What the Tech? Surviving the Facebook Outage
While a few people seemed worried if not upset, others told me it might actually be a good thing to live without those social networks for a while.
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage
FILE – In this March 29, 2018, file photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York’s Times Square. Facebook prematurely turned off safeguards designed to thwart misinformation and rabble rousing after Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 elections in a moneymaking move that a company whistleblower alleges contributed to the deadly…
What the Tech? Lawsuit Claims Facebook Secretly Watches Users
“Facebook is listening to me all the time”. How many times have you heard someone say that? They’re completely convinced that Facebook and its other apps turn on the microphone when we’re not using the app. “I was talking about cowboy boots the other day and later, I’m seeing ads for cowboy boots!”. I hear people say something similar very…
What the Tech? Tech Breakthroughs of the Past Decade
We always think time passes quickly but when you look at techs and gadgets that we use everyday, sometimes it seems time passes slowly. Here me out here. How long do you think we’ve had the iPad? What was life like before the “selfie” and Instagram? Seems like they’ve been around forever. But the two-thousand teens will go down in…
What the Tech? Protecting Children from Instagram Predators
A case of a suspected pedophile convicted of grooming a child with the intent of committing a sexual offense has shown a new light on sexual predators using Instagram to find potential victims. According to the BBC, police in England arrested 39 year old Dominic Nielen-Groen after he had driven over 160 miles to meet a 15 year old girl…
What the Tech? Is Instagram’s Privacy Policy Really Changing?
If you’re a fan or follower of some Hollywood celebrities and musicians, you may have run across a scary post on Instagram recently. Stars such as Rob Lowe, Julia Roberts and Usher shared a viral post that claimed Instagram had changed its privacy policy and would be making everyone’s Insta’s public this week. The post further asked people to share…
