Global Internet Connection Speeds Rise Sharply in 2013
The 2013 numbers are in, and there’s good news and bad news. The good news: the Internet continues to get faster and faster. The bad news: the U.S. is lagging behind world leaders in Internet technology development. Globally, Internet connection speeds rose by 29 percent, with the average connection clocking in at 3.6 megabytes per […]
NSA Spying Through Popular Mobile Apps Like “Angry Birds”
According to a report co-authored by The New York Times and the U.K. newspaper The Guardian, the National Security Agency and its British equivalent are using game apps like Angry Birds to collect users’ personal information. Details of the program, obtained from classified British intelligence files, indicate that Angry Birds and other “leaky apps” are […]
NSA is Hacking Your iPhone, US Government Spy Program Revealed
[space40] Advanced NSA Spying via iPhone Hacking Revealed [space20] Edward Snowden’s leak of NSA spying tactics has shocked and amazed. News has come to light showing the US Government’s blatant disregard for democratic values, spying on US citizens and non-citizens alike, collecting a treasure trove of personal and private information on billions of people. In […]
New Search Engine Tool Hides Your Activity from NSA Spying
High tech start-up, Disconnect recently launched their newest product helping internet users browse the web without fear of being tracked by US spy agencies. The newly released Disconnect Search is available as a browser extension for Firefox and Google Chrome. Disconnect has been developing privacy tools for a few years and currently over 1 […]
Ladies and Gentleman It is Now Safe to Turn-on Your Electronic Devices
After decades enforcing rules barring the use of electronic devices in flight, the bureaucracy running the FAA seem to be getting their act together. Federal regulators inched a step closer to allowing passengers on commercial flights to use their mobile devices, computers, and other electronic gadgets during takeoff and landing. As an iPhone app developer and […]
American Internet Connection Speeds Lag Western World
Being slow, falling behind, and lacking innovation may be traits commonly reserved for failed states in Sub-Saharan Africa, yet in a shocking report on global internet speeds, the United States ranked at an embarrassingly low 28th place in the developed world. According to a news article published by USA Today, “A recent analysis by the […]
Google Replaces AT&T as Wi-fi Provider for Starbucks Coffee Shops
AT&T provides sub-par telecom services, from spotty cell reception to snail-paced internet access. They suck and the world knows it. Hence no tears were shed when Starbucks recently announced a new partnership with Google to replace AT&T as the wi-fi provider of choice. According to an article by PCMag, “The eatery is ditching its current […]
Politicians Fail American People, NSA to Continue Spying on Citizens
The NSA has been given the green light by the US Government to continue spying on American citizens without any oversight or restrictions. In a surprising turn of events, the Obama administration teamed up with hawkish members of the Republican party to defeat an amendment that would have curtailed the NSA’s power to spy on […]
Is iOS Really Unhackable? NSA Found Spying on US Public Through iPhone Apps
Let it be known that contradictory to earlier reports, US Government agencies have free access to spy on private information contained on your smartphone, tablet, and PC. Apple’s iOS platform is not unhackable. The National Security Administration (NSA) is perhaps America’s most mysterious and powerful Government institution. Feared by foreign nations and regarded as untrustworthy […]
No One is Safe, Microsoft Caught Spying on Skype Messages
Showing blatant disregard for personal privacy, Microsoft has been called out for intercepting, decrypting and reading private Skype conversations. According to a research project by ARS Technica, “The corporation is intercepting, decrypting, and reading at least some Skype messages to the point where URLs embedded in Skype chat are being visited by machines.” Microsoft acquired […]