If you’re on a fitness plan or just monitoring your weight for any reason, it’s best to keep track of your trends over time. A typical analog scale can measure your weight, but if you’re looking for more than that, it’s time you upgraded to a smart scale. How Smart Scales Work Smart scales give … Read more
Email is still the most popular way to send and receive important documents and information. As emails become more integrated into society, spam is also becoming more common. Many of the spam emails you receive are identified and sent to your spam folder. However, there are still some that make it through to your inbox. … Read more
Cyber criminals preying on the elderly is a big problem throughout the world. While all age groups are equally vulnerable to two-bit frauds, the elderly may be prone just a bit more. Many retirees, widowers and lonely grandparents may have their entire nest egg easily accessible, and that makes them targets. There are other factors … Read more
The more we rely on technology to conduct our everyday business, the more common data breaches are becoming. Hackers get this information by exploiting vulnerabilities in the website’s software, and they are getting better at it with time. Have any of your email addresses been compromised? If you can’t answer that question for sure, you … Read more
Depending on their end use, databases can be simple or complex in their design. An excel sheet which helps you query your data based on rows and columns can be understood as a simple example of SQL, a relationship-based database management system (RDBMS). The earliest Web was designed mostly on SQL databases, such as Oracle … Read more
When it comes to searching the Web, the current belief is that Google is king. While many people share that belief, others believe Google is synonymous with privacy invasion. Pair that with other complaints about poor search results, and you have a need for other search engines. Fortunately, not only do other search engines exist, … Read more
Since the release of Grammarly, proofreading apps have become far more common. Is Grammarly still the best proofreading app? Let’s take a look at Grammarly and some Grammarly alternatives for Chrome. Why Are Good Proofreading Apps Hard to Make? What makes grammar checking so difficult? English, mostly. While any literate human can craft complicated sentences … Read more
As technology moves on, the humble photo frame and album becomes somewhat outdated. People these days take photos digitally and save them to the cloud for safekeeping, so there’s no need to keep developed photos safe using albums and picture frames. At the same time, it’s nice to have your photos decorating the home. Showing … Read more
When you purchase or rent movies and TV shows on a streaming service, you essentially have access everywhere, provided there is an app available for the device you want to watch on. Google Play Movies and TV, for example, is available across several platforms, not just mobile. Sometimes, however, accessing one or two of the … Read more
AdBlock and Adblock Plus (ABP) are two of the most popular ad blockers. Even though the names sound very similar, the products were developed by different companies. They have each evolved from browser extensions specific to Firefox and Chrome to support multiple browsers and platforms. In this article we compare the two ad blockers for … Read more