23Mar 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Twitter CEO: Bitcoin will be the world’s ‘single currency’ in 10 years

Software Events
Twitter CEO: Bitcoin will be the world’s ‘single currency’ in 10 years Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey apparently has big visions for bitcoin that he believes that the cryptocurrency will become the world’s single currency within 10 years. “The world ultimately will have a single currency, the internet will have a single currency. I personally believe that it will be bitcoin.” Dorsey went on to say that the transition would happen “probably over ten years, but it could go faster,” which seems like an extremely unrealistic projection, even considering cryptocurrency’s meteoric rise in popularity over the past few months. Dorsey is also the CEO of Square, which recently added the option to buy and sell Bitcoin directly from the Square Cash app. Maybe Mr. Dorsey should know that On Tuesday, a 15-year-old from…
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22Mar 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Facebook is reportedly under FTC investigation

News Items, Software Events
Facebook is reportedly under FTC investigation Facebook has confronted a major issue where personal information was given to a vendor.  Is that a good or bad thing ?  First, this had nothing to do with the 2016 election but our private information was given to a 3rd party vendor.  Now that is the problem here.  Most Facebook users know that whatever is posted on their web sites is Facebook property so you give up on the photos, information, etc. over to the Facebook folks to use whenever they want. The Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Facebook violated a government privacy agreement by allowing Cambridge Analytica to obtain users’ personal data, according to a report from Bloomberg. Facebook agreed to the settlement, known as a consent decree, in 2011, after allegedly deceiving users…
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22Mar 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

High number of adults unable to do basic mathematical tasks

News Items, Software development Concepts
High number of adults unable to do basic mathematical tasks Adults have had difficult times dealing with employment and career advancement but now there is proof that Adults cannot perform simple math. Participants were asked questions such as: "Suppose, upon your trip to the grocery store you purchase four types of tea packs: Chamomile Tea (US$4.60), Green Tea (US$4.15), Black Tea (US$3.35) and Lemon Tea (US$1.80). If you paid for all these items with a US$20 bill, how much change would you get?" Four in every ten adults in places like England, Canada, Spain and the US can't make this straightforward calculation even when they had a calculator to hand. Similarly, less than half of adults in places like Chile, Turkey and South Korea can get the right answer. The results clearly highlight how…
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21Mar 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

LinkedIn users can now request job referrals from their connections

Microsoft Development, Software Events
LinkedIn users can now request job referrals from their connections LinkedIn has a new feature looking for referrals that could help job-seekers get a head start in their job search.  Users are connected to someone who works at a company with a job opening listed on LinkedIn, they can now ask that person for a referral.  LinkedIn is making it easy to find those jobs where you might have an in. Now on the desktop site, you can filter your job search by those that are "in your network" and at the top of those job listings, you'll see an "Ask for a referral" button. Click it and LinkedIn will display all of the people you're connected to that work at that company. You can then select which one you'd…
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21Mar 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Google believes Android is as secure as iOS

Software Events
Google believes Android is as secure as iOS Google recently published its fourth annual year in review for Android's security and looking  through the comprehensive, 56-page report yourself there are various items you can see and determine whether they are legit. Machine learning is playing a huge role in securing Android devices. Back in May, the company announced Google Play Protect, which is a one stop shop for Google's suite of security services on Android. Machine learning found 60.3 percent of all potentially harmful apps within the Play store, and Google expects that number to continue increasing. Android may be perceived as "less secure" than iOS but in 2016, the annual probability of downloading a potentially harmful app was at .04 percent, which is a pretty small number and in 2017 Google was…
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