledge then you may have the idea of ‘implementing the cookies policies‘. Although many websites use cookies to give an users...

east-tec Eraser was designed to ensure the most comprehensive protection for your Internet privacy by securely wiping all the revealing tracks you activities leave behind. Many users make the mistake of only removing their browsing history, however browser data is a culmination of many sensitive...

The Cambridge Analytica data leak has snowballed into something big. Facebook is under serious fire and users are thinking about deleting Facebook altogether. Known names to already have deleted Facebook include SpaceX, Tesla, Steve Wozniak, and Cher. 8.7 million accounts were compromised in this leak and if...

Some unfortunate news for you: your data isn't safe. You don't have to panic or rip the WI-Fi card out of your laptop, but you should know that not only is it not safe, but the fact that your data is potentially insecure isn't even...

A recent news which is rampant on all social media that the most viewed YouTube video “Despacito” was hacked and that video was removed from YouTube. It was the first video to reached the remarkable milestone of becoming the first YouTube video in history to reach...

A researcher claims to have written an Android app that takes photos and videos using a smartphone camera, even while the screen is turned off – a pretty handy tool for a spy or a creepy stalker. University student Szymon Sidor claimed in a blog post and a video...

How do you think your data is stored, managed and organized on the hard drive, USB flash drives or portable sd card? A physical disk can just do 0’s or 1’s and it is the file system that gives meaning to such data. When people...

Recently, Facebook has launched Instant Articles features to everyone. It is a mobile publishing format that enables news publishers to distribute articles to Facebook’s app that load and display as much as 10 times faster that the standard mobile web. An Instant Article is an...

Browsing slowing to a crawl, the inability to stream, dropped Wi-Fi signals, wireless dead zones—every one of these problems is maddening in a world where getting online has become, for some, as necessary as breathing. Well, maybe not that critical, but important. If the only way you...

Facebook Audience Network pays its publishers an eCPM rate based on the countries and also the volume of traffic each publisher gets, but I can certainly tell you that it pays more than any other CPM network I’ve ever worked with. Facebook Page’ is one of the...

5G is the coming fifth-generation wireless broadband technology based on the IEEE802.11ac standard. An important goal of 5G is to erase the differences between wireline and wireless networking to accommodate the growing mobility of network users. 5G will provide better speeds and coverage than the current 4G. 5G operates with a...

I think my Wi-Fi is hacked. A sentence that was probably unimaginable about a decade ago – completely understandable these days. Hacking has become so prevalent that it won’t be a surprise if your connection is being monitored by someone. There are millions of devices...