Category: Internet
VPN demand in Russia surges in wake of war
According to in-house aggregated Atlas VPN user data, Virtual Private Network (VPN) installs in Russia have surged by 1,906% in the last few days. "VPN demand surged in Russia as authorities restricted Facebook and Twitter over the weekend in a bid to control the flow of information from its invasion of Ukraine," Top10VPN told Reuters. Russia banned…
The Rise of E-Learning: Should you Enrol in an Online Course?
The e-learning trend has exploded in recent years, with this market being worth $165 billion in 2015, rising to $182 billion by 2017 and set to be worth a massive $240 billion by 2023. Why has e-learning suddenly become so popular? An easier question would be: why didn’t it become more popular sooner? E-learning has…
8 Wordle alternatives – including Absurdle and Mathler
Wordle is the latest new online puzzle game to take the world by storm, proving so popular that it was recently acquired by the New York Times for an estimated seven-figure fee. Its popularity is due largely to its simplicity. The online brainteaser challenges users to guess a five-letter word within six tries, with no clues whatsoever…
Safer Internet Day: Top 5 Tips to Keep Kids Safe Online
Tomorrow (8th February) is Safer Internet Day. We teamed up with web hosting experts at Fasthosts to give our top 5 tips for keeping children safe online... We know that children’s online safety is among a parent’s biggest priorities, and it’s incredibly important to keep children out of harm’s way when using the internet. Due to…
‘Irate’ best Wordle starter word, claims TikTok language expert
Wordle, a web-based word game that challenges users to guess a mystery five-letter word with six guesses, has become the viral sensation of 2022. In fact, it’s proved so popular that it’s just been bought by the New York Times for an undisclosed seven-figure sum. The game was created by software engineer, Josh Wardle, who made a…
Number of tech jobs reaches record levels, claims report
The number of tech jobs in England and Wales reached record levels in 2021, with tech firms publishing more IT vacancies in the last year than all British businesses combined in 2020, a new labour market report says. According to global recruitment consultancy Robert Walters and data analytics firm Vacancysoft, there were over 12,800 new vacancies…
Two in three parents struggle to be ‘digital role models’ for kids
The results of a new Kaspersky study reveal that 64% of parents find it hard to be role models for their kids and occasionally don’t follow the rules they set for their little ones. What's more, less than half of parents (40%) try to establish healthy digital habits and rules for all family members. From an…
National Internet Day: Text message abbreviations explained
Millennials and Gen Z are continually evolving, implementing ways to shorten the words they use while texting or crafting their social media posts, which has led to text message abbreviations and internet acronyms bombarding our social media feeds. Hence, intrigued to find out which texting abbreviations make people scratch their heads most, Case24.com/uk extracted global search volume…
Rory Cellan-Jones nominated for Internet Hero award
Rory Cellan-Jones, who has Parkinson's Disease, has been nominated for an Internet Hero Award. Image: Parkinson's Life BBC Technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones, pictured above, has been nominated for the Internet Services Providers’ Association's 2021 Internet Hero Awards, alongside Helen Milner OBE and the Telecoms Infrastructure Project Team. The winner is chosen…
Blockchain is Changing the Game
If you’ve never heard of blockchains and cryptocurrencies, chances are you don’t spend that much time online. Created in 2008, digital currencies have been the talk of the town in recent years. Many investors, men-on-the-street, and businesses have been finding ways to leverage this valuable but still highly volatile form of currency. Back in the…
