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Turn it off!

Google's chairman Eric Schmidt challenges recent graduates from Boston University to turn away from a careen for one hour a day. "Take your eyes off that screen and look into the eyes of the person you love. Have a conversation, a real conversation," he pleads. Maybe the sad part is that he has to ask in the first place...

Facebook went public today - you buying in? I've been busy making trades with Da Vinci's new currency platform, by Forex. So simple to use, and it tracks every trend, every change, and every trade for me. Because I have a feeling Facebook's stock will pull a LinkedIn - spike with curiosity, then dip drastically once the fervor is over.

Re-claim control of your portfolio

Remember back to 2008? The economy collapsed. America sank into its greatest depression in nearly a century. The culprit? Corruptible individuals entrusted with other peoples’ money.

DON’T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN!

Da Vinci's Trading System empowers the average citizen to manage their own financial portfolio. Why trust a broker when you can broker trades from your Smartphone? Da Vinci’s innovative platform makes manipulating the currency market faster, easier, and more secure than ever before. The trading terminal maximizes the user experience and can increase the efficiency of any business that offers online trading. With Back office, specific reports for every type of business entity cover events generated by you, other users and the system.

But what good is technology with reliability? Every professional has been in that situation where the system crashes. Java melts down. You’re waiting on that pivotal trade but for whatever reason, it’s taking forever to execute the transaction. These issues result in unnecessary stress on you and your clients. Worst of all – you’ve lost credibility. And in business, credibility is everything.

Da Vinci eliminates these typical pitfalls with the most advanced, stable and fast online currency-trading platform available to date. Delivering real-time exchange rates, Da Vinci utilizes multiple graphs and charting functions simultaneously, all with minimum data streaming. Because even the slightest delay can mean the difference in hitting it big, and losing it all. A sophisticated algorithm automatically manages counterparty risk between trading clients and liquidity providers. The Matching System is specifically engineered to limit risk by eliminating the potential for human error – something 2008 desperately could have used.

So go ahead – take back control of your financial destiny. Whether you’re a seasoned broker or a first-timer, Da Vinci gives you flexibility in trading, so you can focus more on your portfolio, and relax... 

Not Feelin' Greek

Leftist in the Greek government shot down a proposal today to switch to a technocracy - a government controlled by scientists and the best and brightest in technological fields. I mean, why would you want someone with a genius IQ in control of society anyways? The greasy politicians are doing such a great job already... NOT.

Patch job

Adobe released an emergency update today to fix a glitch in their Flash Player for Windows. The glitch allows hackers to crash or take control of affected machines. Needless to say, concerns over the sale of personal information have arisen. Just hope you don't see your social security number for sale on the dark side of Craigslist. And yes, there's a dark side of Craigslist, no matter how much they clean it up. Cleanup your act and sure up your computers security with Vault Revolution.

Don't hold your breathe...

The jury is still deliberating in the much anticipated Oracle v. Google case. Oracle claims that up to nine lines of computer code in the Android operating system were lifted from Java, infringing on their copyright. Google argues that the code constitutes fair use -- code should be made available to all so it can be manipulated and reimagined. As of this afternoon, the jury is still out, and some experts suggest that once they reappear, if they see their shadows, we may be in for one long spring..

Word of the day: contextualism

When Google steals your data, it's to help themselves. When Apple does it, it's to help guys creep on girls with an app.

Read more about how Apple has decided to join Google in the controversy pool HERE.

Get an Ivy League Education...for free!

Harvard has announced plans to offer an array of curriculum to ANYONE interested in learning. Price of admission? Nothing at all! Just a determined attitude if you plan on making it all the way to finals. Harvard's involvement follows MIT's announcement in December that it was starting an open online learning project to be known as MITx. Its first course, Circuits and Electronics, began in March, enrolling about 120,000 students -- some 10,000 of whom made it through the recent midterm exam. Those who complete the course will get a certificate of mastery and a grade, but no official credit. Similarly, edX courses will offer a certificate but will carry no credit. So...you don't get that all important degree the modern job market demands. But you will expand your mind. And in the end, life is learning. Now that the Ivy League has started to tap into the web's true potential, let's hope more universities, corporations and government agencies wise up.

Make a mistake? It's OK, the government has your back

I'm almost tired of typing the word "Google" on this blog. But how can I help it? Each day they come up with a way to outdo themselves. Leapfrogging from patent suits to privacy scandals- you'd think this would have a negative affect on the company. You'd think... But this is America. A world so concerned with everyone receiving their participation trophies that they forget competetivness is the key to staying on top. So we bail out the auto companies. Rubberize the ground in our parks. Make sure no one gets hurt, no matter how flagrantly they mismanage their vehicle's MPGs or swing for a monkey bar that's well out of reach. People fall. Knees get scrapped. Getting back up used to be American. Now things are handed out. Google just signed a big email contract with the U.S. government, beating out Microsoft. Wasn't Google just in the news... Something about leaked passwords... Well let's just hope that doesn't include nuclear launch codes in the future...

A Face and Name to go with it!

Marius Milner: aka the man the knows "too much about Wi-fi." Finally, the FCC has concluded  its investigation into Google's Mapping scandal, and revealed Milner to be the "rogue" programmer responsible for the code that  "scooped" up user information. Read more about the face that launched a thousand clicks HERE.

Internet speed drops while adoption speed soars. Too many newborns stealing my bandwidth. I say, the next time you think about skipping birth control, think about how frustrating it is waiting for Hulu to load.

Read more HERE.

Another Success Story

I use this blog a lot to voice my concerns on technology and the implications it can have on creative license. Well, just when I think EVERY news story is filled with doom and gloom, I come across something like THIS.

 Eric Migicovsky was just an exchange student who enjoyed cycling. He asked himself a very simple question: "Why can't I see who's calling me on my wrist?" This month, Eric's special watch that syncs with android technology hits the market. That's right -- for all of you extreme cyclists out there, you can finally answer all of your phone calls when cruising and losing weight. Imagine your next board meeting via blue tooth while you enjoy the sheer beauty that is the Pacific Coast highway. All possible, and easy, thanks to Migicovsky's "Pebble."

Mistake? Nah... just too good to pass up

Google had previously said that the unencrypted information in collected from unknowing bystanders during its mapping service was a 'mistake'. However, a recent report by the FCC concluded that the company KNOWINGLY collected the information. Why? Because it was just too good of an opportunity to pass up! If you were in charge of mapping the face of the planet, while simultaneously being able to study and chart human behavior and tendencies, wouldn't you figure out a way to profit off of this information? Facebook already links your 'Likes' and Interests to advertisement banners. Google just went a step further and pried into  people's private information for a glimpse at untapped demographic analysis.

Read more about Google getting caught with their hand in the cookie jar HERE.

Hotmail not feeling so hot

Are you waiting on a crucial email and about to smash your laptop because, for whatever reason, the password you use for EVERYTHING isn't logging you in? Take a breathe. It's not your fault. Some hackers out there have offered to hack Hotmail accounts for as little as $20 a pop. Their technique centers on a bug in the system concerning users resetting their passwords. With over 350 million active users, Hotmail is the world's largest email provider. Luckily, Microsoft has developed a quick fix for the bug in the system. So I hope you've refrained from smashing that laptop.

You know you're in trouble when, as a company, you're fighting as many fronts as America's military.  Read more about Google causing a storm in Europe HERE.

Kaspersky: Hey, Apple! Welcome to Microsoft’s world, it’s full of malware | TechBlog | a Chron.com blog

Vault Revolution's religious about security. It's about time the big boys follow suit. Read more HERE.

Google: the bully who won't stop shaking you upside down for every last cent of your lunch money

Recently, online storage facilities have been trending like crazy. Dropbox, iCloud, SkyDrive -- that's just to name a few. It's convenient because we've all been there -- our hard drive crashes, and every important document, every precious picture, is lost to ones and zeros forever. Online storage allows you to access your files anywhere in the world. But... did you read the fine print on the Terms of Service you so readily agreed to?

Google’s privacy policy claims it won’t use your files to do anything other than “provide, maintain, protect and improve [its services]," but if a file is set to "public," then it's fair game for Google to use in commercials. That means your photos could end up on TV as Google promotes their drowning Google+ services.

Read more HERE.

Wireless information. Bah! With everyone's head in 'the Cloud' it's easy lose track of the little things. Like your social security number. Bank password...

Apple may have infringed on some of Motorola's patents for 3G technology, prompting grandmothers and grandfathers across the country to ask: "What the heck is a 'G'?"

Read more HERE.