Dec 17, 2020 | Online Safety, Tech Insight & Tips
In the times we live in, many children learn how to use the internet before they know how to read or write. In fact, one study in 2011 by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, a research group affiliated with Sesame Street, found that 25% of children under age 6 regularly...
Dec 11, 2020 | GVEC Internet Products & Services, Tech Insight & Tips
As time goes by, our toys and gadgets get more sophisticated and more connected. There might be no better gauge of that increasing complexity and connectivity than the gifts we give and receive at Christmas. Every year brings a new generation of blinking, ringing,...
Nov 24, 2020 | Tech Insight & Tips
You may have heard the term “open-source software” before, but have you ever wondered what it is or given any thought to if and how it affects you and your online experience? If you have, or even if you haven’t until now, we’re here to offer a simplified...
Oct 9, 2020 | GVEC Internet Products & Services, Tech Insight & Tips
If you’re an online gamer, you may well relate to the following scenario: You’re spending some time in the loopy world of Plants vs. Zombies protecting your team and turf from zombie hordes. You’re playing as a Peashooter, and you’ve got a pesky Conehead Zombie in...
Sep 30, 2020 | GVEC Internet Products & Services, Tech Insight & Tips
Although the internet has long been an important part of day-to-day life, the last year has raised the stakes. Stay-at-home orders, social distancing and other public-health measures introduced over the last few months have increased the world’s internet dependence to...
Sep 4, 2020 | Tech Insight & Tips, Tech Trends
We’ve said it before—the world we live in is growing more and more connected. This includes even some of the most mundane tasks of everyday life, such as grocery shopping. Online grocery shopping was already growing in popularity and has become even more prevalent...