Currently, the world economy is facing troubled times. Many people can no longer afford the essentials, let alone unnecessary entertainment. Families must turn to other family members, cash advanced companies and services that provide online loans just to pay their bills. During a time like this, activities such as watching television or listening to music [...]
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The ‘Grandparent Scam’ Gets a Reboot
The one thing every parent fears is getting a call from a son or daughter who is away traveling, begging for help as they have gotten into trouble. Yet the well-known Grandparent Scam is a twist on just that, with the fraudster telephoning the elderly relative and impersonating a grandchild who has gotten into serious [...]
5 Tips for Safe Online Ordering
Many businesses prefer online ordering of print materials for economic and productivity reasons. It is important, however, to ensure that the process of online ordering is secure so that the business does not incur a loss.
How to Shop Safely Online
No doubt like most people in America, you will have heard horror stories of how individuals have fallen victim to fraudsters and suffered terrible loss. It may be that these criminals have emptied out the victim’s bank account and taken life savings, or perhaps the victim has been sent counterfeit goods instead of real ones. [...]
5 Ways to Get Your Creative Juices Going in Web Design
Being a webmaster is like being a professional juggler—you have to balance content, layout, feedback, ads and a whole lot of other stuff all at the same time. When you’ve been going at it for quite a while, things can get pretty boring and you might eventually lose that creative spark that allows you to [...]
The Stealing of a Nation – The Rise of Malware in Music Downloads
It seems that searching for music online has never been so hazardous. In addition to the possibility of facing legal action, downloaders now face the prospect of having their hard drives wiped or data stolen through an increase in malware activity. Research from anti-virus providers McAfee has shown that, because of the proliferation of online [...]
Web Design and Global Cultural Shifts
It wasn’t anyone’s conscious idea, but web design, whether anyone likes it or not, is now one of the primary forces in global culture. Whether it’s website templates, media, the forms that make up most of the world’s job applications, or the endless Tweets which make the world a noisier place, web design is behind [...]
Using WordPress for e-Commerce
It used to be that blogs were blogs and e-c0mmerce sites were something different entirely. But now that WordPress blogging software is being used for a lot more than just writing for money and is seen as a general content management solution for all types of applications, it’s quickly becoming a great option for online [...]
How Web Design Drives the World
Web design is many things to many people, but it has a unique quality which sets it apart from other media. That’s not because it’s an internet based form of design. It’s because of functionality. A web design is a whole product, and the functions, diverse as they are, also contribute to a macro design [...]
Great Proxy Sites For School Use
Accessing sites like Facebook, Gmail, Twitter, and other social networking sites can be a real pain on a school network, especially if your network employs measures that block sites school administration deems as a waste of time or distracting to students. Fortunately, there are ways you can get access to these sites by using a [...]