Technology

This era is undoubtedly the age of information, or the data age. Unconsciously, we contribute to the vast data pool all the time, whenever we swipe our phones or use the internet. Lots of data or, big data is...

These numbers from Cisco don't lie: Global mobile internet traffic grew by 81% in 2013 and had accounted 1.5 exabyte of data traffic per month by the end of 2013. Over half a billion (526 million) mobile devices were...

Ten years ago, it would have been impossible to imagine the global scale and power of the internet today. Even now, internet users are uploading all kinds of information online, ranging from photos to videos and app downloads. Between...

The Internet is now a fundamental part of our lives and is being used continuously by  billions of people every day. It was first created in 1960 by the U.S. department of defence as a way of connecting computers...

The internet is a behemoth that just keeps getting bigger and bigger every year, and there is currently no sign of the rise in IP traffic slowing down anytime soon. When you consider that internet data usage more than...

The Heartbleed bug is a serious vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic software library, which has seriously disrupted the online community. And, the bug has apparently affected Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) the most. The bug essentially allows anyone on the...

In the 2013 film, “The Internship”, two salesmen played by Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, are salesmen of luxury watches, who are given the boot, unable to cope in an increasingly online-driven retail world; and bereft of options, they go...

In 2014, 9 out of 10 doctors will use a smartphone, with nearly the same percentage having access to tablets, Epocrates reports in their 2013 Mobile Trends Reports. With so many medical professionals using smartphones in their personal life, a...

The Smartphone revolution has allowed internet usage to grow by leaps and bounds in just a few years. In 2013, there were more mobile devices than humans on the planet. The worldwide distribution of internet varies for different regions all...

The Internet of Things (IoT) can be defined as a scenario where objects, animals or people are provided with unique identifiers and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human to human or human to internet interaction. In...