Top 5 Social Media Security Blunders

Security has become so advanced these days, there are thousands of different options when it comes to keeping safe and secure. However, even after going to all the trouble to make our property as secure as possible we still manage to put ourselves at risk via social media. Burglars and criminals can use social media as a way of identifying targets, and people are quite happy to openly advertise their homes. If you use social media regularly then there are a few simple rules you need to follow. Here are our top 5 social media security blunders.
1. Going On Holiday
If you are planning on going on holiday any time soon it’s important that you don’t boast about it online. Telling all your friends you are going skiing next week or off to an all-inclusive resort for two weeks might seem like a good idea at the time, but it could attract some unwanted attention. You are telling the world exactly when your house will be empty and burglars could be round your house as soon as you set foot on the plane.
2. Home Alone
Some celebrities have had bad experiences using social media and telling people they are at home alone. Helen Flanagan tweeted on the popular social media site Twitter that she was home alone when her boyfriend at the time Scott Sinclair was away. Shortly after this tweet her house was burgled. If you are going to be at home alone don’t post about it on social media. Consider making your profiles private if you are concerned about this.
3. Planning A Party
There have been countless reports in the papers about people advertising house parties on Facebook and other social media sites. Refrain from creating a Facebook event about a house party as this information could get into the wrong hands, even if you make a private event people still talk. House parties arranged via social media have resulted in hundreds of people swarming to the house party location and trashing the place. This is especially true amongst teenagers and young adults.
4. Disclosing Your Location
Do not under any circumstances post anything about your location online. This doesn’t just mean your address and information about where you live. Don’t post things about where you plan to go and what you will be doing at specific times. Otherwise people will know exactly where you are and it’s not safe. Consider removing locating targeting from your social media profiles as these can be used to track your whereabouts.
5. Talking About Valuables
Just got a brand new HD TV? Try and resist posting updates about it on social media. Don’t advertise your most expensive possessions to criminals. Then they will know what prize possessions you have and may decide your house is worth targeting. This is especially true around the holiday seasons.
Whilst we agree social media is a great of connecting people it has unfortunately also meant an increase in cybercrime.
Neil Maycock is a security advisor for MDS Security. He loves to blog about home and business security issues.

Google HummingBird and how it affects your website?

Google Humming Bird is the latest Google algorithm which gets released by Google. To celebrate Google’s birthday, Google has launched a new algorithm named as “HummingBird”. This HummingBird algorithm was released by Google on its birthday; but it was launched before one month itself. No one outside the Google ever knows about the change in the Google search Engine algorithm before it was officially announced.

The ultimate objective of this Google HummingBird algorithm is to provide a natural content to the users who’re searching over the search engines. Google latest HummingBird has almost reached the goal of implementing it. Finally Google algorithm has eliminated the keyword snuffing from the SEO techniques and other myths from the webmaster minds. Google offers various changes in the search engine results and it provides most user friendly results while searching through the Google Search Engines.


The various kinds of more complex search results has been processed by this algorithm and provides user friendly results to the user who’re using the search process. It understands the various queries from the user input and processes it to provide a natural way of result. It is a bigger change which lets the Google to step forward in the Internet History. After the launching of the Google HummingBird algorithm, the keyword snuffing has been completely eradicated from the SEO techniques. You can avoid the effects of Hummingbird by doing following actions;

1.  Providing Original contents: We all know original content plays an important role in improving the level of your website in the search engine result. If you have good contents in your website, then you never worry about the activities of the Hummingbird Algorithm. If you are providing original and valid contents you can easily improve the level of your website. Rather than using keywords in your contents, providing original contents will improve the level of your website in the search engine databases.


2.  Content is the King: Google Hummingbird mainly covers various criteria that is present in your website. It is totally not just matter of providing the contents on the basis of SEO techniques with proper keyword optimized paragraphs, headers and other links. You can provide original contents to the users and providing valid information will improve the level of readability to the users. The amount of sharing your website will increase when you were providing better content in your blog / website.


The launch of Google Hummingbird has improved the standard of search engine query processing and it has severe impact over the Internet Marketing Companies; Hummingbird has made the Google to process the queries given by the users and it understand the various meaning of the queries given by the users and analyze it according to the meaning and provide proper results to the user. It scans the question markers, conditionals and other referents present in the user queries and provides appropriate results according to the scanned input values.

Android 4.4 KitKat rumors

Instead of " Key Lime Pie " which is the new version of the Google operating system "Android KitKat " in place. KitKat in the first place users set a default app for text messaging, it has Google back in his blog for Android developers. For example, in browsers, the SMS app was not previously available. But since many developers have programmed their own APIs for applications to receive text messages, Key Lime Pie that Google is presenting at the developer conference I / O in May 2013, was long considered safe.

To see at the end there was indeed a lot of software, but no update of the operating system. Now it is known that the new version of Android 4.4 and is called KitKat. Many Android users are using outdated versions go. Gingerbread (2.3) in March 2013 still had a share of nearly 40 percent. Jelly Bean came only to 25 percent. With a big version jump Google could increase the distance to the latest version again. Even Smartphone maker criticize the update policy.

Google released the current date Android version 4.3 in July 2013. The software was initially only available for the Nexus Smartphone 4 and the Nexus Tablet Nexus 7 and 10th this version of the mobile operating system is no galaxies from its predecessor Android 4.2 removed. Android fans are now waiting for the next big step that Google makes with the little green robot.

Firefox OS App Manager to hunt for bugs in Firefox 26

The publisher Mozilla launches new tool for developers of mobile applications. Firefox OS App Manager in the form of an extension for the Firefox browser from the version 26, which incorporates the concept of Firefox OS emulator (the aptly named Firefox OS Simulator).

“It bridges the gap between existing tools for developers Firefox and Firefox OS Simulator, " said the publisher on their blog. The idea is to help developers track down and eliminate bugs quickly, and to quickly deploy web applications on Firefox OS. A video was even released to give a more accurate idea of ​​the features and operation of the App Manager. This speaks for itself.

The operation is quite similar to traditional debugging tools, and Mozilla promises. Better, “the changes made in the Developer Tools are automatically reflected in real time on the application in the Simulator or on the connected device." To qualify, it must, in addition to Firefox 26, benefit from the latest developer build of Firefox OS (1.2) at least version 1.2 of Firefox OS Simulator SDK and ADB or ADB Helper add-on.

Sony launches full-frame Alpha 7 and Alpha 7R mirrorless Cameras

Sony's new cameras Alpha 7 and Alpha 7R are of different resolutions up to its full format sensors almost identical. Sony Alpha 7 model is a full frame sensor camera, with WiFi and NFC. Sony's new mirrorless system cameras Alpha 7 and Alpha 7R are almost identical - except for one important feature.

Both have a 35 mm full-frame CMOS sensor with an area of 35.8 x23.9 millimeters. While the alpha picks up 7 photos up to 24.3 megapixels, the 7R alpha can take up to 36.4 megapixels. With new technology, it will illuminate the sensor surface and can do it optimally so that the minimal gaps between the individual pixels disappear. The light sensitivity of this camera range is from ISO 100-25600.

Both cameras have an electronic viewfinder with 2.3 megapixels and field of view coverage of 100 percent. Her three -inch screens with a resolution of 0.9 megapixels are movable about 90 degrees upward and 45 degrees downward. The housing is dust - and splash -proof. The body of the Alpha R7 is also completely made of magnesium, while in the alpha 7 additionally plastic is used.

With battery and memory card both weigh less than 500 grams. The facilities of Alpha 7 and Alpha 7R are the new Bionz X image processor which processes, high-resolution photos and full-HD videos easily in real time. For other option like fast auto focus and others more facilities are provided in the control panels provide.

The two cameras system transfers the photos via WLAN and NFC to the inserted memory cards or SD cards to Smartphones, tablets, TVs and computers. According to the Sony; compact mirror less full-frame cameras require matching compact, lightweight and robust lenses.

Therefore, the manufacturer along with the Alpha 7 and Alpha 7R trying to make available five new full-frame lenses - including premium models from Carl Zeiss. The five new E-mount lenses for full frame cameras appear between November 2013 and February 2014. The suggested retail price for the Sony Alpha 7 is 1,499 Euros, for the Alpha 7R it is 2,099 Euros. Additionally it comes with a kit with the full-frame lens SEL - 2870 for 1,799 Euros in the market. You may soon expect these cameras in the market.