Today’s Tech Sightings: Europol: Dozens Arrested in European Cyber Crime Sweep The European Union’s justice agency says it has arrested dozens of suspects in an international identity theft sting that involved millions of euros stolen; suspects allegedly stole victims’ usernames, passwords to steal money from bank accounts. Secret Cell Towers in London Fool Phones Into […]
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Tech Sightings, November 13, 2014
Posted November 13th, 2014 at 2:00 pm (UTC-4)
There’s an App that Needs You: The Rise of Mobile Crowdsourcing Today, crowdsourcing apps are used in investing, creative work, and funding start up projects. They are showing up on many smartphones with thousands of mini-reports coming in from around the internet. The mosaic of information can form a larger picture that can be used […]
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Tech Sightings, November 12, 2014
Posted November 12th, 2014 at 2:00 pm (UTC-4)
Your Control of Your Personal Info is All but Dead, Pew Respondents Fear A new survey reveals more than 90 percent of Americans feel they’ve lost control over how their personal information is collected and used by companies, particularly for advertising purposes. The majority of respondents expressed concern about whether the government is listening in […]
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Tech Sightings, November 6, 2014
Posted November 6th, 2014 at 2:00 pm (UTC-4)
Microsoft Makes More Office Features Free on iPads Microsoft announced today it is releasing Word, Excel and PowerPoint apps for the iPhone for the first time, and rolling out a test version of those apps for Android tablets. The Android apps are expected to be released fully early next year. The new strategy offers customers […]
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Tech Sightings, November 4, 2014
Posted November 4th, 2014 at 2:00 pm (UTC-4)
No Fire Phone Required: Amazon Prime Subscribers get Unlimited Photo Backups Unlimited photo storage is a new perk for Amazon’s Prime subscribers, a $99 per year service. Users without a Prime subscription are limited to just 5 GB of storage. Urban Onshoring: The Movement to Bring Tech Jobs Back to America Startup Box seeks to […]
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Tech Sightings, April 10, 2014
Posted April 10th, 2014 at 2:25 pm (UTC-4)
Facebook to Pull Messages from App With the acquisition of WhatsApp, Facebook will soon begin pulling chat messages out of its primary apps in hopes of “…help[ing] connect everyone in the world.” Why You Should Treat Customer Care Like it’s Your Core Product With the click of a finger, consumers seemingly have unlimited control to identify […]
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Tech Sightings, April 9, 2014
Posted April 9th, 2014 at 2:23 pm (UTC-4)
New ‘Heartbleed’ Bug Poses Major Threat to User Data A new type of bug that affects a widely used Web encryption technology has made data on many of the world’s major websites vulnerable to theft by hackers. How to Protect Yourself from the ‘Heartbleed’ Bug The natural response to the Heartbleed Bug might be the […]
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