Guides, explainers, and the research behind the deals we list — written by the DataProt team.
Abraham Lincoln once referred to the battlefields of the past as “hallowed grounds” - places frozen in time to forever commemorate those who have fought and fallen. While places like Gettysburg serve as monuments for ...
GuideThe creators of the first known video game to be played at multiple computer installations had no idea they had become pioneers in one of the biggest industries of the 21st century. The year was 1962, and some MIT stu...
GuideIf you can’t buy it online, they say, it doesn’t exist. A glance at Amazon or eBay suggests there is truth to the adage. But how true is it? Are brick-and-mortar shops going away ultimately? E-Commerce is the new gold...
GuideIn a world where everything on the internet stays on the internet, an app that deletes photos once you’ve seen them sounds like a silly idea. Who’d use that? 383 million people daily, it turns out. Snapchat became the...
GuideSince the first cat-playing-piano video surfaced online, these fluffballs have ruled the internet. Today, there is no better way to share funny clips of your pet riding a Roomba than via YouTube. A website that ...
GuideHave you ever looked at the night sky and thought to yourself: How many stars are out there? Well, you could ask a similar question about big data. While nothing quite compares to the infinity of the universe, the amo...
GuideRemember life before smartphones? Your iPod was full of R Kelly and 50 Cent. You chatted with friends via SMS. You were thinking about opening an account on a new social network called MySpace. Smartphones have change...
GuideInstagram is an app that allows you to take, share, and post pictures. Simple, right? But add a catalog of whimsical filters, the platform’s aesthetic nature, and a potential audience of 1.5 billion viewers, and thing...
GuideFacebook’s position seems invincible. Worldwide, more than 25% of us have accounts, and time-spent-on-Facebook statistics show that hundreds of millions log on daily to check in with friends and read the news. Faceboo...
GuideWe’ll get to the WhatsApp statistics in a moment. Let’s start with a bit of perspective. The telephone was introduced in 1876 as an incremental improvement over the telegraph. No one expected the “voice telegraph” to ...
GuideThe internet. It’s hard to imagine life without it. From basic communication with friends and loved ones to instant transactions that make standing in line as outdated as fax machines, the web has become intricately i...
GuideIf you have ever tried setting up a website or blog, chances are you’ve encountered WordPress. This is the simplest and most popular content management system on the planet. Powering more than a quarter of all w...
GuideCyberattacks have become common in recent years. That’s why stronger passwords are needed to protect our personal information online. But even with passwords, we are still at risk of being hacked. This is where two-fa...
GuideWhich sites you visit in the wee hours of the night should be your business and your business only. Not your Internet service provider’s, not the government’s, nor any other eavesdropping nosey parker’s. You don’t eve...
GuideDid you check your spam folder lately? It’s like walking into a giant shopping mall where everyone wants you to buy products, hire services, or marry a Nigerian prince. Thousands upon thousands of emails. Spam. ...
GuideThe iceberg metaphor may be overused, but it’s the best one we’ve got. The internet we usually surf is just the tip, and vast amounts of data is being stored below the surface. The Deep web is 500 times larger than th...
GuideEvery year, millions of Americans fall victim to fraud cases that cost them, their banks, and the national economy billions of dollars. As consumers embrace online banking and eCommerce, cybercriminals are developing ...
GuideDo you remember how old you were when you got your first cell phone? If you were born in the 80s, you probably got your first cell phone in your late teens or early 20s. The mobile phone market has undergone a d...
GuideOver the past few decades, nothing has significantly influenced our lives more than the internet. But how much do we know about the vast network that now runs the world? To find out, the team at DataProt scoured the W...
GuideDo you recognize the sender’s company name? Is it spelled right? Do you know the sender? We aren’t accustomed to thinking of email messages as dangerous. But experts say we should be paranoid about our inboxes. Spear ...