5G Download Speed in Canada Is 2nd Best in World
We’ve all heard so much fanfare, excitement, and anticipation about the arrival of 5G network technology and what we can expect once it’s the new normal. There’s been some trepidation about it too,...
View ArticleTips for Making Siri More Useful When Working From Home
In the middle of march when all the international craziness of COVID started it’s very likely that most of the people who then started working from home didn’t expect that arrangement to last long....
View ArticlePromising Quantum Computing Algorithms May Soon Solve Unsolvable Problems
Lost to some extent in all the timely buzz and hubbub these days about 5G, Edge Computing and the like is the ongoing realization of quantum computing being put to work for the benefit of humanity....
View Article6 Types of Content You Site Should Do Without, and Why
It’s always said there’s many different cogs to the machine, and that can be true of pretty much any machine. If you want to look at your online presence in this way, it’s a very conceptual...
View ArticleDreamcatcher: Using AI to Analyze Dreams May Soon Be Reality
2020 has been a roaring disappointment for all of us, but that’s coming at it from more socio-cultural and global perspective. A lot of the world has been hampered by the Global pandemic, but on the...
View ArticleHow to ‘Spot’ a ‘Bot’, and Steer Clear of Them
If you’re one of the many people who enjoy twitter feeds or even the comments section at your favourite news websites, then you may already be well aware that some of the contributors aren’t exactly...
View ArticleChrome to Debut Truncated URLs to Combat Phishing
Soft consonant constructions are devilishly hard for people who are new to English to understand, and the colloquial form of fishing as ‘phishing’ to describe underhanded and fraudulent information...
View ArticleReasons You Should Be Wary of Elasticsearch Servers
If you’ve never heard of Elasticsearch, you can certainly be excused. Here at 4GoodHosting we’ve got some pretty smart cookies around, but as a whole we’re a Canadian web hosting provider who’ll never...
View ArticleNew CMS-Based Botnet Cyber Attack a Real Doozy
If there’s one thing those of us who do content and communications exclusively will know like the back our hands, it’s a CMS of one sort or another. If you don’t know what that abbreviation stands...
View ArticleMaximizing Your Use of Google Cloud Free Tier
Some people will say you can never be too frugal or thrifty, and in honesty even if you can afford to spend more there’s really no good reason you should if there’s an alternative. This is something a...
View ArticleWays to Optimize CPU Usage & Performance
Many people will immediately attribute a noticeable slowdown with their computer to an aging and failing hard drive, but that’s not always the case. Even desktops and notebooks that aren’t...
View ArticleMore on 5G in Canada
There’s been a whole lot of hubbub about the iPhone 12 and other new smartphone offerings from the big manufacturers, but there’s no other factor that’s playing into all the hype quite like 5G network...
View Article‘Spintronic’ Ultra Fast Computer Chips for Fail-Safe Data Retention
Many of you who work at a desktop in an office will probably have been in a situation where the lights flicker, and your co-workers then quickly urge everyone in the vicinity to ‘save’. It’s nice if...
View ArticleInternet Expands to 370.7 Domain Name Registrations
1991 sure was a long time ago, and yet it was at a certain point nearly 30 years ago now that there was quite literally one – and only one – person on the World Wide Web. Tim Berners-Lee certainly...
View Article5 Tips: Better Ways for Web Scraping
We imagine that for most of you the only scraping you do is part of your battle with baked-on food when doing dishes. Or maybe at the bottom of the peanut butter jar before washing it clean and...
View ArticleMajor 2020 A.I. Milestones
We’re not flying in airborne vehicles like the Jetsons predicted we would be by 2020, but we do have robots and artificial intelligence – or A.I. as it’s abbreviated for convenience – has factored...
View ArticleWhat to Expect from the Top Dog in Early 2021 Chrome Update
A lot of people who are Google devotees will want to say otherwise, but Microsoft has definitely met the bar with their Edge browser seen on most of their newest offerings. The near archaic Internet...
View ArticleBetter Than Bit? An Intro to Stablecoin
Here we are with our last entry for 2020 here, and it’s true that nearly every business seems to use their last blog of the year to do a ‘year in review’ themed or something similar entry. Normally...
View ArticleExpectations for Cloud Computing in 2021
A new year comes around every 365 days, and gosh darn if they don’t seem to go by especially quickly for most of us. So here we are in early January yet again, and here at 4GoodHosting we imagine...
View ArticleRepurposing Outdated Phones with Samsung’s Upcycling Program
Most of us are aware of just how problematic the issue of discarded e-waste is, and on a global scale too. There’s not so much as one component inside any device you’ve ever had that was...
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