Global IT giants including Amazon and LinkedIn could be doing far more to raise awareness of the need for better password practices among their users.
Analysis by Professor Steve Furnell, Director of the Centre for Security, Communications and Network Research at Plymouth University, looked into the password security controls in place among ten of the world’s most visited websites.
It revealed very few of them give detailed guidance about the importance of providing secure passwords, either when users were creating or updating accounts.
Superintendent Keith Perkin has signed up to Twitter so he can communicate with Twitter users across Exeter, East and Mid Devon. Supt Perkin is the head of policing for the area. He has responsibility for over 300 staff including police officers, civilians, police community support officers and Special Constables. "My aim is to communicate with all our communities using various formats including traditional media, social media and printed media". You can chat to Supt Perkin via Twitter on @SuptKeith Perkin.
The Teignmouth and Dawlish Social Media Cafe is one year old this October.
Over the past year it has helped over 50 local businesses and community organisations with help and advice in using social media to promote themselves.
The birthday cafe will be held at the Langstone Cliff Hotel in Dawlish on Tuesday 7 October and experts will be on hand to provide advice on which social media to use and how to set up accounts.
The social media cafe runs from 5pm to 7.30pm and provides a free drop-in event where people can pick up tips and hints on using social media, ask...
The Zune was Microsoft’s answer to Apple’s iPod. Released in 2006 in Black, Brown or White, the Zune was intended to be a social media player, allowing users to share songs between their players. However, the Zune immediately faced comparisons to the iPod, and was the butt of many jokes for it’s brown color. In addition, on December 31, 2008, all Zune players froze and became bricked due the their software not being able to handle the Leap Year. Microsoft did produce additional generations of the Zune, but finally put it out to pasture in October 2011.
Thanks to the #nomakeupselfie trend, and generosity of the public, £8 million was raised for Cancer Research UK in just six days.
The #nomakeupselfie trend isn’t something Cancer Research UK started. But last Tuesday, after people began tweeting their #nomakeupselfie pictures and asking how they could use them to make a difference to Cancer Research UK’s work, the charity posted a message on its Facebook and Twitter pages with information about how to support its work to beat cancer sooner. Since then, Cancer Research UK has received an unprecedented increase in the volume of...
South west lovers are allowing technology to get in the way of their relationships and sex lives – a Durex survey reveals.
Durex is celebrating annual event, Earth Hour, by encouraging people to not only turn off all lights today but to also switch off their tech, and use the opportunity to reconnect with each other whilst the lights are off.
Earth Hour is an annual event organised by charity, WWF to encourage people around the world to turn off their lights for one hour to celebrate their commitment to the planet.
A University of Exeter graduate has become a twitter celebrity after wading into the recent controversy surrounding a former UKIP councillor’s comments that the recent floods were caused by ‘gay marriage.’
The former UKIP member, David Silvester, has caused huge controversy after he wrote last week that Prime Minister, David Cameron was to ‘blame’ for the recent flooding for going against ‘scripture’ in the passing of the same-sex marriage bill.
In a letter to his local paper, the Henley Standard, Silvester wrote: "The scriptures make it abundantly clear that a Christian...
The Government’s chief legal advisor will in future issue advisory notices to Twitter and Facebook users to help prevent them committing a contempt of court.
The advice has previously only been issued to journalists on a ‘not for publication basis’ is designed to make to make sure a fair trial takes place will warn people not to comment on certain aspects of court cases.
The advice from the Attorney General, Dominic Grieve QC MP will be published over twitter and on the Government website, gov.uk.
The change in policy is designed to help inform the public about the...
In this video local expert Ann Holman from Our Think Lab discuss whether she thinks social media is good or bad.
Ann then goes on to explain her answer and gives her thoughts on the future of social media
"This is the time to look forward to when we can redirect our efforts away from posting what we had for breakfast or drunken images of last night, to co-creating and collaborating. Using the connections, fans and followers we have accumulated on social media platforms. It's about solving real problems in society and in business. Thats when it gets really special."
