Many of the headlines began the same way: “Blind man sues Playboy …” That’s page view gold for news websites. Stories breathlessly detailed Donald Nixon’s lawsuit claiming the Playboy website lacks compatibility with screen reading software, including “alt text” used for photo descriptions. That was in November 2018. Would the reaction have been […]
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Working with European Client? The GDPR is going to affect you.
The GDPR was approved and adopted by the EU Parliament in April 2016. The regulation will take effect after a two-year transition period and, unlike a Directive it does not require any enabling legislation to be passed by government; meaning it will be in force May 25 2018. The first question we […]
Continue readingNet Neutrality – Will it Cost Us More on the Internet?
Net Neutrality is about to change. Under the Obama administration, Net Neutrality meant that everyone delivered data at the same rate of speed. Now making companies like Verizon, Comcast and AT&T “common carriers”, they will be able to throttle the speed of any site that want to. Companies like Netflix […]
Continue readingIs the internet becoming less worldly?
In a report recently published by the UN, they have announced a backlash from many countries that do not use English lettering or .com from ICANN. ICANN is the body set up under the Clinton administration to create a commercial type environment on the internet.
Continue readingIs a 3D Printer in Your Future Business Plans? It is for Mars
NASA announced that a 3D Printer is one of the first things that it put on its priority list. Combined with a CAD program on a PC, it can create many items right to spec that is needed on Mars when they are on the planet. This makes all the […]
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