Twitter adopts Do Not Track privacy preference
Twitter has agreed to adopt Do Not Track, a privacy preference enabled by users who do not want their browsing behaviour tracked across websites. Twitter is the first major social service to endorse...
View ArticleDo employees’ smartphones & tablets threaten company data? #Interview
It’s no secret that smartphone and tablet apps can access personal and private information on users’ devices but beyond the apps how big of a threat are the actual devices and what can be done about...
View ArticleThe everyday things you do that risk your digital privacy #infographic
How good are you at protecting your privacy and your data online? Well, no matter how good you think you are you might be surprised to see how it’s the small things that you do that might lead to your...
View ArticleHotspot Shield celebrates a year protecting iOS devices with impressive stats...
In just over a year AnchorFree’s Hotspot Shield has become one of the top security apps for iOS devices, and to celebrate the company is giving away $1 million worth of premium subscriptions to iOS...
View ArticleAdblock Plus Android app – a strong start that falls victim to Android...
Adblock Plus has released their much used and loved ad blocking browser addon as an Android app and at the same time demonstrated why Android users need more control over the types of ads that appear...
View ArticleTwitter hack was not an “isolated incident”& not the work of amateurs
A targeted and professional hack was perpetrated against Twitter and its users last week with many users’ details compromised and potentially stolen, the company admitted on its blog late on Friday....
View ArticleJust like Twitter, Facebook admits it was a victim of a “sophisticated”...
Facebook was the victim of a significant, sophisticated, and hitherto unseen, zero-day hack in January, according to a statement released by the company today. The company says that the attack was...
View ArticleMicrosoft burns Twitter, Facebook & Apple as it admits it was hacked
Microsoft has gone through something of an image change over the past year – taking a leaf from Apple’s book of designs the company has issued a new, more modern, logo; a new friendly looking UI; and a...
View ArticleFrom 2015 cars in the EU will automatically call emergency services after...
When I think of smart technology I’ll admit to doing what many of us do, and look squarely at companies like Google and Apple; and not towards governments or other industries. But by focusing on...
View ArticleWhat your Leap Card knows about you
Public transport in Ireland is a mess. The country’s capital has two main rail lines, which aren’t connected; two tram-lines, which also aren’t connected (yet); it has more taxi drivers than it needs;...
View ArticleApple won’t comply with FBI to create a backdoor to iPhone security
Apple’s CEO opposes the FBI’s demands to build a version of the iOS that would bypass security to unlock the San Bernardino shooter’s phone as a threat to data security. In what Tim Cook called a...
View ArticleTwitter adopts Do Not Track privacy preference
Twitter has agreed to adopt Do Not Track, a privacy preference enabled by users who do not want their browsing behaviour tracked across websites. Twitter is the first major social service to endorse...
View ArticleDo employees’ smartphones & tablets threaten company data? #Interview
It’s no secret that smartphone and tablet apps can access personal and private information on users’ devices but beyond the apps how big of a threat are the actual devices and what can be done about...
View ArticleThe everyday things you do that risk your digital privacy #infographic
How good are you at protecting your privacy and your data online? Well, no matter how good you think you are you might be surprised to see how it’s the small things that you do that might lead to your...
View ArticleHotspot Shield celebrates a year protecting iOS devices with impressive stats...
In just over a year AnchorFree’s Hotspot Shield has become one of the top security apps for iOS devices, and to celebrate the company is giving away $1 million worth of premium subscriptions to iOS...
View ArticleAdblock Plus Android app – a strong start that falls victim to Android...
Adblock Plus has released their much used and loved ad blocking browser addon as an Android app and at the same time demonstrated why Android users need more control over the types of ads that appear...
View ArticleTwitter hack was not an “isolated incident”& not the work of amateurs
A targeted and professional hack was perpetrated against Twitter and its users last week with many users’ details compromised and potentially stolen, the company admitted on its blog late on Friday....
View ArticleJust like Twitter, Facebook admits it was a victim of a “sophisticated”...
Facebook was the victim of a significant, sophisticated, and hitherto unseen, zero-day hack in January, according to a statement released by the company today. The company says that the attack was...
View ArticleMicrosoft burns Twitter, Facebook & Apple as it admits it was hacked
Microsoft has gone through something of an image change over the past year – taking a leaf from Apple’s book of designs the company has issued a new, more modern, logo; a new friendly looking UI; and a...
View ArticleFrom 2015 cars in the EU will automatically call emergency services after...
When I think of smart technology I’ll admit to doing what many of us do, and look squarely at companies like Google and Apple; and not towards governments or other industries. But by focusing on...
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