Today I want to talk about some cyber-security issues because I’m pretty effing pissed off. Sorry. Not really. Allow me to point out that “Revenge Porn” has been something done to women for years. Per Wikipedia, since BEFORE the internet. See Beaver Hunt from the 1980s. This is something women ... more >
Last week Google announced a new way for you to unwittingly star in a Google served ad. Pitched as a way for you and your friends to give each other better recommendations, your picture and name will show by a product that you’ve interacted with – either you followed it, ... more >
BlackBerry 10 tells your friends when you’re watching porn – Do you have one of the new Blackberry devices? Blackberry wanted to be social so by default the videos you watch and the music you listen to is automatically shared with your friends. Pay a quick visit to the BBM ... more >
‘Die Hard’ Box Office Solid Over Presidents Day Weekend; ‘Beautiful Creatures’ Bombs – “Making a weak debut at No. 6 was the Warner Bros. teen fantasy “Beautiful Creatures,” which pulled in $7.5 million for the weekend and $10 million since opening Thursday. The movie is based on the first in ... more >
The following is a summary of the data collected by Amazon, BN, Kobo, and Sony. According to the EFF charts compiled in 2010, the safest way to read is to download books to Adobe Digital Editions because ADE does not track your reading habits. Your purchasing data, however, is ... more >
Based on the Wall Street Journal article, I thought I would explore the extent of companies’ spying on digital readers. Data mining and predictive analysis has become an important component of marketing. In The Power off Habit Charles Duhigg shares the story of how Target built a data model that ... more >