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Report: Targeted Cyber-Attacks Increased by 91% in 2013

Targeted cyber-attacks drastically increased in 2013, with a 91% increase in “spear-phishing” incidents, according to the Internet Security Threat Report 2014 by software company Symantec. The report refers to 2013 …

Startup Hits Tech Bus Stops in an Attempt to Poach Employees

A startup e-commerce company called Bigcommerce took a bold approach to hiring techies for its new San Francisco office, using breakfast sandwiches and coffee to help with their recruiting efforts. …

France Prohibits Work Emails after 6 PM

France, the nation of 35 hour work weeks and five weeks of paid vacation, has just passed legislation that makes checking work emails after-hours illegal for some residents. Worker unions …

Chili’s Cancels Autism Event after Social Media Backlash

A wave of negative feedback through Facebook and Twitter forced Chili’s Grill & Bar to cancel a nationwide fundraising effort scheduled for April 7 that would have donated 10% of …

Millennial Females Bring in the Most Referral Traffic through Social Media

Getting Millennial females engaged with a company may help bring in more referral traffic, according to new data from social commerce company, ShopSocially. Using data from the ShopSocially platform, the …

UCLA Has the Most Driven Students in the Country

The University of California, Los Angeles, has the most driven students in the country, based on a report from the company Views On You.

The company, based in London, gathers information from students to help match them with the companies that best match their skill sets.

The company bases a person’s personality on three factors – energy, which gauges how you work; interpersonal, which gauges how you interact with others; and intelligence, which gauges how you think.

Cyber Attackers Find New Way To Hack Journalism Sites

By MARY PATRICK The Syrian Electronic Army recently found a new way to hack major media websites, breaching a news recommendation engine that appears on the pages that contain news …

Tech Startup TurboVote Helps You Vote, and Vote Well

Tech start-up TurboVote is helping colleges institutionalize voter registration on campus. According to TurboVote , they want to make voting “as…

Yahoo’s Tumblr Acquisition Represents New Age of Business Purchases

“We promise not to screw it up.” This is how Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer introduced the news of her company’s Tumblr acquisition when she announced it as…

Social Media in the Office? Businesses Still Prove Hesitant

A report released by Towers Watson this May shows that, despite every-growing interest in social networking, many businesses still balk at using social…