Monday, 19 March 2012

Phone Apps Using Battery Just To Send Ads

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328566.400-free-apps-eat-up-your-phone-battery-just-sending-ads.html
There was a study on the usage of free apps, and the efficiency of these apps. The study shows that up to 75% of a given free app's energy is used to serve ads and donate user data.

This is an example of Reliability and Integrity

Thursday, 8 March 2012

Pwnium, Hack Competition

http://gizmodo.com/5891508/chrome-finally-breached-in-googles-1-million-hackathon

Google set up a competition offering prizes totaling $1 million. Hackers must hack into a PC that runs Google Chrome. Google has set up this competition in order learn about the flaws in the browser and increase the security.

This event is an example of Security and Reliability and Intergrity.

Joseph Kony

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc

A non-profit organization, Invisible Children, posted a viral short documentary about a war-lord named Joseph Kony in order to raise awareness about the topic.

This event is an example of Globalization since the topic is now known world-wide.