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Zoho Launches Privacy-Centred Web Browser, Ulaa
Zoho, a global technology company, launched, Ulaa, a privacy-centric browser, built specifically to help users secure their personal data and activity by providing a browser solution that universally blocks tracking and website surveillance. The newly-launched web browser’s name originates from the Tamil language and connotes the beginning of a journey into a secured browsing experience.
A report by Interpol assessing cybersecurity threats in Africa cites South Africa as having had the highest incidents of targeted ransomware and business email compromise attacks of any African nation.
Online safety for kids
In this day and age, it’s more important than ever to make sure that kids stay safe on the internet. The internet is a great resource for finding information, but it’s important that you are aware of the potential dangers. We’ve published online safety tips for kids earlier this year, but because of the importance of your childrens’ safety we would like to share all the information we obtain with the public. Kids are being bullied online, meeting up with strangers and unknowingly shares information with hackers. BroadbandSearch published a detailed guide with tips on how to use parental controls to limit the risks your children are facing while browsing the internet. We encourage every parent to read this guide and use the tips BroadbandSearch provides.
Can You Actually Benefit From Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word?
While the ability to have AI help generate tedious reports and proposals seems promising at first, it’s worth considering the full impacts of this functionality–and whether you can actually use it.
Top 12 cheapest data deals in South Africa in 2023: prices and bundles
Determining the cheapest data bundle and service provider in South Africa can be challenging. This informative article highlights the best and cheapest data deals in SA for 2023.
How Let’s Encrypt doubled the internet’s percentage of secure websites in four years
The percentage of websites protected with HTTPS secure encryption —indicated by the lock icon in the address bar of most browsers—has jumped from just over 40% in 2016 to 80% today.
That’s largely due to the efforts of Let’s Encrypt, a nonprofit certificate authority co-founded in 2013 by J. Alex Halderman, a University of Michigan professor of computer science and engineering.
Think you’re anonymous online?
There’s a tactic spreading across the Web named after treatment usually reserved for criminals: fingerprinting. At least a third of the 500 sites Americans visit most often use hidden code to run an identity check on your computer or phone.
Privacy is an arms race — and we are falling behind.
The 50 Most Important Websites of All Time
Charles Kline’s first attempt to send a message over ARPANET, the early computer network that would birth the internet as we know it, was a bit of a bust.
On October 29, 1969, “LO” was the first message successfully sent over a computer-to-computer network.
A professional hacker reveals how to create the best possible password
The perfect password may not exist, Etay Maor, an executive security advisor at IBM Security, told Business Insider. But he said there is a technique you can use to create passwords that are tough for hackers to figure out but easy to keep top of mind.
The dangers of hacking and what a hacker can do to your computer
Maintaining your cyber security is difficult, yet crucial in this day-and-age. A hacker can easily access your private pictures, videos or any content you did not wish to share with strangers.
Clean Internet for kids
Credible studies have shown that on average, children from the age of 10 have smartphones. That same study shows that by 12, nearly 50% of these kids have social media accounts.
What this means in reality, is that your kids now have unfettered access to the Internet from an age where a vast majority of the content available on the Internet is not appropriate for their developing brains.
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How To Keep Your Children Safe Online
1 in 5 children who use the internet have been sexually solicited. 1 in 4 has seen unwanted pornography. Nearly 60% of teens have received an email or instant message from a stranger (half have replied.)
This article is a must read for every parent! It also includes tips…
Top 10 Internet Safety Rules & What Not to Do Online
Because the internet is easily accessible to anyone, it can be a dangerous place. Know who you’re dealing with or what you’re getting into. Predators, cyber criminals, and corrupt businesses will try to take advantage of the unwary visitor.
Phishing, smishing and vishing
Phishing, smishing and vishing are all attempts to defraud you through email, mobile, and telephoning scams respectively. Letting your guard down just once can lead to a cascade of serious losses.
The revolution of the internet, and the data that comes with it
As the internet evolves and expands, so too does the way people gather, organise and use the data that comes with it. In what could be considered the Stone Age of the Web, users would manually scroll through AOL web portals and create Boolean searches in their search engines.
Super-fast internet from satellites is the next big thing in the space race
As the global space race heats up, more and more satellites are set to be launched into orbit by various companies working in the sector, according to Adam Gilmour, CEO of Gilmour Space Technologies.
Instagram removes its 'like' counter. Turning point in social media?
Instagram’s recent decision to remove its “like” counter from its platform in select geographic regions is an interesting, perhaps long overdue, measure. Although recently users in Canada reported seeing the “like” counter back on for a day, the counter is currently off.
Spotify now has a Lite app for Android users
Spotify has just launched a Lite version of its Android app that’s designed to work well on low-end devices and spotty connections.
Google has added powerful new tools to your account
How to automatically delete the web activity and location history data in your Google account.
WATCH: What is 5G? A look at the new technology coming our way
5G is the next generation of wireless mobile connections, following on from the 4G networks currently used by smartphones across the globe.
As the name suggests, this is the fifth generation of the network technology.
Vodacom enters digital payments market
Vodacom in collaboration with Mastercard has launched VodaPay Masterpass, a platform that enables customers to load any bank card into a digital wallet downloaded as an app on their smartphone.
5 data-saving hacks every South African should know
Whether it’s on your phone or your home Wi-Fi network, data doesn’t come cheap in South Africa. Let’s look at what munches your megs – and what you can do about it to reduce your costs.
South African data prices not dropping fast enough
SA’s mobile network operators are not only charging more for data relative to the other countries in which they operate, but the gap between those prices keeps widening as data costs fall faster in other countries.
Facebook’s privacy game – how Zuckerberg backtracked on promises to protect personal data
Facebook promised its users privacy then quietly abandoned its promises in pursuit of profits. Now it faces antitrust regulation.
Fibre prices in South Africa - up to 24% cheaper than in 2018
SA fibre prices have seen a steady decline in the past year, with coverage extending to more suburbs.
20 Google Search Tips to Use Google More Efficiently
Want to use Google search more efficiently and get the search results you want quickly?
Five easy ways for South Africans to make money online in 2019
New ways to make money outside of the traditional workplace opening up all the time.