Top Maryland lawmakers announced Friday they were informed by the FBI about links between a Russian oligarch and the software company that services parts of the state’s voter registration systems. Officials said there is no evidence of a breach in the system, but wanted to keep the public informed. State officials said the connections were alarming enough to ask the state’s attorney general to review the contract Maryland has with the company. “We don’t have any idea whether they meddled in the elections at all,” Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch said during a Friday press conference. “We just know that…
Author: Loknath Das
Do you know someone going off to college who’s clueless about money? What if they’re clueless about why they’re going in the first place? Then Finance is Personalby Kim Stephenson and Ann Hutchins should be on their summer reading list. Even those further along in their careers will benefit from portions of this book (as I did). The most valuable aspect of the book is how it elevates self-knowledge and personal development over the nuts and bolts of personal finance. You must understand yourself and your true motivations before doing any financial education or planning. Early on the authors acknowledge that…
You don’t need to be clued into the expansive pharmaceutical industry to understand that it’s one of the biggest and fastest growing sectors of the international market. Valued at $86 billion as of 2015, it’s one of the biggest industries in the world and shows no signs of slowing. But while growth continues steadily upwards, big pharma companies are increasingly looking to software developers to improve patient experience and increase revenue. Patient experience is a wide-ranging term used to describe how consumers interact with the medical services and products they receive. As technology improves and becomes more decentralized, users are looking…
Social media has become an increasingly important entity for businesses hoping to bridge the rural and urban gap between farmers and consumers. Social media’s power in agriculture lies in its ability to connect others, through building relationships and developing a community. It also allows producers the ability to tell their side of the story. Bost Farms’ director of social media, Rachel Bost, has experienced the digital age’s effect on agriculture and her company. Since 2012, she has found that their posts have gained more traction in terms of likes and shares. She said the online platform has allowed for transparency…
Amid a heightened awareness of school safety issues in the wake of shootings this spring, local districts could spend thousands of dollars next year to identify and receive instant alerts of potential threats made on social media. They’re considering joining together to pay for a Vermont-based company, Social Sentinel, to screen public posts on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites for language that indicates possible threats. Region 5 superintendents met Wednesday at the Education Service Center to discuss the program, which sends a notification to designated administrators when a possible threat is identified. Tweets or Instagram posts that include…
Eater is looking for a creative, organized, and ambitious social media manager with a focus on data and analytics to join our engagement team and help expand our social efforts and newsletters across the network. The ideal candidate should have a strong analytical background, with experience pulling numbers for different platforms and writing data reports for relevant stakeholders. They should also know how to write great headlines and tweets. We’re looking for smart, engaged people who understand our voice and want to grow our newsletters and social media presence. Candidates should have proven success experimenting with, exploring, and growing new platforms to…
State-run telecom firm BSNL on Wednesday unveiled the country’s first internet telephony service that will allow users to dial any telephone number in India through its mobile app. Now BSNL customers will be able to make calls using the company’s mobile app “Wings” to any phone number in the country. Before this, phone calls on mobile apps was possible within users of a particular app and not on telephone numbers. “In present competitive environment, increase in market share by BSNL is laudable. I congratulate BSNL management for internet telephony which will enable consumers to make call without SIM,” Telecom Minister…
Silhouettes of laptop and mobile device users are seen next to a screen projection of Whatsapp logo in this pi… Read More WhatsApp was created with all the noble intention to easily connect people worldwide. However, in the past few months, the downside to WhatsApp’s popularity has become quite evident. WhatsApp Groups have emerged as a lethal gun firing bullets in the form of fake news that have claimed over 30 innocent lives in the country. The fact that the messaging app is free, convenient to use and end-to-end-encrypted has made it ideal for large groups, who can function with partial anonymity.…
NEW DELHI: Ubisoft, a popular game developer and publisher widely known for its Assassin’s Creed series, as expected took the lid off from its new instalment in the line-up – Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. The title was teased last week itself but was unveiled in all its glory at the ongoing E3 2018conference. Fans will be able to get their hands on the title starting October 5 on Xbox One, Sony PlayStation 4 and PC. This time the gameplay takes place in Greece around 431BC at the time of Peloponnesian War. You will be able to play as Alexios or Kassandra in the game…
In another move to put a stop to the circulation of spam on its platform, WhatsApp is working on a Suspicious Link Detection feature. The new feature, which is presently said to be under testing, helps users detect suspicious links available within their WhatsApp messages. It is a part of the WhatsApp beta for Android version 2.18.204 and later, though not available for the masses at the initial stage. The latest development hits amidst different measures by the Facebook-owned company to limit the circulation of spam and fake news through the instant messaging app that has over 1.5 billion monthly active users worldwide.…