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The post Hating the wrong tech people for the right reasons appeared first on BardTech . The slings and arrows aimed at tech’s titans these days are almost too numerous to count. Jeff Bezos: squandering money on space while exploiting warehouse employees. Mark Zuckerberg: complicit in everything from genocide to the death of democracy . Larry Page and Sergey Brin: in bed with China and the military . Elon Musk: where even to begin? Tim Cook has mostly escaped the brickbats, but if Steve Jobs were still with us, it seems plausible he’d be the biggest target of all. And the list goes on from there, of course. Let’s not kid ourselves: a lot of this criticism is warranted. Amazon should treat its warehouse workers better. Facebook should have seen the new form of information warfare coming from further away, recognized it when it was happening, and responded much faster and more decisively. Google shouldn’t have come as close as it did to implementing Project Maven. Tesla shou...

The post 9 Reasons Why the Essential Phone Is My Favorite Phone Yet appeared first on BardTech . I’ve used quite a few Android phones over the years, and I can say for sure that the Essential Phone is, hands down, my favorite. Here are some qualities unique to the Essential Phone that make it a phenomenal device. 1. This Is Essential’s Only Phone Samsung, LG, and HTC each put out buckets of phones a year. Developers have to prepare and test software for each device. This takes time and effort, which is part of the reason so many Android phones receive few, if any, updates . The Essential Phone is the only phone that Essential has released. This means the company can focus its attention on one product. While other companies may not care all that much how consumers feel about a specific model, the end user experience on the Essential Phone is one of the company’s main priorities. 2. A Fast and Long Support Cycle We’re proud to bring Android 9 Pie to Essential Phone the same da...

The post 5 Reasons Why Website Security Is Crucial for a Growing Business appeared first on BardTech . Growing your website’s audience can be difficult, but did you know the effort you put into your website security can result in faster growth? It’s true. Ensuring your site security features are strong and updated can boost your site traffic in ways you probably never considered. Let’s look at the various ways your strong security standards can help with your site promotion efforts. 1. Build User Trust The place where you’ll publish your security efforts to your visitors is your website privacy policy . One example of an embedded security section in a privacy policy is that of the U.S. Department of State. As a government organization, building trust around the website security is critical. The verbiage that the State Department uses is not so specific that you know what systems or technology they’re using. However, it does explain the extent of their security systems to prot...