Best of the Blog 2016, Volume 6
Some good stuff was brewing in the summer of ’16.
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iPad Pro 10.5 Review … kind of
I do not have an iPad Pro 10.5 for review. I’m just not that well-heeled in the blogging community. Believe me I wish I did. But that’s ok, this isn’t that kind of review. The…
Taxing the internet: a good idea?
The internet has been a tax-free zone since 1992. In those days it was just too hard for out-of-state retailers to figure out how to collect taxes and send them to all 50 states. The ruling…
Best of the Blog 2016, Volume 5
May 2016 was a good time to be alive. Take a stroll back there.
What is the singularity and when will it happen?
It doesn’t take much imagination at this point to see what happens human intelligence and artificial intelligence grow closer. There’s no shortage of movies and TV shows that will show you that. Of course, it’s all…
Best of the Blog 2016, Volume 4
Take a look back at the spring of ’16 and you’ll be surprised what you find!
US is now 10th in broadband speeds
Well at least we beat Bulgaria. There’s a new report out detailing the world’s internet usage, and it’s not exactly great news for US users. We’re tenth out of the top ten in speeds, with an…
Will your next phone be a PC?
Here’s something I thought I’d never say: Microsoft’s already cooler than Apple and getting cooler by the day. Surprisingly, it’s true. It was revealed a while back that Microsoft customers are more satisfied with their tablets than Apple…
Will the instant messaging wars ever be over?
You’ve got mail. For many people, AOL Instant Messenger was their first experience with live chat. It wasn’t really the first of course, as real-time chat has been around pretty much since the first time that two people…
Best of the Blog 2016, Volume 3
Some of the blog’s best work can be found in March, 2016
OPINION: We need to do something better with all these computers
So I finally got around to watching Hidden Figures. By now everyone knows what this movie is about, so I won’t rehash that. But look past the actors and the story and there’s another little bit there…
Best of the Blog 2016, Volume 2
Check out what we were doing back in early ’16.
Best of the Blog 2016, Volume 1
The new year brings great new articles at The Solid Signal Blog.
Is there even such a thing as “online privacy?”
Random “selfie” found on the internet. Is it too much to ask that we can control our own “PR” on the internet? Probably. Despite measures like California’s four-year-old law that gives minors the ability to erase their own…
When you’re serious, get serious about Open-Mesh
You hear a lot about Wi-Fi today. The reason is remarkably simple: most people’s Wi-Fi is awful. Considering that it’s something on which we all depend, our homes and offices are full of Wi-Fi gaps and…