You can only put so much lipstick on a pig — It’s official. Facebook is changing its name to Meta. Who cares about its massive ongoing scandal and the equally massive implications of it all when you have a cool new name. Mark Zuckerberg made the rebranding announcement during the recent Facebook Connect presentation To be clear, this is only a…

How it’s continuing to change the music landscape — For the longest time, access to music was limited in various parts of the world. Even when streaming services like Spotify were thriving, there were countries that were still deprived of listening to music at an affordable rate. …

It’s a good time to be an audiophile — It’s finally happening. Music streaming services want a slice of the audiophile pie. Apple has already made its HiFi option available free for existing users on Apple Music. Spotify is expected to launch its HiFi tier soon. Even Amazon is getting on the act. …

UK becomes the latest to announce an internet-based alternative for traditional copper-wire landlines. — Landline operators in the UK are planning to replace every home phone with internet-based connections. According to the BBC, This would effectively get rid of the traditional copper wire network, or better known as the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). But why? PSTN provides the infrastructure and services for public communications around…

I’ve been meaning to set up a home media center with a Raspberry Pi for a while. Now, I finally found the time to build one for myself and thought it might be useful to pen it all down. The idea was to build an inexpensive solution to store and…

Microsoft’s quest for a more open ecosystem — It’s official. Windows 11 is coming and with it, a whole lot of changes to the OS. There’s certainly a lot to be excited about, especially given the host of design and feature changes. But what does it all mean for the developers? Is it as open as Microsoft is…

What the Fastly crash tells us about the internet — You’ve probably seen all the tweets by now. Some of the biggest websites in the world went down including Reddit, Spotify, Twitch, Stack Overflow, GitHub, gov.uk, Hulu, HBO Max, Quora, PayPal, Vimeo, Shopify, and Stripe. …

and how they helped me find work amidst a global pandemic — LinkedIn. It’s a platform with over 740 million users and yet we’re still trying to gauge its potential. No doubt you would have seen people talk about the many opportunities LinkedIn has to offer. You might have even tried your hand at it but haven’t really seen the results. I’ve…