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Recently, the police's ability to access someone's phone has been a hot topic in American news. I'm sure we all remember the ordeal involving Apple and the FBI in regards to the San Bernadino shooter's phone privacy. It raised a lot of questions about how far the police are allowed to go before infringing on an individual's rights in the search for justice and the truth.
 Why You Need to Know: Now, the issue is being raised again in regard to a dead man's phone, but police are avoiding problems by taking the phone company out of the equation all together. How are they doing this? Well, they're having a 3D model made of the dead man's fingerprints. |
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Security threats can come from anywhere, but they most often occur from the inside. These types of threats are on the rise: in a recent report, 39 percent of IT professionals admitted they were more concerned about the threat from their own employees than the threat from outside hackers.
Why You Need to Know: The successful prevention of any threat depends on our ability to accurately define and identify it – ideally before it has infiltrated our networks and data. When addressing the risk of Insider Threats, we must look beyond those who are intentionally doing harm and place equal emphasis on those who are simply doing their job. |
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Communications-enabling applications are well on their way to becoming mainstream, as Alan Percy, senior director of product marketing at Dialogic, notes. He points out that Snapchat, Uber, and WhatsApp are all examples of this, and that they have helped users understand the value of having a two-way, data-enabled instant conversation with a provider or friend, and without having to initiate a telephone call.
Why You Need to Know: Given the Real Time Web Solutions solution event takes place next week, we thought now would be a good time to talk more with Percy (who will beamong the speakers at the New York City gathering) and Dialogic (which will be an exhibitor there) about this topic. |
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It's no secret that development and programming are very highly sought-after skills these days. Various tech jobs are consistently among the highest paying jobs in America, alongside doctors and lawyers, and as the tech world continues to influence other industries, be it medicine, manufacturing or finance, the demand for programmers will only grow.
Why You Need to Know: There are all sorts of different languages and frameworks to pick from when it comes to development, though, so how do you choose which one is best for you to master? That decision partially depends on your specific skill sets and interests, but it is also worth taking into consideration the tech trends that are poised for major growth in the coming years. |
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We humans have become quite adept at modifying and upgrading tools and machines to make our lives easier. And now we're starting to move beyond just tinkering with individual systems to overhauling entire business processes.
Why You Need to Know: Today's Work Hackers replace manual tasks with applications to accelerate the way we work. The case of how the IT organization at Cars.com - not satisfied with the status quo - saved thousands of man-hours across multiple departments is an excellent example of this new breed of Work Hacker. |
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