The Maricopa County Community College District lost more than 2.5M records in two data breaches A privacy watchdog filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against a community college district in Arizona that lost the personal data of 2.5 […]
Russia orders Facebook, Twitter and Google to register as social networks — or be blocked
As ‘organizers of information distribution’ they must store data about users’ communications on servers in Russia Russia’s communications regulator has ordered Facebook, Twitter and Google to join a register of social networks or face being blocked in Russia, according to […]
What would you do if you lost access to your Gmail account?
No Gmail?! It hardly bears thinking about … Don’t get me wrong, Google sails a mighty fine ship and Gmail is an impressive achievement but should anything ever go wrong with your Gmail account you could find yourself in a […]
With new iPhones — and a watch — Apple moves on from Jobs
CEO Tim Cook is clearly running things now Apple certainly had a lot to announce and preview during its almost-two-hour media event for the launch of the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which included not only new phones […]
Apple’s mobile payment rolling out despite problems
If lack of data visibility is crippling Apple, what chance do mere IT mortals have? During the Apple news conference today (Sept. 9) — if I ever call a vendor’s product rollout an “event,” please shoot me — the company […]
Microsoft targets Apple, Samsung with cheaper flagship Lumia
Microsoft will use price in the next round of its battle against Apple and Samsung to grow market share and convince more users to jump on the Windows phone platform. 10 Best Practices for Integrating Data This month the company […]