Is Hacker Group ‘Anonymous’ Attempting To Bring Down Facebook?
The much-publicised, shadowy collective of politically-motivated hackers known as Anonymous has, apparently, threatened to bring down Facebook on November 5th, a date synonymous with uprising and revolt (for those who know their British history anyway). In a video posted on YouTube, a distorted voice claiming to represent the ‘hacktivists’ warns of the upcoming hack on the hugely popular social networking platform, citing Facebook’s misuse and misappropriation of personal data as the reason for the impending attack. The video (which is included below), discusses how Facebook appropriates and shares your personal... Read The Rest →
Do You Need A Google Alarm?
There has been a lot of talk recently, even from Google themselves, about data. With the resources, myriad products and millions of visitors a day, Google is in a prime position to collect data on nearly all of us, and apparently they do even if you don’t use Google. This data really equates to cash, as they can either use it themselves or sell it on, and Google have even pitched the idea of an information sale platform. So, a technology entrepreneur, Jamie Wilkinson, has developed a browser plugin ‘Google... Read The Rest →
Mark Zuckerberg: An Odd CEO
You expect most CEO’s (particularly those of huge multinational operations) to be pretty slick; good with questions, suave, sophisticated even. Not so these days, as the digital boom creates more and more of a different breed of CEO’s. Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, is the best example of this new breed; he’s a sweaty, stumbling, question dodging wreck of a CEO and doesn’t really seem fit to be the head of a company with such a huge online market share (in terms of unique monthly visitors, and therefore revenue... Read The Rest →
