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Malaysia Airlines site hacked by Lizard Squad

Jan26
by on January 26, 2015 at 5:27 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Cyberattacks, Hacking, Insider

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Malaysia Airlines ‘ website has been hacked today by the cyber-attack group Lizard Squad, which now appears to be calling itself ‘Official Cyber Caliphate’. The national carrier’s site shows a header that says ‘404 – Plane Not Found’, likely a reference to the loss of Flight MH370 last March and the shooting down of Flight MH17 in July. However, Malaysia Airlines says that its servers are intact and have not leaked any user data, and that it has solved the issue which appears to have been a DNS attack. The company says its site will become fully operational in about…

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7 reasons to use emoticons in your writing and social media, according to science

Jan25
by on January 25, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Insider, Social Media

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This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog. Do you remember seeing your first emoticon? The first documented use of “:-)” dates back to 1982, when Scott Fahlman proposed that it be used as a “joke marker” on a message board for Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists. Here’s his Internet-changing message: “I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers: “:-)” Read it sideways.” Today, emoticons need a bit less explanation. As social media has grown (and character counts have shrunk), these pictorial representations of feelings are playing a significant role in communication. If you’re still not sure whether…

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New kid on the digital block: What does a Chief Experience Officer actually do?

Jan25
by on January 25, 2015 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Entrepreneur

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Garrett Heath is a social media marketer for Rackspace. Digital design is about considering the needs of the users, delivering on their expectations and delighting them in the process. Well-designed applications are rapidly adopted in the marketplace, resulting in big business for the organizations that create them. The Chief Experience Officer (CXO)—one of the newest executives to join the C-suite—is charged with leveraging best practices in design and user experience to gain market share. “People are realizing that a key differentiator for companies is the user experience,” Carola Fellenz Thompson, CXO at Splunk says. But in order to understand what…

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9 (often overlooked) things to consider before going mobile-first

Jan25
by on January 25, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, startup, YEC, Young Entrepreneur Council

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Having mobile presence is no longer an added bonus for businesses; it’s a necessity. When taking a mobile-first approach, it’s important to remember that mobile and desktop are vastly different. Many elements get overlooked when making this transition, which can easily have a negative impact on your bottom line. To narrow this transition gap, I asked nine entrepreneurs from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) the following: What’s one overlooked thing tech startups must change as they switch to a mobile-first approach to new development projects? Their best answers are below: 1. Beta Testing Recently, Google and Apple have made it easier to…

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