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Online Entertainment Services 

In this blog we'll be discussing about the Online Entertainment Services we have used in  the last three months.

[1] Kahoot

Fig 1: The  Kahoot Logo

Kahoot! is a free game-based learning platform, as educational technology. Launched in August 2013 from Norway,Kahoot! is now played by over 50 million people in 180 countries. Created for use in classrooms and other learning environments, Kahoot!’s learning games are multiple-choice quizzes that can be created by anyone and are not restricted as to age level or subject matter.

Kahoot helps to learn interacting with other students, enjoying. This online Entertainment service is used by many and is likely to be used by more in the future.

[2] YouTube

Fig 2 : The Statistics of a popular YouTube user

YouTube is an Online entertainment service which allows users to view online videos that are been shared all over the world.

YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service was created by three former PayPal employees – Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim – in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries

Fig 3: YouTube logo

[3] Google Chrome

Google Chrome is a freeware web browser developed by Google. It was first released in 2008, for Microsoft Windows, and was later ported to Linux, macOS, iOS and Android. Google Chrome is also the main component of Chrome OS, where it serves as a platform for running web apps.

Google releases the majority of Chrome's source code as the Chromium open-source project. A notable component that is not open-source is the built-in Adobe Flash Player (that Chrome has disabled by default since September 2016^]). Chrome used the WebKit layout engine until version 27. As of version 28, all Chrome ports except the iOS port use Blink, a fork of the WebKit engine.

Fig 4: Google Chrome logo

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Why is eBay better than other Online services??

I'll be discussing the major reasons why the world re-known Online service 'eBay'.

First of all what is eBay?

eBay Inc.  is a multi national eCommerce corporation, facilitating online consumer to consumer and business to consumer  sales. eBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar in 1995, and became a notable success story of the dot-com bubble. Today it is a multi billion-dollar business with operations in about 30 countries.

 

To read more on the history of eBay Click here

Why eBay is one of the best Online  services available right now?

• Consists of a wide range of products.
• User friendly systems
• Discounts are readily available.
• Transportation cost is less
• Convenient.
• Prices can be easily compared.

 

Fig:The eBay home page

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Email Threats !

Do emails bring you Threats?

In this blog I'll be discussing about some of the major threats when using the most widely used communication service on the internet:Email

According to many experts there are few threats that mostly worry Email users consequently.Some of them are,

(1)Hoaxes – fake news sent by email

Probably the first type has to do with hoaxes – false news distributed for different purposes, mainly through email (or social network messages), with misleading content, and which use shocking or sensational topics for propagation. Users normally forward these pieces of news because they either appear to come from a trusted source or because the message itself asks to be forwarded. Initiators are basically victims of this kind of attack! To read more on this topic click here .

(2)Spam – massive, anonymous and unwanted messages  

 With so many threats collecting email accounts, this information began to be used to massively send spam or trash email by an unknown sender. Spam is generally used to send advertising, although it is also used to spread malicious codes, scams or phishing campaigns. Anyone can be fooled by this type of attack.

To read more on this topic click here

(3)Phishing 

Together with spam, phishing is another threat that continually spreads via email. It is closely related to the use of social engineering techniques, where individuals are manipulated into performing actions they had not intended to conduct, for a particular purpose. Thus, this deception technique intends to fraudulently collect the victim’s personal and/or confidential information, such as internet service passwords, or credit and debit cards details.

Phishing attacks can lead to the user been fooled and him/her entering their personal information such as their Bank Account details.

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(4)Pharming

Pharming is a cyber attack intended to redirect a website's traffic to another, fake site.The threat of Pharming is even dangerous when people with illegal intentions carry out Pharming on trusted and legitimate sites.

Fig 1:How to identify a Pharming attempt

To read more on this topic click here

(5)Virus attacks

Viruses can easily be transferred from one computer to another through sending mails. This is the most common way used nowadays. They may come as an attachment along with the emails. It is a common opinion that all the spam mails are only virus infected, but it is not so. Even if you receive a mail in your inbox, it can contain virus in it. When you open and run the attached file, you are indirectly allowing the virus to into your computer system. This will slowly affect your hard drive and the entire system.

To read more on this topic click here

Fig 2: How to identify a Virus attack when using emails

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Online Services

Daily Online Services.

There are many Online Services today.If Online Services are new to you,then read this: Click Here.
For me the best 'Online' Service is the Google search engine.

Fig:The Google Search Engine

 This Search Engine has saved the lives of millions.I am proud to say that more than 75% of these millions are STUDENTS!Specially University Students and Upper grade Students,Moreover Adults too use this amazing Online helper for basically browsing for things such as gifts,toys,clothes etc...

The far the world goes the more and more people adapt themselves for a comfortable life with the help of Online services such as the Google search engine. 

Not only brands like Google but organizations such as Mozilla and Yahoo too provide browsing facilities.Hope you enjoyed reading my second post.🙂

My First Blog

This is my first blog.