by SalvationSystem
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No matter how ‘not so social’ you may think you are, you probably have a Facebook account. If you are a businessman, all your employees also probably have their own personal accounts as well. If you have seen the advantage of allowing the use of Facebook while at work, what can you do to protect your company’s information?
We know how powerful social media has become so it really is a huge problem if you aren’t able to protect your company. Here are a few tips that will help.
- Keep applications up-to-date. The applications we are talking about here are those anti-virus and web protection programs that you obviously have. This will make sure no information leaks into the web from some bad software. Keeping these updated will protect your information and your employees from cyber criminals.
- Get your network secured. Though networking has a lot of benefits, the truth is it makes it easier for information to leak. Make sure you have an extremely secure network. Get hold of all the security applications you may need.
- Set limitations for your employees. Have clear guidelines as to what you will and will not allow to be done during office hours. Try and cultivate a feeling of responsibility in your employees so they know what is expected of them.
Boasting more than 500 million active users worldwide, the social networking site is now being targeted by cybercriminals. For example, last year spammers exploited two Facebook bugs in a week. The bugs allowed spammers to flood the service with messages promoting scams, such as links to a website where they could “win” an iPhone by filling in their personal information.
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by SalvationSystem
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8:14 p.m. | Updated MySpace, the long-suffering Web site that the News Corporation bought six years ago for $580 million, was sold Wednesday to the advertising network Specific Media for roughly $35 million.
What caused the downfall of this formally popular social networking site? The statistics show that MySpace used to be the top social media site lost with 20 million unique visitors each month in the United States. This figure even climbed to 70 million but lost to Facebook two years ago.
What happened next? Well, nobody want’s to advertise on a site that’s loosing it’s popularity so advertisers and users in general left. The site then become some what of a liability to the owners who started looking for ways to ‘get rid of it’ .
Still, if the site really was good, users really wouldn’t mind the number of advertisers that the site has. So what do users have to say about why they gave up on MySpace?
Many are blaming the interface MySpace had. If you compare it to Facebook, you’ll clearly see the difference. MySpace is or should we say ‘was’ just too cluttered. True, you could connect with your favorite artists and share songs and all but the interface was just too complicated. It took quite too much time trying to figure out things. Facebook is definitely cleaner and easier to much more user friendly.
Another reason many give is privacy. Viruses were common on MySpace that people just got tired of their accounts and shifted to Facebook.
Those are a few things the new owners should keep in mind if they plan to get their money’s worth. Design, interface and three privacy badly need to change.
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by SalvationSystem
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Everyone knows just how useful Social media has proven to be in the business field. Then is the reason why practically everyone has an online profile somewhere-to connect with family and friends. It seems social networking is continuing to find more and more ways to be of use to people.Here is yet another triumph for social media.
The Washington Post reports that the FBI decided on its new strategy of blasting photos of Bulger and Catherine Elizabeth Greig on television screens and the social networking site Twitter on Tuesday. In a few short hours, the agency’s Los Angeles office received a call from someone living in the apartment complex where Bulger and Greig were living.
Whitey Bulger has been on the FBI’s “MOST WANTED” list from 1995- an astonishing 16 years! His crimes include 19 Killings in the Boston area and Drug-trafficking as well.
According to the report, the main reason for his not being able to be captured all these years is his ‘connections’ with some FBI agents. He was an informant of one of the ‘top’ agents and got protection in return.
This is probably where Social media will prove to shine. Using these networks to post photos of ‘wanted’ people, will allow justice to be served. No agency has control over these social sites. No government personal can try and ‘hide’ information on these sites and nobody can stop the news from spreading there.
Though many find the freedom of speech on these sites in a way ‘wrong’ considering the harm that may be done with verbal harassment on a global scale, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies surely will be glad to have Social networks around. Things that people may be hesitant to do with other mediums can be done online without worrying about privacy.
Social networking also makes reporting crimes very easy. A simple tweet or message sent to the authorities is not only easy to do but may be all they need to locate some criminal. Social media is the ‘Hottest’ and maybe even the most valuable ‘agent’ in town.
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