Nearly a Fifth of U.S. PCs Have No Antivirus Protection, McAfee Finds
Posted by PCWorld
A McAfee study of PCs around the world found that 17 percent had no antivirus protection, and the U.S. outpaced the average with 19 percent of PCs unprotected.
The study counted as unprotected machines those that had no antivirus protection installed, or whose antivirus subscription had expired. In the U.S., 12 percent of PCs did not contain any antivirus program, and 7 percent had software that was expired.
McAfee analyzed data from voluntary scans of 27 million machines in 24 countries. According to the company, the study was the first to examine machines directly rather than polling their users. User polls have typically found that six percent of PCs are not protected by antivirus softwar[...]
Continue ReadingThe study counted as unprotected machines those that had no antivirus protection installed, or whose antivirus subscription had expired. In the U.S., 12 percent of PCs did not contain any antivirus program, and 7 percent had software that was expired.
McAfee analyzed data from voluntary scans of 27 million machines in 24 countries. According to the company, the study was the first to examine machines directly rather than polling their users. User polls have typically found that six percent of PCs are not protected by antivirus softwar[...]
Inventory Management Startup Stitch Labs Now Offers Shipping Through ShipStation
Posted by TechCrunch
Founded on the premise of making it easier for independent creators to interact with their customers, Stitch Labs launched to offer a cloud-based solution for small businesses that wish to manage CRM, product orders, and inventory management. Now it’s taking that a step further by helping SMBs complete the full cycle of sales transactions through an integration with Austin-based startup ShipStation to handle shipping and order fulfillment for customers.Through its partnership with ShipStation, Stitch Labs will help SMBs close the loop with customers, taking them all the way through shipping and order fulfillment. While Stitch handles all the inventory management for its customers, Shi[...]
Continue ReadingKicksend Releases An Android App For Sharing All Your Photos, Videos, and More
Posted by TechCrunch
Last December, file-sharing startup Kicksend went mobile, with an iPhone app designed to enable easy sharing of photos and videos that are captured from your mobile device. Now, six months later, the startup is taking that same functionality and making it available to Android users as well.Kicksend, which was incubated as part of the Y Combinator Summer 2011 class, aims to make file-sharing easy, with a way to share and access photos, videos, and other large files across multiple platforms. The startup has a web application at kicksend.com that lets users connect to all their files online. It also has access through a desktop app for Mac users, and an app for iPhone users as well. And now it[...]
Continue ReadingNokia to sell Batman-branded Lumia 900 smartphones
Posted by VentureBeat
In terms of blockbuster movies, this summer is more or less devoted to Super-Heroes. It kicked off with The Avengers, and will be followed by the next Amazing Spider-Man film and the long-awaited sequel from Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Rises.
Inevitably, this also means product placement, which has now come to the world of smartphones. Nokia is preparing to sell a customized Lumia 900 black Batphone featuring the familiar bat symbol on the back. The logo is laser etched into the polycarbonate body of the Window Phone 7 handset, much like its predecessor, the Lumia 800 custom Batphone.
And while having a Batphone is undoubtedly cool, clipping it to your waist like a utility belt is sti[...]
Continue ReadingInevitably, this also means product placement, which has now come to the world of smartphones. Nokia is preparing to sell a customized Lumia 900 black Batphone featuring the familiar bat symbol on the back. The logo is laser etched into the polycarbonate body of the Window Phone 7 handset, much like its predecessor, the Lumia 800 custom Batphone.
And while having a Batphone is undoubtedly cool, clipping it to your waist like a utility belt is sti[...]
Facebook’s $100M purchase of Face.com would actually make sense
Posted by VentureBeat
Facebook is rumored to be in talks to purchase facial recognition tech startup Face.com, according to a report from Israeli business publication Calcalist (Google Translate).
Unlike the social giant’s rumored push into smartphone device making with a Facebook-branded phone, spending money on buying a facial recognition actually makes lots of sense. Facebook is one of the biggest photo sites on the planet, and the vast majority of those photos contain pictures of friends, family, and parties — all with lots of faces. Being able to easily identify those faces would easily translate into a higher traffic return, and hopefully higher advertising revenue. There’s also the fact t[...]
Continue ReadingUnlike the social giant’s rumored push into smartphone device making with a Facebook-branded phone, spending money on buying a facial recognition actually makes lots of sense. Facebook is one of the biggest photo sites on the planet, and the vast majority of those photos contain pictures of friends, family, and parties — all with lots of faces. Being able to easily identify those faces would easily translate into a higher traffic return, and hopefully higher advertising revenue. There’s also the fact t[...]
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