Comcast is a popular Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the United States that provides free email accounts to those who subscribe for service through the ISP. A common task that Comcast subscribers face is configuring their email program to download and send email using their Comcast email account. Comcast email supports all major email programs …
Web analytics is the process of quantifying the behavior of a website’s visitors. Web analytics have become a very important part of e-commerce since they can show the website owner which landing pages are effective in convincing people to subscribe to services or purchase the company’s products. Web analytics can also be used to monitor …
ActiveX is designed to be a framework to allow software components to be reused independent of the programming language used in development. One or more of these components can be used for development of software applications and digitally signed to validate the identity of the author of the component. First developed in the mid-1990’s by …
APOP (Authenticated Post Office Protocol) is an extension of the traditional POP used for email authentication. The POP allows one’s username and password to be authenticated with an email server. It does so by transmitting the user’s account password in plain text over the Internet, which puts his/her security at risk. The APOP encrypts passwords …
Yahoo Answers is a social networking platform that Yahoo sponsors. It allows users to ask other Yahoo users questions and receive answers based on specific categories. Yahoo Answers is ideal for those who wish to receive answers to personal questions and allows others to rate the best answer, specify their individual sources and qualifications concerning …
A Firefox Toolbar can be any toolbar within Mozilla Firefox, whether it is a default toolbar provided by Firefox or an add-on provided by third-party extensions. Firefox currently has five default toolbars that can be turned on and off at any time: the Menu Bar, the Tab Strip, the Navigation Toolbar, the Bookmarks Toolbar, and …
In this day and age, most people are exchanging the pen and paper for a computer with a word processing progamme. Nowadays, the alternative to sending messages via snail mail is the use of the Internet to send electronic mail. Sometimes people wish to remain anonymous when sending messages. This comes in handy for various …
Do you do banking transactions online? When you transfer funds, pay bills or accept payments through the Internet, you may notice that some Websites and portals you may be using have web addresses that start with https://, which is different from the usual http://. You may wonder how could it be and why is such …
Twitter is a social networking site that relies on micro-blogging for communication. By typing short, 140 character messages users can communicate with their followers and get information spread around. Since its inception, Twitter has grown and turned into a massive site used by main stream media as well as average individuals to communicate about important …
Skype has grown to be one of the most used applications for real-time video, text, and voice chat. The service allows consumers to make free computer-to-computer calls. Consumers may also make phone calls to all types of telephones at a cost. Skype also has a built-in search function that finds people online on Skype based …