For most people, it's a question of privacy as intimate details fall into the hands of the US government.
GTL has denied wrongdoing of any kind as well as any liability.
NYC Excelsior Pass Scanner app and Puerto Rico's VACU ID Pass and Excelsior Pass Plus are now compatible.
It’s a decade since the enactment of tax incentive rules for cryptocurrency investors in Puerto Rico and the influx of mainlanders setting up shop in town does not wane. As the boom for investors seeking capital gains relief builds up, resentment from activists gets more vocal. They complain the new crypto economy is not benefiting […]
It’s written on the digital wall: Most major telecom companies are phasing out third-generation networks by February 2022. Network providers are shutting off 3G to repurpose the finite spectrum or the airwaves allotted by the Federal Communications Commission to send wireless signals. This means cell phones that rely solely on a 3G connection are most likely to end […]
It was not exactly music to their ears for many show business entrepreneurs at the end of the last century. The initial attack that collapsed the traditional song distribution industry came from Netscape in 1999. Then it was Apple’s iTunes, followed by Spotify, and now its cryptocurrency creeping into the $65 billion music business worldwide. […]
Virtual meetings are here to stay, but there is life beyond Zoom, Microsoft Meet, and Skype. Let’s peek at the newer virtual conference platforms to help users find for 2022 one that adjusts to their particular needs. True, Zoom is reliable for significant video calls, as Google Meet is great for regular Google Workspace users. […]
MasTec North America Inc., a FL-based infrastructure construction company, is suing Claro Puerto Rico for $10 million in outstanding pay for the work it did to restore the telecommunications provider’s “devastated” infrastructure following Hurricane María in 2017. In a lawsuit filed last week in the US District Court of Puerto Rico in San Juan, the […]
A new year, a new set of aspirations. And a new venture within the technological universe is to experiment with Non-Fungible Tokens. What? NFT, being such an unassuming commercial venture, the name does have a high-tech ring. Essentially, it has to do with blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, etc. So, what are non-fungible tokens? NFT — These […]
Now that 2021 is the year that was…it was, as usual, one with many high-tech advances. Breakthroughs in digital science were not the least deterred by the cataclysmic events of these past year. So, what flows next? There are already clear insights on the horizon of technological developments for 2022 and beyond as applied to […]
Puerto Rico is among 30 jurisdictions that is exploring the possibility of adopting technology giant Apple’s digital ID feature, which would allow citizens to add their driver’s license or state ID to their iPhone’s digital Wallet application. The feature could go live early next year. The ID stored in the Wallet app could be used […]
The COVID-19 pandemic is being blamed for an increase of 2916% of identity theft reports filed in the US and Puerto Rico, mostly related to government benefits, credit cards and online sales, statistics from the Federal Trade Commission and Debt.com show. Debt.com’s data shows that 46% of people whose identity was stolen was related to […]
The famous Mexican actress Maria Félix said it candidly: “Money is not the most important thing in life, but it does calm your nerves.” Others say that money indeed makes the world go ‘round. Truly, it has been humanity’s instrument of barter and exchange goods since time immemorial. Also, since long ago, coinage has been […]
In the high-tech world, security and privacy go hand in hand. If a device stores personal information, privacy depends on the gadget’s ability to keep secrets safe from intruders. In that sense, some of the playthings we give our kids as Christmas or birthday gifts may be spying on us. So, which toys should we […]
As 2021 winds up, it’s time to look back on specific developments in the high-tech sphere. For one, video retained its standing as the prime communication tool in social media. Consequently, YouTube is a central platform for videography. Thus, the platform released an overview of the top videos of the year, and it depicts interesting […]
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