As the web exploded in size, early curated directories were replaced by search engines. These were revolutionised by Google’s PageRank for popularity, and are now being replaced by AI overviews.
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You point Safari at a website, maybe one you visit regularly, and it can’t connect. What do you do next to solve the problem quickly and efficiently?
In the original JPEG image, the yellow and red are clearly distinguishable. By the time they’ve been rendered, they are hard to tell apart. Unless you’re colour-blind.
A compilation of links to major service status pages and other resources to help you when that service is playing up.
Dark Mode isn’t in the least bit simple. Some “Apps that look great in Dark Mode” still dazzle with brilliant white views. But the problems are worst with websites – for the time being.
Using Lookup, Ping, and Traceroute to work out why you can’t connect to a website. Is your ISP blocking it, perhaps?
Would you fancy standing for around 11 hours on a series of three different trains, because your booking company claimed that seat reservations weren’t available, when they were?
Thomas Cook could take you anywhere in the world. Today we do better, although getting from the far south of England to the Outer Hebrides could be a bit too far.
Search engines don’t work, as they’re indifferent to quality and accuracy of content. Existing eBook formats are little more than book-in-browser. So how to publish more demanding content?
The workhorses of computer security, message digests and security certificates, are in the process of changing. Some disruption will result.
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