Posts By: Jim Clark

Did The iPhone’s ‘Find My Friends’ Already Out A Cheating Wife?

Posted by & filed under Apple, Cyberforensics, EXAM ARTICLE, FaceBook, IS ethics, Privacy, Security.

Description: Welcome to iCheers, where everybody knows your whereabouts. Both Apple and Foursquare are offering new tools for iOS5 that will let us know where our friends are at all times. Source: Forbes.com Date: Oct 17, 2011 Late Saturday night, “ThomasMetz” posted to MacRumors (via 9to5Mac) about how he turned his wife’s iPhone into a… Read more »

A fond farewell to Steve Jobs

Posted by & filed under Apple, branding, business models, smartphones.

Description: New York Times technology columnist comments on how when Steve Jobs died, the country lost not one but four of its greatest minds. Source: CBSNEWS.com Date: Oct 9, 2011 Questions for discussion: Can Apple be just as successful in the next five years with out Steve Jobs as the past five years with Steve… Read more »

Hackers learn to ditch black hats for white collar security jobs

Posted by & filed under cyber terroism, cyber war, EXAM ARTICLE, hackers.

Description: Computer hacking has always been a pursuit driven more by geeky passion than a quest for profits. But it is now becoming a pathway to earning serious money. Source: globeandmail.com Date: Oct 10, 2011 A decade ago, a skilled hacker who discovered a software security flaw had two choices: he could tell the company… Read more »

New iPhone Conceals Sheer Magic

Posted by & filed under Apple, smart phones, smartphones, Software, System development, telecomunications.

Description: What’s in a name? A lot, apparently. Apple’s new iPhone is called the iPhone 4S. But what people really wanted was the iPhone 5. Source: NYtimes.com Date: Oct 11, 2011 The rumors online had predicted the second coming — or, rather, the fifth coming. It would be wedge-shaped! It would be completely transparent! It… Read more »

Global glitch bruises RIM

Posted by & filed under Blackberry, branding, business models, Denial of service, EXAM ARTICLE, RIM, wireless networks.

Global glitch bruises RIM Description: A major technical glitch affected BlackBerry service across much of the globe Wednesday, delaying e-mails and messages for an estimated 30 to 40 million users – about half of RIM’s customer base of 70 million. Source: CNN.com & Globe and Mail.com Date: Oct 13, 2011 The problems, which began earlier… Read more »

Facebook Keeps A History Of Everyone Who Has Ever Poked You, Along With A Lot Of Other Data

Posted by & filed under FaceBook, free speech, IS ethics, national culture, Privacy.

Description: Most of you probably know that Facebook knows a lot about you. But did you know that if you were to print it out, it might take up about 880 pages? Source: Forbes.com Date: Sept 27, 2011 European users can request their information with this Facebook form (instructions here). Max Schrems of Europe v…. Read more »

Retail giant’s @Walmartlabs plans to reinvent online shopping with ‘social commerce’

Posted by & filed under Business Intelligence, business models, Ecommerce, Sentiment Analysis, Twitter.

Description: Wal-Mart is hoping the two start-up mavens can reinvent its own e-commerce platform, which has lagged competitors. Source: Gobe & Mail.com Date: Oct. 3, 2011 Tucked in the heart of Silicon Valley, Wal-Mart (WMT-N52.120.210.41%) has assembled a team of 70 developers, computer engineers and researchers – dubbed @WalmartLabs – in an aggressive attempt to… Read more »

Child Porn or Free Speech

Posted by & filed under EXAM ARTICLE, free speech, pornography, Privacy, Social Media.

Description: Anderson Cooper looks at a portion of the user-generated news site Reddit and its potentially illegal content. Source: CNN .com. Date: Oct 1, 2011 Questions for discussion: Who should police the content on the Internet? Why Is there any content that should not be allowed on the internet? What?