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Key Points Key Points Pegasus 2 infects a phone when the owner clicks on a link which has been provided via text message, resulting in malware being downloaded to it. The virus was created by the NSO Group in the aim of monitoring activists, journalists, and political  leaders and is capable of infiltrating both Android […]

Key Points: VPNs date back to 1996 with Microsoft’s point-to-point tunneling protocol. 31% of internet users worldwide have installed VPNs to safeguard their activities online. VPNs mask your IP address and encrypt your data for two strong layers of safety. Not all VPN services can or will anonymize your torrenting activity. Many VPN companies keep […]

Key Points An object-oriented language is one in which objects interact with each other. These objects may be variables, functions, or methods and must contain data. They must also be connected with other procedures capable of altering their data fields. Believe it or not, computers use languages to communicate with us and with one another […]

Four Facts about the VPN Concentrator  It facilitates the management of VPN connections remotely. It encrypts data being input and output by using security protocols, and safe tunnels. It assigns IP addresses. It is better than a Firewall in that it overcomes online censorship and restricted content. A VPN Concentrator facilitates the management of VPN […]

Six Facts About Pegasus 1 Spyware Pegasus 1 is considered the most powerful malware ever developed. The first cell phone hack download was detected by researchers in 2016. It was developed by a technology company based in Israel named NSO Group Technologies. The malware can hack a phone without any interaction from the owner. Once […]

Key Points VPN is short for virtual private network.  Virtual Private Networks first started in 1996 and were invented by Microsoft as a method of ensuring that people could connect and share data freely and securely.  There are a variety of Virtual Private Network-related pieces of technology, including Virtual LAN, Virtual Private Lan Service, Pseudo […]

Key Points In 1983, the first Apple phone prototype was created. In the United States, there are over 113 million iPhone users. With over 250,000 security features, iOS has a robust security platform. Foursquare was the first iPhone app, released in 2009. iOS has the largest app store of any platform, with over two million […]

Six Facts About AutoCAD Autodesk’s AutoCAD is an industry-standard in CAD software. So much so that its name is synonymous with 3D design software. Due to piracy, older versions available online, company subscriptions, and worldwide use, it’s hard to get a ping on just how many people use AutoCAD, but the estimates say it could […]

Five Facts About Gmail Gmail was originally released to the public in 2004. Gmail holds 20% of the global email client market. The Gmail app has been downloaded over 1 billion times from the Google Play Store. Gmail supports up to 74 different languages. Even as the standard email app for Android, the Gmail app […]

VSync, also known as Vertical synchronization is a graphic technology that was invented to synchronize the frame rate of each game by using a refresh rate of a gaming monitor. The VSync tech was designed to offer a solution to screen tearing, which occurs when your screens show parts of multiple frames at once. Five […]

Key Points: TweetDeck is one of the first apps created to improve the Twitter experience, only to be purchased by the main platform itself. TweetDeck is highly flexible and can be used for the web, an iPhone, or an Android. The original version of TweetDeck had a variety of supports for other social media programs, […]

Six Facts About Eudora Development for Eudora started in 1988 at the University of Illinois and took over a year to create the first working version. Eudora was originally only 50,000 lines of code written in the C programming language and only operated on Apple Macintosh. As a University-developed software, Eudora was initially released for […]

Four Facts about COBOL COBOL was one of the first programming languages designed for use in business and finance. When the language developed in the 1950s, it did not get attention from computer scientists who were more interested in developing resources for math and science applications. Grace Hopper is known as the Mother of COBOL. […]

Key Points: JavaScript is a high-level multi-paradigm programming language. High level means the language can be used independently of a particular type of computer. It is thought of as a high-level language because it is much closer to human languages than machine-level programming languages. It is multi-paradigm because it supports event-driven, functional, and imperative programming […]

Facts about Microsoft Outlook Outlook 98 was the only freely distributed version that was not included in Office. Outlook.com was formerly known as Hotmail. The name was changed in 2012. Outlook on the web was designed for businesses and is included Office 365, Exchange Online, and Exchange Server. It was formerly called Outlook Web App, […]

Key Points: 4G is a broadband cellular network. It is a communication standard, meaning that individuals can use mobile or cable-connected devices to access the internet, exchange data, use their phones, or more. Development on 4G – including the development of what would qualify as a 4G network – first began in the 2000s, with […]

Key Points 5G is the latest standard for wireless technology that is a network. The process of setting up a 5G network is a partnership between governments and telecommunication providers. 5G is a connectivity standard that will allow for exceptionally fast and modern internet speeds. 5G is the latest standard for wireless technology. The 5G […]

Key Points: HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is a format language used by HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to organize and denote the presentation and functionality of an HTML document or website. The best way to start learning HyperText Markup Language tags is with educational and free online courses. CSS was designed to separate the presentation elements […]

What is JSON: Everything to Know 6 Facts about JSON According to its creator, JSON is pronounced like the name Jason. However, most people say the word by emphasizing the letter j and pronouncing “son” like the “mon” in “monster.” JSON is an internationally defined standard, with definitions by two different standards organizations (ISO and […]

Facts about Hypertext Hypertext comes in many forms, including as a link to another webpage, a file, a graphic, or more. The idea behind it was first developed in a Spanish story that was released in 1941. Hypertext made its public debut in the 1968 “Mother of All Demos” that featured the world premier of […]

Facts about Apache HBase Apache HBase is written in Java. Apache HBase has been used by some of the biggest names in software today, including Facebook, Alibaba, Bloomberg, Quicken Loans, Yahoo!, and more. Apache HBase is now operated by its own organization – the Apache Software Foundation – but was originally developed by Powerset. Powerset […]

Key Points To create a better system of world-wide-web data management James Clark compiled a new markup language called XML eXtensible Markup Language. The development of the markup language was done through email and weekly teleconferences. This allows XML users to quickly and efficiently create data transfer systems. What is XML: Everything To Know Managing […]

5 Facts About Microsoft Windows The original Windows operating system was designed to replace MS-DOS, but technically ran on top of it. Microsoft Windows offered a graphical user interface for personal computer users to click on boxes rather than enter commands. Windows 1.0 only used 1 MB of space and 256 KB of RAM. The […]

Key Points and Facts about Sketchpad Computer: Ivan Sutherland’s Ph.D. thesis in 1963 resulted in the creation of Sketchpad, a pioneering computer application. Sketchpad was a pioneer in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI). Sketchpad is regarded as the forerunner of today’s computer-aided design (CAD) software. It is also recognized as an important step forward […]