Friday, 5 September 2014

Bug Bounty Program: Find Bugs and Get Rewards from Twitter


Bug Bounty Program
One of top online social networking giant- Twitter has launched their new “bug bounty program”. This programs aims at paying $140 to the volunteer security researchers who are able to report any bug or vulnerability in the website.

In order to recognize the work being done by volunteer or individual security researchers, the new program was launched. This program has been named as “HackerOne” and launched in partnership with the portal names HackerOne, which connects web security researchers with different companies. The ultimate aim is to encourage the efforts that are being put by these researchers for making Twitter safe for everybody. At the moment the minimum reward value has been set at $140 but there has not upper limit set for the maximum value. According to Twitter, the maximum reward will depend on the severity and kind of the bug that will be detected.

Twitter has set certain qualification parameters before the researchers can get their hands on the reward:
  • You should be the first person to report about any bug and you will not able to publicly disclose any information about the identified bug before Twitter has the opportunity to fix the bug.
  • You can't live in countries like; Cuba, Sudan, North Korea, Iran, or Syria because the national law of these countries prohibits Twitter to pay any rewards to the hackers.
  • As per the data available on the HackerOne website, 46 bugs have already been fixed by Twitter and nearly 44 hackers have been thanked for their efforts in identifying the bugs.
  • Twitter has been able to launch a wall of fame in which the researchers who were able to identify bugs and have been rewarded will be featured.
On the similar lines, Facebook had also launched a program in the year 2011 with the minimum rewards of $500. Market giants Google and Microsoft are also not behind; even they have similar reward programs. So if you are an individual security researcher and trying to select a particular platform for carrying out individual research, then probably Microsoft and Facebook’s reward will be more rewarding as they are ready to pay more for the service.

Twitter has been successfully able to put out the message to hackers to find bugs and get paid in return. Even though the reward might seem small but excellent hackers and researchers have got opportunity to find as many bugs as possible to get paid. This news has made a lot of amateur hackers and researchers in India happy as among the 44 hackers who have been thanked, 10 of them are Indians.

Twitter: Get Access to the Tweets without Any Restrictions

Twitter
Twitter emerges as the popular social media that people use to stay connected following the respective updates. Today millions of users possess an account on Twitter ensuring that they are able to acknowledge the modern technology.

Using twitter, you can even know the status of the tweets that help you to carry out the activities with complete efficiency. Once you log in to your Twitter account, you can acknowledge the tweets that are really easy to discover.

Therefore, you can ascertain the right path through which you can go ahead receiving the feasible technical outputs. However, you need to maintain the profile in the right way ensuring that you are able to concede the suitable opportunities.

Sign in With a Twitter Account

Initially, you need to create a suitable Twitter account that ensures you are able to perform all the functions efficiently knowing the status of the tweets. So, know the entire procedure accomplishing the suitable operations according to your needs.

Once, you complete creating the account, understand the features clearly that would help you to carry out the entire procedure successfully. Therefore, Twitter allows you to perceive the real time benefits utilizing the particular social platform.

Furthermore, you can recognize the extensive utilities that you achieve utilizing Twitter. Recently you can explore multiple new features that incorporate the smart technical backdrop for Twitter.

Download All the Tweets

The modern attribute that Twitter accumulates allow you to recognize the entire set of tweets, which you can download knowing the complete details. After you complete the download procedure, you can start browsing discovering the essential information through the tweets.

You can select the ideal browsing method that includes the feasible keywords revealing the suitable outputs. Twitter Archive search appears as another attribute that you can utilize to look through the useful information that fulfills all your needs. Utilize the features properly and gain the outputs that represent the effective technical competency.

Moreover, you are able to view all the tweets on a single page and thus you do not have to move around looking for each tweet. Simply, you need to input the accurate username and password that would help you to access the feasible options enabled with the ability to perceive the tweets on your profile.

Access the Tweets on the Way

Nowadays you can even install the Twitter on the smart devices and thus can acknowledge the beneficial outputs without any limitations. Make sure that you are able to operate the system efficiently that helps you to recognize the original benefits. Therefore, you need to utilize the system implementing all the optimistic features that enhance the overall search system.

Ascertain the important tweets that make your profile attain a distinct identity over the web. In this direction, you can get access to the tweets that you receive consisting of multiple messages. Irrespective of the type of information, you can experience the facilities of the new approach that is being developed to provide the opportunity to the users.

Do You Need Seat Heaters In Your Car?


Seat Heaters
The best way for drivers to make their car more comfortable is to search for things that can be placed in the car. Every driver can find aftermarket seat heaters to make their car more comfortable. Cars that feature optional seat heaters can be very expensive, but drivers can put these seat heaters in their vehicle when they are shopping for aftermarket seat parts. The car does not have to be gutted to install these heaters, and the heaters can make the car more valuable for the future.

Installing The Heaters

The heaters in the car are placed underneath and behind the seat, and these heaters are wired to a button in the car that will turn them on. The driver can put in these heaters on their own and replace their interior lining at the same time. The heaters themselves are placed just underneath the fabric on the seat, and the heaters heat in a cycle.

The Button

The button that the driver uses to turn on the heaters can be placed on the dash or on the center console. The center console is a good place to put the button because it is easy to reach. However, the driver can find an opening on the dash that will allow them to reach the button more easily. The button can go alongside the heater and air conditioning, and this button fits with the comfort systems inside the car.

The Strength

Some heaters are very strong, and they must be placed under heavy leather or fabric seats. Some heaters are much weaker, and they work with thinner material on cheaper seats. The driver must make sure that they get a heater that works best with the car's interior. Replacing the interior is not necessary when putting in these heaters.

The best way for a driver to make their car more comfortable is to install aftermarket seat heaters. These seat heaters make it easy to keep the passengers comfortable, and the driver will increase the value of their car at the same time. The vehicle does not have to be expensive to carry seat heaters, and drivers can do these installations on their own.

Thursday, 4 September 2014

The 7 Emojis People Love To Ignore


smiley
Emoticons or as more commonly called “Smileys” or “Emoji” are an essential part of online chatting and SMS texting along with stickers. However, there are tons of smileys available that we rarely explore and tend to stick to the most common ones. Emojitracker has data on emojis used in tweets and provides us with some of the least used emojis ever. While “white card with red heart” is the most common one, let us look at the least used ones.
  • Left Luggage: This technically signifies area from where you pick up luggage from an airport or hotel. It is just used 6000 times till now. While not very flexible and limited to very specific use, it can be used to denote a friend who tends to leave behind his luggage or maybe portray that you are keeping something secure and safe. 
  • Vibration Mode: This emoji is not at all obvious or how it is related to vibration mode. Thus, there is lot of confusion about what it implies. It can however instead be used to imply that you love your smartphone or even its display in particular. The emoji has been used 40.586.
  • Clear: This emoji denotes the letter “CL” in blue, which stands for “clear”. You can use it in phrases like “clear to send”. However, the meaning can be extended to imply “closed” as well i.e. “The shop has for good”. It has been used 24,978 times.
  • Outbox Tray:While this emoji is pretty intuitive in nature, it has been used very few a times. It can used to imply that you have sent someone mail and ask them to check in their outbox or just use it to imply that you have sent something in general. It can also imply you just opened something. It has been used 31,603 times.
  • Slot Machine: The emoji itself is obvious showing a 3-matched slot. While the most common use would be in case you went to the casino or in Las Vegas, there is not else existing context with it. You can also use it to imply that you just hit the lottery but that does not happen every day. A total of 63560 times has it seen itself being used.
  • Clock Faces: While they are clear in what they imply, usage can be a problem. You can use them to imply the timings of certain event or that you might be late by a few hours or just it to just say you are “passing time”. It has thus seen 22993 times of use.
  • Falling Line Graph: While clearly denotes something failing or falling, people fail to use it. Use it to imply “stocks crashed” or results have gone down or in general, you are not feeling great. It has been used a total of 45119 times.
These data have been collected since 2013 and to give you some perspective, the common ones have been used millions of times. However, you can find situations where you can apply them to enhance your text.

Wireless Technologies That Could Transform Your Home Networks


Home Networks
The “Internet of Things” is about to dawn on us and with that we will soon see an explosion of devices that can talk to each other without wires and act according to your needs – a “smart” home. Home networks mostly consist of standard Wi-Fi and Ethernet cabling with game consoles and set-top boxes for content streaming.

However as the devices increase, such heterogeneity can be a problem with various devices offering orthogonal protocols. Thus, unified mode of communication is needed between them. This calls for new Wireless technologies, which will change our home networks and make them more versatile and universal.

Wi-Fi 802.11ac

The Wi-Fi protocol named 802.11 is defined by IEEE and it was approved in January 2014. It can significantly change our home networks it is being supported by a number of OEMs and backed by the Wireless Alliance.

With most homes streaming video contents from Internet sources (Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, Crackle, etc) via their console or boxes to TVs, a large bandwidth is needed. It supports a maximum of 1 Gbps multi-station output and 500 Mbps over a single line.

This is done by adopting a wider RF bandwidth, more MIMO streams and high density modulation (256-QAM). Most commercial routers, Smartphones and chipsets are already supporting it. With those speed, you could stream multiple HD videos, zero buffering and no more tangled cords between devices.

Near Field Communication

NFC has changed the way we look at wireless communication. NFC has none of the associated sharing of PINs and password troubles. You just tap two NFC devices to transfer whatever data you need with speeds much greater than Bluetooth.

It is present in most modern Smartphones also an increasing number of home appliances. Imagine you look for a recipe online on your Smartphones and send it to your microwave for cooking instructions via NFC. The possibilities are endless. With Wi-Fi Direct as NFC transfer method, 300 Mbps speeds are possible for data transfer. Furthermore, it can be made to consume very low power with Bluetooth LE profile.

Miracast! 

While the name may suggest some fable, it is a Wireless technology that will simplify your streaming needs without the hassle of setting up routers and Internet connections. The transfer is done via Wi-Fi direct and enables streaming of audio and video from any device to any other device.

Upto 1080p FullHD video with 5.1 surround sound is supported and the protocol is backed by Wireless Alliance. Most OEMs have already support for Miracast as it requires hardware support. Thus it can be thought off as a wireless HDMI connection with H.264 codec and its own DRM. Thus you never have to worry about file formats and codec support between devices.

With emerging technologies in the field of wireless communication, we will be living in a more connected world. These technologies are pushing the boundaries of wireless communication and making our devices connected with each other providing a hassle-free and enriched experience. The 21st century has truly arrived!