Yesterday afternoon, I spent an obscene amount of time and money buying tickets to a Coldplay concert in July here in DC. Being forced to use TicketMaster is bad enough, but they made it worst with their horrible CAPTCHA system that depends on text so distorted I wasn’t even sure if they were letters in…
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Yesterday, online and mobile payment network Dwolla launched Instant so you can keep using the service when your balance gets low. For $3 per month, you get a $500 line of credit to transfer into your Dwolla account – which you can then use immediately at places like cafes, food trucks, or gas stations, or…
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With SellSimply’s Chirp, launched at the beginning of November, making a payment is as easy as a tweet: @SellSimply #pay @ThePayee $200 for [reason] The Portland-based startup also lets users purchase items or donate to charities by replying to tweets like the following: Donate to the disaster relief fund. Reply all with “donate” to give…
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Twitter has acquired Whisper Systems, an Android security firm based in San Francisco. According to an announcement on Whisper Systems’ blog today, they will become part of Twitter. They stated: “We started Whisper Systems with the goal of improving security and privacy for mobile devices. Now that we’re joining Twitter, we’re looking forward to bringing our technology…
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Imagine strolling into Starbucks for your regular morning coffee and seeing a message on your phone: “Would you like to buy a tall iced coffee with skim milk?” An app has detected your location and the time and noticed that you’ve bought the same drink five days in a row. You click yes, click to…
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If your iMac or MacBook is stolen, don’t think, “Well, at least all my data is backed up in the cloud.” Instead think, “I am so glad I heard about Hidden.” Their very affordable app can not only find your computer anywhere on the planet, but it will also collect photos of the thief and…
Read MoreOne of the most annoying issues many of us deal with on a day to day basis is usernames and passwords. Products ask people to remember information about maiden names, favorite pets, or random alphanumeric combinations that are case sensitive – all of which lead to being locked out when you can’t remember. A Spanish…
Read MoreWith malware one of the fastest-growing and most disruptive threats on the Internet, Google Ventures has joined previous investors Benhamou Global Ventures, Floodgate and Radar Partners in funding anti-malware provider Dasient Inc. This new round of funding will allow Dasient to expand their research and development team, which already developed the market’s leading web malware…
Read MoreSecurity technology company McAfee Labs has released its 2011 Threat Predictions report, and warns of major attacks by cyber criminals to many recent darlings of the tech world. Included on MCAfee’s list: Google’s Android, foursquare, Google TV and the historically untouched-by-hackers, Apple. “We’ve seen significant advancements in device and social network adoption, placing a bulls-eye…
Read More‘Tis the season for top 10 lists, yet not all are cheery and bright. In light of the hacking of Gawker Media’s servers that lead to a confirmed attack at Twitter, it’s worth looking at predictions regarding security trends in 2011. Panda Security, a Cloud Security Company located in Orlando, FL, has predicted several ‘radical…
Read MoreIn a post on its website on Sunday, Gawker Media announced that its servers had been compromised – a security breach that affects information such as usernames and passwords stored in its database. The company says that password data was encrypted, however simple passwords “may be vulnerable to a brute-force attack” and is recommending that…
Read MoreOn June 23, 2007, San Diego State University student, Donna Jou vanished forever after she met a man in response to her tutoring service ad she posted on Craigslist. It was later determined Donna had met John Steven Burgess, a three time convicted sexual predator. Because Donna’s body was never found, Burgess was convicted for…
Read MoreAccording to a recent report by the Wall Street Journal, Facebook has been giving slightly too much personally identifiable information out via it’s “apps” platform which is based off of Facebook profile ID. Do you feel your privacy has been violated? Let us know in the comments below. From wallstreetjournal.com Many of the most popular…
Read MoreThere’s an incredibly dreadful hack hitting sites using the popular open source blog platform, WordPress, right now, even sites that are running the latest most up to date version (2.9.2). We know first hand as it has attacked our site and many others. Popular hosting service Media Temple confirmed the attack in a recent blog…
Read MoreIf you are Microsoft Internet Explorer user to navigate the Web then you might want to listen up as Microsoft has issued a security advisory. This official security advisory explains that the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser could put you at risk. McAfee, a leading security software maker, has been investigating the China-based cyberattacks that prompted…
Read MoreTake it from someone who knows, as last night before getting my beauty sleep I got 10 emails from Twitter. They read something like this: Hey there. Due to concern that your account may have been compromised in a phishing attack that took place off-Twitter, your password was reset. Please create a new password by…
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There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with... Read More
Two months after the iPad 2 debuted in March, around 40% of users surveyed said their iPad was their primary computer, up from around 30%... Read More
With our Startup Mixology Conference coming up next week followed by our classic Tech Cocktail DC Summer mixer which will showcase a handful of early-stage... Read More
Coming off of one of our biggest Tech Cocktail mixer events in Chicago this past week, which showcased 14 early-stage start-ups, we thought it would... Read More