Google Chrome Beats Internet Explorer For A Day

Everyone in today’s day is so much addicted to the internet that they hardly come to know how their time gets spent on the internet. The internet explorer has till date been the best internet browsing platform and according to reports of the Daily Mail it was found that for a day the internet explorer was pushed to the second position by Google chrome. Though it was only for a day it was the greatest achievement for Google.

Today we see there is competition everywhere. There is competition among companies, web-browsers, websites etc. when we talk about web-browser we see that there are so many web browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera that are competing with each other to gain the first position but unfortunately internet explorer has always been the most popular web browser.  It was indeed luck for Google chrome which just for a day took the first position.

 

Many people prefer internet explorer as whenever a person buys a computer the browser is installed. In case of other browsers they need to be downloaded from the internet.  It is true that other browsers give lots of options for web browsing compared to explorer. But, few people who do not have any knowledge about other web browsers always prefer explorer.

It has been noted that chrome’s figures tend to increase during weekends as people browse it from their homes. Home users thus choose Google’s chrome over Microsoft’s Explorer. Whereas the use of internet explorer increases during weekdays as a lot of corporate people make use of it. The internet explorer which has been popular since the year 1999 still proves to stand in the number one position. 

Let’s see whether some other browser tries to go ahead of explorer in the near future.

Use Smartphones to Read eBooks

Tired of carrying heavy books while traveling? Don’t worry as now you can enjoy reading your favorite books on your personal Smartphone. Now your Smartphone can give you much more than chatting, calling, sharing photos, videos etc. It can give you something which you would have never thought of i.e. e-reading. This means it can act like an e-reader. Now a Smartphone can help you do the following things

•        Can let you do instant reading

•       It can be used for testing applications like Kindle and Kobo

•       It can be used for testing eBook-stores

•     Your phone can help you discover eBooks.   People can use twitter as a discovery tool

•    Last but not the least for downloading eBooks

This shows how a simple Smartphone can help readers so many things. With so many different applications available for the purpose of e-reading on Smartphone users need not worry about spending their holidays in a boring manner especially while traveling. 

The main aim of giving access to eBooks via smart phones is that we know people’s lives are getting busier day by day and in that case they don’t have time to read anything printed. With the advancing technology it has been seen that people mostly prefer reading books in an electronic format.

Among the many Smartphone users, the Android phone users have a matter to rejoice because they have so many eBook applications that enable them to read through their phone. A few popular applications are Kindle, Nook, Aldiko, eReader, Kobo, Stanza and many more.  All thanks to technology because of which phone users can efficiently read their favorite eBooks.

Smartphone Password Manager Not Secure

In a survey conducted by the researchers of the ElcomSoft company evaluated 17 password managers for  Blackberry and iphone and found out that they weren’t secure. The ElcomSoft Company which is a Russian based software company specializes in computer security and data recovery applications. In the  research conducted by the researchers it was noted that entering a strong password for a Smartphone is way too difficult than entering one from a pc keyboard. When people constantly type their passwords form a keyboard their fingers learn it but that’s not quite possible in case of Smartphone’s. Users therefore find is difficult to set up complex passwords for Smartphone applications.

 

The results were quite surprising as out of 17 applications which were evaluated 7 apps had passwords that were either unencrypted or poorly encrypted. This made it easy for recovering and made the complexity of the main password irrelevant. Although the length of the passwords varied from product to product they could very easily be exposed within a day. The many applications which were evaluated were the iOS version of lastpass 1.72 premium, Blackberry Wallet, Blackberry password keeper. Though these applications encrypt their data well their passwords too could be easily exposed.

This simply states that phone users can no more rely on password managers because they tend to crack them easily. They cannot protect the phone data; hence users must start to sue their phone’s built-in protection to secure their phone passwords. iOs phone users must set up strong password which is very complex and the back-up password too should be complex. If you really want to secure Smartphones then make sure you don’t plug your phone to untrusted computers.

Blackberry phone users must set up device password or turn media card encryption off. Apart from these BB phone users can also set it to encrypt using the overall device key. This phone user must perform these tasks to stop a skilled hacker from analyzing their device password through the media card.

Now, that you know that Smartphone password mangers are not secure make sure you take the necessary precautions before using your Smartphone.

Mobile Devices Prone To Greater Risks During Vacations

Vacations are the only period when parents get time to spend with their children. Now with good technology we can see people widely using cell phones for every necessity. We see them using Smartphone for various personal and professional purposes. During vacations there are lots of chances that you would misplace your phone or it would get lost and get affected by suspicious viruses. Though many people know that it is important to secure their mobile phones hardly few people find it necessary to do so.

People are hardly aware of the fact that losing a phone would cost them a lot than installing a security application which would block malware, locate the lost mobile and silently wipe-out all personal information.  Also the cost of device theft is lot more than the cost of device replacement. As we known mobile phones consist of important information they cannot be left unguarded. If left, would cause a lot of problems to the user after his long vacation.

To not let anything like this occur, people must secure their phones by first understanding the risks. First of all they must protect their machine in every possible way. Users should install a lightweight, high-performance anti-virus program. After that they must lock their phones with passwords and write their names behind their device for security reasons. Users must make sure their phone is always with them. 

As stated earlier physical security is important, do not connect your device to external networks, emails and websites. These rules apply to both basic as well as smartphone users. Best way to protect your phone while on a vacation would be to buy and install a reliable mobile securitysoftware. 

These tips would surely help you protect your device while you are busy enjoying your holiday with your family.