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Do you remember the last time you changed your Profile Picture?

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An online local services marketplace conducted a survey that resulted in some interesting findings and one was that average social media profile picture has an age of 2 years. We are so addicted to the social media that the first thing we do when we get up checks social profiles for any updates and majority of us update our profiles daily but the profile pictures can be up to 4 years old. Another survey conducted by Bidvine to find out how individuals in a society present themselves to others in the general public and around 2,000 British persons were interviewed who are active social media and dating site users. The results were again surprising telling us that the people using dating apps such as Grindr and Tinder were more conscious regarding their profile picture as they use to change it every 2-3 weeks whereas, the Facebook and Instagram profile pictures are changed after 5-6 months. Some dating websites seemed to be least up-to-date like Plenty of Fish users sai...

Why Do Electronics Die all of a Sudden or Over a Long Period of Time?

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Why Do Electronic Devices Die? We wonder why the electronic devices stop working after some period. Keyboard key switches rated for 10 million presses or military class motherboards won’t last forever. Why can’t the modern technology electronic devices last indefinitely? Electronics have many points of failure that can lead to their untimely death. Let us start with capacitor failure capacitors are those small cylindrical things sticking out of your PCB(Motherboard part) and since their job is to store and release electricity. They contain electrolytes that conduct current and although many capacitors can last for decades without any problems some especially cheaper ones and especially ones that use liquid electrolytic chemicals instead of solid ones can leak or burst over time. We see temperatures fluctuate materials tend to expand and contract. Let us take an example how sidewalks crack when the weather changes. Certain things on a circuit board can act similarly es...

What is 5G Network? 5G Explained, Release Date, Latest Update

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No matter what kind of mobile technology that you have in your pocket it quickly becomes yesterday’s news and that may never be more evident than right now as telecommunications providers worldwide are working on 5G. The industry is hoping that 5G will be good enough and will be a game changer in the telecommunication industry. What is 5G? 5G is a network system which has much higher speed and capacity, and much lower latency. 5G is centered around the idea that the Internet of Things that is connected devices that enable self-driving cars automated homes and more. It will become crucial shortly, and that mobile data networks will be very robust to handle it all with wearables appliances vehicles mobile AR and VR devices and so on. 5G, however, is not only aiming to reduce latency to as low as one millisecond to allow real-time operation of important devices. It also boasts a maximum speed of 20 gigabits per second way faster than the quickest LTE networks today or ...

How to Remove Duplicate Files on Windows

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We all have a load of duplicate files waiting to be found and deleted. These duplicate files consume a lot of memory which could be used for something new. There are a lot of ways to remove duplicate files on Windows, but the easiest one is to use a duplicate file finder applications. These duplicate file finders basically scan your hard drive completely for unnecessary duplicated files and help you to remove them. There are many duplicate file finders, here is what we consider easiest and very obvious one. Note : You are not advised to use any of the duplicate remover tools to remove duplicates in system folders like the Program Files folders. Many programs you use may actually need these duplicate files in different locations to for a smooth functionality. CCleaner To Remove Duplicate Files The CCleaner  is a very popular tool which needs no introduction. There is also a good chance that you have used this earlier for some purpose. The main function...

What is a VPN?

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What is a VPN? VPN stands for Virtual Private Network, and maybe you have heard or read that term in association to privacy and geolocation. In this article we will learn and look into what exactly is it how does it work and what can it do for you. How does a VPN Work? Let me explain it now but before we dive into VPNs, let me tell you a little bit how the internet works now. At home, you have probably got some router or modem from your telephone company or your internet service provider. Then that is connected to your desktop, maybe by an Ethernet cable, to your smartphone over Wi-Fi, perhaps to your laptop over Wi-Fi and so on. Inside of your house when you do a laptop talk or your PC talk or your phone talk that is part of your private network, and that does not go out onto the internet. It stays inside your house, but the moment you open a web page somewhere out on the internet that data flows through your modem down into your local phone company or ISP and then ...