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9 reasons why Shopify is such an effective online store
If you’re looking to set up an online store, or expand an existing one, Shopify offers a wide range of benefits to help your business grow. Here’s eight reasons why it’s so effective to use Shopify as your eCommerce platform. 1. Shopify is easy to use Building an online business sounds challenging, but it absolutely does not have to be.…
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5 Reasons I’m Going Back to Apple Music From Spotify
It feels like just yesterday that illegal music downloads were going to destroy the music industry, until Steve Jobs showed us the way with the iPod and digital music sales. Today, music streaming is the most popular way to listen to your tunes, but it can be so hard to pick the right one, and once again I’m changing my…
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5 Reasons to Use a Stateless Firewall (+3 Key Downsides)
In networking, “state” refers to the context or session data of a current network connection. A stateful firewall, therefore, keeps track of the state of each connection passing through it, while a stateless firewall does not. Although they may sound less restrictive, stateless firewalls are incredibly useful for securing home and business networks. They use ACLs (Access Control Lists) to…
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7 Reasons to Not Use MPLS and 4 Better Alternatives
Multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) is a network technology for routing and packet forwarding in private, wide-area network (WAN) connections. It is a switching mechanism that uses labels to decide the shortest possible path instead of the usual network address. In general, these labels are more effective for directing data through paths than traditional internet protocols — which use long, less…
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5 Reasons a Stateful Firewall Is a Must-Have for Business
A stateful firewall is capable of tracking the state of active connections between devices on the network. It logs when devices are requesting data, sending data, or closing the connection. With this context, a stateful firewall knows whether incoming data is part of an established, legitimate session or if it’s an unsolicited request that needs to be blocked. This allows…
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I’ve been testing Apple Intelligence — here’s 3 reasons why it’s worth upgrading to a new iPhone
If you’ve got an older iPhone and are prone to FOMO — that’s the fear of missing out for us olds — the arrival of Apple Intelligence via updates to iOS 18 must feel like a trying moment. Maybe you weren’t considering an upgrade to the best iPhones before, but all the chatter around Apple’s suite of AI tools has…
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5 Reasons the Mac Mini Is a Top Mini PC, Even for PC Users
Key Takeaways The $599 M4 Mac Mini offers impressive performance in a tiny package, enough to rival many small form factor Windows PCs. The Mac Mini is great for everyday computing, office work, or photo and video editing tasks, and it also works well as a compact media center, file or media server or gaming hub for emulators and Mac-native…
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Four Reasons to Consider a ‘Strategic Divorce’
Sometimes it might seem like everything about relationships is alternative and unexpected these days, but human beings remain pretty traditional in one sense: We tend to still get married when we love each other. Millions of people get married every year in the U.S., and each one of those partnerships is an example of optimism. Marriage isn’t just an emotional…
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8 Reasons You Should Give Apple Pages Another Shot
Apple Pages is the word processor that everyone forgot about. Though Microsoft Word and Google Docs continue to dominate the field, Pages might just be the best choice for anyone who uses a Mac, iPad, or iPhone. 1 Unlike Word, Pages Is Free Microsoft Word is a powerhouse of a word processor, but it’s also tied to a Microsoft 365…
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4 Reasons You Shouldn’t Switch to an MVNO
MVNOs are cell carriers that borrow network space from a big name like Verizon or AT&T and then sell that network capacity to customers at a lower price. These cell carriers are affordable, but they aren’t entirely without disadvantages. If you’re considering a switch, you may want to consider them. 1 MVNO Subscribers Are Second Priority Network Users Let’s talk…
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