Do you own a cable or satellite broadband internet connection? And not getting the bandwidth you are paying for? You can check your Internet connection speed for free, using an online Internet speed testing tool. Here is a list of some effective tools that help you know the actual speed of your internet connection. 1. Speedtest.net Speedtest.net is the best online speed testing tool available. It’s a free tool featuring a flashy interface. All you need to do is choose a server and click the “start button” in the test tool window to begin the check. It will quickly download and upload files and then display more accurate results for download and upload connection speeds. Now you can switch over to another server and repeat the speed test. Speedtest.net creates an attractive graph of all the speed checks you perform. You can also copy the results and share it with [...]

The internet is simply a few decades old phenomenon, but the way it has expanded in the limited span of time duration is incredible. It has evolved from simple networks to a global entity. Now you could see the web serving as a useful platform for communication, business, education and entertainment. Every other day, you have certain new development seen in this world. So, the future of internet is simply beyond ones imagination, yet we could enlist a couple of technologies which will drive the future of internet. Five of these are discussed below:   NFC technology NFC or the near field communications is basically a short range technology, which helps the cell phone users to implement easy transaction like online shopping and data exchange that is possible through waving the handsets or simply touching the receiver. Though this technology is currently available, yet seems to be underutilized with limited [...]

Privacy mode is also known as private mode. This refers to the private features that are available in mobile browsers of android phones. All the web browsers store all the browsing images, history, videos, cache and texts. In privacy mode, all this information is not stored by the browser. This is not the default mode. If you want to do private browsing, you must switch on the privacy mode for the session. This mode allows the user to browse without storing the local data in the computer, so the history and other information are untraceable. You must keep in mind that no other privacy is offered other than the local one. Privacy mode will also not save any details in forms of cookie either. History The first ever browser to have included a private mode was the Safari browser, way back in the year 2005. Since then this feature has [...]

HTML 5 is a new and simple set of semantics, standards and rules meant for coding website markup. It can benefit from a number of new native browser attributes including multimedia playback, offline storage and a small amount of interaction. The HMTL 5 based sites when appear pretty cool and innovative then it isn’t the actual markup but a proper blend of jQuery and CSS3 which makes the difference. A right combination of these two things along with HTML 5 makes the things exciting and interesting. In fact, a huge hype is build for HTML 5 which has somehow created a number of myths around this technology. The below are these myths seen associated with HTML 5. HTML 5’s invention embarked after Apple withdrew the Flash support Apple is often blamed for everything, but the fact is HTML 5 carries a couple of effective solutions for mobile interface. It was [...]

Whenever we think of viruses, spyware and malware we tend to worry about or PCs. We have a preconceived notion that the majority of such attacks take place on the PCs and laptops, but how about malware on your tablet and mobile phone? Sounds unbelievable? Well, it’s a reality if the device is working on Android operating system. In this article we will discuss the top 5 security risks and their solutions. 1. SMShing SMShing is nothing but yet another variant of phishing that uses text messages to trick the unsuspecting smartphone users into visiting malicious links. The hackers are hell bent on exploiting the openness and popularity of the Android OS. A recent report has suggested that nearly 50% of the bad Android apps in circulation today are noting but SMS Trojans. These apps continue to send text messages in the background, without your knowledge, to premium-rate numbers and [...]