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An in-depth analysis of anti-social app Cloak

The world has seen enough of social networking websites and apps like Facebook , Twitter , Google Plus , Instagram, Whatsapp, Foursquare and a lot of others. Basically, all these apps, what they do is connect people living around the globe, forming their virtual network online.  In some ways, these services have been of great help to mankind while in some cases, we wish they’d rather not be present at all . There are many cases in our life when we’re trying get work done, but end up wasting all the valuable time on things like Facebook and Twitter. This is probably the downside of these platforms, about which even the most avid users agree. All the apps we’ve known till now basically promote social interaction. But have there been any service which can be dubbed as ‘anti-social’? Well, it’s just about the case with a new service called ‘Cloak’. It’s a new direction social media is heading to and we bet, we’ll have plenty of such anti-social apps in the future. Being anti-social me...

What are ransomwares? : An in-depth analysis of ransomwares

It’s quite common that people are held for ransom, especially when their relatives are well off. A person is taken hostage and kidnappers ask their relatives to pay huge sums if they want their beloved ones back and unharmed. Sometimes ransoms are paid and the victim returns back home while on some occasions, authorities intervene in time to save the life of victim as well as his/her kin’s dough. And sadly, on some occasions, people also have to lose their lives. Computers have become so much important for people in today’s world and the data stored in them of much greater worth that nowadays, even computers are held for ransoms. But how? This takes place trough malicious softwares called ransomwares? Below, we make an in-depth analysis of ransomwares, which though being present since a long time ago, have become quite notorious as of lately. What is a ransomware? Ransomware is a type of malicious software which controls the access to the computer which it has infects, and asks for a r...

The Best and The Worst Things about Social Networks

Social networking , arguably, is the loudest thing we’ve seen in the twenty-first century till now. It originated just a few years ago and boomed to become the hottest online trend. Over the years, social networking has consistently established itself as the most common form of online interaction by people. There are so many social networking sites out there today, with their own set of specialties and user base. In this article, we aim to find the best and the worst things about social networks. The best things: 1. People can express themselves with ease. It’s very easy to express ourselves on social networks. We can tell others about what we watched, read or listened recently. We can share our opinions and insights on various topics. It’s much easier to share our ideas to a larger mass in such sites than in real world. We can, with great ease, express ourselves like we can never do in real life. 2. They are great ways to learn about how people feel. When you express your opinion on a...