As more and more of our important personal data is stored online and more and more hacks of corporate databases make that data available to
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Apple/Bing/Google Maps Alternatives
It’s the Gulf of Mexico. It was named that before the United States even existed, and Donald Trump doesn’t have the authority to name it
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Minimize Big Tech Reliance – Email
There is an oft-used phrase when it comes to the “free” services companies like Google and Facebook provide: If you are not paying for the
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Minimize Big Tech Reliance – Search Engine
It turns out today is the anniversary of the release of the first web browser, Mosaic, in 1993. Since I posted my web browser recommendation
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Minimize Big Tech Reliance – Web Browsers
I currently use almost all Apple devices for my personal tech, so Apple’s Safari web browser is pretty much front and center on all my
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2024 Goal – Minimize Big Tech Reliance
Microsoft. Apple. Amazon. Meta (Facebook). Alphabet (Google). Together, these companies comprise what is known as Big Tech. The services offered by the companies throughout the
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Book Review – WTF? What’s The Future And Why It’s Up To Us
In my early technology career, about 20 years ago, I found myself working every other weekend, 12 hours each day, as a member of my
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2021 Goal: Leave Google Services And Improve Personal Online Privacy
In December of 2018, journalist (and Gastronomad) Mike Elgan announced his Declaration of Independence from Facebook. It was already very clear at that time that
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