by jnelson | Mar 20, 2021 | How the Net Works, News, Our Blog
By Mark Costlow, SWCP President Adapted and updated from the SWCP Portal, January and February 2021 In a move that was largely unnoticed outside tech circles, Apple recently introduced a new range of laptops using their own CPU chips. Called Apple Silicon, the current...
by jnelson | Sep 25, 2020 | How the Net Works, Interesting Items, News, Our Blog
Technical jargon can often be confusing to ordinary users, and with all the hype surrounding mobile telephones can particularly dizzying. Advertisers nowadays talk excitedly about “5G” and how that is superior to “4G”, for instance, as if everybody understands exactly...
by jnelson | Sep 6, 2020 | News, Our Blog
One sure indicator that we are living in the future is that proposed or brand-new technologies often sound right out of science fiction. In a world of jetpacks, laser cannons, rockets that land upright, self-driving trucks, talking robot assistants and virtual...
by jnelson | Jun 24, 2020 | How the Net Works, Our Blog, Resources, Tips and Tricks, Web Development
While everyone was busy playing with their shiny new smartphones, a revolution in web design happened. Few people noticed it, which is fine because they were not supposed to – in fact, the entire point of the change was to make web content more easily readable and...
by jnelson | May 27, 2020 | How the Net Works, Interesting Items, Our Blog, Resources, Tutorials, Web Development
The internet has become an essential utility of the modern world – such a part of the functioning of our global society that the very name has lost its capitalization. Like other basic services such as electric power, telephone, water, and sewage, the internet’s real...
