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Best Home Automation Apps to Optimize Your Smart Home
The world is growing more reliant on smart home devices and the home automation apps they come with. The latter should be as convenient and easy to use as possible. After all, we want smart devices to make our lives easier and not harder. A connected home is a home that is filled with smart objects…
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What the 10G Network Could Mean for the Future of the Internet
Since its conception, the internet has been transforming our society, and its influence will only get bigger. As we build the next generation of the internet infrastructure, faster speeds can help us further democratize access to information and create more productive ecosystems around collaboration in education, healthcare, and more. Additionally, it can give us more…
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What is Spyware & How Can You Protect Yourself
Spyware is malicious software that’s getting increasingly hard to spot. One of its main features is its ability to run without any obvious indication on the affected computer. This can make it hard to detect and remove spyware, and it also makes it easy for criminals to steal private information. As social engineering tactics and…
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Your Guide to the Race CommandIQ App
As we grow more dependent on the internet, the responsibility of ISPs extends far beyond providing internet services. Subscribers also need adequate online security and more autonomy in their home network management. That’s why at Race, we recently launched a comprehensive new product that puts our subscribers back in charge of their home networks: the…
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Race Communications’ New Race CommandIQ App Puts Subscribers in Charge
Race Communications is launching the Race CommandIQ app, giving subscribers more control over their home network while ensuring higher online safety and security. Race Communications (“Race”), a fiber-to-the-premises operator serving homes, small businesses, and large enterprises across the state of California, announced today that they are launching a new product in partnership with Calix: the…
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Protect Your Smart Home from Hackers with These 12 Tips
Our smart home devices collect a lot of data about us, such as our location, health information, voice recordings, and more. And since we’re trusting them with so much data, we need to ensure that we protect our smart homes from hackers. The thought of someone getting remote access to our homes might seem like…
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Scareware: Definition, Examples & Prevention Tips
Scareware is one of many types of social engineering attacks. Just like phishing, whaling, baiting, and SMishing hackers prey on users’ emotions, to trick them into visiting infected websites or clicking on malicious pop-ups. Scareware attacks can lead to slower performance or much worse, identity theft or an empty bank account. This blog post covers…
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Everything You Need to Know About Internet of Things (IoT) Devices
Internet of things (IoT) devices are changing the way we live and work. These devices are beneficial to consumers, businesses, and large industries alike. Thanks to their internet connectivity and innovative technologies, we can manage them from a distance and command them via apps or our voices. The adoption of IoT devices is growing…
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Are We Ready for the Metaverse Broadband Infrastructure?
When Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company was rebranding as Meta in October 2021, he introduced the concept of the Metaverse to a larger audience. And while the Metaverse was around before Zuckerberg, the world has only now started to engage in a slew of online debates about its potential adoption. The…
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What Internet Speed Do I Need to Work From Home?
“What internet speed do I need to work from home?” is one of the most common questions we get from our customers who are part of the remote workforce. Remote work is on the rise, a staggering 58% of Americans can work from home at least once a week. And with more people reporting to…