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The New Cybersecurity is about spotting attacks, not preventing them
What say we just give up on preventing cyberattacks? Let’s accept that securing all endpoints is impossible and humans can always be duped. Preventing entry is a losing battle. Better to concentrate on noticing attacks, stopping them and preventing damage. We should accept, as Liora Herman writes on the Seculert corporate blog, that big breaches are ...
Sharing? Uber is the desperation economy
Calling Uber part of the “sharing economy” puts a too happy face on the lack of good jobs in this country. That, and business’ willingness to take full advantage of people down on their luck in what remain tough times. Sure, there are people who are part of the contractor economy — those who receive ...
Google’s Schmidt, Saleforce’s Benioff tarnished by OrderAhead Scandal
The OrderAhead scandal, in which the restaurant food delivery service appears to have launched rogue websites to draw business away from restaurants’ real ordering sites, just keeps going. Eventually, the investors, which include Google Exec Chairman Eric Schmidt, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and Ignition Partners, will stop this craziness. But when? OrderAhead ...
Is there a connection between mental health and entrepreneurship?
The answer to the question posed in the headline may seem an obvious one. OF COURSE there is a connection between being nuts and mounting a startup. Many so-called “normals” look at what it takes to start a tech company and conclude no normal person would. That leaves the rest of us to do it. ...
No more enterprise software? Google’s Schmidt goes a tad too far
Is there still a difference between business and consumer software? Google Inc.’s Eric Schmidt said “no” this week during a conference presentation in San Francisco. “What I hope will happen is that this artificial distinction of consumers and businesses will go away,” Schmidt said. The story in Geekwire also quotes Schmidt talking about an end ...
How many kittens won’t Facebook save today?
News that Facebook Inc. is again changing its “who sees what” algorithm in a way that just happens to make it more necessary for community groups and small businesses to pay for their messages to be seen — by their own followers — has a very personal meaning for me. It means animal rescuers, including myself, ...
The Apple Watch is Insanely Good, that’s not enough
Apple CEO Tim Cook and design king Jony Ive have passed their first test. The Apple Watch, apparently designed fresh after the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, is a respectable piece of work. Maybe a hard sell to customers, but the work is indeed Steve-quality. Not “insanely great,” but nothing to be ashamed of. ...
Apple Watch pushes equality, will occupy wrists of millions!
Generally thought of as an elitist snob company, Apple’s new watch is actually the great equalizer. No matter how much you pay, Apple gives you the same electronics and the same functionality. Does this make someone who pays $17,000 for a $345 watch a chump or what? I think I may be the only person ...
Is our privacy worth what AT&T Gigapower will pay for it?
If the Internet is going to claim my privacy anyway, why not take the discount and pretend I’m happy? I’m talking about AT&T’s pricing for its 1Gbps Uverse Gigapower broadband. So named, I suspect because AT&T gigs you since they have the power. AT&T is offering a $29 monthly discount on the $139 fee, provided you ...
Microsoft’s new Surface 3, you’re the one that I want
Microsoft is out with its newest Surface tablet, a machine that is a touch slower and a tad smaller than its current Surface Pro 3. The new Surface 3, announced Tuesday, is also less expensive and improves battery life by 25 percent, to 10 hours of video playback on a full charge. Due in stores ...