Here are a few introductions from this year’s CES that we want. How about you? A Fitbit for Fido Now when you track your own steps, you can look at Fido’s too. The Link AKC smart collar retails for $149 and acts like a Fitbit for your dog. Measuring activity levels...
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Yahoo’s Security Disaster is Popularizing This Encrypted Email App
ProtonMail, the encrypted email service that touts itself as NSA-proof, claimed that user growth doubled in the wake of the latest Yahoo email hack scandal, an event that saw an “unauthorized third party” access data from more than one billion Yahoo accounts. That...
Detect Cyber Threats in Your Smart Home Devices with this Small Device
By 2025, IDC says 80 billion devices will be connected to the internet. In the near future, Gartner predicts that by 2020 there will be approximately 25 billion Internet of Things (IoT) enabled devices. If you need more proof of rapid consumer adoption in practical...
6 Great Android Apps And Games You Should Download Now
Android devices are always getting more capable thanks to the efforts of Google and its OEM partners, but that's only part of the equation. Your phone can get more useful and entertaining instantly when a handy new app or engrossing game is installed. The problem,...
Gov’t proposal envisions phone calls on airline flights
Airlines could let passengers make in-flight phone calls using Wi-Fi under a proposal from federal regulators. Flight attendants and others have complained that the calls could be disruptive. But the Department of Transportation said Thursday that it envisioned...
How to prevent phishing scams
It’s the oldest online scam in the world: Send out an official looking e-mail saying your password is out of date, and trick people into clicking it. But you can protect yourself from phishing schemes. If 2016 has taught us anything, it's that we need to be more...
10 Security trends to watch in 2017
The decisions have to be made as to how to act and to act now! 1: IOT attacks will increase. Focus on IOT non-human devices with weak security may increase as they become the ideal candidates to be used as botnets or drones. The weaker security layers within...
Apple’s top 10 downloaded apps for 2016
Apple has come out with its list of the top 20 downloaded apps for 2016. No surprises here: 10. Spotify 9. Netflix 8. Pandora 7. Google Maps 6. YouTube 5. Facebook 4. Instagram 3. Pokemon Go 2. Messenger for Facebook 1. Snapchat How many of these have you...
Six hot car technology trends to watch in 2017
Will your next car talk to traffic lights? Are diesel engines on their last gasp? Have electric vehicles charged into the mainstream? Those are some of the questions new technologies and vehicles may answer in 2017. The auto industry’s present is starting to sound a...
Valor IT gives wounded veterans the chance to stay connected
Sometimes it is unbelievable how connected we are these days. With cellphones at our hips, tablets at our sides, and laptops we can take anywhere, connecting with someone is as easy as reaching for the nearest electronic device. What would it be like to be suddenly...
The NSA has been listening to in-flight cell phone calls for years
Watch what you say if you use your phone in the sky. By now, we're all well aware of how good the NSA is at spying on people's communications. But it's still a little surprising to learn that the NSA and the British Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ) were...
Hot Tech Gadgets to Give
If you've got an impossible-to-buy-for brother or a tech-minded relative, this list will point you in the right direction. You can't go wrong with a tech gift. Chrome Cast Ultra If you haven’t made the move to buying a device that lets you stream your content,...