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Net Flieks
Netflix, Netflix, Netflix. Netflix-Original, “Let’s check Netflix!”, “Netflix and chill?”, “Do you have Netflix?” Short of living on the moon for the last decade, it is almost impossible to not have heard of movie and TV series streaming giant Netflix … Continue reading
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The scariest email you’ve ever received?
The internet has seen its fair share of scams and tricks to squeeze money out of users all over the world, but a new kind of a scam is doing the rounds, and I personally, have never seen anything like … Continue reading
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An interesting month for the internet
From rising water levels worldwide, to new laws and regulations as well as nation wide internet shut downs, the ever-shifting internet has been busy over the last 30 days, so let’s get stuck in and find out whats going on! … Continue reading
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“Look Ma, I got 1 million views!”
Technology is pushing society onwards and upwards as we create, develop and upgrade the world around us and, as expected, this push has opened up a whole new field of careers which never existed several decades ago. One of these … Continue reading
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回中国! (Back to China)
On the 16th of June, around midday, I left home to travel to China on a university studying programme for the second time in a year. Besides the basics of worrying about whether I had enough clothes, or my toothbrush, … Continue reading
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Let’s go phishing!
Everyone has at some point either got an email from someone from an obscure African country or a phone call from an Asian call centre asking for your personal details and banking information. Now while we may laugh at these … Continue reading
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Privacy Policies?
If you’ve opened your email recently, there’s a very high chance that you have been flooded by tons of “Update our private policy” emails. Well, as much as these emails might look like spam… they’re not…
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How much freedom do you really have on the internet?
The world wide web is the greatest source of knowledge that mankind has ever had at its fingertips. We live in an age of data and information, where any question you could possibly have can be answered in less than … Continue reading
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Can you handle the heat?
On Friday the 11th of May, I arrived at the Vanilla offices for a very different reason. It wasn’t for a meeting, or to work, but rather to taste test chilli sauces. And so, just before 1pm, the rest of … Continue reading
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Calling all polyglots!
The word “polyglot” comes from the ancient greek words, “polu” (meaning many) and “glotta” (meaning tongues) and is used to describe people who can speak 5 to 6 languages at a very high level. In order to flex their languages … Continue reading
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