Category «Internet»

Do You Still Have a Way to Listen to CDs?

How to Geek: “When I talk to people about my CD-collecting habits, they often remark that if they bought a CD, they wouldn’t have a way to listen to it. Their car and PC don’t have disc drives, they’ve ditched their DVD player for a streaming stick, and rather than a boombox they have a …

Subjects: Internet

Social Media Fact Sheet

Pew Research – “Many Americans use social media to connect with one another, engage with news content, share information and entertain themselves. Explore the patterns and trends shaping the social media landscape. Which social media platforms are most common? YouTube and Facebook are the most-widely used online platforms. Half of U.S. adults say they use …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Social Media

Google Maps just got 5 big upgrades in time for the holidays

Tom’s Guide – “Today, Google announced the arrival of several new features meant to help with your holiday plans. The features cover everything from traveling on public transit to planning trips with your electric vehicle or a trailer. Most of the features are built around making travel easier and to help you get around without …

Subjects: AI, Climate Change, Internet, Search Engines, Transportation

Punctuation is dead because the iPhone keyboard killed it

“Apple sacrificed commas and periods at the altar of simplified keyboard design. Android Authority’s Rita El Khoury argues that the decline in punctuation use and capitalization in social media writing, especially among younger generations, can largely be attributed to the iPhone keyboard. “By hiding the comma and period behind a symbol switch, the iPhone keyboard …

Subjects: Education, Internet

The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance

Wired: “President-elect Donald Trump has promised to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. He’s vowed to jail his political foes and journalists. A Republican-controlled government could further restrict abortion and transgender rights. Influential conservatives have called for a crackdown on left-leaning activist groups, a replay of Trump’s hardline attitude against protesters in his first administration. To …

Subjects: E-Records, Free Speech, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy

Kagi Translate

Kagi Translate delivers precise translation across 244 languages using advanced language models. You can translate any web page by adding “translate.kagi.com/” before the URL in your browser address bar. Or, drag this bookmarklet Kagi Translate to your browser bookmarks for one-click translation of selected text on page/entire web page. Follow @KagiHQ for updates or join …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

Web Clipper

Today [November 11, 2024], we’re introducing Obsidian Web Clipper a new extension that helps you highlight and capture the web in your favorite browser. Anything you save is stored as durable Markdown files that you can read offline, and preserve for the long term. Web Clipper makes it easy to shape Obsidian into a recipe book, a …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 9, 2024

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 9, 2024 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, Internet, Privacy, Search Engines

Voted in America? This Site Doxed You

404 Media: “If you voted in the U.S. presidential election [November 5, 2024] in which Donald Trump won comfortably, or a previous election, a website powered by a right-wing group is probably doxing you. VoteRef makes it trivial for anyone to search the name, physical address, age, party affiliation, and whether someone voted that year …

Subjects: Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Government Documents, ID Theft, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media