Yesterday, Google posted to the official Google blog with a post titled Everything in its right place. The post goes on to explain how you will be able to use Google without Google+ and how Google+ will become a more focused product. So in the coming months, a Google Account will be all you’ll need to share content, communicate with contacts, create a YouTube channel and more, … [Read more...]
Chrome 44+ bug breaking WordPress sites and others by requesting HTTPS
Google Chromium, the open-source base for Google Chrome, has two bug reports that are causing some problems around the web, especially since the problematic version of Chrome was pushed as the latest stable release. Chrome versions 44 and 45 are reported in Chromium issues 505268 and 501842 to break WordPress websites that do not use HTTPS. The problem is that Chrome 44 … [Read more...]
Ditching Flash? Test your internet connection with HTML5 speedtests
Adobe's Flash has been on the blacklist recently (or even longer) with security concerns. Many things that used to be Flash's bread-and-butter like streaming video and games are moving to HTML5. One other Flash staple has been the Internet speed test. The most common tests use Flash to tell you how fast the upload and download speeds of your connection are. This might help you … [Read more...]
Windows 10 and Intel-inside PCs use anime characters to personify tech
We saw Microsoft Singapore personify IE as an anime girl and now the company is giving Windows 10 a similar character, as it has done with previous versions of the OS. Intel is holding a personification contest to represent different computers as anime characters. Microsoft's Windows 10 The Windows 10 character is 17 years old but from 100 years in the future. Microsoft is … [Read more...]
Reddit removing the site Toolbar in preparation for full HTTPS
Reddit updated the site for accounts using the Reddit Toolbar to begin receiving a warning. The warning appears at the top of a site above the Toolbar and states: "The toolbar below is being discontinued and will stop working after June 26, 2015. Please update your bookmarks." The toolbar provides very useful functionality and ease of navigating the site. It allows … [Read more...]