A Virtual Private Network (VPN) provides a secure internet connection, allowing its to access geo-restricted websites, browse securely and maintain their anonymity online. VPN was originally created as a way to secure business networks or allow employees to access a business network from home. Nowadays, many...
As you may or may not know, an in-store purchase is a thing of the past. Sneakers' shopping is no different. Nowadays, retail brands release and sell online. And like we told you last year, buying a new pair of sneakers has become somewhat of...
For the data scraping and data analytics industry, this past year has had a lot of twists and turns. From rising interest in data privacy to new and exciting scraping solutions, 2019 was definitely interesting. In this article, we’ll review the major advancements, tools, and...
The US Government investigates Google’s “Project Nightingale”, suspects mass collection of medical data As first reported by The Wall Street Journal and later corroborated by The New York Times, A partnership between tech giant Google and Ascension, the second largest healthcare provider in the US, allowed...
How will the ruling in favor of HiQ influence the scraping industry? The world wide web holds an endless amount of information. The use of all this data was recently brought up before the courts, and no, we are not referring to the whole social media...
According to recent reports, China's football fans were enraged by Arsenal's star player Mesut Özil, which led them to burn their Arsenal shirts and demanding that the club fires him. The reason behind the outrage is his recent post regarding China's treatment of Xinjiang-based Muslims. The...
VPN services have seen extreme growth in popularity in recent years, as concerns regarding online privacy continue to grow. Not only that, but the increase in censorship and geo-restrictions also caused many to start using these services. Even so, every VPN user likes to believe that...
You have probably heard about the app called TikTok - a very popular video app that spread around the world in record time throughout 2018 and 2019. TikTok allows you to create an account and then post short videos - mostly 3-15 seconds long -...
The world of frontend testing and web scraping is evolving constantly. The more web technologies are there, the more complex websites become. And when things become complex, we need to test them. Puppeteer is an open-source library developed by Google that was built in the purpose...
At the time of writing this article, Spotify is open for use in 65 countries, far behind its rivals Deezer and Apple Music. What happens to users in restricted countries? Well, they just see a message of “Spotify is not available in your country”. How to...