As the name suggests, technological insomnia is a condition in which a person is not able to get proper sleep or have trouble getting it because of the use of new technologies that are being introduced in our day to day life at a very rapid pace. This ultimately affects your whole day and disturbs overall schedule. These new technologies include smart phones, tablets, and even computers. New technologies have started to become a part of our life and we are not even able to notice it. They have b…

  Private browsing is exactly what it sounds like - a way to maintain your privacy when you are surfing the web. By using a private window (incognito mode) the web pages that you open will not appear in the history list of your browser. The keywords you search will not be saved in the search history and the web pages will not store cookies. Cookies are basically small files that any web page you open saves on your computer to display ads related to your search history and interests. Howeve…

Avoiding screens altogether is extremely difficult in today’s world. Children use tablets in schools, there are TVs in waiting rooms and most people have smartphones in their pockets all the time. With the continuous development of technology, screens have become an integral part of our lives and families are facing problems in deciding how much screen time to allow to their kids. Digital detox is gaining popularity in the recent times to keep the amount of screen time  in check. Digi…

Nowadays, a Smartphone is an indispensable tool in our life. Gone are the days when a mobile phone was merely used to call and text people when needed. Now smartphones have dominated the world. The uses of smartphones are not only to call and text people, but they contain a multitude of applications (or apps, as they are called) that allow its users to do a variety of things, such as managing their finances, playing games, tracking their heartbeat for health reasons, watching TV shows and movies…

The life of a parent is hard, the constant worry of whether the child is getting hurt or talking to someone they shouldn’t be, and so much more. Coupled with the fact that cyber-thieves often target children, as they are the most vulnerable and easy to manipulate, the job of the parents gets exponentially harder. The cyber-world is a pit that is hard to navigate for even adults, which makes it that much harder for children to understand and practice caution. With so many new applications where…