A new Android trojan app has been targeting Facebook users in an attempt to gather sensitive information. The popular social media site has two-factor authentication protection which the malicious app has been attempting to breach. The new trojan aims to gather banking information from the user by injecting a faulty JavaScript code in Facebook pages…. Read more
Avaya received the NorthFace Scoreboard Award on April 2 for exceeding customer expectations for service quality. The award, presented by Omega Management Group Corp., is one the most significant awards a company can receive in the industry. “The NorthFace ScoreBoard Award recognizes organizations who not only offer exemplary customer service, but who also center their… Read more
A class-action lawsuit against Facebook has been filed in Canada. The allegations state that Facebook was harvesting data through scanning its users’ private messages without their knowledge. The social media site did not disclose to users that private messages would be scanned for content to collect data for third-party companies. URLs collected from those messages… Read more
An arms race has started in the realm of smartphones, and Apple may no longer be the top competitor. At its Build conference last week, Microsoft introduced new innovations which have grabbed the attention of the industry. A leak last month, which has been confirmed by Microsoft, announced the introduction of the digital assistant Cortana, which… Read more
The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report summarizing the damaging effects of global warming, emphasizing rising sea levels and threats to health, water resources and species. Because of these reactions to climate change, the world will be more reliant on technology, specifically Internet of Things-type (IoT) networks to monitor the earth’s infrastructure,… Read more
After observing the immense amount of television related tweets, Twitter announced that it has made several acquisitions to cash in and help marketers obtain more data to build more efficient campaigns. Twitter has reached outside of the U.S., and has partnered with SecondSync and Mesagraph. SecondSync is based in the U.K., while Mesagraph is currently… Read more
Finally, Microsoft Office is available for iPads. Microsoft has been working on finger-friendly, mobile ready formatting for Office programs. Users will be able to edit their work freely because text and images are easy to move, adjust and tweak on the iPad’s touch screen. Additionally, Microsoft Excel is able to recognize the type of data… Read more
Anonymous social chat apps, like Yik Yak, Whisper and Secret, have contributed to an increase in cyber bullying. Although the apps strongly condemn cyber bullying, more and more teens have used the apps to target peers and make threats. Yik Yak has stated that the app is intended for over 18 year olds, and is… Read more
Last Tuesday, a panel of European lawmakers voted to enforce tougher measures to provide citizens with equal access to the Internet and eliminate cellphone roaming charges among the 28-member European Union. The idea is to create a single market for electronic communications, so Internet and cellphone users are provided with equal access to all data… Read more
Apple continues to churn out record breaking sales, but one model has proved to be a dud: the iPhone 5C. Last year, Apple introduced the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C, which is the first time the company has released two products simultaneously since the original iPhone launch. The 5C model has the same internal… Read more
