Top Stories of the Day // August 1, 2013

	Disrupt SF returns Sept. 9-11 with an all new slate of outstanding startups and influential speakers including Dick Costolo and Marissa Mayer. Early Bird tickets are available until August 19: register today and save $1,000! Today's Top Stories // Aug 1, 2013 Ryan Lawler Netflix Makes Recommendations More Personalized By Adding Individual User Profiles Netflix is rolling out its long-anticipated user profiles, allowing multiple members of a household to create personalized accounts and get personalized... read more Darrell Etherington Apple Reportedly Ramping Up For New iPad Mini With Retina Display Later This Year Apple is indeed gearing up to put a Retina display in next version of the iPad mini, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The new version of... read more Darrell Etherington NoFlo Launches Kickstarter Campaign To Help Everyone To Understand And Visualize Code NoFlo, a company that has built an open-source visual programming tool based on "flow-based programming," a concept that came out of IBM in the 1970s, is... read more Josh Constine The Pinterest Roadmap Revealed The rise of Pinterest wasn't all cocktails and cupcakes. It conquered huge scaling challenges to become the world's keepsake box. Now as the we ditch the... read more Gregory Ferenstein NSA Responds To New Reports On Top-Secret Spying Program, XKeyscore The National Security Agency thinks we have been misled by The Guardian's report of a new tool, XKeyscore, that allows agents to read the content of email and... read more Chris Velazco With A Launch Fast Approaching, BlackBerry Pushes Out iOS & Android BBM Beta Invites BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins confirmed this past May that BBM would come to iOS and Android "this summer", which of course means that advertised launch window... read more Darrell Etherington Shopify Acquires Toronto-Based Design Firm Jet Cooper To Help It Remake Ecommerce Toronto based startup success story Shopify has acquired Jet Cooper, a design agency founded in 2009, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition brings together... read more Ingrid Lunden PC Obsolescence In Action: Users Who Own Smartphones And Tablets Are Dropping Their PC Usage In The UK As the proliferation of smartphones continues to skyrocket, device owners are more and more eschewing their PCs, opting instead to use their smartphones as... read more Ingrid Lunden Despite Google's Gains, iPhone Still Edges Out Android Devices In App And Overall Smartphone Usage, Says Forrester read more Eliza Brooke Social Polling App Loop Debuts On iOS To Help You Crowdsource Everyday Decisions Loop, the newest entrant in the social polling space, is launching in the App Store today to help people solve life's little dilemmas, such as which movie to... read more Read more at techcrunch.com To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here.
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Thursday, August 01, 2013 MUST READ NSA Surveillance Can Penetrate VPNs National Security Agency's XKeyscore system can collect just about everything that happens online, even things encrypted by VPNs, according to Edward Snowden. Hyper-Inflated Tech Stats Grow 217% Crazier The tech industry is rife with over-the-top, groundless predictions and estimates. Try these on for size. LinkedIn Tips: 5 Ways To Strengthen Your Profile Whether you are job hunting or not, your LinkedIn profile deserves regular refreshing. Follow this advice to attract the attention you want. Chromebooks Ready For Enterprises, Forrester Says Businesses that dismissed Google Chromebooks should now reconsider the devices, Forrester report concludes. Forrester CEO George Colony had a different view in 2011. Apple iOS Fingerprint Scanner Has Security Limits Thumb-scan authentication for your smartphone might sound sexy, but bypasses remain all too easy. 7 Top Career Paths After IT IT professionals looking to transition to new careers have skills that particularly suit certain roles. Consider this expert advice. MORE NEWS QUOTE OF THE DAY "Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge" -- Leonardo da Vinci DIGITAL EDITION InformationWeek August 2013 IT Trends   FEATURED REPORTS and FEATURED WHITEPAPERS What Every Database Administrator Should Know About Security Database administrators are the caretakers of an organization's most precious asset -- its data -- but rarely do they have the experience and skills required to secure that data. Indeed, the goals of DBAs and security pros are often at ... Strategy: Strategies for Improving Web Application Security Web applications are fraught with risk, but for most companies, not having them is not an option. They're just too important to customers and to the business. In this Dark Reading report, we recommend some best practices for balancing the ... MORE REPORTS Six keys to effective reputational and IT risk management-2013 IBM Global Reputational Risk and IT Study IT risks like data breaches and outages pose a serious and long-lasting threat to your corporate reputation. But other risks put you in jeopardy as well. In fact, did you know that your supply chain could be one of your ... Communications in the Cloud: 4 Reasons to Make the Move Unified communications (UC) in the cloud can help you address your collaboration and communications challenges. Download this whitepaper to discover how to win over senior business executives to the idea of the cloud as a delivery model for your communications. MORE WHITEPAPERS   MOST POPULAR NEWS 10 Must-Try Travel Apps Travel smarter for business and pleasure with these travel apps that deliver last-minute hotel deals, sightseeing discounts and even customized packing lists. Google To Replace AT&T Wi-Fi At Starbucks Starbucks kicks AT&T to the curb and chooses Google to provide free Wi-Fi at its 7,000 U.S. stores; Google promises speeds up to 10 times faster. 10 Top Password Managers Tired of being stuck in password hell? Consider these password managers that balance security with convenience. 10 Hidden iPhone Tips, Tricks From flashing LED alerts to scrolling shortcuts, your iPhone has capabilities you may not have found. We shine the light on some great tips. Can Microsoft Rebound From Surface Flop? Clearly, Microsoft's Surface tablets have bombed. Now what will the company do about it, and what does it mean for customers?   SLIDESHOWS Remote Patient Monitoring: 9 Promising Technologies From telemedicine robots to toilet sensors, remote patient monitoring technology continues to win venture capital. These nine startups have landed funding in the past year.   View Now • Remote Patient Monitoring: 9 Promising Technologies ALSO SEE • 10 Must-Try Travel Apps • 10 More Ways IT Pros Can Gain Business Credibility MORE SLIDESHOWS VIDEOS Huawei's Role in Bringing 4G LTE to Market Huawei's Role in Bringing 4G LTE to Market   Watch ALSO WATCH • Huawei's BYOD Solution Promotes Enterprise Mobile Revolution • Mobility-Enabled Smart Cities MORE VIDEOS   WEBCASTS Stop Making It Easier For Criminals To Commit Fraud This webinar will discuss how IBM is helping banks and financial institutions implement dynamic investigation processes. The solution leverages powerful content capture, classification, case management and content analytics capabilities that result in a reduction in the resources needed to collect ... Building Confidence in Big Data with Information Integration and Governance Join guest speaker, Michele Goetz, Forrester research analyst, as she reviews the latest research findings on Information Integration and Governance in the era of big data and David Corrigan, Director, Product Marketing, InfoSphere for IBM who will discuss how information ... MORE WEBCASTS   This e-mail was sent to sojo.blo@gmail.com InformationWeek Daily -- Published By InformationWeek 600 Community Drive Manhasset, NY 11030 To update your profile, change your e-mail address, or unsubscribe, click here. Thoughts about this newsletter? Give us feedback. Keep This Newsletter Out Of Your SPAM Folder Don't let future editions of go missing. 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