Category «Internet»

America Online: A Cautionary Tale

The Nation $: On the rise and fall of the quintessential ’90s online service provider—and a warning about today’s social-media giants. “…America Online debuted in 1991, the same year that the World Wide Web opened to the public. With revenue from advertising and subscriber fees, AOL had a market cap that soared past $150 billion …

Subjects: E-Commerce, E-Mail, E-Records, Economy, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management

The Politics of Loneliness

The Bulwark – Social, economic, and technological trends contribute to widespread feelings of isolation—and there’s a role for policy in making things better. by Chris Murphy: “Today’s Americans should be the least lonely in our nation’s history: More of us than ever before live in densely populated parts of the country, and technology offers us more …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Health Care, Internet

How to take a full-page screenshot in Google Chrome four ways

ZDNET: “Picture this: you want to take a screenshot of an entire webpage, small bits at the bottom and all. Usually, you’re only able to capture what’s within the four corners of your screen, leaving behind elements that you’d have to scroll down for. Don’t give up. It may seem impossible to capture everything in …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management

How to Use Chrome’s @ Shortcut to Find Things in Your Browser

MakeUseOf: “If you’re a Chrome user who often has plenty of open tabs and bookmarks saved, then you’ll know how frustrating it is to lose these pages in your browser. Nobody wants to spend time looking for lost pages! While Chrome already has a tab search feature, there’s an even more effective way to find …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

Riana Pfefferkorn on End-to-End Encryption for iPhone Backups to iCloud

LawFare Podcast: “Last week, Apple made an announcement about some new security features it would be offering to users. One of those features involves users’ ability to opt in to encryption for iPhone backups to iCloud. While this new feature will enhance data privacy and security for those users who choose to opt in, it …

Subjects: E-Mail, E-Records, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy

Introducing the Google Search Status Dashboard

Google Search Central: “As we head into 2023, we want to introduce another tool for the public to understand the most current status of systems which impact Search—crawling, indexing, and serving. While system disruptions are extremely rare, we want to be transparent when they do happen. In the past, we’ve worked with our Site Reliability …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

Dozens of Telehealth Startups Sent Sensitive Health Information to Big Tech Companies

MarkUp: “Open the website of WorkIt Health, and the path to treatment starts with a simple intake form: Are you in danger of harming yourself or others? If not, what’s your current opioid and alcohol use? How much methadone do you use? Within minutes, patients looking for online treatment for opioid use and other addictions …

Subjects: E-Commerce, E-Records, Health Care, Internet, Legal Research, Marketing, Medicine, Privacy, Social Media

CRS Video Seminars on Disruptive Technologies

CRS Seminars on Disruptive Technologies: Videos – Updated December 8, 2022: CRS Seminars on Disruptive Technologies: Videos – “New technologies, and those that represent an evolutionary improvement of an existing tool or process, that exhibit the potential to have large-scale effects on social and economic activity are often referred to as “disruptive” technologies. They can …

Subjects: AI, Blockchain, Climate Change, Congress, Cybersecurity, Education, Energy, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legislation, Medicine

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