Remote work, freelance work, and digital nomad lifestyle are trends that have sustained and continue growing. Working at home, or at a cottage in the Pyrenees Mountains as a freelancer is nothing new, but the magic of the internet has made Read >
Author: Ari
90 percent of hacked web sites were powered by WordPress
WordPress is so popular software package for online publications, e-commerce, business sites, blogs, and all types of web sites that it has the major problem that comes with success: hackers. Sucuri, a business specialized in web site security, analyzed infected web Read >
How to choose the best method for preventing comment spam in WordPress
Everyone who is responsible for administering and managing a WordPress blog, web site, or publication that is configured to accept comments knows how massive the comment spam problem is. Fortunately, multiple solutions are available to fight it. In fact, there are Read >
How to activate secure two-factor authentication for online services
It is only a matter of time when one of the web services you are using gets hacked. A common objective for data thieves is to steal databases that include user data, such as names, passwords, phone numbers, birth dates, addresses, Read >
There is something terribly wrong with this web page
Why does someone publish thought-provoking articles on the internet only to cover the excellent content with popup windows (see the screen capture above)? In the early days of online advertising – 15-20 years ago – it was common to bombard web Read >
Popular travel booking apps tell Facebook where, when and how you travel
A few friends have asked me is it possible that Facebook is listening to their phone calls or intercepting their online communications because it mysteriously seems to know all their travel plans. Well, I didn’t take it seriously until now. A Read >
The future of WordPress after release 5.0
A major release of WordPress (version 5.0) open source publishing software and a major gathering of WordPress experts (Wordcamp) coincided in early December 2018. It wasn’t a coincidence. People who had contributed to the new software could explain what was new, Read >
The demand for batteries show how fundamentally traffic will change
Every day, new markets and new business opportunities are discovered and created across the world. Most of them don’t go anywhere, but some do. It is not every day that a market-changing, even world-changing, new market is looking at us right Read >
We expected voice user interface to be the next big thing – but that was before the Magic UX
At the moment, we have two ways to interact with our communication devices: touching the screen, or using keyboard+mouse combination. A strong candidate to supplement these ways of interaction is voice. Big technology companies are investing heavily in voice recognition, and Read >
Concerned over your email privacy and security? Why not host your email server at home or office?
Email is a vital tool for everyone – for large corporations, small businesses, freelancers, and all individuals. It is the one universal address everyone can have. Especially individuals and small businesses tend to use free email services, like Gmail or Yahoo Read >