Did Facebook Give Apple Data? And Other Smartphone Companies?
So months after US Congress grilled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, we learn more. And it's not good. Did Facebook give Apple data? So a NYT article reported over time, Facebook give Apple, Samung, and other smartphone makers access to users' data. This is a problem...
Android Bug Can Reveal Text Messages
So who remembers the Apple iPhone January 1 1970 bug? How bizarre. But now, I read about a bug hitting up Android/Google smartphones. Furthermore, this Android bug can reveal text messages. They name this bug 'the1975..com'. Yes, you have to spell it with two periods...
New North Korean Malware: Consumer Alert
So do you remember the 2014 movie The Interview? It caused so much controversy they had to take it off many theaters. In fact, NK dictator Kim Jung Un threaten havoc. But four years later, they're still retaking havoc. This is the new North Korean malware: consumer...
Intellivision Video Games Make A Comeback
So before there was Playstation, Sega Genesis, even Nintendo, there was Intellivision. It was a popular home video game console in the early 1980s. But by the late '80s, competition from Nintendo, Atari and Sega took it's toll. The company disbanded. However, it seems...
Top Businesses are Tech: Guess Where Two Are From?
So we all know how critical IT service and online technologies are to today's world. But you may not know where some of these companies come from. Top businesses are tech: Guess where two are from? So let's get the more obvious out of the way. Maybe it's not so...
Android Unknowingly Ships Low Cost Phones
So did Android recently ship a smartphone to you? Then you better go and check it. This isn't a riddle or joke, but this is a consumer alert. Android unknowingly ships low cost phones. So according to Avast, these low cost shipped phones have a malware they call...
French President Emmanuel Macron Talks Technology
So in Paris, there is a tech conference they call Viva Tech. One of the top speakers was the President of France. Let's see how French President Emmanuel Macron talks technology. So Marcon talked about about European regulations regarding the IT support and tech...
The 2018 Email Virus: This Is A Security Alert
So any good IT service person should warn you if something harmful is coming. Just like any travel guide should warn you of bad neighborhoods and places. So something harmful is coming. In fact, it's already here. The 2018 email virus: this is a security alert. In the...
Comcast Leaks Router Information: What To Know
So year after year, Americans...ahem...salute Comcast as one of the most hated companies in the country. In fact, many hated companies on the list are IT service companies. But that's another subject. Comcast's latest crisis won't win them any popularity points....
Robots Cook at Boston Restaurant and Clean Up
So in Boston, there is a restaurant they call Spyce. But this isn't an ordinary diner. Because at this place, just a mile from our Boston computer repair shop, humans don't make your food. Robots do. Robots cook at Boston restaurant. So we can thank a team of MIT...