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Start Building Your Smart Home with These 10 Futuristic Gadgets

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The Future is NOW.

In an era where drones, neural lace, recreational space flights, self-driven vehicles, human tracking chips, robot staffed industries and cloning to name a few have silenced human jolt, “futuristic” home improvements facilitated through smart technology and gadgets is the actually the present and no longer considered to be “the future”.

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As daunting and intimidating as it may appear, technology when understood and successful implemented produces advantages that saves time, resources and has long term monetary gain. Read more…

15 Things You Should Never Post Online

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The World Wide Web is not simply accessible today – it is omnipresent: people use Internet for shopping, catching a ride and talking to one another. No wonder such a massive thing that has taken over our lives is being abused today. Online fraud rates are growing and more and more people get blocked on social networks for being annoying and inappropriate.

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So how about we take a moment to remind us some basic learnings as per what should and shouldn’t go online. Internet prudence begins with thinking twice before posting things and ends with being cautious about who you share your location with. Read more…

15 Serious Global Threats to Today’s Internet

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We are living in the technological advanced age in which every second is a challenge for all of us. The Invent of internet has made our lives easy and innovative but on the other hand, it has opened ways for cybercrime that has given birth to the global internet security threats. As there is more innovation, hackers are exploring more ways to attack the cyber space security with more sophisticated attempts.

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Here i am going to describe the top 15 threats to today’s internet security: Read more…

15 “Make Money Online” Scams to Avoid

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Sorry to burst your bubble, but there are NO high paying work-at-home “online” jobs. Even stay-at-home accountants that work online with their office in a bedroom are struggling to make “good” money. Repeat – There are no high paying online work-at-home jobs. Any advert that claims otherwise is lying to you.

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There! You now know all you need to know in order to save you from being scammed online. If an advert claims you will have to work for cookie crumbs, then it is probably being honest. Read more…

15 Cool Gadgets that Make You Feel Safe at Home

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In this era of modernization and advancement, the role and influence of technology in our lives is getting bigger and bigger. As a result, there have been different kinds of gadgets and technological appliances developed in order to provide safety or security to mankind as much as possible. In the current scenario gadgets specifically smart gadgets are becoming efficient ways through which we can make our lives and homes more secured and convenient. Therefore, with the passage of time the significance of these smart gadgets in our daily lives is increasing and there is the likelihood that more benefits of these gadgets will be identified in near future as well.

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There has been so much progress or development made in two domains such as comfort and security in recent years. Therefore it can be assumed that smart gadgets have really played their role in the betterment of these two areas to a large extent. Read more…

10 Reasons Why Hackers Like Your Shares on Social Media

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Unquestionably, in this age and time, social media has become a vital part of our modern life. For a lot of companies, social media is an incredible marketing tool. Businesses can get their name out in front of established customers and prospective customers without expending a lot of dollars. This is why many organizations hire SMM specialist to create Facebook posts or to send out daily tweets on Twitter, or they hire a freelance social media professional who can keep the company’s name in the public eye for a fraction of the cost compared to a full-time employee.

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Just as a coin has two sides, similarly, social media can be an organization’s worst security nightmare too. Particularly, when outside vendors or short-term interns are hired to do social-media-related outreach. Also, the problem of safety gets increased because of our love to share more. Read more…

Top 10 Most Dangerous Computer Viruses

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When the world was introduced to the home computer, it was also introduced to the virus. Especially since the Internet came about more and more opportunities have arose for tech-savvy types who want to infect other people’s systems for fun or profit. Even though antivirus software has become very sophisticated over the years a good backup is still necessary in 2016.

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Some viruses and other malware are nothing but an annoyance, quickly removed from a system and forgotten soon after. But some have had a real impact on the world and the way we use computers, even adding new words to the language. Let’s take a look at ten that have come up over the years. Read more…

10 Useful Tips to Secure Your Cloud Data

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Are you almost always persisting to use cloud services to save your data? Well, you are not the only person in the world to think that way and so your ambivalence is valid. However, it is best to know that cloud-based storage services are here for good. These happen to be the ultimate solutions for storing the data online, with an ease of access whenever you want and wherever you want.

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While it may seem tempting, people still raise concerns regarding the matter in terms of security. Who knows someone can just sneak into your cloud data and access the sensitive information that you stored on cloud merely to save space on your hard disk. It certainly sounds like a hard bargain. Therefore it is advisable to take precautionary measures before it’s too late. Read more…

How Facebook ‘Steals & Sells’ Your Private Information

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If you think that setting your Facebook account into private hides your personal information, then you better think again. Yes, they’ve been keeping our information whether you go online or offline. And that’s what frustrates us the most, Facebook has been storing our information the moment we agreed with their policies. You may not notice it, but the more you agreed to their terms and conditions, the more you store your personal data in their database.

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Sad to say, there are some users who just don’t pay too much attention to every agreement that they signed. As a result, they’ve been wondering why and how Facebook got their information where in fact, they didn’t give any. Again, Facebook keeps your personal information whether you like it or not. Well, there might be some advantages it gives to us. Perhaps, you don’t need to agree with their policies now and then. But if you are a keen observer, thinking about how Facebook uses your personal data with or without the user’s knowledge can sometimes be daunting and frustrating. Read more…

10 Ways How Facebook Uses Your Personal Data

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Facebook has turned 11 years old this year. With the massive growth in users over the decade it has also generated massive revenue. Being the most used social media platform, Facebook has frustrated its users massively on a large scale with its devious privacy policies and unwelcomed surprises present in its terms of services.

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The company tries to walk in a difficult situation, between offering the users proper private space in communicating with their friends and this way feed the user data to businesses for using them to serve effective ads. Many times this balance has tipped in the favor of the business. The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) also charged the company with frequent privacy audits for 20 years as it deceived the consumers with its privacy promises. Read more…

10 Easy Ways to Access Blocked Websites

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Access to a wide variety of websites is blocked by many authorities across the world. Extreme cases, such as China, use their own firewall systems to block out the majority of the internet; in other places you may find your college or workplace blocks all access to social media sites.

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Sometimes, this is a necessary tool; it may be a matter of government security or simply policy. There is usually a way round the blocks but you should ensure what you are doing is legal. We’re totally aware that as technology keeps advancing, the internet becomes more and more dangerous. Many countries have restrictions; however, they’re constantly breached by hackers with bad intentions. Read more…

15 Ways Google Collects Your Private Info and Data

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Google and “privacy” are two words that have never gotten along well. The industry leader has often been accused of going too far in their data collection on users. There is very little that the company cannot know, and this should alarm you. They act benevolent now and promise to never share data maliciously, but promises can be broken and power structures changed. Chances are that when Google gets a new CEO, they will still have your data, and they will still be able to damage you with it.

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Here are 15 methods that Google can and will use to collect your personal information: Read more…

10 Ways How Hackers Attack Your Social Media Accounts

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A decade ago, it was simply our personal computers that we wanted to protect when it came to computing. However, nowadays the stakes are much higher and the things we have to worry about in much greater numbers. For instance, the banking accounts that we use online or even social media can be the target of attacks. That’s why Facebook more or less recently launched partnership with Kaspersky in order to make their whole experience more secure. Along with that, were launched some pages and exclusive content explaining how exactly the dynamics of security really worked when it came to social media.

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Did you know your social media content and activity could be at risk? Read more…

20 Apps to Discover Your Lost / Stolen Smartphones

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Have you lost your smartphone and worried that it’s gone? Well, then take a breather as there are many useful apps available online that can help you get your lost or missing smartphone back. While some of these apps help make an audible sound to alert you of the hiding spot of your missing smartphone, some other identify the GPS location of the stolen phone, and a few others provide remote options to have control over your smartphone.

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Through this post, I’ll help you learn about 20 great apps that can help in tracking your lost smartphone. Read more…

Top 20 Popular Online Scams and Dangerous Frauds

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Internet these days is full of frauds and scams; you think you are looking at something but it may turn out to be the exact opposite of it. As much advantages as an Internet offers to every person, there are also a number of scams attached with this experience that you must look out for. Such scams can affect a person one way or the other without them even realizing it.

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If you are also among those who are tired of being hit by several online scams, then below you will learn the top 20 online scams that should be avoided at all costs: Read more…