Archive for October 2018
#FrenchTechFriday : Get your five-star ratings with Feedier
How important are reviews and ratings in the buying process on the internet? If you are like many businesses out there, you probably think not much of it. After all, your products rock, why should anyone read reviews? Well, because 8 out of 10 millenials buy online only after reading those reviews. Darn! But how do […]
Last call for “unsafe” websites as Chrome 70 rolls in
Chrome 70, the updated web-browser from Google, is due out on October 16th. The websites lacking appropriate SSL certificates will display a highly deterring “unsafe” warning sign. Thousands of websites are in cross-hairs. What’s an SSL certificate? You may have noticed some websites begin with http:// and some with https://. The […]
The ugly side of the Google+ demise
It’s not really a surprise. Google has announced the end of Google+ for consumers. It seems logical since you probably can’t recall the last time someone told you “please join my Google+ circle so we can stay in touch”. But there is a back story to it. A story of flaws, cover up and a […]
Let’s clear up the Russian trolls involvement in the Last Jedi bashing
“Half of negative tweets about the Last Jedi were the works of Russian trolls”. It’s the breaking news of the week since researcher Morten Bay released his preprint paper. But aren’t we a little quick in jumping to conclusions? I’m a Star Wars fan since the Empire Strikes Back (yes, I’m that old). So when […]
China’s plan for domination in Artificial Intelligence
The already pervasive influence of Artificial Intelligence in our lives The key selling point of this year’s iPhone, Apple’s most expensive device yet, is not it’s battery life or speed, but the AI capabilities that are built into it. One feature, revealed in Cupertino at an early September presentation, was the enhanced camera present […]