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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
your password is still terrible
follow this link. check your password. realize how weak it is. and then change it.
good. now you've done that.
now give 14'35" to this busting of password myths. then, go to your tech group tell them you know better. because, now you do. and begin the revolution in password security your workplace so desperately needs.
Friday, December 21, 2012
welcome to security beacon
if you are not a computer expert companies like security beacon are your friend. even small busineess must protect their date and keep away malacious programmers.
some of the content at the site can be technical for the novice. we need experts like this to kee p us out of harm's way.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
someone will steal your data
we are more and more complacent with our use of mobile devices and payment strategies. our finance and money information is on our mobile device. Verizon researchers take a look at the near future of secutiry breaches. summarized here in this article at net-security.org
your greatest risks are stolen smartphone, weak password, unencrypted phone, fraud and deception tailored to your life. phishing becomes more refined, more accurate, more plausible. many will remeber the "we lost our passport scenario".
give your self a better password today. consider using only guest checkouts for online purchases. create habits that avoid the chance for losing your phone.
then having read the article consider how much corporations must do to achieve their opwn security. it can't be perfect.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Competitive threats to Facebook
we wonder often what will replace facebook. friendster, myspace. always evolving. check here.
the Guardian (British Newspaper) creates their own social media app
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
karma mobile
here's is innovation worth knowing: social wi-fi hotspot by karma through Clearwire at youkarma.com
Monday, December 3, 2012
$100,000 a year to design digitals apps
become an app developer, but do it right. contracts. business plan. business model. strategic plan. or you may earn that $100,000 only once. at guardian.co.uk
look at this graphic below to see some average revenues for apps. keep working. you may develop the next wildly successful boardgame rip-off.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Google versus Amazon: Buffer Box
Google purchases a company start up that may let it compete with Amazon's delivery behemoth Buffer Box
Friday, November 30, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
Google offline in Brazil
at latinlink while Google is offline in Brazil here are 25 facts about internet usage in Brazil.
Friday, November 23, 2012
cyber monday
the origins of the word cyber at the MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
...the study of "control and communication in the animal and the machine". (Norbert) Wiener's work in the 1940s, related to cybernetics, constitutes one of the roots of modern "cognitive science."
our cyber monday comes to us in 2005 from this article at shop.org
Monday, November 19, 2012
moore's law an update and the original
from cnet the continuing future of the law.