Practical Techie: The web as a tool to help discern Ukraine
March 1, 2022
The challenge is to keep the channels open amid the fog of manipulation.
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Liberty Puerto Rico reports $376M in 4Q21 revenue, $1.5B for ‘21
February 24, 2022
The company showed solid results one year into the integration of its mobile business.
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Practical Techie: Camouflaging your cell phone imprint
February 23, 2022
Securing your phone's privacy from groups like your internet service provider and law enforcement is a three-part process.
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Practical Techie – The web is the great mobilizer
February 15, 2022
The last 25 years have wrought profound change in the way humans interact and organize; it has left many of us dizzy.
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Puerto Rico Blockchain Trade Assoc. hosting free ‘CryptoCurious’ workshops
February 14, 2022
“CryptoCurious” online courses will be held in February in Spanish and English via Zoom.
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Practical Techie: Can the government take away my cellphone?
February 9, 2022
For most people, it's a question of privacy as intimate details fall into the hands of the US government.
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Dept. of Corrections phone services provider to pay $67M in landmark settlement
February 8, 2022
GTL has denied wrongdoing of any kind as well as any liability.
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NY to accept Puerto Rico’s COVID-19 VACU ID pass on its digital platform
February 8, 2022
NYC Excelsior Pass Scanner app and Puerto Rico's VACU ID Pass and Excelsior Pass Plus are now compatible.
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Practical Techie: Crypto boom in Puerto Rico shaken by ups and downs
February 2, 2022
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 […]
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Practical Techie: Third generation cell phones will phase out
January 26, 2022
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 […]
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Practical Techie: Musicians also jumping on crypto coin bandwagon
January 19, 2022
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. […]
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Practical Techie: Optional virtual conference offerings for ’22
January 12, 2022
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. […]
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MasTec North America sues Claro for $10M in breach of contract suit
January 10, 2022
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 […]
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Practical Techie: Collectors can buy digital art or real estate with tokens
January 5, 2022
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 […]
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Practical Techie: Tech advances flow in ’21 amid pandemic and disasters
December 29, 2021
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 […]
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