Mobile Web Tips and Website Help
There are reports today of a new social engineering attempt to install an infection onto your PC. This is tied FireFox and Windows, so if you are not using both of those, you have nothing to worry about. If this applies to you, then there are several things to be aware of. One is something [...]
If you are involved in online gaming activities, you are already aware of the problems being experienced by Sony and their PS3 network (PSN). All of this started on April 20th when some event occurred and was discovered by Sony. Shortly after that, they made a decision to shut down the PS3 gaming network to [...]
QR Codes are the big thing right now where you can take a picture of one with a mobile phone and it will take you to a web site. It requires the necessary app to accomplish this. This has been great for products and retailers. In a store, you could scan a QR code and [...]
With the recent attacks against WordPress.com being hacked and the SQL Injection attacks that exposed personal information at Epsilon, the issue of security should be part of your considerations for your CMS site. For those who are looking at building a site with either Joomla or Drupal, an article from IT World is a must [...]
QR (Quick Response) codes are starting to show up everywhere with the popularity starting to show up in mainstream media. The Denver Post is talking about the latest trend in technology that many are taking advantage of with their smart phones. By doing a scan of the square image with the camera on your smart [...]
Google announced that the Google Translate for Android app received a major update this week, adding three new languages, Japanese, Korean and Arabic, while improving the quality of spoken translations for 15 existing languages. Google says the app now supports a total of 58 languages and can speak 24 of them out loud on your [...]
Today, there are reports that WordPress.com has been hacked and this one is very serious one being reported by eWeek. It seems that the intrusion was more than the access of a database for information, but rather they gained access to servers in their operations. They were then able to get the source code to [...]
In an article from MGH, they are reporting on QR codes and just how aware the general population is of the codes. The QR codes are directly tied to mobile devices and the square boxes have meaning associated with them and will take you to a web site when scanned into a phone or by [...]
An app in development that utilizes QR codes to eliminates those annoying restaurant pagers. "WalkIN successfully scans a QR code, displays the estimated wait and then shows the user’s position in the queue." Read more about the WalkIN App: WalkIN App Uses QR Codes to Automate Restaurant Queuing tags: app qr codes Posted from Diigo. [...]