Facebook updates its app
New headline: Facebook finally notices that mobile apps run on mobile networks. http://t.co/Zz2btdLqWV Thanks, @shannonsans, @jonathan_kohl
— Michael Bolton (@michaelbolton) June 23, 2014
Michael Bolton comments on the news that inspired by a visit to Africa where mobile networks are slower than the U.S., a Facebook engineering team have tweaked the Facebook app to reduce data use, app size and offer more offline options. Read More here
Not as safe to Yo as you might have thought!
Smart of Yo to monetize by open-sourcing everyone’s phone numbers. — Prof. Jeff H Jarvis (@ProfJeffJarvis) June 20, 2014
One of the most popular new apps, Yo,which was last week leading the download charts on the app store on iTunes and Google Play has found to have very little security features. Read more here
Free Wifi at the World Cup
Wanna know the pwd for the Brasil world cup security center WiFi nw? It’s on the whiteboard 😉 #fail pic.twitter.com/XD6ujqk5nq — Augusto Barros (@apbarros) June 23, 2014
The World Cup security team faced a bit of a minor issue when a local Brazilian newspaper published a photo of the head of international cooperation Luiz Cravo Dorea standing in the World Cup security centre with the SSID and password of Wifi network on a whiteboard in the background.
Dominos call hackers bluff
“We have often seen hackers use Twitter to blackmail companies, not only with stolen data, but also with the threat of DDoS [distributed denial of service], etc. Because Twitter is used so widely by companies, it is an attractive platform for hackers to make threats anonymously.”
Marta Janus, security researcher with Kaspersky discusses why Twitter is an attractive tool for hackers to target companies with large customer databases. Read more here
A visual representation of a reaction to a software bug
Check it 🙂 #developers #testing #bug #projectmanagement #development #software #management #developerproblems pic.twitter.com/P6ms2YZqb5
— Tilmann Gabriel (@TilmannGabriel) June 18, 2014
Gabriel Tilmann (@TilmannGabriel) software developer comes across an image to describe a software teams reaction to a bug. What do you think? Is it accurate?
Fit to Practice
I’m afraid if I get a Google Fit device, that I’ll start seeing Weight Watchers ads in my Gmail ;]
— Ray Wenderlich (@rwenderlich) June 25, 2014
Ray Wenderlich (@rwenderlich), a software developer reacts to the news that Google are developing a platform to analyse all of your health data just announced at the Google I/O conference. Read more here
Spider Sense
Good testers should have a level of awareness that “tingles” when an application just doesn’t “feel right”… pic.twitter.com/wDpLGWs3XK
— Mike Talks (@TestSheepNZ) June 25, 2014
Mike Talks (@TestSheepNZ), a software tester based in New Zealand, suggests testers should develop a sixth sense when it comes to monitoring for bugs.
