Tag Archives: user data

Forget Fingerprints, Your Face Is A Security Key

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No system is unhackable. But to hear Hector Hoyos describe his company’s latest security offering, it’s hard to imagine cyber-intruders easily breaking through the barriers he’s created. He’s...
    






Facebook To Help Brands Convert 55 Million U.S. Hispanics

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In 2014 brands must finally resolve their fate with Hispanic consumers. Most companies see only the growing number of Hispanic consumers and their estimated $1.5B purchasing power in 2015, yet fail...
    






Pandora Mines Music Data Trove For Better Ads

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A few months ago, I spoke with Eric Bieschke, Pandora’s’ Chief Scientist, for a story about the company’s approach to analyzing the music listening data it gleans from its 72 million active...
    






Trust Nobody As Another ‘Web 2.0’ Service Is Switched Off By Google

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I know it’s an occupational hazard, but the news that another useful connected application is to be switched off increases my wariness of committing 100% to anything new. Bump Technologies was...
    






Prediction 2014: Hardware Is The New Software

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The biggest thing that I noticed in 2013 was the amount of energy in small hardware startups. Even without a really robust infrastructure for the Internet of Things (IoT), the same kinds of...
    






4.6 Million Snapchat Usernames And Phone Numbers Captured By API Exploit

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Anonymous hackers have claimed to use the reported Snapchat API exploit to compile a database of 4.6 million Snapchat usernames and their associated phone numbers and geographical regions. The site...
    






Pandora is Mining User Registration Data for Advertisers

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Were something to happen to the cookie policy at Pandora, it would still survive the blitz. That is because Pandora has all the information regarding its users who sign in at its fingertips....