How Will U.S. Respond To A Cyber Attack? In response to the increased threat of a cyber attack in the U.S., the government has recently developed the National Cyber Incident Response Plan. The plan is being tested this week by thousands of cyber-security personal from 11 states, 12 foreign countries, and 60 private companies. One Continue Reading →
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The U.S. Government Gets Real The U.S. government has a new service that provides citizens with real-time updates and alerts. From the new USA.gov website, users can customize the types of alerts they wish to receive by selecting from 6,2000 different topics and 144 federal agencies. Whenever new information is published users will receive instant Continue Reading →
Teen Accidentally Invites 21K People To Her Home A teenager in England intended to invite only a few close friends to her 15th Birthday party, but ended up with 21,000 Facebook RSVPs, the vast majority complete strangers. Rebecca Javenleau published both her home address and phone number on the invitation, but made the mistake of Continue Reading →
This week on Digital Life: Why do people think it’s better to be online during sex than during a wedding? Can you be so addicted to an online game that you’d forget to feed your kids and your pets? And, why did John Mayer dump his Twitter account? Plus, I’ll talk with Mevio’s Co-Founder Ron Continue Reading →
People Believe It’s Better To Be Online During Sex More people believe it’s acceptable to be online during sex with a partner than to be online at a wedding, according to a new study from PC Tools. The study was designed to see just how addicted people are to being online. An interesting note, men Continue Reading →
Twitter Gets Redesigned Twitter has redesigned its website and is now more user-friendly. New features include the ability to embed YouTube videos into posts as well as an overall site redesign, which is expected to give users a “richer and faster experience.” The four-year-old site now boasts 145 million users, with 370,000 new users signing Continue Reading →
Be Careful What You Email President Obama A U.K. teenager is banned from visiting the U.S. after sending an email to the White House. Luke Angel became enraged after watching a documentary about 9/11, leading him to send the hostile email in which he called President Obama a “prick.” The FBI contacted British police who Continue Reading →
Apple Loosens Up On App Development Apple has decided to relax its restrictions on the development tools used to make apps. Developers can now use third-party tools, like Adobe’s software to convert Flash apps into native iPhone apps, which was previously banned by Apple. Additionally, Apple will publish it’s guidelines for evaluating an app for Continue Reading →
Google TV Coming This Fall This Fall Google will launch a free service to bring Internet browsing to the TV screen. Google is working with a variety of content providers and consumer electronics manufacturers, like Sony, on the launch. Apple TV and now Google TV coming to your home this fall. $7 Billion Later – Continue Reading →
Google Music Store? Rumor has it that Google will be launching a music download service by Christmas. It’s expected that the music store will be a cloud-based subscription service and will be heavily integrated with Google’s Android mobile operating system. Watch out iTunes! Adult Services Censored on Craigslist Craigslist has blocked access to its “adult Continue Reading →