91% of Australian teens have a phone – but many are not keeping their identity and location secure

Halfpoint/ Shutterstock , CC BY Yeslam Al-Saggaf, Charles Sturt University and Julie Maclean, Charles Sturt University Most Australian teenagers have their own smartphone. According to a 2023 survey, 91% of young people between 14 and 17 owned a phone. At the same time, there is huge community concern about young people being exposed to harms online – this includes the content they consume and the interactions they might have. But there is also concern about their privacy and security. A 2023 UK study found teenagers are overly optimistic about the degree to which they can protect their personal information online. This is a problem because smartphones can communicate information such as identities and locations when settings are not figured correctly. Our new project – which has been funded by the eSafety Commissioner and will soon be available online – looked at how to teach students to be safer with their phones. What are the risks? Without changing the default settings, a phone (or smart watch, laptop or tablet) can share information such as full names, current...

Read More........ → November 06, 2024

Way to get back old layout of Facebook

The social media platform 'Facebook' has given a new design layout since the beginning of this month. However, many people did not understand this new layout properly.Many people are having trouble understanding many things of the new Facebook layout. Nevertheless, section 3.2 of Facebook's Terms of Service will be updated from October 1 though many users have got the new layout in the meantime. Many users feel disturbing to this new update. However, Google Chrome users on the computer can go back to the old layout from the new Facebook layout if they want.In this case, if you add 'Old Layout for Facebook' with the ad extension of Google Chrome, you will get back the old layout of Facebook. Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.c...

Read More........ → September 30, 2020

Twitter account of PM Modi's personal website hacked

Twitter said it has fixed the account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal website that was briefly hacked in the wee hours and tweets asking people to donate Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were posted on it. Twitter said it has secured the compromised account known as @narendramodi_in. The affected account is linked to PM Modi's personal website and has more than 2.5 million followers. "We are actively investigating the situation. At this time, we are not aware of additional accounts being impacted," a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement. According to Twitter, this breach was not due to a compromise of its systems or service. "There is no indication or evidence of any correlation between this account compromise and the incident that took place in July," the company said in a statement shared with IANS. Twitter faced a mega crypto hack in July that spread a Bitcoin scam by hijacking accounts of high-profile celebrities, politicians and businesses as a result of a phone spear-phishing attack. "I appeal to you all to donate generously to PM National...

Read More........ → September 03, 2020

Facebook CEO apologizes for data misuse

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (C) testifies at a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., United States, on April 10, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua] Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Congress in written testimony on Monday that he is "responsible for" not preventing the social media platform from being used for harm, including fake news, foreign interference in elections and hate speech. "We didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility, and that was a big mistake," he said in the prepared testimony released by the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee. "It was my mistake, and I'm sorry. I started Facebook, I run it, and I'm responsible for what happens here," he said in the remarks he is expected to deliver in a hearing on Wednesday. His apology came after Facebook is embroiled in a widening scandal that a British data firm called Cambridge Analytica had improperly gathered detailed Facebook information on 87 million users, up from a previous estimate of more than 50 million. Also, Facebook revealed on Wednesday...

Read More........ → April 27, 2018

New UK homes to have superfast broadband

@flickr.com/photos/107803477@N08/14607738627, CC BY 2.0 . The government has worked with Openreach – BT’s local access network business – and the Home Builders Federation (HBF) on an agreement which aims to deliver superfast broadband connectivity to new build properties in the UK. The new deal will see fibre based broadband offered to all new developments either for free or as part of a co-funded initiative. It is estimated that more than half of all new build properties can be connected to fibre broadband free of charge to developers. As part of the agreement, Openreach is introducing an online planning tool for homebuilders. This will tell them whether properties in a given development can be connected to fibre for free, or if a contribution is needed from the developer to jointly fund the deployment of the local fibre network. Effective immediately, the housing industry will have access to a ‘rate card’ from Openreach which details the fixed cost contributions required by homebuilders in those cases where joint funding is required. Openreach will make a significant contribution...

Read More........ → February 05, 2016

Google pioneer Amit Singhal retires; Giannandrea to take over

domain-b: Google parent Alphabet Inc said on Wednesday that Singhal, the long-time chief of its internet search business, will retire. He will be replaced by John Giannandrea, the vice president of engineering who heads its efforts in machine learning, the process in which computers improve performance by analysing users' actions. Singhal joined Google in 2000, two years after the company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. During his tenure Google developed Adwords, the technology that targets ads based on users' searches, and one of its biggest money-makers. His last day is 26 February. In a blog post announcing the move, Singhal said he will spend the next 15 years giving back to ''people who are less fortunate''. Analysts said Google's decision to replace Amit Singhal with Alphabet Inc's Giannandrea was a sign features dependent on machine learning, such as Google's personal assistant, which answers questions and conducts searches with the push of a button, will play a larger part in the future of search. ''The fact that they got the head of artificial intelligence...

Read More........ → February 04, 2016

Alibaba to invest $1.25b in food delivery app ele.me

A deliveryman of Chinese food delivery company Ele.me prepares to deliver meals. (file photo) E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is said to have invested $1.25 billion in ele.me, becoming the biggest shareholder of the food delivery application. According to a report from caixin.com on Friday, the two parties have already reached an agreement but the deal is expected to be completed after China's Spring Festival in February 2016. The investment is expected to give Alibaba about a 30 percent stake in ele.me. Ele.me, which announced its latest fundraising of $630 million in August, is expected to see its estimated value boost to $4.5 billion after Alibaba's cash injection. Both Alibaba and ele.me, when reached by China Daily on Friday, said they could not comment on market speculation. Analysts said that it is important for ele.me to land investment as the online food delivery market in China requires cash-burning competition to gain market share. The deal is also able to help Alibaba gain a stronger foothold in China's online-to-offline dining market. Ele.me, which was...

Read More........ → December 26, 2015

Yahoo may go for major restructuring: report

Yahoo Inc may make big changes to its media unit, restructuring and consolidating it, including making cuts and pulling the shutters on some efforts, tech news site Re/code said. The changes could be announced inside Yahoo this week, part of a series of recommendations by consulting company McKinsey & Co, the report said, citing sources close to the situation. The move is seen as rejection of chief executive Marissa Mayer's plan to sell the $30 billion Alibaba stake and to revive Yahoo's core internet unit focusing on growing mobile, video and social media ads. Yahoo was not immediately available for comment. Yahoo's board members are yet to decide whether to sell the company's core business, which includes Mail, its sports sites, and advertising technology. The company, which was also in the process of deciding whether to continue with the spinoff of its $30 billion stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd, is reported to have abandoned plans to spin it off. CNBC television reported on Tuesday citing unnamed sources that Yahoo had changed its position...

Read More........ → December 10, 2015

402m Indians on the net, 2nd most in the world

The number of internet users in India is expected to reach 402 million by December 2015, registering a growth of 49% over last year, says a report by industry body IAMAI. About 306 million of these will access internet from their mobile devices, up from 276 million in October this year, according to the report by Internet and Mobile Association of India and IMRB. "While internet in India took more than a decade to move from 10 million to 100 million and 3 years from 100 to 200 million, it took only a year to move from 300 to 400 million users. Clearly, internet is mainstream in India today," the report said. This number is expected to further surge to 462 million by June next year as more people come online, especially through their mobile devices. The total internet user base stood at over 300 million in December last year, which grew to 375 million by October this year. "Currently, India has the third largest internet user base in the world but it is estimated that by December, India will overtake the US (as the second-largest base). China currently leads with more than 600 million...

Read More........ → November 29, 2015

Apple wins anti-piracy patent infringement cases against Content Guard

A US jury yesterday cleared Apple Inc in five anti-piracy patent infringement cases brought by ContentGuard Holdings, a Pendrell Corp subsidiary, in a Texas federal court. ContentGuard, was formed in 2000 as a partnership between Xerox and Microsoft to establish a digital rights management business. It is currently owned by the Pendrell Corp, a publicly traded patent management company, and Time Warner. The jury further found that the iPhone maker did not prove that the patents were invalid. ContentGuard Holdings was not awarded any damages. Samuel Baxter, an attorney for ContentGuard, said they were disappointed by the outcome and evaluating options. Earlier a jury in a separate case in the same court in September cleared Google of infringing the same five patents. That case also saw Samsung Electronics Co Ltd being cleared of the charges. ContentGuard took Apple to court in 2013 and Google and Samsung in 2014 over alleged infringement of several anti-piracy patents that helped to restrict content to authorised users. It alleged Apple infringed by making and selling its popular...

Read More........ → November 22, 2015

Snapdeal offers Maggi noodles on 'flash sale'

. Marking a first for a food product, Nestle's Maggi noodles is being sold via unique "flash sale model" on e-commerce platform Snapdeal, with the online retailer seeking pre-registrations of buyers for the instant noodles brand that made a comeback Monday after a gap of five months. Maggi was banned after it was to have lead content allegedly beyond permissible limits. Flash sales or deal-of-the-day is an e-commerce business model in which a website offers a single product for sale for a limited period of time. Potential customers have to register to avail the deal. Snapdeal opened up registrations Monday evening and the sale will begin from 12 November. The e-commerce company, however, did not disclose the quantity of packets that will go on sale but merely said "limited stock will be available". Maggi is back on retail shelves in select markets from Monday, five months after it was banned. Nestle India, which sells the Maggi brand, is rolling out the product in a staggered manner across the country, except in eight states where it is still not allowed. Maggi has been relaunched...

Read More........ → November 10, 2015

Google restructured under holding arm `Alphabet', Sundar Pichai made CEO

IT bellwether Google has announced the creation of a holding company, called `Alphabet', as the internet search giant restructures its varied businesses, including its core search business. Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page announced the creation of the new parent company for Google and all of its various offsprings. Speaking for his fellow Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Page called the creation of Alphabet ''a very exciting new chapter in the life of Google.'' Page and Brin will be the CEO and president of Alphabet, respectively. Google's chairman, Eric Schmidt, will continue in that role at Alphabet as well. The new holding company will have Google as its largest subsidiary, which will be headed by Sundar Pichai, the India-born products head of the search company. As Google's product head since October last year, Pichai has overseen its day-to-day operations. ''The new umbrella company will include Google spinoffs like its health effort, Life Sciences, and longevity research arm, Calico. The mad scientist paradise known as X lab will also become its own company, as will Nest...

Read More........ → August 11, 2015

Facebook to test drone `Aquila' for internet access in remote areas

Facebook has revealed its first full-scale drone, which would be used to provide internet access in remote parts of the world. The solar-powered drone, code-named ''Aquila,'' would be able to stay up in the air for three months at a stretch, sending data to a base station on the ground using a laser. The company planned to use a linked network of drones to provide internet access to large rural areas. However, as with its Internet.org project, Facebook would not be dealing with customers directly, rather it would use local ISPs to offer the service. Jay Parikh, Facebook's vice-president of engineering, said: ''Our mission is to connect everybody in the world. This is going to be a great opportunity for us to motivate the industry to move faster on this technology.'' The social network said it would test the aircraft, which has the wingspan of a Boeing 737, in the US later this year. According to Yael Maguire, the company's engineering director of connectivity, the plane would operate between 60,000ft (18km) and 90,000ft (27km) - above the altitude of commercial airplanes - so it would...

Read More........ → August 09, 2015

Zoho to aid SMBs embark on IT journey

By S Shyamala Aug 04 2015 , Chennai, IT products company Zoho Corp is improving its presence and focus in the Indian market. The company that competes with the likes of Salesforce.com, Google For Work and Microsoft Office365 in the rest of the world is hoping to break into India with customised product offerings for SMBs. It launched two products on Tuesday, both created end to end in India. Zoho launched the New Zoho Mail and Zoho SalesIQ on Tuesday. While the former brings social-media-like communication features to Zoho’s email service Zoho Mail, Zoho SalesIQ is a product meant for businesses to manage their customer-facing portals by tracking leads, analysing traffic and servicing customers better. “From serving the world out of India, businesses are moving to making software in India. Zoho has progressed to the next step—innovating out of India,” said Sridhar Vembu, chief executive officer of Zoho Corp. “Our vision has always been to be a global product company. This meant building world-class software, competing with world leaders like Google and Microsoft, and supporting global...

Read More........ → August 05, 2015

Google shares zoom 16.3%, add $65 bn market value in a day

Google Inc's shares shot up 16.3 per cent at close at $699.62 yesterday, adding about $65 billion to its market value, with strong growth in YouTube viewership easing up investor concerns about Facebook Inc's push into video. Google's class A shares rose to the largest in a single-day percentage change in over seven years yesterday. The surge, which came after the search giant posted better-than-expected profit for the first time in six quarters, saw the Nasdaq composite index rise to a record intra-day high. The rise in the company's market value was more than the total market capitalisation of Caterpillar Inc, the world's biggest construction equipment maker. Google's shares were up at a record high of $703, valuing it at $471.50 billion and consolidating its position as the world's second-most valuable company after Apple Inc. At least 27 brokerages increased the targets on the company's stock, with analysts also hailing new chief financial officer Ruth Porat's disciplined spending approach. Google will be valued at $545 billion at the highest price target of $800. Apple is valued...

Read More........ → July 18, 2015

Yahoo to spin off its $32-bn Alibaba stake into 'Aabaco Holdings'

Yahoo Inc on Friday announced plans to spin off its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba into an independent public company that will be called Aabaco Holdings. According to a regulatory document filed by Yahoo late on Friday, the new company will own Yahoo's nearly 384 million shares of Alibaba stock, or about 15 per cent of the overall number. Yahoo's stake in Alibaba is currently worth more than $32 billion and that would make Aabaco Holdings a sizable company, at least in terms of value. Aabaco will wind up owning approximately 384 million shares of Alibaba Group, representing an interest of about 15 per cent, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer had, in January, announced the plans, after pressure from investors. It also offers a chance for Mayer to show she can lead the company to new heights. The spinoff is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2015, Yahoo said in a statement. Once complete, Yahoo as a company won't own any of the shares, which will instead be distributed among Yahoo stockholders. Yahoo...

Read More........ → July 18, 2015

How to protect your business from fraud

.. What can your business do to keep safe from the most common scams and online threats? Fraud is big business, and, according to the National Fraud Authority's 2013 Annual Fraud Indicator Report, the cost of this crime to the UK economy was £52 billion in 2013. As many as 27 per cent of businesses incurred a fraud in that period, and common threats include internal fraud, identity fraud and cybercrime. Despite these dangers, many companies have inadequate systems in place to protect themselves. However, those that do take proactive steps can prevent losses and lessen the impact of fraud where it does occur. So what can your business do to protect itself and minimise the risks? What policies should you consider? And what are the competitive advantages that such diligence brings to a forward-thinking company? Identifying Fraud: The first step is being able to identify that fraud is taking place - and this may be harder than it sounds.Kaley Crossthwaite, Partner and Head of Forensic Accounting at BDO LLP, says: "from a company perspective, common features where fraud occurs...

Read More........ → October 18, 2014

Kantar Media unveils first Twitter TV ratings

Audience measurement specialist Kantar Media has unveiled the UK’s official Twitter metric for measuring Twitter TV audience engagement. Developed with Twitter as part of a global partnership announced last year, the new Kantar Twitter TV Ratings tools will be available from mid-October. The new tool, bringing together geofiltered UK Twitter data with the audience research expertise of Kantar Media, enables broadcasters, media agencies and advertisers to track exactly how Twitter amplifies the power of television. Kantar Twitter TV Ratings will include. Source: Articl...

Read More........ → October 17, 2014

Burberry, Topshop and Tom Ford most tweeted LFW designers

Burberry tops LFW Twitter chart Burberry has topped a list of the most tweeted designers at London Fashion Week, according to an analysis by Hotwire PR, which examined the key trends driving conversation around the shows. The study found that Burberry’s collection racked up more than 16,000 tweets on Monday, and around 22,000 in total, which was aided by the fashion label’s use of fashion technology as they teamed up with Twitter this season to trial its click-to-buy button. Coming in second was Topshop, with 9,108 tweets in total, under half of what Burberry received. However, the retailer did create a buzz before the show ever started with more than 7,600 tweets being posted about its SS15 collection before the models hit the catwalk, making it one of the most anticipated shows at this season’s fashion week. In third place was Tom Ford, closely followed by Marchesa and Julien MacDonald took fifth spot. The rest of the top 10 included Vivienne Westwood, Erdem, Temperley London, and Mary Katrantzou. There was also room for House of Holland, who secured ninth spot with 2,096 tweets,...

Read More........ → September 21, 2014

99 days without Facebook? Do you dare?

Just imagine – no Facebook for 99 days. A Dutch nonprofit ad agency Just B.V. has urged Facebook users to quit the social network as part of 99 Days of Freedom campaign and later take part in happiness surveys taken at the 33-, 66- and 99-days to monitor progress.The results will then be posted on the campaign's website. Participants will also share messages on their progress on the group's website through an anonymous message board. The campaign is one of many responses to Facebook's experiment to deliberately manipulate the News Feed of over 689,000 users without notifying them to determine if showing certain types of content could change their overall emotions for purposes of an academic study, Forbes reports. As the experiment went public, many users were furious. "Like a lot of Facebook users, many of us were bothered by reports of secret mood experiments," says Just's art director, Merijn Straathof, in a press release . "As we discussed it internally, we noted an interesting tendency: To a person, everyone had at least a 'complicated' relationship with Facebook. Whether it...

Read More........ → July 24, 2014