Hacking into the computer files of a company or government agency often is not a very lucrative occupation, unless the hacker has some way to…
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OPLIN 4cast #446: Blockchain
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You have likely heard of Bitcoins, but may not have heard too much about blockchain, the technology that makes Bitcoins work. Blockchain is very difficult…
OPLIN 4cast #445: Free Wi-Fi tools
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There must be something about summertime that triggers interest in software tools to manage Wi-Fi networks, because in the last couple of months we’ve seen…
Warning: This 4cast posting is going to get technical. But hang with us a minute, with a little bit of introductory information, we can probably…
Ancestry Library Edition, which has been part of the Ohio Web Library since July 2011, is one of the most popular statewide library databases, generating…
OPLIN 4cast #442: Beam it up
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Facebook and Google are both involved in ambitious and interesting projects to economically expand Internet access to some of the most remote areas on earth…
OPLIN 4cast #441: Save the game
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A number of serious issues have recently come under discussion due to a contest over gaming. The Electronic Freedom Foundation [EFF] has asked the Library…
Last Wednesday – while you were no doubt reading the 4cast – Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) presented her 20th annual report…
On June 12, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) intends to reclassify Internet service providers (ISPs) as “common carriers” under Title II of the Communications Act…
OPLIN 4cast #438: Instant Articles
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Last week, Facebook launched Instant Articles, putting entire news stories from nine news organizations inside Facebook’s mobile app where people can read them rather than…