Unlike Apple, Facebook doesn’t want to track your vitals. Yet.
In a gambit aimed at driving manufacturers to beef up protections for USB flash drive firmware, two security researchers have released a collection of tools that can be used to turn those drives into silent malware installers. The code release by researchers Adam Caudill and Brandon Wilson comes two months after researchers from Berlin-based Security Research Labs (SRLabs) demonstrated The BadUSB attack showed how a USB thumb drive connected to a computer can automatically switch its profile to a keyboard—and send keystrokes to download and install malware—or emulate the profile of a network controller to hijack DNS settings.
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Microsoft's Bing has no plans to rank websites higher if they use HTTPS encryption, unlike rival Google. Instead, Bing prefers to “give searchers content they want,” said Vincent Wehren, the lead program manager for Bing Webmaster Tools. Search Engine Land HTTPS stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, which is a way of encrypting communications over a network. In exchange for a slightly slower connection, HTTPS provides an added layer of security, so it's widely used by e-mail services, financial institutions and social networking sites. While some sites only turn on HTTPS during login, others such as Google and Twitter have enabled HTTPS on a site-wide basis. Sites that use encryption show "https" in the URL bar and have a padlock next to them.
“Internet of things” standards groups are rallying the troops for efforts to make thermostats, door locks, sensors and other connected devices find each other and share information. On Thursday, the Open Interconnect Consortium announced it has gained 27 new members, including Cisco Systems, Acer, chip maker Mediatek and home IoT hub maker SmartThings, since The group’s founding members include Intel, Samsung Electronics and Dell. The OIC also named its board of directors, which will be led by Jong-Deok Choi, the deputy head of Samsung’s Software R&D Center.
Don't store your movies on your phone or tablet—store them on this instead.
It's truly stunning to think about how many cloud storage and sharing services are out there. And on the free tier, they're all pretty much the same, offering free accounts with 2GB to 7GB of storage and apps for all the various mobile and desktop platforms. But there's one relatively new service that makes it ridiculously easy to share files with others: At first glance, Jumpshare appears to be nothing special. The service doesn't even have mobile apps yet, and is on the lower end of free storage, offering just 2GB to non-paying users. Jumpshare also limits individual file uploads to 250MB.
The results are in and the recent The only catch is BitTorrent's one million figure counts both free and paid downloads. The free version offers one single and accompanying video from the album, while the $6 paid version offers the entire album of eight songs, as well as the video for the single
And like that, all my hopes and dreams disappeared in a puff of smoke as Obsidian delayed its upcoming throwback-CRPG It's pretty standard stuff: Obsidian's been running a beta for Kickstarter backers the past few weeks and there was (unsurprisingly) a lot of feedback. "To incorporate as much feedback as possible, polish every nook and cranny of the game, and make sure we don't ship a buggy game, Obsidian has decided to push the game's release into early next year," Obsidian's Brandon Adler
It’s easy to keep your data private on an Android phone when it’s always in your hand. Just use a strong password, encrypt your device, and no one’s getting your stuff. What about when you actually When someone shows you a photo on their phone, there’s always a temptation to swipe around and look at a few more. Don’t lie—you know you want to. This is probably one of the most common reasons you hand your phone to someone else. To gently remind people to keep their noses out of your business, there’s a great app called
The Apple Watch isn't just a fashion statement or a fitness tracker. It could be a huge step forward for haptic technology.
You’re dashing off to that big meeting in the city when suddenly, it hits you: that big idea you’ve always been waiting for. And then—going, going, gone. I feel your pain. The most I typically can remember about my occasional good ideas is that, well, I had some. You can record quick voice memos using Google Now, with the right settings in Android (KitKat is shown here).
The Nixeus VUE27D is an affordable, 27-inch desktop LCD display that combines an LED-backlit IPS panel with one of the crappiest stands I’ve seen. Nixeus takes an interesting approach here: Use high-quality components where it counts (screen and backlight), but keep the price down by cutting back on features such as speakers, webcams, input options, and integrated USB hubs that might never be used. If the designers had stopped there, this review would have turned out much different. Upon opening the box, I knew this was going to be a different sort of experience. I can’t remember the last time I needed screws and a screwdriver to attach a display’s base to its stand, and the stand to the display. Eight screws later, the assembled stand offered height adjustment and can tilt, swivel and even pivot into portrait mode. But it was also wobbly, and I found it difficult to level the screen. The display seemed to tilt a bit to the right. When I adjusted its height, gravity would sometimes win and the display would sink back down.
The newest Google Panda update proves yet again that there is no replacement for quality content.
Careful keyword research is a time-consuming, often overlooked, but yet foundational aspect of creating a fantastic SEO strategy.
AdWords isn’t an appropriate advertising medium for every business, but the truth is that many advertisers give up on AdWords way too soon.
A look at what the future might hold for search marketers, created with clues from Google's algorithms and patents.
A simple guide for how to prevent your products from getting rejected on Google.
Though the "integrated" approach to content marketing will mean that your content is discovered through many varied channels, including search, it’s always best to take a keyword-centric approach to begin with.
Yahoo will be shutting down Yahoo Directory as well as Yahoo Education and Qwiki. The Directory will officially shutter on December 31, 2014.
What exactly is SEO? It's certainly not any "one thing," but instead a combination of many factors that lead to a successful SEO strategy.
Search engine users in China got a rude awakening when they realized last week that DuckDuckGo had been blocked or was temporarily unavailable.
Research findings from BloomReach, a company that provides a personalized discovery platform for online retailers, show 49 percent of consumers in the U.K. leverage organic search as the main point of entry to e-commerce shopping sites.
Bing Ads researchers dug into the data from the holiday shopping period in 2013 in order to help advertisers more accurately target their PPC ads to hit at exactly the right moment and drive more impact with their ad spend.
As brands and marketers, we’re at a fork in the road when it comes to content; the next path we take will either elevate our journey to the next level, or throw us into a never-ending roundabout that takes us nowhere.
A handful of former Google employees have created search engine Boodigo, which helps users find pornography on the Internet.
Company blogs can be a great way to boost SEO, but if your blog is boring it will do you no good. Here are tips for making your content engaging and informative.
The mobile mind shift has created a paradigm in which the understanding is that each individual expects more out of each interaction, and their smartphone is the epicenter of their core interactivity.
Google AdWords has introduced a new way for large-scale advertisers to manage the ad creative for "thousands, or even millions of products" with a new feature called "ad customizers."
As Google continues to take more and more flexibility and targeting options away from its users, Bing has taken the opposite approach, providing more options for its end user.
Here are several tools you can use to collect data and the types of conclusions you can draw from their information in an efficient manner.
The Search Agency (TSA) analyzed how top restaurants and catering businesses fared against its mobile SEO criteria in its latest "mobile experience scorecard" report.
Even the toughest clients want the same results that you do; the drive to strategic success in search is often wrought with missed directions.