Day: November 1, 2019

How You Can Make Your Business Website GDPR Compliant

By ev3v4hn 1 month ago

Ever since the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by the European Union (EU), every business website needs to inform users about the data that it collects. Severe data breaches at Yahoo, Uber and other companies have brought privacy concerns to the forefront. Making your website GDPR compliant is necessary and helps protect users’ data. 

Understanding what the GDPR is all about and how to implement it can feel overwhelming. Let’s take a look at what the GDPR act covers and how you can make your site GDPR compliant. 

What is the GDPR?

The GDPR is an

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Duct Tape Stuck Jar Hack Reddit

By ev3v4hn 1 month ago

To start, you’ll need several inches of duct tape. Place one end of the piece of tape on top of the disagreeable lid so that it covers three-quarters of one side of the lid. Meanwhile, partially wrap the remaining tape around the side of the lid, folding the edges together to create a makeshift handle. Using one hand to secure the jar, pull the tape handle clockwise to loosen the lid, and voilà, that should do the trick. 

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AI Weekly: Samsung comes to terms with Bixby’s second-class status

By ev3v4hn 1 month ago

Samsung’s Bixby assistant won’t be the reason you buy (or don’t buy) your next Samsung-manufactured smartphone, smart refrigerator, smart router, or smart speaker. And Samsung is finally coming to terms with that.

This was the implicit thread underlying the 2019 Samsung Developer Conference (SDC), which kicked off in earnest on Tuesday at the San Jose Convention Center. Unlike last year, when Samsung announced new languages for Bixby (German, French, Italian, and Spanish), plus Bixby Marketplace for third-party voice apps, this year’s enhancements were on the whole understated.

Bixby Templates and Bixby Views make it easier for developers to create capsules

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Apple’s HomePod now supports multiple users, but it’s a buggy mess

By ev3v4hn 1 month ago

Remember when “it just works” was the mantra for Apple products — the implicit promise that an Apple device would do what it claimed, easily, without any major software, hardware, or service hiccups?

It hasn’t been that long since those days, but over the last month, iOS 13 has offered far too many examples of things not “just working” the way they should. And now we can add the smart speaker HomePod to the list. HomePod’s long-awaited support for multiple users officially rolled out this week, but it’s enough of a mess that Apple quietly released a support document to

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Blizzard president apologizes and takes responsibility for Hearthstone free speech blunder

By ev3v4hn 1 month ago

Blizzard president J. Allen Brack opened the BlizzCon 2019 fan fest with an apology about failing to take the right stand when a Hearthstone player protested China’s crackdown on freedoms in Hong Kong a few weeks ago.

“We did not live up to the high standards that we setup for ourselves,” Brack said. “I am sorry and accept accountability.”

A few weeks ago, Blizzard stepped right into the middle of a fundamental clash of cultures between freedom of speech in the U.S. and censorship in China. I think this issue is only going to become more pronounced over time, whether

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Diablo IV is official | VentureBeat

By ev3v4hn 1 month ago

Diablo IV is real. Blizzard announced the action role-playing game during its BlizzCon opening ceremonies today in Anaheim, California. It is coming out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. A demo will be playable at the show.

Barbarian, the Sorceress, and the Druid are the first three classes announced for the game. All three are returning classes from past titles in the series.

Blizzard revealed the game with a CG cinematic. It was the first thing the company revealed at BlizzCon. The trailer was creepy and violent, giving off a much darker tone than what we saw in Diablo

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Why Digital Marketing is Effective for Small Businesses

By ev3v4hn 1 month ago

Digital marketing is the practice of reaching out to potential and current customers online. It includes all marketing efforts that are used to reach these people, including social media, email, Google ads, search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), blogs, online brochures, videos and connecting with other websites.

Let’s break this down to make it a bit easier to understand.

Why digital marketing matters to small businesses

Small businesses can thrive using digital marketing.Competition among small businesses is fierce. Your need to stay in front of people and stand out from your competitors. Digital marketing can help you do

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Why encrypted email service ProtonMail is open-sourcing its mobile apps

By ev3v4hn 1 month ago

At a time when public trust in “big tech” is at an all-time low over countless data breaches and privacy scandals, even companies that specialize in online security are having to go the whole nine yards to convince people that they’re serious about privacy.

Encrypted email service ProtonMail this week announced that its iPhone app is now open source, with anyone able to peruse the code on GitHub. Why? Well, thousands of eyes are better than dozens of eyes in terms of spotting flaws in the source code. Moreover, full transparency fosters a higher degree of trust where trust is

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Protect Data Privacy During Software Development

By ev3v4hn 1 month ago

Data privacy continues to be one of the most important considerations for global business executives and customers alike. In fact, research has found that cybersecurity is the number one external concern for American CEOs in 2019 and 2020. 

Many of the world’s largest companies are responding to the data privacy crisis by investing millions of dollars to build internal cybersecurity teams. These same firms are also collaborating with South American software development firms to source hard-to-find privacy experts at a time when the demand for these specialists greatly outpaces supply. 

Companies can improve their internal cybersecurity efforts and stay ahead

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Air France and Oledcomm partner on first commercial flight with Li-Fi

By ev3v4hn 1 month ago

The Li-Fi standard took a big step forward this week when Air France deployed the light-based wireless internet system on a commercial flight for the first time.

The demonstration was the result of a partnership announced earlier this year between the airline Latécoère Group, which makes airplane components, and Oledcomm, the Paris-based startup that has been commercializing the technology. Li-Fi, short for “light fidelity,” uses light to beam internet connections to devices, rather than relying on the radio waves that are the basis of Wi-Fi.

Oledcomm currently sells LifiMax, which has top speeds of 100 Mbps. But the company says

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