HBO’s next “Game of Throne” show Westworld is going crazy right now. If you are currently following the show and would like to dive deep into the world that’s still unknown to all of us, here are five excellent podcasts that you should listen to have a more enjoyable […]
When you are visiting a website and found it’s slow, do you ever wonder if the page load time is similar to others around the world? Or, if the slowness is due to your WiFi, the website, or the internet speed provided by your ISP? If you are using Google […]
The built-in video and audio players in Chromebook can play quite a few different media formats, e.g. mp4, Avi, etc. but not all of them. For example, it can’t play MKV files out of the box. MKV, the file extension for Matroska Multimedia Container, is a flexible, open standard video file […]
Ten years ago today in October 2006, Google acquired YouTube, a video streaming service website created only one year earlier, for $1.64 billion in Google stock. During its 11 years old presences on the internet, it’s been dominant since day one. The original idea of YouTube was a video version of […]
On September 20, 2016, Krebs’ website was hit with what experts say is the biggest Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack in public internet history, knocking it offline for days with a furious 600 to 700 Gbps (Gigabits per second) traffic surge. Nothing was able to bring the site online […]
JPEG.io is a web app that converts your images into highly optimized JPEG format with a simple and easy-to-use user interface. It uses Kraken.io’s proprietary JPEG optimization algorithms to convert an image to a progressive JPEG format with the smallest possible size without losing any image quality. So, what’s a […]
There are reasons why you need to restart Chrome to have a fresh start without losing any opening tabs. Maybe one of the tabs you are visiting became unresponsive. Or, the browser occupied too much RAM that needs to be released. You can use the X button to close the […]
It started happening recently where the Chrome browser threw out this error message when I was trying to access Microsoft website. This site can’t be reached www.microsoft.com unexpectedly closed the connection. When I tried it on other browsers, including Edge, Firefox, or Safari, they all work fine. It even works […]
Turn Off the Lights is a lightweight and useful add-in designed for a more comfortable watching experience. It basically dims the web page background and highlights the video player so you can enjoy the video a bit more without any distractions. The extension is compatible with virtually all browsers, including Microsoft […]
If you haven’t already known, Google’s search page has a lot of goodies, not only games or quirks but a lot of useful things like the unit converter, weather information for your current location, etc. It also has a tool that can test your internet speed, similar to the well-known SpeedTest.net. Go […]