Download vs upload speed: Why they matter
You are in the middle of your favorite streaming program when you unexpectedly experience the much dreaded "spinning wheel." You thought you'd chosen the...
Google’s One Tap lets you sign into websites and apps without a password
Google has unveiled Google Identity Services, a set of standard interfaces that lets developers integrate Google's One Tap for faster user sign-ups and simpler...
Living the Beta Life: Testing Apple, Google, and Microsoft pre-release operating systems
Some people like to live on the technological bleeding edge by installing beta software on their phones, tablets, and computers. I happen to be...
The average consumer loses over $150 a year renting a router from their ISP
Fast facts:
Our analysis of data from major ISPs found that the average customer who rents equipment for their internet service could save upwards...
Brazilians spend more time on smartphones than rest of the world
Smartphone users in Brazil spend more time on their devices than any other country in the world, a new report has found.
Daily time spent...
A deeper dive into Facebook’s MySQL 8.0 migration
This week, Facebook's development organization announced its completion of the type of tasks that enterprises dread: a major upgrade to its core database. Larry...
Microsoft Edge 92 starts rolling out to mainstream users
On July 22, Microsoft began rolling out version 92 of its Chromium-based browser to the Stable Channel, meaning mainstream users. The new version includes...
End of an era: Now Firefox has dropped support for FTP, too
Firefox maker Mozilla has dropped support for the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) in version 90 of the browser.
FTP has long been used to exchange...
Get ready: Google Chat is replacing Hangouts for more users
Google is preparing its Workspace customers to make the shift from Hangouts to Chat and the switchover starts on August 16.
From then on, Google...
Facebook fights Biden claim that social media is ‘killing people’ through anti-vax, COVID-19 misinformation...
Facebook has addressed comments made by US President Biden over social media and the spread of fake COVID-19 information, saying it is time to...
