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How to Use iOS 5 Devices in Litigation, by Brian Malcom You have an iPad. You’re an attorney and, worse yet, a litigator. Now what? The iPad is nothing new. That sentence is shocking to read, but it is true. The iPad first hit stores in April 2010. The iPad 2 followed a year later, …
Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing, March 27, 2012: testimony of General Keith B. Alexander, USA Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service “The Fiscal Year 2013 Presidents Budget for Cyber Command provides $182 million dollars and 937 personnel to perform our global mission. As demand to develop and integrate …
CRS – Congressional Oversight of Agency Public Communications: Implications of Agency New Media Use. Kevin R. Kosar, Analyst in American National Government, March 14, 2012 “This report intends to assist Congress in its oversight of executive branch agencies public communications. Here, public communications refers to agency communications that are directed to the public. Many, and …
Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 20112016 “Global mobile data traffic grew 2.3-fold in 2011, more than doubling for the fourth year in a row. The 2011 mobile data traffic growth rate was higher than anticipated. Last year’s forecast projected that the growth rate would be 131 percent. This year’s estimate …
Pew: The Web Is Dead? No. Experts expect apps and the Web to converge in the cloud; but many worry that simplicity for users will come at a price, Janna Quitney Anderson, Elon University – Lee Rainie, Pew Research Centers Internet & American Life Project, March 23, 2012 “According to estimates by Cisco, by 2016 …
Via Bill Lucey: Energy Tomorrow (API) Service Station FAQs AAAs Daily Fuel Gauge Report Real Time Retail Fuel Prices: Oil Price Information Services (OPIS) Gasoline Taxes by Individual States (API)
Follow up to New ‘HTTPS Everywhere’ Version Warns Users About Web Security Holes see the following from privacy researcher Christopher Soghoian – Firefox switching to HTTPS Google search by default (and the end of referrer leakage). “A few days ago, Mozilla’s developers quietly enabled Google’s HTTPS encrypted search as the default search service for the …
“In 2011, the digital revolution entered a new era. The age of mobile, in which people are connected to the web wherever they are, arrived in earnest. More than four in ten American adults now own a smartphone. One in five owns a tablet. New cars are manufactured with internet built in. With more mobility …
Teens, Smartphones & Texting – “Texting volume is up while the frequency of voice calling is down. About one in four teens say they own smartphones.” Amanda Lenhart Senior Research Specialist, Pew Internet Project “Teens are fervent communicators. Straddling childhood and adulthood, they communicate frequently with a variety of important people in their lives: friends …
“Director Lee Rainie [provided] a look at some of the most recent survey results obtained by the Pew Internet Project on mobile computing and the use of handheld devices at the NFAIS workshop, Mobile Devices and the delivery of information: An Update.
FBI Fact Sheet on Internet Fraud: Includes information on: Avoiding Internet Auction Fraud, Avoiding Non-Delivery of Merchandise, Avoiding Credit Card Fraud, Avoiding Investment Fraud, Avoiding Business Fraud, Avoiding the Nigerian Letter or 419 Fraud, Common Fraud Scams, Investment-Related Scams, Internet Scams, and Fraud Target: Senior Citizens.
News release: “One out of five American consumers used their mobile phone to access their bank account, credit card, or other financial account in the 12 months ending in January 2012 and an additional one out of five indicated they would likely use mobile banking at some point in the future, according to a Federal …
