BIG news (April 3, 2017) as Android is NOW the world’s most popular operating system as it overtakes Windows
Android has now overtaken Windows to become the world’s most popular operating system, according to data from Statcounter. Looking at combined usage across desktop, laptop, tablet and smartphone, Android usage hit 37.93%, narrowly edging out Windows’ 37.91%.
“This is a milestone in technology history and the end of an era,” commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. “It marks the end of Microsoft’s leadership worldwide of the OS market which it has held since the 1980s. It also represents a major breakthrough for Android which held just 2.4% of global internet usage share only five years ago.”
First, and more trivially, Statcounter only measures Internet-connected devices, which will exclude a small number of desktop PCs used for specialist tasks. Second, and more significantly, Windows still dominates PCs, both desktop and laptop, with an 84% share.
Congress just obliterated Obama-era rules preventing ISPs from selling your browsing history
Rules preventing internet providers from selling personal information, such as customer browsing histories, will be repealed, following a vote in the US House of Representatives this afternoon.
The Republican-led House voted 215-203 in favor of repealing the rules, implemented just a few months ago under the previous Obama administration.
The bill has been met with considerable controversy and anger from privacy and rights groups, for fear that internet providers, like Comcast and Verizon, would be able to gather and sell data about your browsing history to marketers and other companies, including information on where customers are, as well as information about customers, such as financial or health status, and what people shop and search for.
For internet privacy, a VPN won’t save you
…Congress voted to gut proposed internet privacy rules set out by the outgoing Obama administration that would have prevented your internet provider from selling your browser history to advertisers. President Donald Trump signed the bill a day after, making it law.
- Know What Amazon Won’t Ask
- Review for Grammatical or Typographical Errors
- Check the Return Address
- Check the Website Address
- When in Doubt, Go Directly to the Amazon Website
- Do not “Unsubscribe”
- If an offer sounds too good to be true, it probably is
- Report Spoofed E-mails to Amazon
The Tile App
Where did you leave your phone, wallet, keys, purse, etc.? The tile can help. You can add the small “tile” to most any item, then use your phone to track it with Bluetooth technology. Did you misplace your phone, no problem use one of the tiles to find your phone.
Prices start at around $25 and go up for the more you buy.
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Have a great month everyone! The podcast was not available this month, so hang in there for next month.
Thanks for reading.
Ron
