The environment of power utilities has become more complicated as utilities embrace digital forms of interchanging information with stakeholders, and because of supply-and-demand optimisation enabled through smart meters for consumers. However, with this comes the added responsibility of ensuring that cyber security requirements are met in order to avoid the potential malicious disruption of ...
Rocket Internet founder aims to triple portfolio in 5 years
AB Kinnevik , was founded in 2007 by the Samwer brothers Oliver, Marc and Alexander, who had an early success with mobile phone content provider Jamba whose offerings included the Crazy Frog ringtone. Rocket's strategy is to take successful e-commerce models and then replicate them around the world. After starting the business in Europe, ...
SEO Content The Time is Now for Collaboration Data
Given Google's search algorithm changes in the last 12+ months that have placed increasing focus on quality content, have things changed to such a degree that content ...
Families Who Connect Through Social Media Feel Closer
social media feel closer to them in real life, according to new research from Brigham Young University. The study of nearly 500 families also found that teens that interact with their parents on social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are more likely to be generous, kind and helpful to others. Lead study ...
Fatal iPhone explosion raises alarm
Several reports of exploding smartphones have come to light over recent months, with the latest incident being fatal. A fatality in China involving an iPhone 5 last week has raised the alarm on the potential danger smartphones can pose as the devices become more powerful and their lithium-ion batteries increase in size to keep up. According to a report via an official Chinese news ...
The Social-Media Bubble Is Quietly Deflating
only 2 percent of the venture capital headed to Internet-based enterprises last quarter, according to data published on Tuesday by CB Insights, a research firm that tracks venture-capital investment. In the two-year stretch that ended in the middle of 2012, social-media companies took in at least 6 percent of overall venture capital invested in Internet companies each quarter. But for three of ...
Bulgarian Protests Inspired by Social Media Generation F Author Tells FT
Leading Bulgarian PR expert Maxim Behar has told Financial Times that the ongoing mass anti-government rallies in Bulgaria differ from any the country has experienced before - party because they are now driven by social media. Behar has noted that Bulgaria has become one of Europe's most "online" countries thanks to huge investment in high-speed broadband. That gave rise to a ...
Teething problems linger for FNB site
FNB has come under criticism for glitches on its new Web site. First National Bank (FNB) is still facing a barrage of complaints from users trying to find their way around recent changes to the online banking interface. Many users reported login problems and error messages on Monday, shortly after the Web site was revamped. Criticisms on Tuesday morning turned to navigation issues, with some ...
Thom Yorke Spotify criticism Top producer accuses Radiohead singer of Twitter hypocrisy
Thom Yorke has been accused of hypocrisy after pulling his music from Spotify in a dispute over how much the music streaming service pays out to artists in ...
The butler didnt do it Rudd takes to Twitter to fend off cushion attack
The Queensland premier, Campbell Newman, has responded to accusations he has a butler by claiming the prime minister has a staffer to carry a cushion around for him. During the first day of Queensland?s estimates hearings Newman was asked about the role of Richard Ang in his office by state Labor MP Bill Bryne, who at the end of the question suggested Ang was a butler. "On every ...
Second Android Master Key attack found
Researchers have uncovered another Android Master Key attack that exploits the vulnerability in the way Android reads APK files. This allows cyber criminals to modify legitimate apps with malware. An Android application package file (APK) is a file format used to distribute and install application software and middleware onto the Android OS. An APK file contains all of that program's code, ...
President Mugabe offers $330000 reward in hunt for Facebook whistleblower leaking secrets from heart of his regime
President Robert Mugabe has reportedly offered a $330,000 ransom for the person willing to identify an anonymous whistleblower who he believes to be behind a string of ...
South Korea accuses North of cyber attacks
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea accused North Korea on Tuesday of mounting cyber attacks on the websites of its presidential office and other government agencies, saying it had identified signature malicious computer codes and an internet ...
Nissan asks fans to make Versa Note videos on Instagram and Vine
A competition has been launched by automaker Nissan asking for fans to submit videos made via Instagram and Vine to feature in its next big TV advert. To make a submission, users simply have ...
Baidu pays $1.9bn for 91 Wireless
Baidu, China's top search engine, plans to acquire app store 91Wireless for $1.9billion to strengthen its foothold in the country's highly competitive mobile computing sector. Baidu will buy a 57.4% stake in 91Wireless, one of China's earliest app stores, from NetDragon Websoft for $1.09billion, and the remainder from other shareholders, both companies said ...
Elections to determine Oz broadband
The future of an ambitious project to connect almost all Australia's far-flung inhabitants to high-speed Internet, the largest infrastructure enterprise in the country's history, is hanging on the outcome of an upcoming federal election. The Labour government and conservative Liberal-led opposition have vastly differing plans for the A$37.4billion ($34.2billion) National Broadband ...
Googles Greater China president quits
Google said yesterday its VP and Greater China president, Liu Yun, has stepped down to pursue other opportunities. His replacement will be Scott Beaumont, who currently runs the company's partnerships business in ...
Facebook launches Islamic calendar
"We believe this feature will gain great momentum in the weeks and months ahead, and as we test the response in Saudi Arabia, we are confident that rolling out in other countries across the Islamic world will become eminent," he ...
Mis-handle A case against Twitter
Marten Pieters has been a rare constant through Vodafone five-year journey of turbulent growth in India. For all the troubles the company is up against, its coming off its best year and Pieters is on a mission to hand over a "future fit" ...
How to use social media marketing to promote business
Social media has become the most influential platform to promote your products and services, nowadays. Professionals in social media marketing place use a number of strategies to get the result. Among all the strategies, writing a blog is considered the ...
How to Use Social Media to Juice Your Storys Popularity
Fiverr , a service that lets you pay people $5 for all sorts of tasks. First, I paid someone to get 6,000 people to spend at least 30 seconds viewing my story. To juice social media I paid $5 for 2,000 shares on Facebook. I also put down $5 for 500 people to tweet my story and another $5 for 500 retweets of my own tweet. Money can?t buy me love? Nonsense. But ...
Facebook page reveals location of West Coast police checkpoints
A Facebook page has been launched warning people of the exact location of police road checkpoints on the West Coast. However, police are relaxed about the page, which had 555 'likes' by this morning, saying it could prevent crashes. 'West Coast Police Check Points' asks people to report where police are by posting updates on the page. So far most feedback is about ...
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