PrivacyGrade, developed by a team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, rates Android-based applications for privacy and security. Apps for Android devices are rated based on “the gap between people’s expectations of an app’s behavior and the app’s actual behavior”. If an app’s privacy does not meet expectations, it will score poorly. For example: Google […]
In part four of his interview with The Cleaning Crew, Bryley Systems Inc. President, Gavin Livingstone, explains some of the steps a small business can take to protect their online identity.
Anna D, Account Executive at Bryley Systems, reveals how she overcame some frustrations with Windows 8 and set it up for business use. “My experience with Windows 8 started out a little bumpy, but with a few tweaks, I was able to customize the OS (operating system) to be more suitable for my business needs. […]
We received a seemingly legitimate email from YGDNS.org professing to square-away the ownership use of our domains, Bryley.com and Bryley.net, in China; the email was marked “urgent” and came with a person’s name, business address, etc. I queried Mike Carlson, our CTO, who gave this reply: “No serious problems, but certainly a scam. If you […]
In part three of his interview with The Cleaning Crew, Bryley Systems President, Gavin Livingstone, answers the question “what are some of the threats associated with cyber security?”
The aging, magnetic-stripe credit cards are being replaced by EMV, a new standard with an embedded microchip that stores encoded user credentials with an optional PIN. These two capabilities combine to reduce fraud by making EMV cards harder to clone and more difficult to use if stolen. However, retailers and other merchants will need to […]
In part two of the interview with The Cleaning Crew, Bryley Systems President, Gavin Livingstone, explains why cyber security is sometimes overlooked within small businesses.
This is a multi-part series on recommended IT practices for organizations and their end-users. Additional parts will be included in upcoming newsletters. In general, software manufacturers update their products for these reasons: Resolve problems Fix vulnerabilities Make easier to use Provide new features The first two are of significant concern, particularly with operating systems (Microsoft […]
The crystal ball is still foggy, but here are my thoughts on Microsoft versus Google and (what I believe is) the battle for world domination. (Microsoft sales are around $77B, primarily from Windows software (25%), business software (32%), and server software (25%); Google is about $55B with approximately 87% of its revenue from advertising.) Notice, […]
In an effort to bridge the gap between current Windows 8.1 and upcoming Windows 10 (not sure what happened to Windows 9), Microsoft is shepherding a dramatic decrease in the prices of consumer PCs and Windows-based devices. These price decreases started in October with year-over-year reductions of 10% and falling, particularly for consumer-class PCs; higher-priced, […]
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