I'm a content editor at CCM. I studied international journalism and I'm interested in the history of technology, and how it is closely intertwined with other disciplines such as art, psychology and social sciences.
If you've ever worked in a large corporation, you've probably already worked with the intranet or extranet. In simple words, an Intranet is a private network and a database that is restricted and can only be accessed by company employees. An Extranet is accessible to outside contractors. In this article, we will explain to you what is the difference between intranet and extranet and how both of them function.
Online shopping has become so natural that sometimes a physical trip to the store can be uncomfortable, especially during the pandemic. E-commerce is growing faster than ever before and a lot of people are moving their businesses onto the web. If you are wondering how to open your own online shop, don't worry, it's simple and quick. In this article, we compiled the best platforms to open an online store.
E-Business became so popular, especially during the pandemic, that many offline stores and businesses switched to online. In this article, we will walk you through the main concepts of e-Business and explain how it works.
5 Clicks is a screen capturing program designed by Interapple Inc. It can take screenshots of the computer's desktop quickly and easily, as its name suggests, within only 5 clicks.
The GANTT diagram is a tool that allows the user to model the planning of tasks necessary to the performance of a project. It is named after its inventor Henry Gantt who created it more than 100 years ago, in 1917. Given the relative ease of reading GANTT diagrams, this tool is used by almost all project managers in all sectors to control and manage the workflow, project stages, and progress representation in real time. Read on to know more about GANTT chart.
In our regular rubric, Internet Archaeology, we talk about various web standards, icons, terms, and concepts: how they appeared and took their place firmly in the web culture. Read this article to find out how the word "blog" became widespread and where it came from.
The Search icon with the magnifying glass seems so familiar nowadays: almost every interface, every computer or web browser, and mobile device have it. However, have you ever thought of why and how it became the ultimate symbol of search? Does Sherlock Holmes have something to do with it? Read on to discover the curious and surprising story behind the search icon.
In the Internet Archaeology rubric, we discuss some very familiar Internet standards that we often don't even notice. This time we would like to draw your attention to the menu icon. Have you ever paid attention to it? Funny fact, but it looks like a hamburger in almost all interfaces. In this article, you will find out why it has this image, whether it has something to do with the air vent or with an actual hamburger, and what the menu icon's origins are.
According to new research by the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, the Internet undersea cables can prevent earthquakes and tsunamis and save lives. Last year one of Google's fiber-optic cables connecting Los Angeles with Valparaíso detected around 20 earthquakes of different magnitudes thanks to distortions in light pulses. Read on to find out how undersea internet cables can help to prevent natural disasters.
Oops… Page not found. Who among us hasn't been there while going somewhere else? Almost every user of the World Wide Web encountered the most familiar and the most disappointing 404 error. In this article, we will tell you the fascinating story about the beginning of the Internet and the most common error code – 404.