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Need a Reason to Drop Google Chrome?
Google is planning to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users only. This is despite a backlash to an announcement by Google in...
Safe and Ad Free Browsing
Ever since my bad experience with Facebook and their other products, I have been working on ways to minimize my digital footprint. I...
No More Ads
I have disabled the ads on VA3DBJ.ca, as they were not beneficial at all and I have started to push for an ad...
A Powerful Spyware App Now Targets iPhone Owners
Security researchers have discovered a powerful surveillance app first designed for Android devices can now target victims with iPhones. The spy app, found...
Sun Sets on Google Plus
On February 1st, I received the official email from Google, that Google Plus will be turned off on April 2nd. I have been...
Huge CenturyLink Outage Caused by Bad Networking Card in Colorado
A widespread outage on CenturyLink’s cloud network that lasted almost two days and hampered emergency phone service in Washington and other states was...
November 28, 2018 Public Awareness Test
On November 28th at 1:55 PM local time (2:55 PM local time in Quebec), a test of the Alert Ready system will be...
A Day of Remembrance
The Ode of Remembrance They went with songs to the battle, they were young. Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow. They were...
Facebook – I Quit
Well after some thought, I shutdown my Facebook page. There were a few reasons why I did, but the main reason was the...
Google to shut down Google+
The Guardian – Google to shut down Google+ after failing to disclose user data leak. Company didn’t disclose leak for months to avoid...
