tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30883369430639151672024-03-21T12:40:05.653-07:00Dieter ZieglerDieter Zieglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02514378122027139943noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088336943063915167.post-11675578506401850742016-09-01T03:10:00.000-07:002017-09-11T23:09:36.903-07:00Facebook’s New Image Stabilization Tech Makes Shaky 360-Degree Videos Smoother<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Facebook is investing more resources into 360-degree video, a format that is gaining popularity on its platform as more users gain access to 360 cameras. The company’s last count revealed that 250,000 360-video clips had been uploaded to the <b>social network</b> since September.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Today, <b>Facebook</b> announced that it is testing a newly built <b>image stabilization </b>technology specifically designed to make 360 videos smoother. Facebook claims that its tech is unique in that it combines standard 2D algorithms with 3D techniques, and a new “deformed-rotation” motion model, to create a hybrid stabilization architecture. The company plans to eventually roll the system out on its social network, and the Oculus VR platform.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">What this fundamentally means for general users is that your 360 videos that capture motion will soon be optimized to eliminate any shaky footage that detracts from the format’s immersive experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">“As [360-video] cameras become more prevalent, the range and volume of 360 content are also expanding,” states Johannes Kopf, research scientist at Facebook. “It’s not always easy to keep the camera steady and avoid shaking, particularly when filming motion (like a mountain bike ride or a walking tour) with a handheld camera.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Facebook states that the tech improves efficiency for <b>360-degree video</b>, with a 10-20 percent reduction in bit rate for the same video quality. The system can also stabilize the format in less than 22 milliseconds per frame on a standard machine, allowing videos to be smoothed out in less time than it takes to play the video at normal speed. If you want an in-depth guide to how the tech works, you can read about it in Kopf’s dedicated blog post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Facebook is also testing a hyperlapse algorithm as an extension of its main stabilization system. The tool will allow users to speed up lengthy 360 videos (such as a long bike ride). It does this by changing the timing of the video frame timestamps to balance out the camera velocity. Facebook hopes to make the hyperlapse option available to all users in future versions of the tech.</span></div>
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Dieter Zieglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02514378122027139943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088336943063915167.post-65026684588785932982016-04-06T05:38:00.000-07:002017-09-11T23:09:46.295-07:00Google Maps Gets New Navigation Notification, Automatic Map Downloads, More<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Android: Google Maps just updated with a ton of tiny but useful changes. Chief among them, the persistent notification you see while using <b>Navigation</b> now has a new look that makes it much easier to tell where you’re going.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">In previous versions of <b>Google Maps</b>, if you launched Navigation and then left the app, the notification you’d see was visually identical to other notifications. This made it hard to tell at a glance where you were going. Now, the notification is bright green and has obvious direction arrows for each turn. This is so much nicer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">The new <b>app</b> also has a toggle to automatically download <b>map</b> areas. With this switch activated, <b>Google</b> will detect the areas you’re in most frequently and automatically download the areas. Those map downloads make it possible to search and use navigation even when your connection sucks, so it’s nice they’re automating the process. If you want to try out the new version, you can either wait for it to rollout or download it from APK Mirror.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">We’re only one week into March, and that means a monthly <b>security update</b> is due for <b>Android</b> devices. Google published details regarding March’s security update earlier today with a massive list of patches and other goodies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">With the exception of the Nexus 10 remaining on <b>Android 5.1.1 Lollipop</b>, all of the devices listed above are on <b>Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Don’t want to wait for <b>Google</b> to push a <b>software update</b> to your device? Then do things manually. Get the factory images from Google and follow these instructions provided by our Brad Ward. The over-the-air update should be rolling out in the coming days and weeks. Even later, owners of non-Nexus devices should expect to see March’s security update arrive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";">Facebook's Moments app was introduced last June as an easier way for people to share photos with their friends. Now a new update has widened Moments' scope, adding support for video, as well as pictures. The app — available on </span><b style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">iOS</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";"> and </span><b style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Android</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";"> — scans through your smartphone's photo roll using facial recognition </span><b style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">technology</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";"> to spot photos of specific pals, allowing you to automatically tag them without arduous busywork, and making it easier for you to share them directly with the people included in the picture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Moments has capitalized on Facebook's face recognition tech, but the new update doesn't bring the feature to videos — instead you'll need to manually add them to the slideshows the <b>app</b> creates from your pictures. <b>Facebook</b> has pushed Moments pretty hard so far, slotting advertising into users' <b>News Feeds</b>, and replacing its photo sync option on mobile with a link to the app. The company says this effort has paid off, driving more than 400 million photos to be shared between users since Moments' launch last year.</span></div>
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Dieter Zieglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02514378122027139943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088336943063915167.post-87355488477521499082016-03-02T04:25:00.000-08:002017-09-11T01:35:38.252-07:00Facebook Live Videos Will Be Given More Prominence Thanks To An Algorithm Update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";">Facebook has been heavily promoting its Live Videos feature since making it available to general users alongside celebrities in December. Now that the live streaming functionality is available on both </span><b style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">iOS</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";"> and </span><b style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Android</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";">, the social network is updating its </span><b style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">news feed</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";"> (the timeline of status updates you see when you log in) to display Live Videos above older clips.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Earlier this week, when <b>Facebook</b> introduced the feature for Android, it stated that on average people watch a video three times longer when it is live compared to when it is not live. The higher engagement rate was likely the catalyst for the update. As Facebook puts it, live streams are “more interesting in the moment than after the fact.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">This isn’t the first time Facebook has rejigged its News Feed <b>algorithm</b> around video clips. In 2014, Facebook made an <b>update</b> that moved videos that had higher viewership figures to the top of timelines. The <b>social network</b> also takes into account the likes, shares, and comments on a clip in order to ascertain its placement on the News Feed. Additionally, last year, its algorithm began showing users similar videos based on clips they had watched in the past. It also monitors a viewer’s interaction with a clip, including the muting of sound, whether HD capability has been turned on, and if the video is watched in full screen in order to suggest more content.</span></div>
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Dieter Zieglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02514378122027139943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088336943063915167.post-5324099107593302822016-02-23T23:12:00.000-08:002016-02-23T23:12:04.595-08:00Microsoft Planning To Release HoloLens Clicker Accessory To Improve Interactions With Holograms<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";">Microsoft HoloLens interaction model involves three key elements: Gaze, Gesture and Voice. Gaze – What you’re looking at, and how you target, Gesture – An “air-tap” gesture that HoloLens will recognize, and which allows you to drive selection, Voice – to control using voice commands. Gestures allows you to take action. Simply raise your hand with your index finger raised, and tap down with your index finger.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">While gestures work great on <b>HoloLens</b>, it may become inconvenient for users to use them again and again over a short period of time. To fix this problem, <b>Microsoft</b> is planning to release a bluetooth clicker <b>accessory</b> that will help you in interacting with Holograms. The clicker accessory looks like the above. You have elastic finger loop to avoid it from slipping from your hands and you can charge this device via micro USB.</span></div>
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Dieter Zieglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02514378122027139943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088336943063915167.post-71281917017460309952016-02-19T03:57:00.001-08:002017-09-11T01:36:09.262-07:00Do You Think Woocommerce Fits Your Business Expectations?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";"><span style="font-size: small;">A handful of <b>ecommerce</b> sites have been developed since few years, but among them, Magento is the most recommended one. With the arrival of WooCommerce, Wordpress had its scratches filled up. It is such an ease to use and you can even unify your blog, brochure and an online store within a single system. This is beneficial for improving <b>SEO</b>, makes management easier and <b>website development</b> cost is reduced when compared to 2 separate solutions.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";"><span style="color: red;">See Also:</span> <a href="http://dieterziegler.blogspot.in/2016/02/3-design-ideas-that-will-optimize.html">3 Design Ideas That Will Optimize Conversion On Your Fashion Store</a></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">It is explained clearly by Mark Forrester, the co-founder of Woo themes:</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">A solid, reliable base platform was established for free and open to the developers who wish to contribute and develop their own extensions.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">A great team of passionate developers was developed who can democratize eCommerce just like Wordpress democratized publishing and who are tuned to community wants.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";">These factors have been remarkable in the Wordpress history. The aftermath makes Wordpress the world’s leading CMS but now is the rival of </span><b style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Magento</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";"><span style="font-size: small;">Security and scalability are the two biggest concerns that most people have. These were the trending issues at WooConf and the industry experts presented insightful presentations.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">WooCommerce comes with a better caching system and it scales very easily, as said by the CTO of <b>Wordpress</b> hosts Pagely, Joshua Eichron. Ample of server resources are consumed only when the clients make calls to the server and visit the non-cached pages. However, for this, you just need to upgrade your server hardware in proportion to the number of purchases that take place, so you can keep the hosting expenses in control.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";"><span style="font-size: small;">Other <b>plugins</b> can possibly cause scaling problems. This is because they consume a good amount of resources. They can even prevent your pages from being cached. Thus, the limitations of scaling don’t lie in the amount of traffic or the number of transactions made. It is however stated by Eichron that <b>WooCommerce</b> is not the ideal solution for stores who have product in huge bulk. It gives satisfactory results for stores having products less than 100,000 products only. If products are above this, an alternative enterprise system is needed to be searched for. An advanced search of multiple products can make the database queries slow. This happens when the database structure is not planned carefully from the outset.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";">It is demonstrated that no system can be 100% secured. Still, WooCommerce is much secure like other equivalent systems in the market. The chances to add value to the businesses of the clients, along with eCommerce are becoming a trend.</span></div>
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Dieter Zieglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02514378122027139943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088336943063915167.post-1070534454486861262016-02-18T22:51:00.000-08:002017-09-11T01:36:22.757-07:00Facebook's Instant Articles Will Draw From More News Outlets<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Facebook first announced its so-called Instant Articles last May, serving up <b>news articles</b> quickly for mobile consumption. However, the list of publishers was super limited, but that's about to change. Starting in April, the social network will open up its Instant Articles platform to any publisher interested in taking advantage. If you'll recall, the tool lets you peruse a full article's contents without leaving the Facebook app, nixing the need to hop over to a <b>web browser</b> to do your reading.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";">Of course, this means that you'll spend more time using the <b>Facebook app</b> now that you don't have to wait for external pages to load. Zuckerberg & Co., have worked out the analytics and advertising side of things with publishers so the revenue and traffic numbers are all accounted for. Reports surfaced late last year that the quick-loading Instant Articles weren't bringing in a </span>lot<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";"> extra dough, but the feature was still <b>iOS</b>-only at that point. The platform launched on <b>Android</b> back in December, and it looks like <b>Facebook</b> is ready to keep expanding now that </span>its<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";"> giving everyone access.</span></span></div>
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Dieter Zieglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02514378122027139943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088336943063915167.post-30206733981811098062016-02-12T05:01:00.000-08:002018-02-27T22:10:21.569-08:00How Can I Get More Returns On Ecommerce Investment?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Your marketing strategy</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Your website pricing</span></li>
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For some clients, it is easy to sell products daily while some of them still
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">You need to analyze an entire business plan if you need to come up
with a good ecommerce website. Your ecommerce website becomes the ladder to
your success if you are an <b>ecommerce
website</b> owner. Your online store must be ideal to customers, i.e. it must
be responsive, reliable, inviting, trustworthy and customer-friendly. You need
to keep the customer clung to your websites and make sure that he faces
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Competitively Priced Products</span></h2>
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It is quite obvious that you need to manage all the sales of your products.
Depending upon the way you sell your product, the online market can become
price driven. Competitive pricing
doesn’t mean that you sell your products at cheaper rates. IF you are looking
forward for cheaper business, it is important to know that cheap product
businesses have lower budget due to tight margins. Moreover, it may be even
more difficult to grow that type of ecommerce business.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Marketplaces can fasten your product sales and thereby increase your product
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Your website can show increased sale and more audience if you come up with
optimum prices for your products, better than the other web stores.</span></span></div>
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Channel System Integrations</span></h2>
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If you sell your products at multiple marketplaces, other than your own website
too, then check out for channel system integration. Store Feeder, Channel
Advisor or Linnworks is some of the channel systems that can help you to manage
your product features like pricing and stocks very efficiently across multiple
channels. It will cut off your administration so that you can focus more on
marketing and price negotiation which are important, thus advantageous.</span></span></div>
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Website Marketing</span></h2>
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Once you are done with making up your website, integrated with a good channel
system and better pricing, the thing you need to focus at and work with is the
real asset- your ecommerce website. It is important to know that ecommerce
websites have great potential to gain remuneration than any other sources.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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You can increase your marketing fund. There are multiple types of marketing:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This is a marketing type that involves zero risk because you only
have to pay the affiliate only when you make some sales. There lies a main
difference between affiliate marketing and marketplace. You can drive an audience
to your website, the fees are lower and moreover, you can re-market to the
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">If you have an assist of a good <b>Pay-Per Click</b> (PPC) Marketing company, you can drive a good amount
of traffic to your website. It should be noted that it is important to monitor
cost per conversion and cost per click to know the profitability of your sales.
It is possible to have remunerative change in your business within 6 months of <b>PPC Marketing</b>. If not, it may be
doubtful about the effectiveness of your PPC Marketing Company.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">It is a well known fact that for any online website, <b>SEO</b> is the best long-term marketing
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Google is the search engine that keeps changing the algorithms. You need to
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Dieter Zieglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02514378122027139943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088336943063915167.post-66531436111162032572016-02-04T23:07:00.000-08:002017-09-11T01:37:17.192-07:00WhatsApp Smashes One Billion Monthly Users Milestone<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Mobile messaging service WhatsApp has demonstrated its growing popularity after it racked up a billion monthly users for the first time ever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">The record-breaking figures show the service is continuing to go from strength to strength since its acquisition by Facebook with 42bn texts and 250m videos being sent by the service daily.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Jack kent, mobile analyst at HIS, told the BBC: “Facebook had just started pushing people to its own standalone <b>Messenger apps</b> when it bought WhatsApp. But there was a risk it could have been acquired by a competitor and <b>Facebook</b> would lose millions of highly-engaged mobile users to a rival. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";">"But WhatsApp still faces those challenges from domestic players who monetise their services very well. It remains a competitive area."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">Originally Posted on</span></b> <a href="http://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/02/02/whatsapp-smashes-one-billion-monthly-users-milestone">http://www.thedrum.com/</a></span>
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Dieter Zieglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02514378122027139943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088336943063915167.post-18025570023942569622016-01-20T23:23:00.003-08:002017-09-11T01:37:41.890-07:00Facebook’s Android App Now Supports Browsing Via Anonymity Service Tor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Users of Facebook’s <b>Android app</b> can now privately browse the world’s largest social network through the anonymity service Tor, the company said on Tuesday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">The feature expands a collaboration that allowed <b>Facebook</b> users to directly access its site via Tor’s browser on personal computers. It comes as policymakers and technology companies debate whether digital privacy should be curbed to help regulators more easily thwart hackers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Kate Krauss, a spokeswoman for the Tor Project, a group of developers that oversees development of the anonymity software, said Android support could help expand Tor due to Facebook’s large following. Facebook has more than 1.5 billion monthly active users.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Tor is used to hide computer IP addresses, typically by concealing the identity of an Internet user. Its popularity has grown following revelations of U.S. spying on the Internet by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden in 2013.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Tor was funded by the U.S. government as a communications tool to be used by dissidents in oppressive countries, but it has increasingly drawn ire from U.S. spies who are frustrated by how difficult it is to monitor the platform’s users.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">Originally Posted on</span></b> <a href="http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/facebooks-android-app-now-supports-browsing-via-anonymity-service-tor-295928.html">http://tech.firstpost.com/</a></span>
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Dieter Zieglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02514378122027139943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088336943063915167.post-19434062418061106232016-01-08T22:40:00.000-08:002017-09-11T01:38:35.465-07:00WhatsApp Users Targeted By Phishing Campaign<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">A new malware attack targeting businesses and consumers using <a href="http://ausdroid.net/company/whatsapp/" title="WhatsApp">WhatsApp</a> has been discovered by the Comodo Antispam Labs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">As part of a random phishing campaign, cybercriminals are sending fake emails representing the information as official WhatsApp content to spread malware when the “message” is clicked on. The attack is aimed at PC’s rather than Android – but obviously with WhatsApp as a mobile app, this affects WhatsApp users on Android and other mobile OSes.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">A brief audio recording has been delivered! Jsvk</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">A sound announcement has been received sqdw</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">A brief video note got delivered. Atjvqw</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">The attachment contains a compressed (zip) file, in which a malware executable resides. The malware is a variant of the “Nivdort” family and usually replicates itself into different system folders, adding itself into an auto-run in the computer’s registry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">This type of email targeting is typical of how todays viruses are spread; be smart and don’t open attachments that are from people you don’t know, are unusual or out of context without seeking confirmation as to their legitimacy first – it’s asking for a nightmare!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">Originally Posted on</span></b> <a href="http://ausdroid.net/2016/01/08/whatsapp-targeted-by-phishing-campaign/">http://ausdroid.net/</a></span></div>
Dieter Zieglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02514378122027139943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088336943063915167.post-16919154190564001372015-12-18T00:46:00.001-08:002017-09-11T01:32:31.300-07:00Apple Releases First Public Beta of iOS 9.2.1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Just a day after developers got their hands on the first build of iOS 9.2.1, Apple issued the same software to members of its public beta program for testing.</span></div>
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Dieter Zieglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02514378122027139943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088336943063915167.post-65598667776040937942015-11-27T02:21:00.000-08:002017-09-11T01:31:53.063-07:0012 WordPress Maintenance Tasks to Perform in Your Downtime<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">It is quite common that some of the Wordpress users keep the tasks, important for fast, smooth and search engine-friendly website, on the backside of the <b>Wordpress</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">You must indeed learn about phpMyAdmin, modifying. htaccess so that it can be beneficial to you on the long run. Simultaneously, have enough knowledge so that your website doesn’t fall in the value of disrepair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">This post is all about the tasks you should be performing to improve your website in the way it needs to be in.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">See Also:</span> <a href="http://dieterziegler.blogspot.in/2015/12/4-things-beginner-developers-should.html">4 Things Beginner Developers Should Take Into Consideration</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva";">Backup Your Website</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Backing up your website means having your website insured and this should be the first task on your list.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">When you talk about backups, you need to keep in mind a few points:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">· Your backups must be kept at multiple locations like the cloud storage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">· Minimum of 3 backup versions must be kept over a specific period of time. If your website hacked earlier, and if you keep a backup of its clean version, then it can be the worst idea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">· Do not just keep the backup of the database, but even your files.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">You can find ample of ways to create your website backups, including plugins like BackupBuddy, via Cpanel and as an integration of their hosting packages, daily automated backups are provided by a few hosts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Backing up your website is very important, but keeping your Wordpress core, theme and plugin up-to-date lies in the same class of importance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">If you want yourself from being hacked, you need to keep your Wordpress up-to-date. When you install Wordpress, hosting companies facilitate you with an auto-update checkbox which is quite appreciable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Plugins are the backbone of Wordpress. There are approximately 38000 plugins from which you can choose the one appropriate for your task. You must consider 4 things before choosing one:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Is it compatible with your current version of Wordpress and was it updated?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">In case of issues, is any support provided?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Does it have a fine number of active installs?</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Keep in mind that if your plugin works well today won’t necessarily work well after a few days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">The rules for plugins that are mentioned above apply for themes too. Whenever you find an update for your installed themes, make sure you have your theme updated. Have a backup of your site and if you customize it, make sure you do not overwrite with the updated version.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Clean up your database to get rid of all the junk Wordpress can collect to have a smooth and quick run.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">If you have an appreciable amount of content on Wordpress and if you include plugins, it will undoubtedly have a large database and also the fine amount of “overhead”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Consider your database to be a library that is organized by Dewey- decimal system. You can assume some books can be borrowed and returned and it doesn’t take much time for an organized thing to get muddled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">A plugin WP-Sweep can be like your own personal librarian. It will keep each and everything cleaned up and in a tip-top, well-organized manner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">A good user experience can be provided by checking and maintaining your website’s functionality. Surprisingly, all the small details are sometimes overlooked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;"><b>Test Browser & Device Compatibility</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">You must test manually if you own more than two devices and make sure it works on all platforms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;"><b>Test your Forms</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">You must test your forms to make sure they are functioning well if it’s your primary point of contact.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;"><b>Check Navigation</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">If a user clicks on the link and is directed to the wrong site, or worse, if nowhere at all, nothing frustrates him more than that. Check if every link is responsive and directs the user to the proper site.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;"><b>Find and Fix 404 Errors</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">You will find a 404 error on the screen if the bot is unable to find a page. It will undoubtedly result in a bad user experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">An SEO spider, Screaming Fog can help you thoroughly check the website and see if it doesn’t show 404 error.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Google Page Speed Insights can help you check your page speed as it is a significant ranking factor from <b>Google</b>. You can help your website to gain speed by doing the following:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Use a well coded theme.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Use a hosting company that encourages content delivery network.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Images on your site must be optimized.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Always compare your page speed before and after addition of a plugin.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Though the importance of on-page SEO is decreasing due to increasing in the smartness of <b>Google’s algorithm</b>, there are still some basic guidelines you need to follow:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">H1 tag should be used for your title only.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Use your keyword in the URL, keeping the URL user-friendly.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">If your content has some specific topic, make sure you use your keyword at least once in a few hundred words.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Add an appropriate Meta description to each page and post.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Add outbound links to relevant sources or references.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Images used by you should be optimized.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">You need to get some security tips regarding your site if you want to prevent it from being hacked:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;"><b>Look for anything suspicious</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">You need to check on three points that can consume hardly a few minutes:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Plug your URL in a tool called Sucuri that will check for malware and make sure you are using a current Wordpress version.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">You must perform a regular check over your website and examine the content present in it.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">You can pull up your indexed pages by putting your website in Google using “site:yourdomain.com”.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;"><b>Consider a Security Plugin</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">When security is concerned, you must keep all files up-to-date, use a strong username and password and use a free plugin called Limit Login Attempts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">Even if you are not satisfied with the important aspects and want to still take your security up a notch, you can head towards plugin. All In One WP Security & Firewall and iThemes Security Plugin can be taken into consideration.</span></div>
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