If you are one of the millions of people around the world who owns a smartphone, then you know precisely how life-enhancing it can be. Before phones were for calling and texting. Now, they serve as mini personal assistants. They … Continue reading
Nowadays smartphones are becoming increasingly popular all over the world. They can save you lots of time and make your life easier. For example, you can check the weather anytime without relying on sporadic radio or TV broadcasts. You can … Continue reading
The social discovery and bookmarking service StumbleUpon has reached a major milestone yesterday (August 10, 2011). The famous “Stumble!” button has been clicked over 25 billion times by its 15 million users. Continue reading
The internet is crawling with all sorts of scams. The desperate and the ignorant are often being taken advantage of through scams such as job hunter scams or debt relief scams. Others include work from home schemes, lottery scams and … Continue reading
In this fifth and final part of the easy tech support series, the folks from Google focus on ways to find information on… you guessed it… Google. It may seem like a lot of self-advertising, but they present us with … Continue reading
Solar power, also known as the photovoltaic effect, was discovered by accident by scientist Alexandre Becquerel way back in 1839. The first solar cell was produced in 1883 by Charles Fritts. It had a very low efficiency of 1%. However, … Continue reading
In this fourth part of the easy tech support series, the folks from Google focus on questions that novice computer users might have regarding digital media. The videos are also available on the Teach Parents Tech site. For previous posts … Continue reading
A programming language is a way for a human being (the programmer) to communicate with a machine (the computer) in an intermediary form that both will understand. Computers process information in binary form, which only has two characters: 0 and … Continue reading
This is the third post of the easy tech support series, which are intended to help new computer users. The videos shown in those posts were made by a few folks at Google and are also available at Teach Parents … Continue reading
Whether we realize it or not digital signage is all around us. From digital billboards, public transport signage, to digital displays at the grocery store or gas station, we are always exposed to tons of advertisement. The digital media industry … Continue reading
