Facebook Looks beyond IPO to Global Vision
Author: John Duckgeischel
on February 2, 2012 - 11:47 PM
Facebook recent filing for its
IPO provides insights into where the company sees itself going in the future. “There are more than 2 billion global
Internet users, according to an industry source, and we aim to connect all of
them," the company stated in its SEC S-1 filing with the SEC. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg expects Facebook
to bring historical value to governments, the Global economy as well as
everyone connected to the Internet. "At
Facebook, we're inspired by technologies that have revolutionized how people
spread and consume information," Zuckerberg wrote in a letter in the
company IPO filing. "We often talk about inventions like the printing
press and the television -- by simply making communication more efficient, they
led to a complete transformation of many important parts of society.... Today,
our society has reached another tipping point."
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Google Explains New Privacy Policies
Author: John Duckgeischel
on January 31, 2012 - 9:58 PM
In response to Congressional
concerns about its March 1st privacy policy consolidation plans,
Google sent a 13 page letter addressed to eight members of the House of Representatives. A blog posted by Pablo Chavez, Google’s
director of public policy, describes the letter as a clarification of the
objectives of consolidating 60 separate policies into a singular policy. Although gather user supplier information for
one service in conjunction with another service may seem somewhat benign,
concerns are being expressed loudly as Google is currently under plenty of
government scrutiny. Government
officials in both Europe and the U.S. are examining the possibility that Google
search is being run as an anti-competitive business.
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Android Market Malware Possibly Hits 5 Million
Author: Leanne Westphal
on January 29, 2012 - 11:50 PM
According to Symantec the Android
Market is where perhaps millions of app shoppers were fooled into thinking that
13 apps from three publishers were safe, when in fact they were infected with
malware. Symantec has named the
infected android apps as “Android Counterclank”, which include titles such as “Counter
Strike Ground Force” and “Sexy Girls Puzzle”, many of which were still on the
site as of Friday afternoon. "They
don't appear to be real publishers," Kevin Haley, a director with
Symantec's security response team, indicated in an interview. "These
aren't rebundled apps, as we've seen so many times before." Symantec estimated that the infected apps may
affect between1 to 5 million users. "Yes,
this is the largest malware [outbreak] on the Android Market," commented
Haley.
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Symantec: For now disable pcAnywhere
Author: John Duckgeischel
on January 26, 2012 - 8:02 AM
Symantec says that the pcAnywhere product is
vulnerable to the Anonymous hackers group and is taking the unprecedented step
of recommending that product owners unplug or disable the software
while security bug fixes are developed. The pcAnywhere software is popular
with users that want remote access to their desktop computer while they are on
the road. "This is the first time
I have seen a company of Symantec's scale tell their customers to stop using a
shipping product, especially one that many users depend on for remote
access," stated HD Moore, chief technology officer of Rapid7. It seems that source code leaks are a major
source of concern.
First there was a pcAnywhere source code leak in 2006 and then last week
Symantec admitted that its network experienced a breach in 2006 and that a
segment of its source code had been accessed.
"It's certainly a new precedent for a security breach,"
commented Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Security.
"Talk about dirty laundry getting aired."
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2012 Brings 1st Super Bowl Command Center
Author: John Duckgeischel
on January 24, 2012 - 5:21 AM
As this year’s host city to
the Super Bowl, Indianapolis has come up with a high tech solution to managing
the hectic high profile sporting event with the first-ever social media command
center. It will dedicate 2,800 square
feet of space downtown to an extensive team of analysts, strategists and tech
savvy assistants that monitor online conversations held on Facebook, Twitter
and other social media platforms. The
social media command center team is slated to open Monday January 30th
to tweet or post information related to parking, events and area attractions
and provide information should a disaster occur. The command center will operate 15 hours a
day through Super Bowl XLVI on February 5th and be manned by more
than 20 people who will use of 150 square feet of networked screen space to
keep a watchful eye. The Super Bowl’s host committee has selected the Raidious digital
marketing agency to manage communications at the command center.
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