How to protect yourself against Verizon's mobile tracking

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published a list of tools that can block online advertising companies from collecting web browsing data in ways that privacy advocates contend are deceptive.Computer scientist Jonathan Mayer of Stanford University and ProPublica revealed on Wednesday that an online advertising company, Turn, can re-create the history of a person’s Web browsing traffic using Verizon’s tracking system.Verizon tracks its mobile subscribers’ web surfing by tagging their traffic at the carrier level with a number called a UIDH (Unique Identifier Header).

This year’s success is hidden in these numbers

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It’s that time of year again when we all turn to goal setting. And it’s not just because it’s the beginning of the year and people are setting New Year’s resolutions to exercise more, eat more healthily, and spend more time with family. In our business lives, the start of a new fiscal year causes us to look ahead to what we want to accomplish in the new year.

TED: Robert Muggah: How to protect fast-growing cities from failing - Robert Muggah (2014)

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Worldwide, violence is on the decline, but in the crowded cities of the global south — cities like Aleppo, Bamako and Caracas — violence is actually accelerating, fueled by the drug trade, mass unemployment and civil unrest. Security researcher Robert Muggah turns our attention toward these “fragile cities,” super-fast-growing places where infrastructure is weak and government often ineffective. He shows us the four big risks we face, and offers a way to change course.

Four ways small businesses get security wrong

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When it comes to cybersecurity, the attention of news media tends to focus on the big data breaches and hacks of large companies, like the embarrassing and costly breach of Sony. That might lead many small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) to think they don’t face the same type of threats. Unfortunately, that’s dead wrong.

Negotiating Performance-based Pay

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Imagine that you are a sales rep with a company that is getting hit hard by the current financial crisis. No one has been laid off yet, but everyone is nervous about that possibility. In an effort to save jobs, your sales manager has quietly proposed that everyone take lower base salaries, along with more

You never forget your first long-term marketing plan

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I remember my first long-term plan like it was yesterday. I worked at a small software company that asked me to build a solution for an all-in-one product (software/server/storage/etc.) for small regional banks. The sales team wanted to branch out with an offering that provided all the value the large banks received as an affordable and quick to implement solution. My task was to envision that package, pull in the partnerships and guide the go-to-market components. I had to determine pricing, partners and target customer. It was the first time I thought, “If I’m going to be successful, I need a long-term plan.”

Samsung Is Eyeing Windows Phone

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Samsung is reportedly eyeing Windows Phone, but only after settling some legal issues with Microsoft. Korea Times has reported that the company is considering the Windows Phone operating system for use on its own hardware. According to the report, Samsung has tested the stability of Windows 8.1 software on its devices, and is considering using Windows Phone […]

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