Bell Canada is finally cutting back on the amount of throttling it does with peer-to-peer Internet applications. Bell has been throttling these applications since 2008 and this move is probably due to the Open Media lobbying, and new rules brought down by the CRTC.
Like any cloud-based service, iCloud is reliant on your Internet connectivity speed.
Internet speed is probably something your really haven’t thought a lot about. You may have to now, as it is now going to be an important factor if you use cloud backup services such as iCloud. Specifically it is your upload speed that is now important. (more…)
Let me state up front that I try not to deal with Telus any more than I have to.
Several of my customers however use their services and as long as things can be fixed without a phone call, I’m okay. Talking with a Telus employee in the Philippines or India can be an ordeal. (I once made a call that lasted for 4 hours)
That said, allow me to rant about this week’s Telus call. (more…)
Every Internet browser allows the setting of a home page.
While many never change the home page from the default that is set by the browser, many others have selected their favorite page as their home page. Doing so allows you to start your browsing at the site you want.
Here are a few browser home page suggestions.
Search
Many times when we open our browser we are going to search for something on the internet. Google is a favorite for many. There’s also Bing and the old stand-by yahoo among others.
Social Media
Social media is used by millions and many have selected one of the big four, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Linkedin, as their home page.
Your hometown Newspaper
Printed news may be decreasing, but most newspapers have an on-line version. One that may post breaking news when it happens.
National News/International news
CNN, Google News, Yahoo News or even international sites such as BBC are used by those who crave news all day long.
Your Favorite Blog
There are millions of blogs and millions of postings on them each and every day. Some will selected their favorite blogger or blog as their home page.
Your Business Homepage
This is an obvious one.
Actually, in an interesting twist, my home page is set to be blank, so that I don’t get distracted by the first page but use my links or type in the page I want. However that’s just me, I’m different.
How about you?
