Top 10 Clever Hacks for Things You Thought Were Trash
You could even make expired plastic cards and candy wrappers useful too
‘One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and we’ve always been fond of finding MacGyver-like uses for anything and everything—right down to dryer lint and used candy wrappers.. Here are our top 10 favorite hacks for things you thought were headed to the garbage…’
http://lifehacker.com/5922473/top-10-clever-hacks-for-things-you-thought-were-trash
How Marketing is Ruining Social Media
Attention all unethical marketers
‘…There was once a Golden Age of social media, when people talked about the ability to find useful, interesting, valuable people to talk with all over the world. Businesses of all sizes discovered that there was great value in listening and engaging with customers and other relevant people. What had once been one-directional monologues became two-directional dialogs and most people saw that it was good.
‘Then the marketers got their hands around the throat of social media strangling engagement and stuffing messages down its throat…’
http://www.forbes.com/sites/shelisrael/2012/07/05/will-marketing-muck-up-social-media/
Don’t Ride With The QR Codes Hype
I was surprised that a big local TV station was using it for marketing
‘On the tube you can often see confused tech nerds Imagehovering their smartphones over them for ages while elder businessman barge past scratching their heads. These ugly black and white codes are a thing of the past and here are five reasons why…’
http://socialmediatoday.com/smartamatt/582641/qr-codes-don-t-believe-hype
300K Could Lose Internet Access Monday
The DNS Changer Working Group (DCWG)
Find out if you have been violated and infected with DNS Changer. No software will be downloaded to perform the check. If you think you are infected, please follow take action to fix your computer now.
http://www.dcwg.org/
The Best Google Features You’re Probably Not Using
http://lifehacker.com/5923588/the-best-google-features-youre-probably-not-using
I started using old abandonaed mobile phones . . when time comes like i need to stay only at home where i need to use less multimedia and things like that..:-)
Great idea Din. I’m not fond of cels and I use them only for very important calls. So I always have used abandoned phones of my siblings. I haven’t even bought one for myself lol. Thanks a lot for dropping by Din.
Aha…the DNS. Found it, Poch! I’m still curious about the beginnings of this monstrous act.
The DNSChanger was created by cybercriminals so that they could use your PC as their bot or zombie or robot then earn from it.
DNSChanger is a Trojan horse malware with many variants. It changes an infected computer’s DNS settings to point to rogue, bad guy-controlled servers. These then show you ads that look real, but aren’t. Basically, it redirects your legitimate Web surfing to malicious Web sites that then attempt to steal personal information and generate illegitimate ad revenue:
http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57467164-12/what-the-dnschanger-malware-is-and-why-you-should-care-faq/