Posts Categorized: Digital Policy

Google’s data mining raises questions of national security

Posted by & filed under Analytics, cloud services, cyber war, data analytics, data mining, Data storage, Digital Policy, Security.

Description: Free cloud service providers collect and store massive amounts of personal data. While this data is usually well-protected and secure, given the right incentive, there is no question that hackers could compromise the security of even the largest cloud service providers. So what are governments doing to protect their sensitive data? Source: TheGuardian  Date: October 15,… Read more »

Why California Is Banning Social Media from the Hiring Process

Posted by & filed under Digital Policy, ethics, FaceBook, Human Resources, social impacts, Social Media.

Description: California is attempting to pass a law that would completely remove social media from the hiring process. This includes denying employers the right to ask candidates for their social media logins and removing social media as a source of determining whether or not a person is “unfit or competent” to fill a position. Source:… Read more »

High-Speed Trading: My Laser Is Faster Than Your Laser

Posted by & filed under bandwidth, business models, Digital Policy, disruptive technology, market intelligence.

Description: A new fiber-optic cable being built across the Atlantic that will give a select number of high-frequency traders a tiny speed advantage in trading times between New York and London. Source: BusinessWeek .com Date: April 24, 2012 As of this morning, it appears someone will. A small company called Perseus Telecom, in partnership with… Read more »

Taser’s Latest Police Weapon: The Tiny Camera and the Cloud

Posted by & filed under Cloud Computing, Cyberforensics, Data storage, Digital Policy, Privacy.

Description: Sgt. Brandon Davis vividly recalled the moment before he killed Eric Wayne Berry, but it was not the way it really happened. Source: nytimes.com Date: Feb 21, 2012 The shooting, tragedy that it was, was speedily cleared by his superiors because the entire incident was captured on tape. “It happened at noon on a… Read more »

iPhone 4S devours data twice as fast as previous model

Posted by & filed under Digital Policy, Hardware, iPad, iphone, ISPs, revenue model, telecomunications, wireless networks.

Description: Apple’s new iPhone 4S consumes on average twice as much data as the previous iPhone model and even more than iPad tablets due to increasing use of online services like the virtual personal assistant Siri, an industry study showed. Source: theglobeandmail.com Date: Jan 6, 2012 When Apple rolled out the iPhone 4S in October,… Read more »

Laptop Wi-Fi said to nuke sperm, but caveats abound

Posted by & filed under Digital Policy, education, healthcare, Human Resources.

Description: The digital age has left men’s nether parts in a squeeze, if you believe the latest science on semen, laptops and wireless connections. Source: www.reuters.com Date: November 29, 2011 In a report in the venerable medical journal Fertility and Sterility, Argentinian scientists describe how they got semen samples from 29 healthy men, placed a… Read more »

Smartphones join stethoscopes in the doctor’s first aid kit

Posted by & filed under Blackberry, Business Intelligence, Digital Policy, EXAM ARTICLE, industry analysis, iPad, iphone, Uncategorized.

Description: Dr. Mitchell led the development of ResolutionMD Mobile, the world’s first smartphone radiology product to win regulatory approval for primary diagnostic use. Source: globeandmail.com Date: Nov 16, 2011 For two years, the Mayo Clinic has been using the original desktop version of ResolutionMD to help stroke victims in rural Arizona. As such web-enabled technology… Read more »

How to increase your search engine optimization

Posted by & filed under Digital Policy, EXAM ARTICLE, Google, industry analysis, IS ethics, SEO.

Description: Every company wants to be the first listing in a Google search. Some spend thousands of dollars making sure their websites are search accessible. This process is called search engine optimization (SEO). It’s certainly legal and quite common. Source: USAToday .com. Date: Sept 16, 2011 Big problems arise when you employ illegal tactics, often… Read more »