communication
Let The World Watch You on Google+
Broadcast your conversation to the world ‘…if you have something to say—as an aspiring artist, a global celebrity, or a concerned citizen—you can now go live in front of a global audience. With just a few clicks, you’ll be able to: ‘Broadcast publicly. By checking “Enable Hangouts On Air,” you can broadcast your live hangout—from [...]
How to Assert Your Rights with Police
This is a great interview with former FBI agent, SWAT, and police officer, Dale C. Carson on how to assert your rights without getting the boot or the cuffs. Now, of course, no plan is foolproof, but ‘Cool, Calm, and Collected’ didn’t become an idiom without reason. Carson is the author of ‘ARREST-PROOF YOURSELF’ in [...]
Why Avoid Using Smartphones for Business
Mobile phones expose businesses to massive risks ‘Organizations are failing to respond to the culture of employees using their own mobile devices for work and are opening up their systems to security risks. ‘These are the preliminary findings of a survey by PwC and Infosecurity Europe…’ http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=12768 Speed Reading Techniques and Tips ‘Speed reading techniques [...]
Using Cell Phones for Cheating
therestartpage.com Do mobile phones make you suspicious? Do texters have something to hide? ‘That’s what a couple of recent studies suggest. College students trust text messages less than phone calls, video chats and face-to-face conversation when communicating with their peers. And it may be a case of guilty consciences — 35% of teens admit to [...]
Facebook Supports CISPA!!?
So is Facebook as Evil as CISPA? ‘When the Internet erupted earlier this year to rally against the U.S. anti-piracy legislation Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), Facebook joined in. Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, and Facebook VP Elliot Schrage all posted their criticisms of the [...]
ACLU: Wireless Carriers Profit from Your Mobile Info
How Apple and Google help police bypass iPhone, Android lock screens If you’re a cop with a mobile phone to search, here’s how you can force Apple and Google to let you bypass those pesky lock screens. The ACLU is claiming that AT&T, Bell South, Sprint, and other wireless carriers are not only handing over [...]
Something Worse Than ACTA?
UK Email and Web Use ‘To be Monitored’ “This is an absolute attack on privacy online” -Nick Pickles Big Brother Watch ‘Internet firms will be required to give intelligence agency GCHQ access to communications on demand, in real time. ‘The Home Office says the move is key to tackling crime and terrorism, but civil liberties [...]
Host Your Own Live Chat
OnTheAir: Skype Meets Google+ Hangouts Just the other day, another prospective client was requiring Skype and I replied that I use G+ Hangouts instead. Now this ‘Picture a combination of Google+ Hangouts, Skype and YouTube. That’s OnTheAir, which wants to create communities of like-minded individuals via live video conversations. ‘The California-based startup with five employees [...]
Glove-Mouse for Disabled Hands
Just yesterday, Hugh Herr said that tech will end disabilities ‘A wearable mouse has long been the dream for anyone looking to really immerse themselves in the computing experience. A successful Kickstarter project, the Keyglove, could see that becoming a reality in 2012. ‘The Keyglove is a wearable, wireless, open source input device that boasts [...]
Facebook Reads Your Phone Texts
Well, well, well. Tsk tsk. How could you trust Facebook chat when FB does that? ‘The London Sunday Times is reporting that Facebook read text messages of users who downloaded the social network’s smartphone app. ‘The story is behind a paywall, but Fox News summarized the article and said Facebook admitted to reading text messages [...]
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