Identifying Web Browser Flaws

Peter Wayner notes flaws in web browsers which can harass end-users.

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Apple MacIntosh Tips

Johnny Evans shares tips on using an Apple MacIntosh .

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Women Tend to Work Longer Hours

According to Gemma Acton, women work 39 more days each year than men.

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Women's Wages and Hours

Gemma Acton reports that globally, women work longer each day than men if unpaid work is taken into account.

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Biometric Rights

Darlene Storm notes that privacy law is undefined when it comes to ownership rights regarding biometric markers such as fingerprints.

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Fact Checking

Mike Elgan reviews the need for fact checking and offers links to fact checking sites such as:

• Emergent
• FactCheck.org
• Hoax-Slayer.com
• Politifact
• Snopes
• Truth or Ficton

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Internet Archive Improvements

Librarian Jessamyn West reports that the Internet Archive has developed new methods for searching and viewing e-books.

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Personal Computer Market Share in Decline

Gregg Keizer notes that sales of personal computers has declined 4-6% in the past year. Keizer suspects that low-end PCs may become less available as retailers try to maintain profits with high-end devices.

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Resource Allocation

Yuval Atsmon examines the three elements of resource allocation :

1. Where to allocate resources;
2. How much money and time to allocate; and,
3. How to implement the allocation changes.

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Selecting a Laptop

Lisa Gade's YouTube video discusses how to select a laptop , depending on what you plan to use it for.

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Academic Innovation

Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern University, discusses in a video the initiatives that have allowed his university to grow in a depressed environment. These include starting new technology programs, expanding co-op programs, marketing globally to students, and developing mentors. These initiatives require more effort from faculty, but it allows institutional success.

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Logical Fallacies

Don Pepper reviews major logical fallacies : overconfidence, narrow framing, short-term emotion, and confirmation bias - all of which can impair how we handle decision-making.

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Motivation and Employment

Clayton Christensen offers thoughts on what motivates purchases and hiring , and uses that lense to examine employment choice.

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SLI.DO - An Audience Participation Tool

Matt Alderton recommends the audience interaction tool called Sli.do, which allows instant audience feedback. Sli.do offers a limited-utility mode for free, but the full-featured app is $199 per event.

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Worldwide Typefaces

Mark Wilson explains Google's work to develop typefaces .

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HP's Elite X3 Phone That Doubles as a Lightweight Computer

Austin Evans' YouTube reviews Hewlett Packard's Elite X3 , a Windows phone which can be docked to meet light computing tasks. Evans says that the concept is good, but that the current Windows mobile software and hardware is too limiting for power users.

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Establishing Priorities

Brian Tracy suggests how we can set our priorities .

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Linux Distributions to Replace WindowsXP

Ian Paul recommends three Linux distributions for those still using Microsoft WindowsXP: Zorin, LXLE or Ubuntu . He warns that none of these will run Microsoft Windows software, but they have a limited set of productivity software included.

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Smartphones in Higher Education

Meghan Bogardus Cortez explains why some faculty encourage students to collaborate using smartphones .

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Visible Light Communication

Patrick Nelson reviews current research at Dartmouth which shows that visible light may be a good medium for disseminating secure communications.

Nelson earlier reported that solar panels may be designed as visible light communication receivers, citing a TED video given by Harold Haas. A side benefit of using solar power for data communications is that the technology could help nations meet their carbon reduction targets.

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Refining Your Google Search

Google search results can be filtered and refined, as shown in this video .

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LXLE: A Lightweight Linux Distribution

Mark Gibbs promotes LXLE a Linux distribution for older computers.

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Chatbots Teaching Foreign Languages

Sean Captain talks about conversing with a computer to learn to speak a foreign language.

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Resolve Team Conflicts

John Rampton offers suggestions for ending team conflict .

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Google Sheets "Explore" Tool

Sharon Machlis tried the Explore feature in Google Sheets, and found significant limitations in its ability to understand natural language queries.

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Driving Traffic to Your Website

Matt Alderton says that a good headline is what drives traffic to your website.

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The Importance of Humanities

John McCumber explains why humanities need to be taught in universities.

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How Not to Apologize

Lucy Ferris suggests that an acceptable apology requires a commitment not to repeat the offense.

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Google Office Tools

Howard Wen promotes ten features of Google Office .

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Using Google to Search Within a Site

This video explains how to use Google to search within a site.

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Firefox Blocking Access to Some Weakly Secured Servers

Lucian Constantin reports that the Firefox browser is giving a error message of ssl_error_weak_server_ephemoral_dh_key if a "secure" server is using an inadequate number of security bits.

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Robotic Delivery

Mike Elgan proclaims that robot delivery will have more impact than drone delivery for most packages.

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Android Malware at Work

Michael Kan reports that Android maleware has been uploaded to the Android Play Store, and that infected apps are being downloaded thousands of times.

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The Ramifications of Data Portability

Michael Cooney muses about the pros and cons of data portability .

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Choosing Your Academic Advisor

Leonard Cassuto guides the humanities scholar in the choice of an academic advisor .

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Microsoft Windows 10 Tools

Brad Chacos reviews sixteen Windows 10 apps which are shipped with the operating system.

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The Stroad

Charles Marohn defines a stroad and why it is an imperfect urban fixture.

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Public Libraries

Ian Anstice validates public libraries in financially struggling times.

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