Consider Adding This Important Info To Your Website Today

When you’re creating a website for your business, there a multiple things you need to think about. It needs to be user-friendly and have a clean and striking appearance. Your website should also have product images, links to social media and online buying capabilities. With so much to think about, it’s not surprising that a few details get overlooked along the way. If your website looks the part but lacks the most basic of information, this can have a devastating effect on your business. So make the following pieces of information a top priority and add them to your website today.

Your contact information

Your customers will want to be able to easily communicate with you for a number of reasons. They might want to enquire about an order or give you feedback on a product for example. Communicating is also key if you want to establish a loyal customer base that continually buys from you. But if your website doesn’t contain any contact information communication will be almost impossible. Create a contact form for your site or list a phone or email address for your customers to use. You might also want to list an address for your business which will be useful for customers who want to return items. If you work from home, search for Hoxton Mix virtual office services or other address providers online to get a business address set up. Also make sure links to your social media are clear on every page of your website.

The location of your business

Even if you don’t want to list a business address on your website, it should at least contain your location. Some customers prefer buying from local brands so knowing you are based nearby can be a big selling point. It can also be useful for any international clients and suppliers to know this information too. Having a location of a brand makes it easier to work out postage overseas and also time differences and shipping times. Often the best place to list your location is in the About Me page on your website. If your products are made locally, also make this known.

Customer Testimonials

Customers will often read the reviews and testimonials featured on a website before choosing to buy or work with a business. This is because it builds their confidence and trust as well as giving your business authenticity. So not including this information on your website can be a terrible mistake to make. If you don’t currently have any testimonials, contact customers you have worked with previously. Politely ask them to write a short paragraph about their experience with your company. Then add this to a testimonials page or widget on your website. Just make sure this can be easily found and accessed on the homepage of your site. Keep this page frequently updated by asking new clients for feedback.

Having this information included on your website can help give your business more personality. Original content can also make your business stand out on search engines which can boost your sales considerably. Your website provides a vital first impression so make sure you’re giving out the right one.

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Xolo Era 1X Works With the Reliance Jio Network Launched at Rs 4,999

Xolo Era 1X Works With the Reliance Jio Network, Launched at Rs. 4,999

After introducing the Xolo Era X in February, the company has expanded its Era series and introduced the successor Era 1X in India. Xolo has launched its new 4G VoLTE smartphone under its Era series, which is named as Xolo Era 1X. The smartphone is priced at Rs 4,999 and will be offered exclusively through Flipkart from September 15. Interested customers can register on Xolo’s official website and they will stand a chance to win a Xolo Era 1Xsmartphone. The Era 1X comes in gunmetal, black, gold and brown color options.

The Xolo Era 1X comes with VoLTE support, that means it will work with the Reliance Jio network. It also has a dual-LED front flash, a rare sight at this price.

The Xola Era 1X has a 5-inch HD IPS display with 294ppi pixel density and is run by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor along with 1GB of RAM. There is also 8GB onboard memory, which can be extended up to 32GB using a microSD card. On the software front, the smartphone runs on Android Marshmallow 6.0. The Era 1X gets its power from a 2500 mAh removable Li-Po battery, which claims to offer up to 22 hours of talk time and up to 185 hours of standby time.

The Era 1X has an 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera with 5P Largan Lens and LED Flash. A 5-megapixel camera with Dual LED Flash is in its front for video calling and selfies. It has many camera features that include Beauty Mode, Live Photos, Burst Mode, Time- Lapse, Audio Note, and Slo-Motion. Also, the smartphone offers Dual SIM, 4G with VoLTE, WiFi Hotspot, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, Bluetooth, a micro USB port, Proximity, Smart Screenshot, Ambient Light Sensor, Assistant, Smart Awake, Cast screen, LED flash for call and Flip to mute alarms and calls. The handset measures 145.5*72*8.6 mm.

Talking about competition, the Xolo Era 1X will face competition from the likes of the Reliance Digital LYF Wind 5, which is estimated a tad higher at Rs 5,599. At this price, we get a device with 5-inch HD display, 1GB RAM, MediaTek 1.0GHz quad-core processor, 8GB expandable storage, and 2,000mAh battery. There is also an 8-megapixel rear camera with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. 

If we don’t have a 4G VoLTE phone and are trying to get one to enjoy Reliance Jio’s free offers than we can consider this phone. Note that all 4G VoLTE phones are now suitable for Reliance Jio’s offer after its launch on September 5. In fact, a few days back while declaring its partnership with Jio, Xolo had declared that all its upcoming 4G phones will be appropriate for Jio Preview offer. But note the Xolo Era 1X is not the low-priced 4G VoLTE phone, LYF is currently proposing 4G phones for as low as Rs 2,999.

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The Secret Behind Deleting You Need To Know

The Secret Behind Deleting You Need To Know

There’s something that you need to know about deleted files and lost data. Nothing is ever truly gone. When you delete a file on your computer, you might think that you are erasing it completely. We’re sure you did the first time you used a computer. Until you found that it ended up in the recycle bin. Once you delete it from the recycle bin, the computer will warn you that you are permanently deleting the file. But this isn’t true at all. In fact, you’re simply moving it to a different, unused part of the hard drive. It still exists, and it’s still recoverable if you know how. Now, there are two things to take away from this. The first is that if you do lose a file that are options on how to recover it. The second is whether or not you can protect your files by deleting them. We’re going to look at both these questions and find the solutions.

Recovering Files

There are a few steps that you can take to recover lost files or data on your computer. The first is a system restore. You can restore your computer to an early point of processing. Usually, this process is completed to rid the computer of a virus. However, you can also regain lost files by doing this. Alternatively, you can access the files without restoring your computer. You can do this, by changing the permissions so that you can access hidden files on the computer. These are files that the make of the computer doesn’t trust you with. Tamper with these files and you could crash the computer completely. So, you need to make sure you know what you’re doing.

If you have no experience with computers at all, you may want to leave the job to professionals. There are plenty of data recovery businesses that specialise in this service. This is probably the best step to take if you’re recovering important data files.

Mobile Devices

Mobile devices can seem like a lost cause if you delete a file. Certainly, there isn’t usually an option to look at deleted files. Even though they still exist within the hardware. Your best bet is to use a recovery software that you can purchase or download for free online. Using software like this, you’ll be able to recover lost files quickly and easily. You can do this with virtually any mobile device that you can think of. Even Apple devices are hackable with the right equipment.

Deleting Files

As we have established, when you delete a file, it isn’t truly erased so what are your options? It’s best to treat any hard drive that contains sensitive deleted data as a security threat. It should still be protected. Or, if you are no longer using it, get it destroyed safely. There are professional companies that can safely destroy and erase data. Short of obliterating the hard drive, there is no other ways to delete files. The computer must be destroyed, especially if there is data on it that could be used by hackers to hurt your customers financially.


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FREE DDoS Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Everything You Need to Know About DDoS Attacks

DDoS Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Everything You Need to Know About DDoS Attacks.

DDoS attacks are the most persistent and damaging cyber-attacks. They reflect hackers’ frustratingly high levels of tenacity and creativity – and create complex and dynamic challenges for anyone responsible for cyber security.

Long Description:  While cyber-threats are by nature a moving target, Radware’s DDoS Handbook offers expert advice, actionable tools and tips to help detect and stop DDoS attacks.

Read it to understand:

• Brief history of DDoS attacks, plus roundup of recent cyber-attacks
• Overview of major attack categories, specific attack types and tools
• What lies ahead: predictions for 2015 and beyond
• Things to consider when planning for cyber-attacks
• Protecting enterprise assets in the cloud

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LuaBot First Botnet Malware To Target Linux Platforms

View the binary’s ASCII in the last part and you’ll see the first email address | Credit: MalwareMustDie 

Researchers Finds LUA Language ELF Compiled Malware Called As Linux/LuaBot.

Trojan coded in Lua to target linux Platforms to adding into a Botnet explain by security researcher from MalwareMustDie.

The code is interacted with the udp.lua, as per its name suggesting a lua library of User Datagram Protocol function and struct, This is showing the malware has its own lua resolver code for the DNS query, and has ability to form its own UDP packet to be sent to any destination.

There’s also the telnet.lua codes compiled in this ELF, which is after being reversed it seems to be a simple telnet basic communication functions interpreted in lua language (that can be found many references in the internet) that may allow Linux/LuaBot to communicate remotely through this protocol.

What is LUA?

Lua is a powerful, efficient, lightweight, embeddable scripting language. It supports procedural programming, object-oriented programming, functional programming, data-driven programming, and data description.

Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, runs by interpreting bytecode with a register-based virtual machine, and has automatic memory management with incremental garbage collection, making it ideal for configuration, scripting, and rapid prototyping.

According to Softpedia,

At the moment, the LuaBot trojan is packed as an ELF binary that targets ARM platforms, usually found in embedded (IoT) devices. Based on his experience, this seems to be the first Lua-based malware family packed as an ELF binary spreading to Linux platforms.

MalwareMustDie” also found penetrate_sucuri” part, a symbol (suggested a reversed function) traced to be coded in the lua source file: *cough* “checkanus_sucuranus.lua” and “checkanus.lua”, which I took only a peek for it, it forms (http) action to a defined target. 

Get Your Business Ready to Get Paid

Get Your Business Ready to Get Paid.

Moolah. Cheddar. Dinero. Okane. Green. Money. It’s what your business needs. If you’re not getting paid, then your business isn’t going to last very long. Unfortunately, the ability to actually get paid can be one of the most complicated things to set up.

Some would argue that simply getting paid by cash means that it’s not a difficult process. But businesses don’t get paid mainly in cash anymore. We have to deal with the more abstract methods of credit and debit cards.

The merchant account

You need to open an account into which the money customers give you can actually be paid. I’m going to assume that you don’t want to use your personal bank account! (Unless you’re just doing some freelance solo work. But, in that case, this article probably isn’t for you anyway!) Even if you’re still certain you only want to get paid in cash, you need one of these accounts.

Setting up a merchant account is you taking the first step you need to take in order to get paid. If you don’t have one, you’re not going to make it very far here. Once you’ve got this account set up, you should then get the business tax process started with your government. This ensures that you are taxed correctly, in accordance with your business type and merchant account setup.

Getting telephonic

Everyone seems to forget about receiving payments over the phone. But people are definitely underestimating how often telephone payments occur. Pretty much all of the big names in commerce will accept payments in this way. After all, it’s actually relatively easy to set up. It also ensures that your customers have as many ways as possible to pay you!

The biggest complication when it comes to telephone payments is making sure that you’re following the law. When we deal with telephonic payments, we’re dealing with a very complex legal area. This is why you should be looking into PCI DSS compliance. If you don’t follow these regulations, you could be putting the card information of your customers at risk.

Credit and debit cards

And so we come to what provides us with the bulk of our business profits. Getting a card machine for a brick-and-mortar store is easy enough. But getting this stuff set up for online payments is a bit trickier. Still, it’s not as complex as some may make it out to be. The right merchant account provider will also be able to provide you with the Internet facilities you need.

When you have the website set up and your account set up, you’ll need a payment gateway. This is the software that actually processes the payment. In a way, it’s basically a digital middleperson. You’ve probably heard of the most famous payment gateway there is: PayPal. But if you don’t want to go with PayPal, you can work with Amazon, Square, Flint, or many others. You’ll also need to make sure your network security is strong. These transactions can also become prey to cyber criminals looking for customer data.

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Lenovo A Plus, Lenovo P2 Smartphones Launched at IFA 2016

Lenovo A Plus, Lenovo P2 Smartphones Launched at IFA 2016

Lenovo hasn’t stopped until now even after the K6 family of devices was introduced. Now Lenovo has taken another step and bought two new devices – The Lenovo P2 and A Plus with different specifications. Lenovo has been busy this year, with launched of many devices and this Chinese multinational technology is also known for its wide range of Notebooks, ThinkPads, and Laptops. Newly you have also seen that Lenovo and Microsoft have signed a new joint agreement by which few selected Android-powered Lenovo and Motorola devices will come pre-loaded with Microsoft-created applications like Office, OneDrive, and Skype.

Lenovo P2 has a 5.5-inch Full HD display with 1080×1920 pixel resolution. Powering the device is a 2GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor paired with 3GB/4GB of RAM. The handset runs on the Android 6.0 Marshmallow platform, sports a 13MP rear camera with LED flash, and a 5MP front camera. The connectivity options of the smartphone include LTE, 4G, 3G, Bluetooth, WI-Fi, NFC, GPS, and is supported by a mammoth 5,110 mAh battery with fast charging support. It also has a fingerprint sensor. It offers 32GBG/64GB of internal storage expandable through a microSD card.

In terms of specifications, the Lenovo A Plus features a 4.5-inch FWVGA display with 480×854 pixels resolution. It is driven by a 1.3GHz MediaTek MT6580 processor paired with 1GB RAM. It comes equipped with a 5MP rear camera along with a 2MP front-facing a camera. It contains an internal storage of 8GB which can be further expanded up to 32GB via microSD card. The device contains 4G VoLTE support and is driven by a 2000mAh battery. The Lenovo A Plus runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system. 

The dual SIM handset will come with a 2000mAh battery. Like other A-series smartphones, the main highlight of Lenovo A Plus is the support of 4G VoLTE.

Lenovo P2 will go on sale in November while the Lenovo A Plus will go on sale this month.

The smartphones would be presented in Gold, Dark grey, and Silver colour variants and are likely to go on sale later this month. However, the company is yet to disclose anything about the global launch of the devices.

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Ganesh Chaturthi 2016: Twitter Launches Special Emojis

Ganesh Chaturthi 2016: Twitter launches special emoji

This year, Twitter joins the festive fervor by introducing a special Lord Ganesha Twitter emoji that Indians can Tweet to welcome the much-loved god home on Monday, 5th September. When people Tweet using #HappyGaneshChaturthi, #GaneshChaturthi, #गणेशचतुर्थी, #Ganeshotsav, #गणेशोत्सव, a Lord Ganesha emoji will be started next to the hashtag. The emoji has gone live since September 4 and will be active until the last day of celebrations September 16. 

On Friday Micro-blogging website Twitter announced a special emoji for Ganesh festival to delight millions of its users.

“We are launching a special Twitter emoji for Ganesh Chaturthi to delight our millions of Indian users celebrating this moment,” said Viral Jain, Head (Media partnerships), Twitter India, in a statement. 

For the duration of the festival, people on Twitter can share pictures and videos of their favorite pandals, street processions, decorations, food and sweets and traditional clothes, among others. This isn’t the first time that Twitter has made emojis for events taking place in India. The micro-blogging site has made emojis for important occasions such as Independence Day, Republic Day, and the International Day of Yoga. The first ever made emoji was for Diwali. #HappyDiwali emoji received almost 1.8 million tweets.The newest emoji that Twitter created for India was on International Yoga Day which was a Padmasana position.

According to Viral Jani, Head Media partnerships, Twitter India, “Twitter is the best way to see what’s happening in your world right now, and we are the live connection to India’s cultural diversity, festivals, languages in the spirit of unity. Over the past year, we have seen the nation come together over cultural moments such as Diwali and even local moments such as Makar Sankranti in Gujarat. We are launching a special Twitter emoji for Ganesh Chaturthi to delight our millions of Indians celebrating this local cultural”

During the festival, people on Twitter can share photos and videos of their favourite pandals, decorations, street processions, food and sweets and traditional clothes, among others.

In the past, Twitter has celebrated the Indian culture by declaring customized emojis for important moments such as Republic Day, Independence Day, and the International Day of Yoga. The first-ever Diwali emoji was declared in November 2015 and the #HappyDiwali emoji received 1.8 million Tweets. 

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Reliance Jio Will Also Give Unlimited Data on Plan Rs. 149

Reliance Jio Will Also Give Unlimited Data on Plan Rs. 149

Today Reliance Jio is set to roll out its full-fledged 4G services in India. That means that Jio services will be open to all smartphone brands, which were not under its umbrella previously. Though Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) opened its 4G service to most brands like LG, Samsung, Asus, HTC,Lava, Micromax etc.; there still were a few left out. This includes Xiaomi, iPhone, Motorola, and Lenovo. Now, any user with a 4G-enabled handset is appropriate for Jio SIM card. 

News agency PTI cited sources and said, “The SIMs will be available at nearly two lakh stores across the country, including locations where SIMs from other vendors are also sold.” The SIM cards were only presented at Reliance Digital Store o Digital Xpress Mini stores.

Although Reliance Jio declared plans last week, the company seem to like to be still working out what the final rates and profits for customers will be once customers start paying for services from January 1. As of now, there are ten different plans under which user can subscribe to Jio – voice calls are free in all plans, and user pays only for the data packs. The entry-level plan, Rs. 149, looked like a bad deal at the launch since it only came with 300MB of data bundled, and no access to Reliance’s JioNet Wi-Fi network, or to the unlimited 4G usage at night (between 2AM and 5AM) that all the other plans get to use.

Now, the company has updated its plans on the Jio website, and it’s proposing free night usage even for the Rs. 149 plan, and 700MB of bundled usage at Jio’s public Wi-Fi hotspots. This gets the entry level plan more in line with Jio’s other offerings, however, the amount of data being presented is still very low. Even if user counts the Wi-Fi access that works out to Rs. 150 per GB far more than user pays on any of the other Jio plans.

At present, no other telecom operator offers unlimited, full-speed 4G.In addition, users also get 4 GB of day-time 4G data as well, as part of the Rs 499 pack. The plan is probably to create the major disruption in India’s telecom market, where users normally spend about Rs 200 to make about 350 minutes of calls, and another Rs 250 for 1 GB of data. Under this new tariff plan, one can get unlimited high-speed downloading at night and voice calls throughout the day for Rs 499.

In fact, for Rs 500, user get only 4 GB of 4G data on other networks and Jio is proposing free unlimited calling and night data usage as extras.

“We see a good amount of migration happening from the current incumbents till the free period, or December 31, as Indian consumers are price-sensitive,” KPMG partner Jaideep Ghosh said in an interview. “After the free period, we have to see if Jio is able to retain customers as the incumbent telcos will not take it lying down and come with better offers triggering a price war.”

“With Rs.149 entry-level offer, Jio’s average revenue per user (ARPU) will be much higher than the existing players,” Mr. Ghosh said. “The industry average is the only Rs.125 per user, most of which comes from voice.”

Rumit Dugar, an analyst at Religare Institutional Research, wrote in a note to clients: “We believe RJio’s launch will put pressure on voice tariffs for incumbents, who would now be prodded to roll out more bundled plans. While we are already below consensus, we cut our margin estimates for Idea and Bharti further (150 bps or 5 per cent EBITDA) to factor in higher network costs, churn rates, and marketing growth.”

Jio also revealed an entry-level plan of Rs 149 per month, For those who don’t want to spend so much, or who do not need data at all.This plan is directed at those who use their phones only or mainly for voice calls and do not have big data needs.Under this plan, the user gets 300 MB of data per month plus unlimited voice calls. 300 MB will be sufficient to do some amount of WhatsApp messaging and the occasional app downloads.

Jio also revealed other plans for those who need more data. Though, disappointingly, the plans are not just as affordable as expected if the usage is mainly during the daytime. A typical heavy data user would be prepared to spend Rs 1,500-2,500 in return for 50-100 GB per month of data.Though, Jio’s new plans offer only 20 GB of day-time data for Rs 1,499 and 35 GB for Rs 2,499.This suggests a tariff of Rs 75 per GB in the case of the Rs 1,500 plan and Rs 71.43 per GB for the Rs 2,500 plan.

However these plans offer unlimited voice calls and night data, many users — particularly small businesses — may not have much use for these extra features, and may have a preference to go with Airtel’s Rs 51 per GB offer instead.

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5 Things Only People That Have Kids That Use Up All Their Broadband Will Understand

5 Things Only People That Have Kids That Use Up All Their Broadband Will Understand.

Firstly, how impossible it is to ground your kids when they never go out? In fact, most kids today would see the chance at staying in as an opportunity to play more games or catch up on their friend’s posts will social media.

So how can you possibly give them a consequence that they will understand? Well, if their life is on the internet, banning them from using it can work well. That’s right, putting an embargo on broadband access will stop them using social media, online games, and even Netflix. If you want to be mean, you can insist that they read a book!

A TV in every room

Something else that you are probably used to if you have kids and an internet connection is the constant chatter of 3 or 4 different TV shows. Even though you have not provided them a TV in every room, they can access their shows when and where they want to.

This can have its advantages. For example, there are no excuses when you want to watch the football, as they can happily take themselves off and watch their shows in another room.

However, if you were looking for a bit of peace and quiet having a different show or film playing in each part of the house can be super annoying. Remember too that for some unknown reasons; kids seem to object to listening to the audio on their devices through headphones. So you’ll be sure to hear every incredible moment of their TV choices, whether you want to or not.

Swapping your provider

Do you find yourself calling round internet providers to get a better deal for more broadband? Then you probably have kids that are using all your broadband up.

Luckily for you, the broadband market it pretty competitive at them moment. The best deals can be had from some of the newer providers like Fios, which are increasing their coverage of the country all the time. Check your Fios availability on their website to see if it’s already available in your area.

A Massive Bill

If you get a whopping internet bill every month despite, ever being able to download anything, then it’s likely that your kid’s usage is to blame. Don’t feel too bad though at least the are gainfully entertained and not running riot on the streets.

Monosyllabic Answers

Are family dinners challenging in your household? Can you only get monosyllabic answers from your kids because they are too busy playing Pokemon Go? Then you probably have some internet addicted kids that are gobbling up all your broadband.

Try putting a mobile device embargo on family time. Watch a movie that everyone will enjoy or allow the kids to pick a series for the family to watch.

You can ever be extra harsh and make them go outside and do ‘activities.’ But expect to be featured in oodles of selfies to be posted on social media later. Or if that sounds like too much hassle you could always just message them on WhatsApp?

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Betabot Trojan Steals Your Passwords And Install Ransomware To Monetize

Betabot Trojan Steals Your Passwords And Install Ransomware To Monetize.

Betabot was delivered by Neutrino Exploit Kit. The IP used for both Betabot and Cerber is 93[.]174.91.49.  A virustotal report on this IP provides additional details here.  A screenshot below highlights the multiple filenames used between Betabot and Cerber. Invincea described in its blog,

Server IP used to download Betabot and Cerber malware

You can see in image Betabot weaponized documents have been found bb.exe (bb denoting betabot), bbcrypt.exe, and diablo.exe.


How this attack work?

Betabot spread through spam emails contained a file attachment, a Word file contain malicious macro scripts. In Microsoft office user activated macro support then scripts automatic download and install Betabot to infect your computer. And then scrapes all passwords stored in all local browsers.

According to report of Invincea, Cyber attacker maximizing the profits from an endpoint compromise, earning much larger payout by using multiple attack techniques.

Conclusion:

• Never open unknown file attachment in Email.
• Beware from Social Engineering attack.

Your Business: The First Year

Your Business: The First Year

So you’ve finally done it. The lease for the property has been signed and you’ve got a base to operate from. Now where do we go from here?

If you have never owned or taken part in running a business, you will realise that the beginning of a business is where you will do all your learning. What follows is a few pitfalls for you to keep an eye on in those first few tricky months, and how best to avoid them.

You Will Work More Than You Have Ever Worked In Your Life

Did you think that you worked hard in your old job? You putting in those few overtime hours on the weekend so that it saves you dealing with the backlog when you come in on Monday made life a lot easier. That is a wonderful business strategy when you work underneath someone, you had the one job title when you were there. Now you have many different job roles, and you may need to work up to 16 hours a day to keep track of every spinning plate. As well as a manager, you may also need to be an accountant, customer service advisor, receptionist and I.T. administrator, all at the same time! Bear in mind that this is in the infancy and that it does get better. You will look back and be grateful that you put in those extra hours.

You Will Be Asking For Lots Of Favours

This one especially applies to the one man band operations. You will need to ask for favours. Favours to spread the word, favours to help get the maintenance done, even favours for someone to do the coffee run. If you’re in small team, these little favours will cement your working relationship, and if you’re asking for outside help (which you will no doubt do), reward their help in some way as they are dedicating their free time to help you.

You Will Learn To Negotiate Over The Smallest Detail

You’ve successfully managed to negotiate getting a business loan from the bank. That must have been the hardest part, right? Wrong. You will be forever negotiating deadlines that need to be pushed back, negotiating cost, or negotiating if a staff member can change their holiday to a week later.

The Financial Results Will Be Varied

No doubt you have been told that the first year of a business you will barely break even, and someone will try and tell you facts and figures of how many fail. Keep your long term goals in sight and remember why you started this business, you were ready to weather the storm then, and you are now.

You Will Love It!

You are running an operation that you have built from all your late night brainstorming sessions. This is your dream, and you are on the way to achieving it, so make sure you enjoy every second! It may feel like you are banging your head against a wall sometimes and you may get anxious or overwhelmed, but this is all the exciting bit. When you are a successful entrepreneur you will look back on all of this with a smile.

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Facebook And Twitter Accounts Can Hack Through target=”_blank” Vulnerability

Facebook And Twitter Accounts Can Hack Through target=”_blank” Vulnerability.

The target=”_blank” is using for target attribute specifies where to open the link in new tab. Hackers are using this trick for Phishing Attack. When a user click on the text link, then the malicious link will open in new Tab. This cyber attack could happen on browser based not Web Servers.

How does it work?

According to security researcher Ben Halpern,  Facebook and Twitter social networks accounts are vulnerable.

In order to restrict the behavior window.opener access, the original page needs to add a rel=”noopener” attribute to any link that has target=”_blank”. However, Firefox does not support that tag, so you should actually use rel=”noopener noreferrer” for full coverage.

Some amount of prevention can be achieved through scripting, though, as observed with Twitter, this seems to fail on Safari. This issue is not well-known, and is totally underestimated. This has been brought up in a Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group mailing list, said Halperm.

How to Fix?

Developers should add attribute rel=”noopener” into the website code. Because some browsers does not fully support that attribute, developers should use rel=”noopener noreferrer” instead.

Intel Launches 7th-Generation ‘Kaby Lake’ Core Processors For Laptops

Intel Launches 7th-Gen ‘Kaby Lake’ Core Processors For Laptops and 2-in-1s

Intel has officially introduced its first wave of 7th-generation Core processors, well known by their codename Kaby Lake. Today’s launches are CPUs in the U and Y series, which are planned for thin and light portables such as notebooks and 2-in-1s. Processors for mainstream and enthusiast desktop PCs, workstations, beefier laptops, and other kinds will be refreshed early next year.

“These trends in how we consume and create content, in how we communicate and interact, reflect what we at Intel call the immersive internet. And the best way to take advantage of the immersive internet is on a computer with the performance to deliver a lifelike experience. People need the power to view, the power to create and the power to play – something that the PC is uniquely designed to do,” said Navin Shenoy, Intel’s vice president for client computing group. He said that the new 7th-gen core processors are particularly aimed at helping people enjoy 4K Ultra High-Definition videos, 360-degree clips, and virtual reality.

With new computers run by 7th generation Intel Core processors, TV and movie fans will have access to premium 4K (Ultra HD) content running from big studios such as Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Users will also be capable of viewing 4K content being shared on sites like YouTube, and watch it for longer times on systems powered by Intel’s 7th generation Core CPUs. Along with this, gamers will expectedly see a threefold enhancement in graphics as compared to a 5-year-old PC. This means they’ll be able to play popular titles like Overwatch anytime and anywhere, even on light laptops .

Intel has combined with multiple OEMs and assumes more than 100 different 2-in-1s and laptops powered by 7th generation Intel Core processors to be accessible starting September.

Kaby Lake is Intel’s third generation of chips to be based on 14nm process, disrupting the company’s normal tick-tock development schedule, now which is defined at “process -> architecture -> optimization,” with Kaby Lake demonstrating the optimization stage.

Intel says Kaby lake chips contain some of the following improvements:

• Up to 12 percent faster “productivity performance” and up to 19 percent faster web performance when compared with 6th-gen “Skylake” chips.

• Native support for 4K HEVC and VP9 video decoding.

“Intel’s engineering and manufacturing teams have drawn even more out of our 14nm process technology with what we call 14nm+. 7th Gen Intel Core delivers up to 12 per cent faster productivity performance  and up to 19 percent faster web performance  over our previous generation from just a year ago,” said Shenoy.

Intel said that in the coming weeks there “more than 100 different 2-in-1s and laptops powered by 7th-gen Core (processors) in the market”. These machines will use processors like Core i5-7Y54, i7-7Y75, i7-7500U, m3-7Y30 and i5-7200U.

Intel is promising better battery life, better quality gaming performance due to updated integrated graphics chips, and faster video encoding for peoples that want to do multimedia editing without a distinct graphics card.

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New MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, 5K Monitor Going To Launch In October 2016

New MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, 5K Monitor Going To Launch In October 2016

Apple is planning a more expensive refresh of its Mac portfolio, with new MacBook Air and iMac models on the way, and they could come to as soon as October, as per the new report. Apple is introducing the next iPhone on September 7. The Cupertino giant is also likely to introduce the successor of the original Apple Watch, but there’s been no word on Apple’s strategies for its other products alongside. Now, we get fresh intelligence appealing that Apple is looking to bring new Macbooks and a new 5K display sometime in October. Apple is also working on few iPad upgrades that are probable to be rolled out next year.

For the iPad Pro, Apple is assumed to be planning new features for the Apple Pencil. For example, the company has tested giving users the facility to annotate content in applications across iOS, including Messages, Mail, Safari, and more. Presently, the Apple Pencil only supports full functionality in select applications.

For the MacBook Air, the new models will take on USB Type-C. The iMacs changes will be received mostly under-the-hood, with new GPU options from AMD for future customers to choose from. These changes may be small, but, depending on whatever else Apple brings to the table, could be valuable to someone watching for a new portable device.

New MacBook Pro, which is said to boast an OLED touch bar above the standard keyboard. The report specifies that when the user is on the desktop, the OLED touch bar will propose the standard row of function keys, with changing brightness for the display and media keys.

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Apple is likely to unveil 13-inch and 15-inch variants with Oled display panels. It will change the physical function keys, and is also probably to include the Touch ID fingerprint sensor. The report states that the panel is being called the “Dynamic Function Row” internally, but this isn’t certainly the official name of the feature. The panel requires the MacBook Pro to run on the latest Sierra OS, and the final form is likely to roll out sometime in September.

Consumers will be able to purchase the new iMac with an AMD graphics processing unit (GPU), the new report said — that would put the new model on par with previous models.

The new MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and the 5K monitor were likely to be unveiled in June, but that didn’t happen. Apple is now estimated to reveal the refreshed Mac products and the new monitor in October, after the frenzy around its iPhone starts to wear off. For now, the whole spotlight is on September 7.

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Google’s Crowdsource App Ask Your Help For Transcriptions and Translations

Google’s Crowdsource App Ask Your Help for Transcriptions and Translations.

Google is watching to users for helping out with one of the most irritating tasks on the web. Crowdsource is a new app that asks users to translate and transcript text or images. Crowdsource has quietly looked on Google Play, asking users to do brief tasks that will help improve the quality of Google services like translation, Maps, image transcription, and more. 

If we are fluent in just one language, the app asks us to help image transcription or recognition of poorly handwritten samples. In case we are fluent in more languages, we can help Google by verifying the already existing translations for text and Maps data or create new ones.

Though Google has a devoted research team for artificial intelligence, this sort of crowdsourcing should result in better results as difficulties related with language can be better resolved at a local level rather than at a macro level.

Unlike the Google Opinion Rewards application that gives users free Play Store credit for just filling out a few questions, Crowdsource offers no such reward. Though, if we have just a minute or two to kill, then we can easily help Google out and feel good about it in the end.

That doesn’t mean people won’t use it. A lot of folks are passionate about helping to improve the apps they use on a daily basis. A Google spokesperson told TechCrunchthat “people may be inclined to use [Crowdsource] because, for many languages, tools like Translate, Image Recognition, etc. aren’t very good right now.”

Of course, if Google needs people to stick with Crowdsource, it’ll have to do more than just hand out simulated trophies. The company says that the app isn’t actually finished yet and that it’s “thinking through incentives” now.

Google Crowdsource app description on Play Store,

“Each microtask takes no more than 5-10 seconds, so knock away a few the next time you find yourself with a few moments to kill – be it while waiting in line at the grocery store or on the train ride home. Every time you use it, you know that you’ve made the internet a better place for your community”

It looks like Google has become very fond of crowdsourcing in the recent past, as the company also declared(http://gadgets.ndtv.com/wearables/news/google-wants-your-designs-for-its-new-android-wear-watch-faces-1451680) that it is crowdsourcing the watch face designs for its Android Wear Collection for the fall as it introduced a contest to receive entries byInstagram.

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Moto E3 Power Smartphone With 3500mAh Battery Goes on Sale

Moto E3 Power SmartphoneWith 3500mAh Battery Goes on Sale

In July Motorola revealed the Moto E3 smartphone revealing a few specifications, a price tag of GBP 99, and early September accessibility in the UK. Now, a variant called the Moto E3 Power has gone on sale by a third-party retail site in Hong Kong – with no official declaration for it yet. As the name advises, the smartphone comes with a better battery, and it also bears a few upgrades to other specifications and sells at a price tag of HKD 1,098 (roughly Rs. 9,500).

The E3 Power is same to the vanilla E3 in some respects but pretty different in others. The most remarkable change is that the Power boasts a 3,500 mAh battery, compared to its lesser sibling’s 2,800 mAh cell. Now the smartphone is on sale in Hong Kong through third-party retailers. Excepting the battery, other specifications of the smartphone are similar to the Moto E3 that was showed last month.

The Moto E3 Power comes out into the markets with a 5 inched IPS screen. The device has a 64-bit 1GHz MediaTek MT6735P quad-core SoC. It comes out with 2 GB of RAM, along with 16 GB of storage space. Users who need more storage space can increase it with the help of a Micro SD card. The storage space can be extended up to another 128 GB.

The Moto E3 Power comes with an 8-Megapixel primary camera with LED flash and a 5-Megapixel front camera. The device will be running Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow and is supported by a 3,500mAh battery. The connectivity options include the standard Wi-Fi, 4G LTE, and Bluetooth. In contrast, the Moto E3 is powered by a 2800mAh battery.

The Moto E3 Power comes in Black color and is estimated in Hong Kong at HK$ 1,098 (US$ 141 / Rs. 9493 approx.).

Motorola’s Moto E disturbed the budget Android market years ago with class leading specifications but ever since the market dynamics have taken a pattern shift. With the entry of players like Lenovo (!),Xiaomi and Honor it is proving only more difficult for Motorola to top the sales chart, somewhat that the Moto E once did.

Moto E3 Power (XT1706) specifications

• 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display

• 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory with microSD

• 1GHz Quad-core MediaTek MT6735P processor with Mali-T720 GPU

• Dual SIM

• Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) OS

• 8MP rear camera with LED Flash

• 5MP front-facing camera

• 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS

• 3500mAh battery

• 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio

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Hack QR Code Through QRLJacking Attack

Hack QR Code Through QRLJacking Attack

QRLJacking or Quick Response Code Login Jacking is a simple social engineering attack vector capable of session hijacking affecting all applications that rely on “Login with QR code” feature as a secure way to login into accounts. In a simple way, In a nutshell victim scans the attacker’s QR code results of session hijacking. This tool is launched by Information Security Researcher Mohamed Abdelbasset Elnouby from Seekurity Labs.

What are the requirements to achieve a successful QRLJacking attack?

QRLJacking attack consists of two sides:

• Server Side: A server side script is needed to serve and shape the final look to the victim.
• Client Side: Cloning the QR and pushing it to the phishing page.

Example: WhatsApp Web Application!

Server Setup (Attacker’s hosting):

Upload “qrHandler.php” to your server, this php file is used to convert the base64 qr code string into a valid .JPG file

Now we have a valid generated QR image named “tmp.jpg” residing in the same root folder of your files and will be updated whenever that php file will be called, So we can put it anywhere “for example a fake WhatsApp page, a scam page with an offer related to WhatsApp, etc… depending on your creativity”

Now update the “phishing.html” file your prefered phishing page source code.

Client Side Setup (Attacker’s browser):

1. Open your Firefox browser!
2. Write “about:config” in the url area, click the “i’ll be careful, i promise” confirmation button.
3. Search for a preference named “security.csp.enable” and change it’s value to “false” by double clicking it to allow performing an XHR Request over a different domain (We’re not supporting leaving this preference disabled, you may do that while testing, but after that you should set the preference to its original state).
4. Instal Greasemonkey addon (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey) and be sure that the module file “WhatsAppQRJackingModule.js” is loaded and already running!
5. Now We’re Ready, Browse to our example “https://web.whatsapp.com” on your side, Wait for a WhatsApp session to be loaded, Greasemonkey should now inject our WhatsApp module file to catch and .
6. Send the direct link of the final phishing page to a victim “Once the QR scanned, Victim’s session is yours now”

Video:

Attacking WhatsApp Web Application and performing MiTM attack to inject a bogus ad including WhatsApp QR Code Demo Video.

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Making Your Business Website Really Stand Out

Making Your Business’ Website Really Stand Out

It is one of the most important aspects of any business. This is often particularly the case in the early days. When you want your business to be a long lasting success, you need to ensure your online presence is top-notch.

And when don’t you want your business to be successful? Of course, building a strong website which really stands out is easier said than done. The truth is, advice abounds on how to make your website really pop, but it can be hard to know who to listen to. Fortunately, there are some basic ingredients which a website needs if it is to be a great one. In this article, we will go through what those ingredients are. Make sure your business’ website has all of these if it is to be a shining example of your company itself.

Easily Navigable

One of the most important things for any Internet user is that a website is easy to use. In fact, this is something which can be applied to all technology more generally. The user is almost always on the lookout for something which will be easy to use. If it isn’t, it is likely that they will turn away pretty quickly. To that end, work hard on building a website which makes intuitive sense. The truth is, this is actually quite hard to achieve. The easier a website is to use, the more difficult it is to get it to that point. It is probably worth hiring a professional web developer in order to achieve this balance properly. For more on getting that right, see searchengineland.com/6-easy-way-to-improve-your-sites-navigation-132138.

Great Graphic Design

Ultimately, people are impressed online by what they see. Of course, it is easy to say that, and difficult to actually achieve it. Making your website look amazing is all down to great graphic design. This, again, is something which you will want to hire a professional for. However, if you feel you can’t afford that, then you can do it yourself. Before you do, however, make sure that you first develop the necessary skills. It helps to be able to use basic graphic design software such as Photoshop. Otherwise, you might not get very far. Take a look at https://www.trainingconnection.com/photoshop-training.php for examples of Photoshop courses.

Prominent Contact Information

Most of the time, the main reason that people will go to your website will be to discover information about your business. The truth is, people will not usually spend that much time on your website. It is great to have lots of diverse and fascinating content, maybe even a blog. This draws people in and is good for branding. However, functionally, people are generally just looking for contact information. So make sure that it is prominently displayed, ideally on every page. This makes the whole experience a lot easier for your visitors. They are likely to really appreciate that. This shows that you are not keen on wasting their time. As a result, they will ironically give you more of it.

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5 Telltale Signs Your New Startup Business Could Be Breaking The Law

5 Telltale Signs Your New Startup Business Could Be Breaking The Law

Getting a new business off the ground is both an exciting and busy time for any entrepreneur. There are many things on the to-do list that must get ticked off before launch.

When the big day arrives, people look forward to working with new customers. And, of course, growing their new enterprises!

The sad truth about many startups is they often end up breaking the law. Most people don’t set out to do that intentionally. They just aren’t aware that a law was getting broken! Are you setting up a new business? If so, these five telltale signs are a red flag for your business. Make sure you don’t fall afoul of them:

1. You don’t have any employers’ liability insurance

When you set up a new business for the first time, you’ll have to get insurance. There are a plethora of different products that offer a range of cover levels. If you hire employees that work directly for you, you need employers’ liability insurance.

Did you know that it’s against the law if you don’t have it? Believe it or not, employers’ liability insurance isn’t expensive. Most insurers will even let you pay for your cover on a monthly basis.

2. Your working environment isn’t safe for your staff

As a business owner, you have to take responsibility for the welfare of your employees. At least, while they are working for you at your premises.

Health and safety is a topic that many startups fall afoul of during their early years. That’s because they aren’t aware of the things they are doing wrong. To avoid that problem, health and safety consultants, Peninsula, and other providers like them, should get utilised. They can tell you where you’re going wrong and the steps you need to take to put things right.

3. You forgot to register your business

Before you start trading, it is a legal requirement that you register your business. The main reason to do so is for tax purposes. In a nutshell, if you make money, the government needs to tax your profits.

Anyone can call themselves a business. But, you need to make it official first before you start promoting your products and services.

4. You are using your home as business premises

The law surrounding working environments can seem complex. But, when you think about it, the law isn’t that hard to understand. Let’s say you run a consultancy business. You are usually okay to work from home, either by using your living room or a dedicated area as your office.

But, if you do things like preparing and selling food, the law might prevent you from doing so at home. You should always check the legalities of working from home.

5. Forgetting to pay for certified product testing

Some physical products need certification before you can sell them to retail customers. If you don’t have it, you could end up getting prosecuted for your mistake.

Things like electronics goods and toys are a couple of examples. With clothes, it can be a bit complicated. If you sell to retailers, you need certification that satisfies their safety requirements.

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