Individuals and organizations who want to fund a certain project or cause and fulfill that goal by creating a campaign online now have the option to do so with Facebook’s newly launched Fundraiser tool, a move seen to be in direct clash with Kickstarter and other crowdfunding services.
Understanding Bitcoin & What To Do With It
Bitcoin has been something of a tech buzzword for a number of years now, and for those who haven’t really looked into it yet, it’s easy to gloss over. You may hear friends referring to it and simply nod, smile, and go about your life not caring a whole lot about cryptocurrency – and if that’s the […]
Microsoft, too, wants to connect 4 billion offline people
Facebook and Google may not be alone in their pivotal plans to beam the Internet to the rest of the offline world, because Microsoft has just announced a new initiative meant to pump huge cash into startups to develop services that will connect the more than four billion people who are still disconnected.
Was Facebook’s Safety Check amid Paris attacks selective in nature?
Facebook and other media platforms received widespread criticism in the wake of the Paris terror attacks because of the supposed selective humanity that they have shown during the inhumane violence.
What we can learn from the recent Comcast password sale incident
First, it should be noted that the customer passwords at Comcast that were placed for sale did not result from a data breach into Comcast’s networks. It was the product of recklessness on the part of users who gave up their passwords to hackers through some deceptive means.
New ransomware locks out website owners
The modern day technology landscape where various advanced and persistent threats abound calls for robust security tools, one which being encryption. But what will you do when the same security is used to your disadvantage?