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SSD Hosting – 5 reasons why you should choose a WebHost with the SSD advantage!
From modern desktop computers to laptops to tablets, you can find SSD or Solid State Drive in an increasingly wide variety of devices. SSD has been a departure from the traditional, mechanical hard drives. In the 70s, 80s, 90’s and even the 00’s hard drives used to be bulky equipment. With time, these devices got...
11 Essential Ingredients Your Blog Post Needs Before You Send It Live!
All bloggers are looking for ways to ensure your blog appeals to as many individuals as possible
ECJ Rules that Embedding Facebook’s Like Button Makes Websites G.D.P.R Liable
Companies that embed Facebook's "like" button on their websites must seek users' consent to transfer their data to the United States social network, in line with the European Union's G.D.P.R.
German Bundestag moves to align the BDSG closer to the GDPR
New law passed on the adaptation of German data protection law to the GDPR Following the introduction of the of the Federal Data Protection Act (“BDSG”) in 2017 which was devised to focus on areas in which the GDPR offers the possibility of further regulation by national legislation,ensuring, companies offering goods and services to German...
#1 WordPress Series – Is WordPress Right For Me?
Website design and functionality are still considered to be in the domain of the technically and creatively gifted, which is exactly why Content Management Systems (we will call them CMS’s from here) developed and are now so popular. So what exactly is a CMS? Put simply a CMS is a platform, usually hosted online...
B.A. fined £183m Yesterday and today’s £99.2m fine for Marriott proves the UK GDPR Honeymoon is well and truly over!
The international hotel group Marriott is to be fined £99.2m by the Information Commissioner’s Office after hackers accessed their Starwood guest reservation database over a period of 4 years. Initially, the company said hackers stole the details of roughly 500 million hotel guests, a number which the hotel chain later corrected to 383 million following...
ICO’s 1.5% Global Turnover fine of B.A. demonstrates that the GDPR honeymoon is over.
British Airways says it is facing a record fine of £183m for last year’s breach of its security systems. The penalty imposed on BA is the first one to be made public since those rules were introduced and amounts to 1.5% of its worldwide turnover in 2017, less than the possible maximum of 4%. The...
Bounce Rate – Understanding how to improve your website performance . . .
If you’re like most website owners, you spend a lot of time and effort driving traffic to your website only to see them bounce away in mere seconds. It’s hard to come to terms with. After all, you love your website, so why doesn’t everybody else? While some of the bounce rate of your site...
Apple Accused of Selling iTunes Customers’ Personal and Listening Data
Apple Inc. have been quite explicit in their claim that “What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone.” so the news that they are looking down barrel of a class-action lawsuit after it was alleged that the company is selling customer data such iTunes purchases as well as their personal data gleaned from its...
Facebook Logins – should you disconnect your Facebook accounts from your Log-ins?
The internet has undoubtedly simplified our lives, of course, the reason we use things like Facebook Login is the convenience, both for the site developer and the end user.
Critical Unpatched Flaw Disclosed in WordPress WooCommerce Extension
Last week, an arbitrary file upload vulnerability has been found in popular WordPress plugin WooCommerce Checkout Manager which extends the functionality of well known WooCommerce plugin. So if you own an eCommerce website built on WordPress and powered by WooCommerce plugin, then beware of this new, unpatched vulnerability that has been made public and could...
Do your employees know they are being targeted?
What is Social Engineering? Social engineering is a non-technical strategy cyber attackers use that relies heavily on human interaction and often involves tricking people into breaking standard security practices. The success of social engineering techniques depends on attackers’ ability to manipulate victims into performing certain actions or providing confidential information. Today, social engineering is recognized...
New Facebook data breach affects 540 million users.
Facebook is grappling with another embarrassing data leak with 540 million records found in plain sight on a public Amazon server. Security researchers from UpGuard found Mexico-based digital media company Cultura Colectiva left more than 540 million records — including comments, likes, reactions, account names and more — stored on the Amazon S3 storage server...
How companies deploy AI to enhance the customer journey
New Insights report sponsored by Genesys found that ‘customer–centric’ brands using advanced AI benefit from increased efficiency, greater brand loyalty, and notable gains in revenue. A global survey of nearly 600 executives across 18 countries found that companies adopting artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled technology across the customer journey have seen a positive impact on customer satisfaction,...
Citrix Hacked by ‘International Cybercriminals
Iranian-backed hackers ransacked Citrix, and store 6TB+ of emails, docs, secrets, says cyber-biz Remote-desktop giant ‘among more than 200 govt agencies, oil, gas, tech corps’ hit by cyber criminals. Citrix today warned its customers that foreign hackers romped through its internal company network and stole corporate secrets. The enterprise software giant – which services businesses,...
Checking File Permissions the InstaHost Way
Permissions, permissions, permissions, uploading anything more complicated than basic HTML often requires some playing with permission settings to make things work properly. Whether you’re engaged in a seemingly battle to the edge of sanity with an error or simply following the instructions to install a new script on your server, knowing how to set permissions is...
Why Shared Hosting is no longer fit for purpose – tech has moved on and so should you!!
When creating a website, one of the most important decisions you’ll make is what type of hosting you need for your site. One of the most popular choices for first-time website owners is “shared hosting”. Shared hosting is a type of low-cost option where you share space on a server with other sites. Shared hosting...
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