The concept of how web hosting works can be tricky to someone who isn’t all that familiar with it already. Like many computer related ideas, it can ultimately become loaded with jargon that really doesn’t make a lick of sense to the everyday person. The thing is that the actual idea of web hosting isn’t… Continue reading The Non-tech Savvy Person’s Guide To How Web Hosting Works
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5 Great Websites For Keeping Up With the Cloud
Most experts agree that cloud computing will play a large part in the future of the information technology field. When using a cloud system, computer applications are accessed and utilized through a central network that’s usually at a remote location – in its most basic form, even services such as Gmail or Hotmail constitute cloud… Continue reading 5 Great Websites For Keeping Up With the Cloud
The Perfect Components To Building A Popular App
There are over 500,000 apps for your iPhone or Android! These apps encompass everything, from helping you track your stocks, to tuning your favorite instrument. But not every app is downloaded. What accounts for the huge void between “must have” apps and apps below 1,000 downloads? … As demonstrated by furniture retail giant IKEA, it’s… Continue reading The Perfect Components To Building A Popular App
3 Ways To Eliminate Customer Complaints And Returns
Online product sellers know how frustrating it can be to see their income go up as sales roll in – only to have that number cut dramatically by customer complaints and returns! Even worse, if you don’t actively try to minimize this negative feedback, your seller reputation could suffer and you risk being dropped from… Continue reading 3 Ways To Eliminate Customer Complaints And Returns
The Best Alternatives To The iPad
With the release of the iPad, Apple turned the world of computing upside down. The iPad offered an alternative way to browse the web, read books and watch videos that bettered the laptop and the desktop. Tablet users soon fell in love with the ability to use their devices while relaxing on the sofa or… Continue reading The Best Alternatives To The iPad
The History Of Light In Music And Festivals
Light shows have been used by pop musicians at festivals for almost as long as pop music itself has been around. Hard rock and early metal bands, especially those towards the more, uh, “psychedelic” end of the spectrum, have been marvelling at the pretty colours since at least the ‘60s. As for who has control… Continue reading The History Of Light In Music And Festivals
The Web Wild West; Do You Know What’s What?
Don’t believe everything you read. In the news, in textbooks, on the Internet. The cyber world is a lot like the great Wild West of its time, where the rules are still being made and fine-tuned. The upside is that it’s a remarkably fast-paced and exciting world to be a part of. The downside is… Continue reading The Web Wild West; Do You Know What’s What?
Understanding Your Computer
Some people seem to naturally “get” it – how their computer works, where the potential problems are and how to diagnose incomprehensible error messages and bizarre symptoms. Then there are the rest of us, where the “blue screen of death” sends waves of panic through our spines and there doesn’t seem to be any logical… Continue reading Understanding Your Computer
A History Of TV Advertising
Image by Medhi The first television advert ever to be screened happened on July 1st 1941 in the USA and was a 20-second advert for Bulova watches, broadcast on New York’s WNBT channel just before a major baseball game. Bulova paid $9 for the advert which accounting for inflation is roughly the equivalent of paying… Continue reading A History Of TV Advertising
How To Take A Flattering Facebook Profile Picture
Have you ever seen one of those tee-shirts bearing the slogan “You looked better on Facebook (*)”? There is a very good reason that these humorous shirts exist – an increasing number of people are choosing to use their digital cameras to take photographs of themselves (to be used as their main profile picture) which… Continue reading How To Take A Flattering Facebook Profile Picture