Category: ONLINE TIPS

Encryption can help protect the sensitive data on an external drive should it fall into the wrong hands through loss or theft, but there are other reasons for encryption, too. For instance, non-encrypted flash drives can leave you vulnerable to malware and other device security…

Instagram, an American photo and video sharing social networking service owned by Facebook, turns 10 years old. To help celebrate its 10th birthday, Instagram has added all of its classic icons within a secret menu that lets you revert to some of the classic app icons…

Latency is the time that passes between user action and the resulting response. Network latency refers specifically to delays that take place within a network, or on the Internet. In practical terms, latency is the time between user action and the response from the website…

When you’re in a long-distance relationship, being apart sucks for a number of reasons, not least of which is that you’re missing out on that all-important physical connection: holding hands, cuddling on the couch, kissing and, of course, having sex. So, sexting can help keep the spark…

Automatic video play can be pretty annoying. Because it will expose you to violent, offensive, or otherwise unwanted content that you shouldn’t have to see by default. Whatever your reason, there’s no shame in wanting to turn autoplay off for good. Luckily, there are ways to…

Earlier this month, Apple removed Epic Games’ Fortnite from its App Store after the company implemented its own in-app payment system. The upshot was Epic bypassed Apple’s 30% cut. Enter lawsuit. Today, Apple has terminated Epic Games’s account from its App Store amid a legal…

A virtual private network (VPN) gives you online privacy and anonymity by creating a private network from a public internet connection. VPNs mask your internet protocol (IP) address so your online actions are virtually untraceable. Most important, VPN services establish secure and encrypted connections to…

If you are experiencing unnecessary pop ups on your WordPress website then your site is hacked and it is infected with malware. WordPress websites have thousands of files. So it becomes very difficult to detect in which file script is being added. The main reason…

WordPress backup plugins have begun getting more user-friendly and advanced, adding more features and providing interfaces for users to easily make their backups and protect the files in the process. In addition, all site owners want a simple way to restore the files, so that has been a…

There is nothing 100% safe as long as you are in the internet. With hacks, scams, malware, the internet can feel like a dangerous place these days. Identity theft can rock your world, and not in a good way. You could lose access to your financial accounts,…

Passwords are the digital keys to our networks of friends, our work colleagues, and even our banking and payment services. The most important two passwords are those for your email and social network accounts. If someone gains access to your email account, they could use…

SSL Certificate refers to Secure Sockets Layers. It means the connection between the user computer and the server is private. So, the data sent between them are encrypted. SSL certificates have a key pair: a public and a private key. These keys work together to establish…

Facebook has made a photo transfer tool globally available that lets account holders easily download all their pictures and videos from the social network to Google Photos. The new data transfer tool allows you to create copies of all of the photos or videos on your…

A content delivery network (CDN) refers to a geographically distributed group of servers that work together to provide fast delivery of Internet content. A CDN allows for the quick transfer of assets needed for loading Internet content including HTML pages, javascript files, stylesheets, images, and videos. It is…

The streaming giant Netflix now lets you protect your profile with a PIN, keeping other people on your account from accessing your home screen and personalized experiences. Here’s How To Set Up Pin Protection Sign into Netflix with a web browser (account settings can’t be…

Many YouTube users are probably unaware of the dangers when surfing the platform looking for the next viral hit. However, this Google service is in the eye-line of many cybercriminals. Through phishing attacks, they try to obtain passwords to access information such as bank data associated with your YouTube channel….