Monthly Archives: September 2014

880K Creditcards Stolen in TripAdvisor’s Viator Data Breach [Updated] – The Mac Observer

The Mac Observer 880K Creditcards Stolen in TripAdvisor’s Viator Data Breach [Updated] The Mac Observer TripAdvisor’s Viator service said credit card information for some 880,000 of its users has been compromised in a data breach where customer… Source: http://www.macobserver.com

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Frontier Security announces integration with Suprema partner – Planet Biometrics

Frontier Security announces integration with Suprema partner Planet Biometrics Enterprise security management firm Frontier Security has announced that it will enter a partnership with Entertech Systems, the official operating partner for Suprema… Source: http://www.planetbiometrics.com

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Say Bye-Bye To WiFi Analytics With Apple’s iOS8

Unless, of course, you say hello to iBeacons.It seems that one of the updates to the iOS8 ecosystem is that it randomizes the MAC addresses of iPhones every time they connect to a WiFi network. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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So Will Apple Pay Really Ignite? (Paul Purcell Isn’t So Sure)

http://www.pymnts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Paul-Purcell-Apple-Pay-II.mp3 It can seem in the three weeks since Apple Pay has rolled out, that the payments ecosystem has been in a competition to win the title of “Most Enthusiastic Apple Pay… Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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Square To Now Accept Bitcoin And Apple Pay

Coming soon to a Square merchant near you: the ability to pay with bitcoin or Apple Pay. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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Misconceptions Of Emerging Markets, The Challenge And The Opportunities

In a recent TED Talk, Hans and Ola Rosling of Gapminder discussed the global misperceptions people from developed countries have about the rest of the world. The overwhelming majority of people they surveyed on topics such as health care, women’s rights and education,

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Why Followers, Not Follower Counts, Matter Most

There’s a grand misperception among business owners and social media users that follower counts are extremely important. Too much talk and emphasis is placed on how so-and-so has one million followers. The reality is that after a point, none of

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Secrets Of The Most Shared Business Publishers

This week we used Insights data to see how some different business sites are performing on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter during the month of September to yesterday (September 1 to 24). Business news is hotly discussed in the social space.

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Anatomy of a Cartoon – The New Yorker

It’s well known that cartoonists have very fertile imaginations. Case in point: this cartoon by Joe Dator, which appears in the current issue. Yet, as it turns out, the surreal scenario envisioned by Joe owes less to his imagination than

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Kazakh Official Denounces SpongeBob SquarePants as ‘Hooligan’ – The Moscow Times

The Moscow Times Kazakh Official Denounces SpongeBob SquarePants as ‘Hooligan’ The Moscow Times To many viewers, SpongeBob SquarePants is an enthusiastic and irritatingly cheerful cartoon character but one official in Kazakhstan sees something… Source: http://www.themoscowtimes.com

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