The year was 2016. Giant pandas were taken off the endangered species list. After a 108-year drought, the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. Moviegoers flocked to see La La Land. And the Devolutions t...
Women’s Equality Day is celebrated in the U.S. each year on August 26 to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which bans the government from denying citizens t...
Nobody knows for sure if there will be another lockdown in the months ahead. However, if you are mandated or advised to spend your time at home, here are five fun and geeky things that will keep you b...
The History of Electric Cars Most people think that the first electric car was built — and then killed (which we’ll get to in a moment) — in the 1990s. However, the very first electric car was built w...
There are facts – and then there are GEEK FACTS. What’s the difference? Well, pretty much anyone can figure out the former. But only true 100% certified geeks like you are entitled to know the latter....
Why the Rise of the Machines Is Still a Little Way Off Whether or not we’re sowing the seeds of our own destruction by embracing artificial intelligence is the topic of intense debate. There’s no ques...
What do Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, and Edvard Munch all have in common? No, it’s not that they have inspired countless memes. It’s that they produced some of their best work while in quar...
As some of you may know, I’m a true board game geek. But I’m not the only one. Here at Devolutions, there are many of us who get together during breaks, at lunch, and after hours to play various board...
With more and more parts of our lives going online and then being stored, it’s no surprise that keeping our computers, networks and data secure is more important than ever. And if you’re fired up to p...
As an IT pro, you probably read the equivalent of a book a month – or maybe even a book a week. All of those emails, memos, articles, white papers, reports…and let’s not forget the endless TPS reports...
Hello fellow gamers! Video games have come a LONG way since 1962, when researchers at MIT launched the very first computer-based video game called Space Wars. To celebrate World Video Game Day on Nove...
At Devolutions, we like having a positive impact. That’s why delivering a “wow factor” is one of our core values. It’s also a big part of the ideas we conceive, the products we develop, and the servic...
Whether you spend a lot of time In the Trenches or not, you’ve probably spotted one of our favorite power users, “Min Destens”, in the comment section. And if you’ve been to the Devolutions forum, you...
As Queen Cersei declared, “When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.” Well, the stakes aren’t THAT high in our Game of Thrones quiz – your life isn’t on the line here – but your ability t...
By now, you probably know that I’m huge a Star Wars fan. Need proof? A couple of years ago I created a quiz about the Star Wars’ universe. I also co-manage the Devolutions Force, which is our Star War...
A couple of years ago, I wrote about the history of programming. It was fascinating to see how far things have come since Charles Babbage conceived the very first analytical engine back in 1837. Now, ...
Programming, website design and development, networking – these were the valuable IT skills of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. And there is no reason to think that they are not still useful. B...
Most IT start-ups struggle to develop a marketing strategy that will deliver quick results but won’t cost a fortune. This is a challenging task, which requires an implementation of the brand’s new pro...
IT is the fastest-changing global industry, creating the need for new positions year after year. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, “employment of computer and IT occupations is projected...
Science fiction inspires us to dream of a future that, in many cases, becomes reality years later. Take, for instance, a food rehydrator or a hover board. And how could we forget that Douglas Adams’ g...
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