Gmail now allows you to designate trustee after you die

Act Now Or, When You Die, Your Secret Love Letters Will Belong To Google BY STAN ALCORN, fastcoexist.com Gmail’s recent policy changes that let you designate someone to control your account after you’re gone is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the confusing issues around who can access your online life once … Continue reading Gmail now allows you to designate trustee after you die

How you get hacked at Starbucks

How You Get Hacked at Starbucks Samantha Murphy, mashable.com For those who frequently use the free public Wi-Fi in coffee shops such as Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts, you’re likely already aware of how easy it is for hackers to steal your personal and financial information over the shared networkBut what you… http://flip.it/d1AjC Related articles Dunkin' … Continue reading How you get hacked at Starbucks

American replaces outdated flight bags with iPads

Step inside the modern iPad-enhanced cockpit of American Airlines Élyse Betters, 9to5mac.com Gadling, an AOL-owned trav­el blog, went aboard an Amer­i­can Air­line recent­ly to get a sneak peek at the iPad Elec­tron­ic Flight Bag that the Fed­er­al Avi­a­tion Admin­is­tra­tion orig­i­nal­ly approved in 2011. The iPad flight bag… Step inside the modern iPad-enhanced cockpit of American … Continue reading American replaces outdated flight bags with iPads

Samsung’s WiFi Home Security SmartCam — Easy Setup, Works Great | GeekDad | Wired.com

On sale a BJ’s Samsung's WiFi Home Security SmartCam -- Easy Setup, Works Great | GeekDad | Wired.com Related articles Gigabit Wi-Fi: 802.11ac is here: Five things you need to know (stellartechnews.wordpress.com) GeekDad prescribes a weekend free from mobile data (wired.co.uk) Global WiFi Hotspot Market 2012-2016 : Latest Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Trends And Forecast … Continue reading Samsung’s WiFi Home Security SmartCam — Easy Setup, Works Great | GeekDad | Wired.com

Docracy: sequencing the genome of legal documents

Sequencing The Genome Of Legal Documents To Make Them Readable BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.com Unless you’re a lawyer, you probably don’t understand a lot of the agreements and contracts you sign. But Docracy hopes to even the playing field by letting you easily see which parts of a document are standard and where you might … Continue reading Docracy: sequencing the genome of legal documents

What to do if you are hacked

What to Do After You’ve Been Hacked Mat Honan, wired.com Whether you were hacked, phished, had malware installed or just don’t know what the heck happened but there’s somebody all up in your e-mail, here are a few good first steps to take following an incident. This is by no … Mat Honan What to … Continue reading What to do if you are hacked

Cultural causes of school shootings

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The No-Hire Emails That That Incriminate

The No-Hire Emails That That Incriminate Apple, Google, Adobe and More Jamie Condliffe, gizmodo.com A court filing has just been made public which sheds light on the “no-hire” gentleman’s agreements that have pervaded the tech industry—and reveals how Steve Jobs threatened litigation to prevent companies from stealing his staff.Notably, former P… The No-Hire Emails That … Continue reading The No-Hire Emails That That Incriminate

Safe Shepherd Protects Your Social Networks

Safe Shepherd Protects Your Social Networks, Keeps Your Data Off of Creepy People Search Engines Alan Henry, lifehacker.com Safe Shepherd is a privacy protection service that already scrubs your personal data from creepy people search engines, but the service also now keeps tabs on your social networks like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram to make … Continue reading Safe Shepherd Protects Your Social Networks

Technology Ranks World’s Most-Trusted Industry

Technology Ranks World’s Most-Trusted Industry in 2013 Zoe Fox, mashable.com The technology industry has been ranked most-trusted for the second consecutive year, ahead of the automotive, and food and beverage industries, according to the 2013 Edelman Trust Barometer.”As an industry, I think tech companies pre-anticipate a… http://flip.it/NoiKA Related articles Technology Ranks World's Most-Trusted Industry in … Continue reading Technology Ranks World’s Most-Trusted Industry

The world has ended, or just about

The world has ended, or just about. Now, what wine do you drink with broiled rats and steamed slug? By Sarah Miller, grist.org Final­ly, some­one has writ­ten an impor­tant arti­cle about some­thing that actu­al­ly means some­thing to me: what kind of wine we are going to drink with the dis­gust­ing ver­min we have to eat … Continue reading The world has ended, or just about

Swann Platinum-HD security system packs four 1080p cameras

Swann Platinum-HD security system packs four 1080p cameras, 2TB DVR for $1,600 Zach Honig, engadget.com We don’t fol­low the sur­veil­lance space as close­ly as we do, say, smart­phones or tablets, but this four-camera HD sys­tem from Swann Secu­ri­ty does in fact seem to be the first 1080p-capa­ble con­sumer prod­uct of its kind, so we’re here … Continue reading Swann Platinum-HD security system packs four 1080p cameras