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Since the beginning of 2012, the internet censorship shows another type of restriction by proving that the authorities are able to take control of huge sites like Megaupload and shut it down. This milestone changed the internet world by modifying the habits for streaming and file-sharing. Now users are looking for ways to increase their [...]

The Tennis US Open Championship, commonly referred to as Flushing Meadows, a tennis tournament which is the new version of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which was firstly played in 1881. Since 1987, the US Open is traditionally the 4th and last tennis major among the Australian Open, French Open (Roland Garros) and [...]

The internet censorship is every year worse. Since the closing of Megaupload in January, and all the debate about the regulations like CISPA, SOPA, PIPA and recently ACTA, the freedom of browsing is threatened. File-sharing users have to find other ways to protect their online privacy. Because of the increasing threats of the internet censorship [...]

Sky Go (formerly known as Sky Player, Sky Anytime on PC and Sky By Broadband) is a streaming service from Sky launched in 2006. The Sky Go site enables its visitors to watch live and on demand entertainment content from multiple operating systems as Mac, Windows PC, mobile phones, or smartphones. The Sky Go offer includes sports, news, movies and TV [...]

  Every year the internet censorship is restricting more sites. Since the debut of the year’s closings of many file-sharing sites and, the most famous, Megaupload, users has seen their internet use changing. Besides, the censorship is not the only limitation of the contents on the internet. Another blocking is called the geo-restriction. This one is due to [...]

The VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a type of application that ensures your mobile security. The VPN connection process includes the building of a safe tunnel. None data can be intercepted from this tunnel. Moreover your identity remains anonymous. As most smartphones connect to public hotspots for the internet browsing, your datas are likely to be intercepted. [...]

What is a VPN? VPN means Virtual Private Network. This kind of application generates a safe tunnel for your connection between your computer and a VPN server. When the connection is established you benefit from a new IP. Your datas are encrypted according to three main VPN protocols: OpenVPN, PPTP and L2TP/IPSec. Why expats do [...]

Currently the global internet censorship is strengthening. As this kind of regulation is quite new for now, the future remains uncertain. ACTA, for example, evokes the counterfeit, to justify a law on the intellectual property. The danger with those laws is the lack accuracy that lets wide possibilities for the authorities to impose some kind of [...]

Last.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. The streaming service counts an active community of 30 million users. In 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for $280 million. Thanks to its “Audioscrobbler” music recommendation system, the site is able to offer music according to an user’s musical tastes. The system reccords details of the listened songs and [...]

TF1, is a French abbreviation for Television Française 1 (TV French One). The TV channel is the first and oldest television in France. It was established January 6, 1975 and privatized 15 April 1987. The channel is available on DTT, cable and satellite digital on CanalSat, Canal + and analog. The channel also broadcasts on [...]