Category: ONLINE TIPS

Earlier this week, over on Reddit, web developer unicorn4sale shared an interesting and frequently forgotten bit of how the internet works. While we typically look at urls as using dots solely to divide the domain name — separating “youtube” and “com”, for example — it’s perfectly...

A computer virus, much like a flu virus, is designed to spread from host to host and has the ability to replicate itself. Similarly, in the same way that viruses cannot reproduce without a host cell, computer viruses cannot reproduce and spread without programming such...

Pinterest is full of possibilities for your life. With billions of Pins on Pinterest, you'll always find ideas to spark inspiration. When you discover Pins you love, save them to boards to keep your ideas organized and easy to find.

End-to-end encryption means that data (all types of messages, photos, videos, voice and video calls) is encrypted (or scrambled) the moment it is sent from one device until it reaches the intended recipient. This data can't be picked up in the middle by anyone else,...

Without encryption, private messages can be read by the company behind the app, as well as third parties such as governments who like to collect private data on their citizens. Not even using the best VPN would help you if you’re using a messaging service that stores identifiable metadata about your...

Have you ever wished for actually seeing who is ignoring your follow request on Instagram? Many Instagram users may not be familiar with this but there is a way in which we can actually see our pending follow requests. Here, we will talk about an...

Cybercrime is a criminal activity that either targets or uses a computer, a computer network, or a networked device. Most, but not all, cybercrime is committed by cybercriminals or hackers who want to make money. Cybercrime is carried out by individuals or organizations.

Watch time of any video is primary reason for it to be trending, followed by views, likes, comments and sharing of videos. YouTube usually takes maximum 2 hours to index any video and it compares the all the important video metrics on a given time...

Every day millions worldwide watch short-form videos on TikTok and share their own clips. Some do it to be creative and sociable; others are seeking popularity. But as in any online community, TikTok is not just a platform for cool bloggers and their fans. It...

Browsing history is comprised of a record of Web pages that you have visited in past browsing sessions, and typically includes the name of the Web page/site as well as its corresponding URL.

In computer networking, port forwarding is an application of network address translation (NAT) that redirects a communication request from one address and port number combination to another while the packets are traversing a network gateway, such as a router or firewall.

Your Smartphone contains a lot of your personal information. It is synced with your email and your other profiles. It has access to all of your other personal data like your photos, messages, emails, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, etc. When you are connected to Wi-Fi, your...

Phishing is a type of social engineering attack often used to steal user data, including login credentials and credit card numbers. It occurs when an attacker, masquerading as a trusted entity, dupes a victim into opening an email, instant message, or text message. The recipient...

WebP is a method of lossy and lossless compression that can be used on a large variety of photographic, translucent and graphical images found on the web. The degree of lossy compression is adjustable so a user can choose the trade-off between file size and...

If you are a blogger, graphics designer or social media influencer then you might be needing images to use in different projects. Stock images are files that you can buy and download on specialized websites. Stock images are a great resource to get high quality and...

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