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John Colascione

John Colascione is the Chief Executive Officer of SEARCHEN NETWORKS® He specializes in Website Monetization, is a Google AdWords Certified Professional and authored an educational ‘how to’ book called ”Mastering Your Website. He writes primarily on domain names and Internet related issues while sporadically covering other items of interest if and when time allows.

Business

Oprah’s “O” Is “Over” As Print Magazine; Now Going All Digital So It Can “Lean In” On Health and…

John Colascione Aug 1, 2020

The Oprah Magazine US app in Google's play store. Close-up on a laptop screen. Photo credit PREMIO STOCK / Shutterstock.com, licensed. WEST PALM BEACH, FL – It’s no secret that print magazines and especially newspapers are dying often…

Science

Is TikTok Spying On You For China? Social Media Giant Denies U.S. Allegations But Report by Cyber…

John Colascione Aug 1, 2020

Social Networking app TikTok is allegations made by U.S. officials that could get it banned in the U.S. causing it to lose access to millions of American users. TikTok is currently installed on millions of devices with forty-six million…

Business

Bezos Adds Record $13B To Net Worth In Single Day; Influx of this Magnitude Never Witnessed Since…

John Colascione Jul 25, 2020

Since the inception of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index in 2012, equal to Jeff Bezos's addition of $13 billion in his net worth in a single-day, has never been witnessed. Bezos is the 56-year old founder of Amazon Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and…

Security

Highly Coordinated Attack Impacts Verified Twitter Accounts of the World’s Most Famous People and…

John Colascione Jul 17, 2020

Several verified Twitter accounts of famous people and companies were taken over in a security breach, including Apple, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Barack Obama and others. Hackers then published tweets from these accounts…

Politics

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Says Social Networks Should Not Be ‘Arbiters of Truth’…

John Colascione May 28, 2020

PALM BEACH, FL –Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has come out and said the he does not believe that Facebook and other tech platforms, such as Twitter, should have to police what is true or false on their platforms. The statement was made…

Opinions

NOTHING: President Trump Has Done Little to Nothing for Average American Worker, or to Improve U.S.…

John Colascione Mar 5, 2020

President Trump as he participated in a memorial service in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, to honor the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 that thwarted an attack on September 11, 2001, by crashing the plane into a field. File…

Security

NSA & Microsoft Recommend Updating ‘Windows 10’ Via Cybersecurity Guidance…

John Colascione Jan 17, 2020

If you have Windows 10, and do not utilize Automatic Updates and/or want to run your Windows Update manually to get the patch quickly, follow these instructions from Microsoft and click the “Check for Windows updates” button. …

Local

Man Crossing Tracks Struck And Killed by Brightline Train in Deerfield Beach

John Colascione Nov 15, 2019

A brightline train sitting at the station in Fort Lauderdale headed to West Palm Beach, Florida. According to police, a man crossing the train tracks was struck and killed in Deerfield Beach. Photo credit: John Colascione, November,…

Business

State Records Link Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Son, Paul Pelosi Jr., To Oil Company With Founding…

John Colascione Nov 3, 2019

Paul Pelosi Jr., son of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), was a board member for a company called Viscoil, a corporation registered in California, with ties to Russia. Paul Jr. was also the President of an investment…

Business

Should Google Remove News Sites with Paywalls from Search? May Need To Push The Knife a Little…

John Colascione Oct 8, 2019

Due to declining readership of print, many newspapers are rolling out paid online subscriptions, which according to the American Press Institute, average about $10 per month (median price of digital subscriptions at US newspapers). File…

Business

Capital One Bank Suffers Major Data Security Hack Which Could Affect Approximately 100 Million…

John Colascione Jul 30, 2019

A former Seattle software engineer was arrested Monday on suspicion of criminal computer fraud and abuse of the Capital One Financial Corporation's stored data including credit scores and balances, ZIP codes, email addresses, dates of…

Society

SHOCKING: The Undercover Video Google Hopes You Will Not Watch; U.S. Congressman Releases Statement…

John Colascione Jun 24, 2019

Google insiders have blown the lid and whistle on Google’s alleged plan to prevent a “Trump situation” in 2020 on hidden camera. PALM BEACH – Unless you have been living under a rock for the last two and a half years, you’re likely very…

Entertainment

Hey, Hey, Hey… Bill Cosby, America’s Most Disgraced ‘Dad’ Sends Out ‘Bizarre’ Father’s Day Message…

John Colascione Jun 17, 2019

William 'Bill' Henry Cosby Jr. at Frederick Douglass High School in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2006. Cosby, a stand-up comedian, actor, musician, and author for over six decades, was convicted and imprisoned for sex offenses in 2018. Photo:…

Business

Business: Here’s How to Save Between $50-70k Per Year, and Do So Year After Year, After Year;…

John Colascione Jun 7, 2019

With all of the potential cost of staffing your website, it’s no wonder some businesses will not only avoid a web presence all together, but go as far as suggesting that their business 'does not need' a website, or their industry doesn’t…

Business

Nearly 12 Million Quest Diagnostics Patients’ Medical Info Exposed in New Data Breach of Third-Party…

John Colascione Jun 5, 2019

According to reports, on May 31, 2019, Quest Diagnostics announced that an unauthorized user had access to the personal information of approximately 11.9 million patients through a third-party billing collections vendor. File photo:…

Opinions

Robo Callers, Phone Spoofing, Auto Dialers; It’s No Longer Annoying, It’s Now Disruptive; Estimates…

John Colascione Mar 2, 2019

An actual call in my Commack, New York office which was conveniently identified by my phone carrier 8X8, as an 'Illegal Scam'. NEW YORK, NY – Everyone gets them – and it’s starting to go from nuisance, to disruptive. Robocalls, Spammers…

Technology

Search Engine Optimization or Sponsored Search, Which One Is Better for My Business? Average Small…

John Colascione Feb 22, 2019

NEW YORK, NY – Whether a company embarks on typical optimization processes or just gives in and goes straight for Google’s recently re-branded “Google Ads” program is probably a question best answered only by someone who has been…

Technology

How Internet Giant Google Used It’s Unique Link Measuring Capability and Sophistication to…

John Colascione Feb 18, 2019

Larry Page (left) and Sergey Brin in their friend Susan Wojcicki's garage. NEW YORK, NY – In the early 1990’s, the Internet was in its infancy. At that time, a great majority of information on this new and interesting “World Wide Web”…

Technology

Why Today’s Small Business Can No Longer Afford to Ignore Social Media; Despite Being The Last…

John Colascione Feb 7, 2019

NEW YORK, NY – As a business owner, especially a small business owner, your time is as valuable as any other commodity; it’s hard to give it up when running the ship means managing your team, meeting with new and current clients,…