TV isn’t just for TV anymore. We still watch content day and night, but the access to our favorite shows doesn’t run exclusively through the living room television anymore. Tablets and smartphones grow in popularity as online streaming services develop apps that allow us to watch our favorite shows and movies on the go. A CNET study discovered that “real-time entertainment” like streaming videos from Netflix or Hulu consists of nearly 66 percent. That means more than half of all Internet consumption is some sort of video entertainment—a huge number when you think about the scale of the Web, and mobile streaming is only becoming a larger part of the picture.
Category: Internet
All posts that are related to various aspects of the Internet can be found within this group.
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Still Using 90’s Internet Technology?
When internet usage became common in the late 1990s, the lack of speed was not regarded as such an issue. The whole concept of the world wide web seemed so magical at the time that an image sometimes taking minutes to appear was easy enough to bear. That view quickly changed, not surprisingly, as the Internet evolved and internet broadband began to appear.
Nowadays, a high speed internet connection is considered, by many, to be as essential a part of their life as electricity and water is. An area that lacks good broadband internet access will often be seen as a blackhole. Because, broadband itself is not always enough – and that’s becoming more the case as increasingly fast speeds are possible.
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Internet Addiction – Pros and Cons
We all spend a lot of time surfing the web. It can simplify finding things, getting information from trusted sources, and where your kids are concerned it helps with education, completing their school work, performing research, accessing tutoring and study clubs and connecting with school study partners online. There are certainly times when your kids are not using their internet time for school and with that said it is actually quite difficult to know exactly what your kids are doing online.
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6 Tips for Attracting Repeat Visitors to Your Site
Every website owner would want to have as many people as possible visiting his site. However, with the multitude of competing sites out there, attracting new visitors has become an increasingly daunting task. Even more difficult is getting people to make repeat visits to your site.
Here are some tips which will increase the chances of people coming back to your site.
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How to Stay Safe With Social Networks
If you own a business – online or offline – or just enjoy creating a website or blog, then chances are you will inevitably be involved in one or more social networks. Social networks have taken off tremendously in the past 8 years or so, and it seems most people seem to have used social network in one form or another. Today, networks such as Facebook and Twitter, have become an important part of reporting events and daily lives more than any form of news.
Of course, as with many things in life, social networks are not immune to risks. Unfortunately, many people have had malicious things happen to them, their friends, or their family because of social networks. While social networks can be tremendous resources, it is important to understand what you can do to stay safe while using online social networks.
Securing Your Social Network
If you bank or perform financial transactions online, then you know how important security can be. When it comes to social networks, you should approach those sites in a similar manner. Whether it is a bank or social network, both types of sites contain your personal information that you don’t want known to strangers.
Here is a few tips to help keep you safe when using social networks:
Create a strong login. While you may not be able to choose your user name, as some networks automatically may use your e-mail address, you can choose a strong password. Create a password that is long and strong. Ensure your password is at least 10 characters in length and contains letters (both upper and lower case), numbers, and punctuation and symbols. When it comes to passwords, the longer a password, the strong it is. You also don’t want to use the same password with other sites, so ensure that it is unique. If you have trouble remembering many passwords, you should look at using a password manager such as LastPass.
Encrypt you connection. Most, if not all social networks, now provide an option to secure your connection using SSL. This encrypts any data that is exchanged between your computer and the social network. If the option is enabled by default, and it is available from the social network, you should enable it. Web browsers will display “https://” beside the URL of the social network, and also display a lock icon somewhere on the browser windows to indicate the connection is encyrpted.
Be aware of phishing e-mails. Many times you may receive an e-mail reportedly from a social network, however, many times it could be criminals trying to get you to divulge your social network user ID and password. Such e-mails will usually contain a link to a malicious site that is disguised to look like the real social network site. If you receive such e-mails that you are unsure about, then you should manually open your browser window and log into the social network directly. From there you should then check for messages from the site.
Be wary of link scams. While e-mails are a major way for criminals to obtain information, they may also post malicious links on social networking sites. Such links will usually take you to a site that infects your computer with malware. You may even receive suspicious links from a friend after their account has been compromised. If you are unsure, or suspicious of a link from a friend, you should call them up and ask them about the link.
Be aware of what apps you have installed. When you add or install an app through a social network, be aware that the quality control process may not be enough to prevent malicious apps from appearing on social networks. Many apps require specific access to your account, so you should understand what permissions you are providing to each app, and what happens after the app is installed. Ensure you only install apps that are well-known and trusted, and only if you need to install the app.
While we all like to use social networks for different reasons, it is important to take the necessary steps to keep yourself, your friends, and your family protected. Social networks can be a very useful tool for a variety of reasons, but you must also be aware of the malicious activity that can occur if you are not careful.
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Roulette at Home is now a Social Event
One of the principle appeals of casino roulette was the social element. Perhaps more than any other game, roulette is associated with the tux’n’tailed throngs surrounding the table, eyes on the high-roller about to win – or blow – a fortune.
The earliest web versions of the game lacked that lustre. Spinning digital wheels created a virtual vortex that sucked all the glamour out of a once-great game. Luckily for restless web gamers, live roulette broadcast directly to your TV screen was just around the corner…
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Increase Sales Through Building High-Quality Online Relationships
When you are starting to promote a business online, you begin to wonder how exactly to get to those targeted users and make them your followers – because these are the best prospects you can get – the crowd that is really interested/ in need of your products and services.
Being honest, this is the sole final purpose of getting targeted followers: to increase sales. However, most of these entrepreneurs and marketers may be often missing a most important point.
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Why You Need Force.com Apps Development Services
Many such leading web development and technology based consulting company using and offering Force.com development services. Force.com is a platform for developing and organizing applications for the social enterprise.
It is measured as one of the unsurpassed as for the motive that there are no servers or software to buy or administer, you can focus entirely on developing apps that include built-in social and mobile functionality, business methods, reporting, and also search. Your apps functions on a protected, recognized service that balance, tunes, and backs up data automatically.