Over the span of a year and a half, I authored ~150 articles, kickstarting the Faronics blog. Topics included tech trends, I.T. security/support, social media and scam alerts, education, and classroom management.
Phishing scams rely on your curious nature to entice you to click. ‘Curiosity killed the cat’, and in this case your curiosity just got your personal data stolen.
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Computers (and their lingo) are so integrated into our lives we don’t realize how bizarre some of the terms actually are. If taken literally, imagine the hilarity! Actually, just watch!
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If you’re thinking to yourself “didn’t I just do this?” you are correct. Firefox seems to update its browser more often than Hollywood makes sequels to bad movies. It was a mere six weeks ago that the bright and shining new Firefox 6.0 browser was released. Time to do it again!
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If you haven’t already heard, Apple is having a little press event on October 4. We’ll learn about the next iPhone and when we can get iOS5! Remember all of those cool features we heard about back in June? One feature that’s going to get some major usage once everyone upgrades is Twitter.
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Amazon announced its new Kindle Fire today. I honestly didn’t see this one coming. Many are already crying out “iPad Killer,” saying this is finally a product to give Apple a run for its money. Could this be true?
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There’s yet another scam circulating the news feeds of Facebook users, claiming the upcoming changes to Facebook will also come with a cost—a charge for membership. This is absolutely not true. Facebook is free and it always will be.
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The world’s biggest and brightest minds have been trying to solve the mystery of AIDS for over 15 years. After coming up dead-ended over and over, what did they do? Made a game out of it. The result? Gamers solved the problem in 10 days.
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After months of seeing this scam pop up, I’m shocked that it’s still going strong. By now most of you are savvy to emails claiming you’ve won money or you need to verify credit card information. You know scams are on the rise and clicking links in phishy emails like those might not be the smartest thing to do. Yet when it comes to Facebook, and the chance to see who is viewing your profile, people still click.
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After months of people begging for invites into the VIP world of Google+, the gates have been opened up to the general public this week. You can all join! Finally you can reap the glory of this new social network. Is there glory to reap though? Do you care?
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Ever wish you could go back in time? Maybe to relive a fond moment, or erase one? Now you can! Well, at least on Facebook. Timeline was unveiled today. Get ready, it’s going to be a life changer.
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There are some things you just don’t do when you run a business. After some great success over the past year, Netflix has imploded from recent actions. To make sure you don’t make the same mistakes, here are 5 things you can avoid to make sure your business doesn’t go up in flames.
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Facebook rolled out some changes last night. Perhaps you’ve noticed? If not just take a look at your news feed. Not only will it look different, but everyone’s status updates will no doubt be talking about the change (and will be for days to come). Facebook is different, and people are not happy.
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