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Productivity Future Vision | posted Oct 27, 2011
Microsoft Office Labs has developed a video expressing their vision of the world's future. Enjoyable for Futurists and Techies.
Infected QR Codes | posted Oct 20, 2011
Be careful the next time you scan a QR code, because it might just cost you money and wreak havoc on your smartphone.
That’s the warning from Kaspersky Lab, which has noticed the first instance of QR code tampering. The incident took place in Russia last month and hoodwinked consumers who thought they were downloading an Android app called Jimm. The code actually contained malware that sent SMS codes to a premium rate number that charged for each message.
Tim Armstrong, a malware researcher at Kaspersky, says premium rate numbers operate similar to 900 numbers in the U.S. The four- to five-digit numbers charge for each incoming text, wringing cash out of unsuspecting users. Armstrong says that it’s much more difficult to set up such numbers in the U.S., but cyberthieves will soon be able to create global premium rate numbers that could theoretically attack American consumers the same way. Infected QR codes could also be used for phishing scams, Armstrong says.
Robert Siciliano, an online security analyst at McAfee, says that infected QR codes are new on the scene. “It’s just hitting the radar in the security community,” he says, adding that it’s a “pretty brilliant scheme.”
Both Armstrong and Siciliano say that consumers shouldn’t be over-cautious about QR codes at this point. Armstrong notes that there’s a interim step between scanning the code and launching an app in which consumers can determine if they’ve been scammed. “If it’s a game and it’s requesting SMS, then you know something’s wrong,” he says. Siciliano, meanwhile, says a good rule is only to click on QR codes by a known vendor or advertiser.
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Google +1 | posted June 20, 2011
The +1 button is shorthand for "this is pretty cool" or "you should check this out." Click +1 to publicly give something your stamp of approval. Your +1's can help friends, contacts, and others on the web find the best stuff when they search.
Predictions for 2011 | posted January 28, 2011
More Mobile: It’s safe to say that most websites have given little to no attention to their mobile web presence. Most of the innovative mobile device web designs we’re seeing are on big, industry-leading, tech-centric sites such as Amazon.com, Google, and Digg. People are increasing their preference for mobile surfing and searching and as a result there will be increases in capital expenditures to upgrade websites to be mobile friendly.
XBOX 360 Kinect sells 1 million in 10 days! | posted November 10, 2010
Microsoft has just announced it has sold more than 1 million Kinect for XOX 360 worldwide in the first ten days after product launch. Buoyed by positive reviews and a solid game lineup, Kinect for Xbox 360 is shaping up to be a big winner this holiday season. The controller-free system, which includes the Kinect sensor, can be purchased separately or in a package. Microsoft didn’t break out sales of the systems and the add-on, only saying that 1 million Kinect units were sold. Existing Xbox 360 owners can buy the Kinect system for $149.99. An Xbox 360 console with 4GB of storage and the Kinect kit sells for $299.99. For $399.99, consumers can get an Xbox 360 with a 250GB hard drive and the Kinect add-on.
Self Promoted Tweets? | posted July 9, 2010
Signing up Emilicious Designs' Twitter account and following interesting accounts is easy, but capturing their attention in return, is difficult. Twitter has recently started a service for Multi-National companies such as Best Buy, Starbucks, and Virgin where they can send Tweets and pay for exposure to Twitter's entire network via Promoted Tweets http://bit.ly/aF8uUK. For those who doubted Twitter's ability to generate revenue, here is your first queue that Twitter's challenge is not to generate revenues, but to find a location to hoard their future mounds of cash. Promoted Tweets for companies with large advertising budgets is just the beginning, eventually we anticipate small businesses like ourselves will have the option to pay for the ability to increase our tweets to targeted geographic locations and industry specific accounts. Yay for Twitter!
SDC Network website re-launch | posted July 5, 2010
We are absolutely thrilled to announce the re-launch of SDC Network's website.
SDC Network is a premier Information Technology Consulting Firm based in Toronto, Canada. Each and everyday SDC Network has a commitment to deliver fast, reliable and cost effective IT services, so you can concentrate on running your business.
Which city recognizes Social Media Day? | posted June 28, 2010
When one thinks of high tech cities, which ones come to mind? Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Washington DC, Boston, Waterloo, Seattle? You would think one of these cities would have been the first to officially recognize June 30th as Social Media Day. To our surprise and delight our beloved capital of British Columbia appears to be the first city in the world to officially recognize and embrace June 30th as Social Media Day. The day was first proposed by Mashable and today the Mayor of Victoria, Dean Fortin, signed the proclomation
Edit your YouTube Videos | posted June 16, 2010:
YouTube is introducing a new video editing tool! The tool lets you create video mashups and edit down clips from your existing library of YouTube videos. New features:
* Edit together seperate clips
* Change background music
Can't wait for the YouTube video editor to be integrated into Chrome OS as a web based video editing solution!
Caffeine | posted June 11, 2010:
Google has announced the completion of their new indexing system called Caffeine!
The new index provides 50 percent fresher results for web searches than their last index, and it's the largest collection of web content they've offered. Whether it's the most recent news story, your Blogger post or your forum post, you can now find links to relevant content much sooner after it is published than was possible before.
Way to go Google, for helping our searches become more relevant and current!