Smartphones becoming prime target for criminal hackers

Cybersecurity analysts say nefarious forces are increasingly turning their attention to the most personal computer you own, the one you carry everywhere and trust with some of your most sensitive secrets – your smartphone.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/smartphones-becoming-prime-target-for-criminal-hackers-1.2561126

Whisper and Secret bring back anonymous online identities

New phone apps such as Whisper and Secret revitalize the idea that "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog."

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Tech/2014/0305/Whisper-and-Secret-bring-back-anonymous-online-identities

Facebook cracks down on online gun sales

Facebook is introducing reforms to the way it handles the sales of regulated items, especially guns, according to a press release from the company.

http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/03/facebook-cracks-down-on-online-gun-sales/

Digital publishers making profits out of print

Print, long bashed as a relic of a bygone era, seems to be making a comeback with an unlikely bunch of backers — digital-content companies.

http://nypost.com/2014/03/04/digital-publishers-making-profits-out-of-print/

Twitter's Audience For Oscars Nearly Matched ABC's

According to data just released by Twitter, more than 37 million people viewed Oscar-related tweets on Sunday night, either ontwitter.com or through one of its apps. That mean’s Twitter’s audience for the Oscars was almost as large as ABC’s, which totaled 43 million viewers. And that TV audience was the largest for an Academy Awards broadcast since 2000.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2014/03/04/wow-twitters-audience-for-oscars-nearly-matched-abcs/

Conservatives send email blast to addresses harvested from Aga Khan livestream

The Conservative party sent out a mass email on Tuesday to web surfers who handed over their email addresses so that they could watch online videos of the Muslim religious leader the Aga Khan make appearances with Prime Minister Stephen Harper last week.

http://o.canada.com/news/conservatives-send-email-blast-to-addresses-harvested-from-aga-khan-livestream/

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