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Well, look at that. Itā€™s almost the end of 2015, and itā€™s getting really close to that time when my wife will force me... My Favorite FileHippo News Articles Of 2015

Well, look at that.

Itā€™s almost the end of 2015, and itā€™s getting really close to that time when my wife will force me to close the lid on the laptop until January of 2016 or she will ā€˜break it over my head,’ if I donā€™t.

Tis the season for end of year roundups though, and if Google, Kaspersky, and mainstream media can do it, I see no reason why I canā€™t do it either. Ā So I took the liberty of looking back over my statistics and work at FileHippo over the last year to see what had actually happened, and I realized Iā€™d only actually been here since Augustā€¦. thatā€™s just five monthsā€¦.

But what a five months itā€™s been. I really couldnā€™t have joined the TechBeat team at a better time. Windows 10 was one of the most talked about software releases in a long time, and the world was awash with tech story after tech story that just needed to be told. Nothingā€™s really changed since then either.Ā  Thereā€™s always a software related story out there somewhere.

John McAfee 2016

So here are my own personal favorite stories I wrote for Filehippo.com over (the last 5 months) of 2015ā€¦

5: Ad blocking software usage in US grows 48% in just one year: Should online advertisers be worried?

I really canā€™t remember, but this story will always have a soft spot for me, because it was the first one I wrote for FileHippo, and it seemed to take me forever to write.Ā 

4: How Will Googleā€™s Company, Alphabet, Affect You?

Not very much, it seems. Despite the fact we should all really be referring to Google as Alphabet now, no-one has bothered too. It seemed like such a big story at the time, but as I said in the second paragraph, ā€œif you donā€™t own a piece of virtual Google real-estate, more than likely the best thing you can do is shrug your shoulders and just carry on with your life.ā€ And it turned out that everyone just didā€¦

3: Suicides And Extortion Linked To Ashley Madison Data Hack.

Do you remember the AshleyMadison hack? Remember when it was big news? Remember how quickly it all faded away?Ā  Me tooā€¦

2: John McAfee Announces Run For President

McAfee told Wired.com: ā€œI have many thousands of emails saying please run for Presidentā€¦Itā€™s not something I would just choose to do on my own.ā€ Donald Trump on the other hand, did.

ā€œJust when you thought the US Presidential election couldnā€™tĀ get more surreal than it already is, everyoneā€™s favorite self-labelled ā€˜eccentric millionaire,ā€™ John McAfee has announced his bid for President of the United States of America.ā€

You know what the really crazy thing about McAfee running for president was? In the context of the current Presidential candidate, he seems quite saneā€¦.

1: Reddit Bans Users Posting Star Wars 7 Spoilers.

STAR WARS

Why this one? Because itā€™s Star Wars. I got to write an article about Star Wars.Ā  And I think thatā€™s all I have to say about that.

Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year

Yep thatā€™s it, I am gone until sometime in January.Ā  But I just want to say thank you Ā to anyone and everyone whoā€™s taken the time to read our articles here on FileHippo over the last 12 months, regardless if itā€™s a story I wrote, or from one of the other writers. Thanks for all the comments too, even the crazy ones, I love reading them.

Until next year, itā€™s been a blast.