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Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data – What’d Be The Connection?

14th July 2017 by thom Leave a Comment

Talking about the technology, everything now seems a cliché. Same goes for Internet of Things and Big Data for some time now. The connection between IoT and Big Data become obvious when we see tons of data being transmitted through Internet of Things on daily basis. This data is being used to run analysis, to help develop a pattern and trends and bring positive changes in our lives. Let us start by first learning a little about Big Data and IoT. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Big Data, Internet of Things, New Media Tagged With: Big Data, iot

The Rise of Personal Cloud Technology

5th May 2017 by thom Leave a Comment

Cloud technology is the need of the hour and most sought after tool to secure ones’ data after the security breaches being reported by reputed online companies such as Yahoo. In 2013, Yahoo reported hack in its system and over 500 million users’ accounts were affected, this is huge number to say the least. (Eugenio, 2017) This glitch in Yahoo’s decision making as not to make security of data its top priority has cost the company and its users significant loses. This should come as a fair warning to all the users and companies whose data is floating on the Internet. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Internet of Things, Privacy, Security Tagged With: cloud, doom scenario, Encryption, Privacy, security

The Pi Hole Ad Blocker – What is is and how does it work?

17th March 2017 by thom Leave a Comment

An Ad Blocker, as the name suggests, block ads that hover on websites every time you try to surf. According to Techopedia, Ad blockers block certain kinds of ads that include pop-up, ad banners and other usual kinds you have to tangle while surfing web and seriously, their frequency can be really exasperating. In this blog we’ll talk about Pi Hole. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Internet of Things, Privacy, Responding to news, Security Tagged With: advertising, linux, pi hole, SEO

What If something like “Millennium Bug” Would happen in 2017?

30th December 2016 by thom Leave a Comment

Millennium Bug also came to be known as Y2K. It refers to the problem arose on the turn of the century when we were in transition from Twentieth Century to the Twenty-first Century. Programmers of computers used only last two digits of the year when writing a date. During the early years of computers, the storage was very expensive proposition with up to $100 per kilobyte. So to cut this price, they only used the last two digits, which caused the whole problem. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Internet of Things, Security Tagged With: doom scenario

IoT: Internet of Things – Security Concerns

2nd December 2016 by thom Leave a Comment

Internet of Things, referred to as IoT nowadays is a technical implementation of devices that are connected to the internet. The internet has taken over almost every aspect of our lives. With the low rates (€€) of connectivity and devices with built in Wi-Fi, it’s no wonder connecting devices with each other or to Internet is taking over the world. Anything with an on and off button can now have remote access through Internet. These devices range from kitchen and laundry appliances to wearable devices such as your watch. People seem to forget sensors that can be placed anywhere in the world, to protect dikes, sewer systems and road systems. In this article we’ll talk about applicances, but we’ll mainly look into the security concerns. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Internet of Things, New Media, Privacy, Security Tagged With: internet of things, iot, security

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