5 Things Small Businesses Must Know About Google Plus
Google+ (also known as G+, Google Plus or Plus) is the biggest trending topic online these days. So, what is it and why should you care about it? Simple – it’s a new social media site that is directly tied into the most widely-used search engine on the planet, with looming search engine optimization (SEO) implications. If you care about your company’s online reputation – what consumers are saying and where they are saying it – you need to read this post. Read more...
UK Government warns of Al-Qaeda’s plans for ‘cyber jihad’
Terrorist and extremist groups are increasingly using online tools and social networking sites, according to a new government report
Al-Qaeda has explicitly called for a "cyber jihad", the Government has warned.
The UK's updated report on counter-terrorism strategy said the use of social networks and video sharing websites among terrorist groups was now "commonplace".
The report, published by the Home Office, also cited the use of Twitter by terrorist groups to share extremist content quickly and widely: "Twitter will be used to repost media or forum articles enabling extremist content to be shared more quickly, widely and amongst people who would not normally search for extremist content." Read more...
“Anonymous” Hackers Attack Monsanto, Tar Sands Oil Companies
The notorious activist hacking group "Anonymous" has launched two new campaigns championing a pair of green causes -- helping U.S. farmers earn the right to label their food as "GMO-free" and working to obstruct the expansion of the devastating tar sands oil project in Alberta, Canada. Monsanto, the giant biotech firm, has confirmed it was the victim of a large-scale hacking attack. And the oil companies are next, Anonymous says. Read more...
France Tracks Down 18 Million File-Sharers
Starting October last year French Internet users have been receiving letters as part of the three-strikes system built-in to the controversial Hadopi anti-piracy legislation. This week the agency responsible for the warnings gave out details on the scope of the operation. In the last 9 months 18 Million file-sharers were tracked, but due to limited capacity ‘only’ 470,000 warnings were sent out to first-time offenders.
Under France’s new Hadopi law, alleged copyright infringers will be hunted down systematically with the ultimate goal of decreasing piracy. Alleged offenders are identified by their Internet providers and will be reported to a judge once they have received three warnings. Read more...
Google+ Technological Details
Google Plus, the social network from Google, is built mostly on Java and JavaScript while Hangouts, its video conferencing framework, uses a client-server approach.
Google Plus or Google+, the long awaited social network from Google, has recently made its debut, being available to a limited number of users based on invitation. The project started in early 2010 and it was done behind the scenes with little or no information available on its underlying technology. Joseph Smarr, a technical lead on Google+ and former CTO at Plaxo, unveiled some of the network’s technical details in an AnyAsk interview without being very specific. We contacted Smarr for further detail on Google+’s architecture, but he declined to offer more information, promising more will be released in the not-so-distant future. Read more...