30 years ago, on December 3, 1992, the English software engineer Neil Papworth used his computer to send a message to Vodafone director Richard Jarvis. The message simply read “Merry Christmas” but it became known as the first SMS message ever sent, because Jarvis received the slightly premature Christmas greetings on his clunky Orbitel 901 […]
Author Archives: Bryan McNee
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Jun
Jun
Microsoft has ended support for Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) and closes the chapter on its legacy browser. The company has been cautioning users about this end of life date for quite some time and also beckoning them to plan migrations to Microsoft Edge. Its been a good run though…it is not often that a technology […]
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Jun
Jun
Visualizing The World’s 50 Biggest Data Breaches From 2004–2021 This graphic by Chimdi Nwosu visualizes the 50 largest data breaches since 2004, along with the sectors most impacted. Data was aggregated from company statements and news reports. Notable Data Breaches Since 2004 The largest data breach recorded occurred in 2013 when all three billion Yahoo accounts had […]
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Apr
Apr
Surprisingly, the answer is not the United States! On average, global internet users spend 2 hours and 27 minutes on social media per day. In many of the markets that Global Web Index surveyed, social media use had shrunk or plateaued in Q1 2020 when compared with 2019 and 2018 figures, but the coronavirus pandemic […]
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Mar
Mar
As war rages on between Russia and Ukraine, statistics are showing VPN usage has increased by 600% since February 24th, when Russian first invaded Ukraine. As many know, Russia has placed restrictions on social networks like Facebook and Twitter as well as foreign media sites, which has led to the uptick in VPN usage. In […]
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Feb
Feb
Social media platforms are ever changing to adjust to social ques and standards. Let’s look ahead to 2022 and see what trends we have in store for marketing according to Influencer Marketing Hub Reaching New Audiences Will Become a Primary Goal According to research completed by HubSpot, the main social media goals of most marketers in […]
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Jan
Jan
The company Bellweather is bringing us something that movies indicated we should’ve seen years ago. If you grew up watching the cartoon The Jetson’s, you may already know what I’m referring to. If you don’t know who Judy and Elroy are, you may be surprised to hear that flying cars are about to join the […]
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Jan
Jan
We’ve seen an abundance of games unveiled during the pandemic that allow multiple users from multiple households to play together, from Jackbox to Trivia, games via Zoom have taken over. Since January of this year, a new browser game has made it’s way to the forefront. It can only be played on a desktop or […]
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Dec
Dec
It’s no secret that 2021 came with it’s own set of challenges and advancements in medicine, science and technology. From the formation of the Metaverse, to self driving cars, the past year has been full of exciting new ventures. Let’s look forward to the future and see what will be new for 2022. According to […]
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Nov
Nov
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are all owned by the same company, and will be keeping their individual names moving forward. However, Zuckerberg the creator of Facebook has said he wants to create a universe of sorts, that houses all of these platforms under one name, Meta. Zuckerberg insists that Meta will represent the future of […]
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