U.S. Lags Behind the World When it Comes to Broadband Internet Speeds

Here’s a quick quiz:  Which of these countries do you think has the fastest average broadband speeds? Romania South Korea Hungary United States If you guessed the U.S., you’re wrong.  In fact, the U.S. didn’t even make the top 10 list for countries with the fastest average internet connection in the world.  For the past

A Game-Changer for Internet Privacy

You’ve probably never heard of it, but a new protocol called DOH could be a game-changer for online privacy. DOH stands for DNS-over-HTTPS. It would encrypt DNS traffic within your browser and hide requests and responses. When you enter a website’s URL into a web browser, it’s sent to the internet as a DNS request.

Using Facebook’s Like Button on Your Website May Violate EU Laws

This could change a lot of things.  If your website has Facebook’s like button on it for content or comments, you could be liable under the European Union’s privacy rules regardless of where you do business. The EU Court of Justice handed down the ruling this week in a case involving an online retailer.  A

Digital Divide Affects 100 Million U.S. Consumers: How Your State Stacks Up

Cell phones, apps, connected TVs, tablets, streaming media devices:  they all need broadband internet connections to be used to their full potential.  Yet, according to the a study by The NPD Group, nearly a third of Americans don’t have that kind of internet connection. NPD defines broadband as having at least a 25Mbps download speed