Your Complete Guide to SXSW 2013
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences & Festivals will kick off on March 8, 2013 and will run through the 17th. The conference, which spans over a week, is divided into three sub-events namely…
Kid Stars in Galaxy SIV Teaser, Yahoo Shuts Down BlackBerry App
In today’s mobile news roundup: A kid takes center stage in Galaxy SIV teaser; Yahoo! shuts down BlackBerry app; Indian government to control BlackBerry infrastructure; ASUS Transformer Pad TF300 first non-Nexus to get Jelly…
Stupid Evernote Can’t Even Reset Passwords Properly
What with the likes of Apple, Facebook and Twitter all falling victim to high profile hacks in recent weeks, few were surprised to hear of Evernote suffering a similar security breach last weekend. Evernote,…
Big Data “Doubts Turned into Big Data Deals” at Strata 2013
It’s funny how much life can change in just one short year. Twelve months ago the world was still grasping the concept of Big Data, exploring its applications and use cases. In 2013 many…
Evernote Hacked, Enforces Password Change for 50 Million Users
By Kyt Dotson
Evernote, the popular Internet-based note-taking service, has posted an advisory that it has been subject to a security breach that they believe allowed hackers to infiltrate and take usernames, associated e-mail addresses and encrypted…
Hobbit, Game of Thrones Spur Hollywood’s Latest War Against YouTube
John Casaretto appeared on NewsDesk earlier to discuss the latest copyright infringement news from Hollywood with our host, Kristin Feledy (full video below). Earlier this week, Warner Brothers Studios sent Google a takedown notice for…
Hadoop Overdose @ Strata: This Week in Big Data
The OReilly Strata Conference was this week’s big data epicenter. Several noteworthy companies attended the gathering, a few of them launched new Hadoop distributions, and many others announced specialized solutions designed to either run…
The FCC in Favor of Jailbreaking, Against DMCA
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA, bans consumers from jailbreaking their phones – or at least, that was the plan. According to SiliconAngle contributing editor John Casaretto, the law is not only ineffective…
Groupon CEO Fired & More “Good” News – SocialANGLE News Roundup
By Andrew Lowe
Just As We Predicted – Groupon CEO Fired Groupon CEO Andrew Mason has been fired. We reported yesterday on NewsDesk that an underwhelming fourth quarter financial report caused Groupon stock to take a…
Iranian Hacker Story Gaining Momentum – Drone Threats, CBRN Data Leak
The Iranian Hacker story is gaining national momentum. Today I was on the American Adversaries Drive Time show as a guest to talk about the story. I followed Congressman Ron DeSantis on the WORL…