Year: 2017

A couple of recent press stories about diversity caught my eye this week. First the good news. Google and Howard University are doing something about getting more African Americans into the tech world. Howard University and […]

A report from Skycure found that “71% of all Android users on the five major US carriers are running security patches that are at least 2 months old.” The report found that “Growth in malware and […]

There are parts of my home which don’t get good Wi-Fi coverage from the internet router in my home office. Fortunately, there are ways to enhance that signal so, with the right equipment installed, the […]

Even without trying out the new Google Maps location feature, I know it’s a great idea because I’ve done it before, using the Glympse app. Whether you’re talking Glympse or Google’s new feature, the basics are […]

In a blog post, Google’s chief business officer Phillip Schindler  said “We know advertisers don’t want their ads next to content that doesn’t align with their values. So starting today, we’re taking a tougher stance […]

Just ahead of St. Patricks Day, I had a visit from Paraic Hayes, the VSP of IDA Ireland to talk about how Irish eyes are smiling on the U.S. tech industry.   Here’s the full […]

Parents start by downloading the Google Family Link app from the Google Play store, which they use to create a “family manager” account to create and manage accounts for their kids. The app recommends that the child and parent’s phones be side-by-side during the set-up process and, I would recommend that the child and parent also be sitting together so that they can also have a conversation about the responsible use of this new account. […]

  ou can read the full report from eMarketer, but here’s a summary of the numbers: US digital ad spending will reach $83.00 billion in 2017  an increase of 15.9%, according to eMarketer’s latest forecast […]

The World Wide Web turned 28 on Sunday and, for its birthday, it’s creator Sir Tim Berners Lee, wrote an open letter descriptively titled Three challenges for the web, according to its inventor.

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The legislation, Assembly Bill 165, would “end the application of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act to a local educational agency, as defined, or an individual acting for or on behalf of a local educational agency.” The bill defines educational agencies as county offices of education, school districts and charter schools. […]