Why I’m an Android User
As you may or not be aware, two big players dominate the cellphone market. The two market leaders...
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Category: Opinion and Commentary
Democrat’s “Save the Internet Act” intends to fix Net Neutrality Rules.
During a press conference leading Democrats announced a bill to fix Net Neutrality rules. The bill...
Read MoreSocial media companies fight against fake news
As I wrote about last year, social media and search companies were blamed for the perpetuation of fake news. Many Americans, some of whom disliked the election result, believe this was a major contributor to Hillary Clinton’s...
Read MoreEquifax breach response, inept and slow
As has been widely reported, credit reporting and financial data power house Equifax announced early last that a data breach occurred. The breach affected a potential 143 million people, with credit, financial, and personal...
Read MoreAre we giving up privacy for convenience?
While watching the NBC Nighty News today and I saw an a story about authorities in Bentonville, Arkansas seeking the recordings from an Amazon Echo unit in connection with a murder. The authorities seem to believe that the Echo...
Read MoreSouth Carolina’s Chumley files bill to create law to block porn
South Carolina state representative Bill Chumley (R-Spartanburg), has introduced a bill designed to fight human trafficking by blocking pornography on any device sold in the state. According to GoUpstate.com, the bill will...
Read MoreAT&T in FCC crosshairs over net neutrality, and the debate continues.
The FCC now has AT&T in is crosshairs over violating net neutrality rules by allowing its users to use its new DIRECTV Now video streaming service, without charging them any data, a practice known as “zero rating”. According...
Read MoreSnap, Inc’s (Snapchat) Spectacles….Why do we need this?
Back in September Snapchat made two rather large announcements, the first of which being that they are changing their name to Snap, Inc, dropping the chat from their name. The second announcement is that they are Introducing a...
Read MoreSome good tips for spotting fake news
Recently the issue of fake and inaccurate news, also called junk news, has found its way in to public discussion. This is not a new problem, but with the amount of fake news relating to the most recent election, the issue is...
Read MoreThe fake news problem facing Social Media (..were looking at you Facebook)
On November 8th, 2016 something that many thought was impossible happened, NYC business mogul and reality TV star Donald J. Trump was elected as the President of the United States of America. President-Elect trump has had a...
Read MoreMicrosoft joins The Linux Foundation..Did Hell freeze over?
In what many will consider shocking news Microsoft has not only been on a path of embracing Linux, but now they have joined the Linux Foundation as a Platinum member, as reported by TechCrunch. To me this news is not at all...
Read MoreCongressional Blunder – Senate calls wrong CEO to testify in Time Warner merger hearing
In their latest blunder the Senate has called the wrong CEO to testify in the ATT/Time Warner merger hearings. As reported by CNET, it seems the Senate called Rob Marcus, the former CEO of Time Warner Cable, instead of Jeff...
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