Archive for the Internet Category

On August 18, 2022, the website ChicagoNow.com was suddenly shut down. No announcement was made prior to the closure. The decision was made by Tribune Publishing who owned the website. Alden Global Capital had been received approval to purchase Tribune Publishing on May 21, 2021 with a

There is no known official Dogecoin Super Bowl commercial airing at this year’s Super Bowl. The videos circulating around the Internet are fan made videos. However, it is possible someone could air a Dogecoin commercial. Note: I a not a financial advisor and this is not financial

On March 12, 2020, the World Health Organization removed content explaining that there is no evidence that companion animals such as dogs and cats can be infected with the new Coronavirus 2019-nCoV. This does not mean that they’ve changed their mind. There is still no evidence that

Lawyer advertising has been a headache since the U.S. Supreme Court decided issues involving a small newspaper advertisement in Bates vs. Arizona State Bar in 1977. That’s when it was decided that lawyers would be allowed to advertise their services, so long as it was done in

The free iPhone X notifications and events showing up on your Google Calendar or Android Phone are not true. Spammers have recently been exploiting Google Calendar in an effort for you to click their links. Below is more information and actionable advice to prevent future notifications. It

Today I went to visit Yelp.com and was presented a message which read “Sorry, you’re not allowed to access this page. Contact Yelp if you keep experiencing issues.” At first, I thought it was the business profile I was looking at, then, I realized simply visiting Yelp.com

There’s a whole lot of trouble brewing on YouTube…again. At the start of June 2019, Google’s massive video-sharing platform began demonetizing, censoring, or outright banning dozens of mostly right-leaning channels. Dubbed the “VoxAdpocalypse,” this is the latest in a long line of controversial demonetizing practices that have

“Billion Dollar Bully” is a movie produced by Prost Productions and released on May 21, 2019. I will be updating this post as soon as I’ve had a chance to watch the movie. The movie could be making false claims of extortion. How To Watch Billion Dollar

On Monday, April 8, 2019, AXS emailed some writers informing them that they were terminated from the AXS Contributor Program and that their accounts were blocked, effective immediately. At the time of this article, I’m not 100% certain if every contributor was axed, or if it was

I purchased a new vehicle this week, and the old one went up for sale on Craigslist. I’m used to Internet scams but this one was pretty good. Here’s how it went down. Vehicle History Report Scam The “buyer” began a conversation and asked if the vehicle

Sometime in July 2016, Examiner.com shut down, and the site was redirected over to AXS. I wrote about how some authors could get their content back from Examiner and have since spoken to hundreds of Examiners. Most told me they enjoy writing and have moved on to

Here is the screen that people are getting when they can’t check out: I have been waiting quite some time for PrimeDay to get here to pick up some deals on Amazon. 3PM Eastern, July 16, 2018 finally arrived. I went over to Amazon to find the

One of the most frustrating things people have to deal with on the Internet in 2018 is algorithms ruining their feeds. Log on to Facebook or many other networks and instead of seeing content from friends and pages you’re subscribed to in a nice, chronological order, you

As of 2018, many legitimate news websites are displaying advertisements on their site which blend in with the rest of their website. Unfortunately, the advertisements appear to be legit news stories, but they aren’t. They usually appear to be a promoted story. The user clicks on the

Dear Internet, I have solved the mystery; Elon Musk’s mysterious “Prehensile Eyebrows” Tweet is About Snapchat’s Eyebrow Weightlifting Game. It clicked today when I was goofing around with Snapchat’s new “Snappable” games which can be found in the selfie filters section after the most recent update. In

Even if you’re not an art buff, you’ve probably seen French Impressionist Claude Monet’s water lily paintings before. Have you ever wondered why these seemingly simplistic paintings have become so iconic? If so, then you need to check out Google’s brand new Monet exhibition. In a recent

Today I opened up my web browser and headed on over to Google Finance (finance.google.com) and I was not happy and users are sure to be upset as well. Everything was in the red, but to make matter much, much worse, the Google Finance page has undergone

It’s tough being a news publisher. Even large, well known sites like Fox or CNN are forced to fight over small scraps of traffic and produce headlines which would literally make you think the sky is falling if you visit them. No expense is spared and I

News organizations are allowing ad networks to display Fake News and fraudulent website scams on their sites via content delivery platforms and ad networks. Will the FTC take action against these publishers and advertising platforms, or continue to allow Americans to be scammed out of millions of

People everywhere are being redirected to fake, lookalike websites from legitimate news websites. They click on a link which appears to be part of the news website and next thing you know, they’re on a fake site reading a fake story by companies and affiliate marketers trying