When you pay for goods or services, you typically use your fingers to complete the transaction. However, any set of fingers can complete that transaction, as long as the person attached to them has the proper information. Imagine a world where your unique fingertips — or other unique physical characteristics — are needed to process […]
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the world wide web. It seems like the perfect time to examine something that’s become synonymous with the web: Google. Google’s red, yellow, green and blue logo is now as recognizable as McDonald’s Golden Arches. And just like McDonald’s renowned logo, Google’s logo has changed over time. Google’s […]
We have complicated relationships with our passwords. On one hand, they protect our accounts and the sensitive information within them. They provide a level of security intended to keep spammers and fraudsters out of our professional, financial and social media spaces. On the other hand, as we connect to more sites and apps, we can […]
Remember when solving CAPTCHAs was child’s play? The first CAPTCHAs were puzzles that asked you to identify distorted letters and numbers to prove you were a human being. They were a mere annoyance on the path to websites you wanted to visit or payments you wanted to make. However, today’s CAPTCHAs are more challenging than […]
Maps have come such a long way in such a short time. People were using paper versions just 20 years ago. If you wanted to go somewhere and didn’t have the route memorized, you were forced to get a map or atlas out of your glovebox. If you were travelling to somewhere unfamiliar, you went […]
If you use FaceTime to connect with your friends and loved ones, you may have to find another app or return to some more archaic forms of communication for the time being. Late Monday night, Apple disabled its Group FaceTime feature after multiple reports of users unknowingly being recorded by undetected third-parties. According to a […]