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Oregon Navy Apprentice Highlights the Power of Penpalling

Penpal writing boomed in the 1970s, in a world that was disconnected by vast distances.

(SALEM, Ore.) - ‘Nobody writes anymore these days’ is a saying you may hear often, but it seems like the days of pen pal letters are far from over. St. Helens navy apprentice, Elsen White, recently visited his old school to meet students who had been his pen pals during his deployment in Japan.

The magic began when St. Helen’s teacher Jennifer Ranger had a brilliant idea to encourage her sixth grade class, who were learning about Japan, to take pen to paper.

Comparing Smart Assistants: Google vs Alexa vs Siri [Infographics]

Here is an excellent example of how these 3 assistants stand against each other

(TECHIESPAD.com) - Smart assistants are the smartest thing to happen to the smartphones after the assistant that would give us results manually. Now with the help of assistant, we can automate a lot of things.

A smart assistant is nothing but a virtual robot that listens to all your commands and responds to them with the best queries. Currently there are a total of 3 giants in the fight to make the best smart assistant. Amazon’s alexa, Google assistant and Apple’s Siri.

Thinking of Buying an Assembled Desktop?

Keep the Following Points in Mind!

(SALEM, Ore.) - Even though you can buy a computer with everything pre-assembled; the craze for assembling your own machine still exists- and is more exciting than ever.

Buying various components for your self-assembled machine and aligning them to work together in sync with each other is much more of an art than just a simple task.

Should You Upgrade Your Business Apps?

Protect sensitive business and customer data on your computer system from attacks by hackers or malware.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Every business owner intermittently asks the same question over the years: “What's the most helpful software for my business?” It’s a question that often yields illuminating answers, because business software evolves at a rapid rate.

Sometimes, innovation is modest — a new version of an existing business app. At other times, it’s radical — introducing a much more efficient way to organize a business process.

VPN Viewers Find Solutions to Netflix Limitations

Consumers bypass Netflix restrictions with the help of certain VPNs.

(SALEM, Ore.) - In 2016, Netflix, the popular online video streaming platform banned IP addresses associated with the VPN networks, from accessing its services.

Although this step had implications on a large number of Netflix users everywhere, the ones that used ExpressVPN continued to enjoy the Netflix services.

The biggest issue with Netflix is that its services are country-specific, implying that if you stay in the UK, and want to watch the Netflix programs available in the US, you can’t do it unless you use services like virtual private networks.

The iPhone 8 Promises Huge Changes

Though disappointing, the production delays have a silver lining.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The anticipation surrounding the iPhone 8’s release is fraught with tension. It’s been a long and arduous wait for the tech world as its dealt with leak after leak, rumor after rumor surrounding Apple’s upcoming generation.

Most of us have amassed a pretty serious RSS feed to help filter the massive flood of reports, even though we end up reading most of the latest news with bated breath behind nails bit down to the quick.

iPhone 6 Most Wanted Features: Surprising Expectations [INFOGRAPHIC]

What future iPhone feature would you like to see the most?

(CHICAGO) - In the summer of 2007, Mike Lazardis, co-founder of BlackBerry, got an iPhone to check what’s inside. He pried it open and was shocked on what he saw: BlackBerry wasn’t competing with a phone, he thought, it was competing against a Mac.

Such is the iPhone’s disruptive story: it put the computer in our phones and made them smart. Suddenly, we could buy and play music in our phones, surf the net via wifi, run desktop-like OS, and, the best defining factor of a smartphone, download apps.