Do You Fear a Business Break-In? Four Ways to Protect What’s Important

July 28th, 2013

Office break-ins happen, and even in this day and age, they aren’t always digital. Sometimes people physically break in to an office, shattered windows and all. While you can’t do anything to prevent these kinds of break-ins, you can at least protect what’s most valuable in case someone does try to take it from you.

Samsung and Apple Phone Security Put to the Antitheft Test

July 20th, 2013

Two of the most popular smartphones on the market, the iPhone 5 and the Samsung GS3, will be put to the test on the security level.

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman have teamed up to start testing the latest security features of the GS3 and iPhone 5. The goal is to figure out if the phones’ main security features, advertised as “leading edge”, can actually stop thieves from entering phones that aren’t theirs.

New Storage Technology Can Protect 360TB for One Million Years

July 13th, 2013

A new storage system breakthrough may change the entire way storage is done, researchers say.

A new type of storage based on a glass medium will not only outlive a single person, but may outlive the entire world. This new system may be able to withstand temperatures up to 1,832 Fahrenheit, and can hold up to 360 TB.

While this new storage system may sound like it’s straight out of a science fiction novel, it’s not too far off.

Two Handy Email Inbox Management Tools

July 5th, 2013

Businesses are relying on social media more than ever to get their voices heard on the Internet. However, so many companies make mistakes that are too important to ignore, and which could seriously damage your online reputation. As a business owner you need to keep your organization in check, and avoid these common online reputation management pitfalls.

Mobile Malware: Up 614% in the Last Year

June 26th, 2013

In 2011, people were worried because malware that infected cellphones was up 155%. Now, from March 2012 to March 2013, it’s up 614%.

New forms of software and hardware are coming onto the market faster than most people can blink, and malware for these devices is keeping pace.

Google Offers Larger Sum of Money for Reporting Significant Bugs

June 15th, 2013

Google has always offered cash to those who report vulnerabilities and bugs that could result in an exploitation of a Google product, but as the reports began to trickle in, the search engine giant decided to up the ante.

In general, the amount for reporting a bug has more than doubled from the previous $3,1333.70 to $7,500 when reporting a bug from Google Accounts.

Is Your Data Backed Up?

June 7th, 2013

Facebook is the most popular platform for developing brand awareness because it allows businesses to target users based on what they have posted in the past. But after the recent data breach scandal, is your data still safe? Read on to find out if you need to worry about your privacy.

New Android Keyboard Downloadable as an App

June 5th, 2013

The Google Keyboard may not have all of the interesting features that some smartphone keyboards have (like Swype), but it’s still an exceptional new application worth downloading to your mobile (and not so mobile) devices.

The best thing about the Google Keyboard is that it’s 100% free, which is something that many competitors have not been able to offer up to this point.