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	Tuesday, May 28, 2013 TOP STORY Twitter's Two-Factor Authentication: 5 Reasons To Avoid Mathew J. Schwartz Beware using Twitter's new, voluntary two-factor authentication system. The long-awaited system, which launched last week, sends a six-digit numeric code via SMS to a user's registered mobile phone number. The code must be used to log into a Twitter account. Surely, any Twitter security control improvements are good news, right? Unfortunately, early feedback has been less than positive. "Twitter's first run at this just seems like a hot mess," tweeted Sean Sullivan, security adviser at F-Secure Labs, citing usability and recoverability issues. READ MORE » NEWS & ANALYSIS Pinterest Adds Value To Pins Pinterest goes mobile, works with vendors to add more useful information to pin. As IQs Fall, Can Gamification Help? Have years of abstract testing robbed us of our ability to use common sense? We might regain our practical thinking skills via an unlikely avenue: games. Companies Create MOOCs To Fill Skills Gaps Massive online open courses are one answer when your workers need to learn new skills. Twitter Two-Factor Security Combats Takeovers Authentication measure comes in wake of Syrian Electronic Army account hacks, further security steps coming. SLIDESHOWS Google I/O: 10 Big Developments Google skipped the skydivers at Google I/O 2013, but broke interesting ground in maps, music, social and search. Take our tour.   JOIN THE CONVERSATION Comment by Richard Hughes: "So many people use Pinterest to design their new homes or post ideas for weddings and other events they may be planning. So adding an icon that can easily provide details like pricing and product availability can enable users to quickly make a purchase." In reply to: "Pinterest Adds Value To Pins" View Entire Response | Post Your Own Reply RESOURCES & EVENTS E2 Conference Boston E2 is the only event of its kind, bringing together business and technology leaders looking for new ways to evolve their enterprise applications strategy and achieve business value. Join us in Boston, June 17-19, for three days of 40+ conference sessions and workshops across eight tracks and discover the latest insights in enterprise social software, big data and analytics, mobility, cloud, SaaS and APIs, UI/U, and more. Get More Details and Register This e-mail was sent to sojo.blo@gmail.com © UBM TechWeb 2013. All Rights Reserved. Published By InformationWeek, 600 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030. UBM TechWeb, InformationWeek, and associated design marks and logos are trademarks owned or used under license by United Business Media LLC, and may be registered in the United States and other countries. Other names mentioned may be the trademark or service mark of their respective owners. Keep This Newsletter Out Of Your SPAM Folder Don't let future editions of InformationWeek Social Business go missing. Take a moment to add the newsletter's address to your anti-spam white list: email@techwebnewsletters.com If you're not sure how to do that, ask your administrator or ISP or check your anti-spam utility's documentation. We take your privacy very seriously. Please review our Privacy Statement. To unsubscribe, click here.