Businesses understand the value of the data they collect about customers. Firms can predict sales trends, send out targeted advertising, and improve their products through this data. However, for consumers, data collection is a privacy invasion and a practice that can be abused easily, leading to the suspicion of many businesses. Furthermore, for data collection, … Continue reading Cookies, Privacy & User Data
With the Internet of Things quickly taking over, the concerns of privacy advocates are stronger and more relevant than ever. Many tech companies and startups are developing new products that skirt the gray line between convenience and privacy violations. With the government slow to catch up on these matters it'll be left to consumers to … Continue reading Not In My House
The leadership at Blackberry continues to amaze me with its inability to turn the company around. They've been at the very least risk adverse at a time when they should have been making brazen moves in order to regain even a slimmer of market share. Now it seems that they've completely thrown in the towel … Continue reading Blackberry Opts Out
It's just been announced that Yahoo! experienced a data breach that caused more than 1 billion accounts to be compromised. Hopefully everyone knows not to store or transmit sensitive information on 'public' email systems, meaning email providers that give you a 'free' account as they're often the target of hackers. Also your emails are searched … Continue reading Yahoo! Account Breach!
The move by Samsung to create a 'smart' contact lens could make the likes of Google Glass obsolete. A smart contact lens has far reaching possibilities. The virtual augmented reality potential is limitless. Even erasing the need for those pesky 3-D glasses needed for movie watching. And of course the amount of data available to … Continue reading Better Than Google Glass?
If your New Year's resolution is to make a career change, especially outside of your current organization, ensure that you thoroughly do your homework. It may not be your resume, skills or who you know that can impact your chances of landing your next gig - instead it may be how you vote and donate … Continue reading Career Moves and the 2016 Election
Have you ever had a conversation with someone or even a group of people, and later thought – you know, I wish I hadn’t told them that. Well, that same experience happens with social media. While it’s normal to want to share details of your life with others, it’s important to actively remind yourself to … Continue reading Oversharing Online – How much is too much?
Rolanda Gregory 