Cynja
The Cynja, Vol. 1: Digital Chaos is All Around Us
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Cynja
Welcome to the World of The Cynja®!
Hidden deep inside our planet’s virtual world, lurking in the darkened cyber alleys of our digital neighborhoods, a new generation of criminals has risen. Zombies, worms, botnets – all threaten our happiness and future. But there is hope! A new superhero is battling this new sinister cyber evil. The Cynja [Keep reading]
Gotchas / Consumer
Attack of the giant phones; ‘phablets’ gobbling up market share
Huge cell phones are HUGE. And you’d better get used to them. Awkwardly-named “phablets” — a sort of phone/tablet combo gadget, with a display at 5.5 inches ore larger, are exploding in popularity. Phablets claimed 21 percent of all U.S. smartphone sales during the first quarter of this year, nearly [Keep reading]
Personal
Was Amtrak train 188 running late? Schedule seems to suggest it was
Was ill-fated Amtrak train 188 running late on Tuesday night? Probably at least a few minutes late, it seems. My friend told me to check the Moovit app to see how late the train would be, but I didn’t have it downloaded onto my phone! Amtrak’s schedule says the Monday [Keep reading]
Cybercrime / Privacy
EXCLUSIVE: Hackers target Starbucks mobile users, steal from linked credit cards without knowing account number
BOBSULLIVAN.NET EXCLUSIVE: Credit card hackers are targeting Starbucks gift card and mobile payment users around the country – and stealing from consumers’ credit cards — with a new scam so ingenious they don’t even need to know the account number of the card they are hacking. Criminals are using Starbucks [Keep reading]
Gotchas / Consumer
A tale of two Uber responses to transit crisis in NYC and DC; $2.75 vs. $34.18
Uber was, rightly, getting a lot of NYC praise this weekend for jumping on the crippling outage of the popular L train that connects Brooklyn and Manhattan. The ride-sharing service smartly offered rides along the L route for only $2.75 — regular subway fare — even if the normal cost [Keep reading]
Don't Get Ripped Off Series
It’s moving season — which means it’s ripoff season
Moving is like death and taxes. It’s inevitable, usually dreadful, and also often costly. So even though you might have fallen in love with a house that was shown to you by a someone like this orlando property management company, moving will still be expensive. There are so many things [Keep reading]
Gotchas / Consumer
NYC bans credit checks for job applicants
New York City became the latest place to limit se of credit checks as a screening tool for job applicants on Wednesday when Mayor Bill de Blasio signed the “Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act.” The bans most employers from using job applicants’ credit history in hiring decisions. By some measures, roughly [Keep reading]
Sports features
Patriots staff ‘guilty’ – it’s the text messages, always the text messages
How many times do I have to remind you all: Text messages are *not* private. If you plan to deflate footballs to the liking of your quarterback in exchange for memorabilia, communicate in person. Only in person. By now you know that the NFL has sort-of-kind-of found the Super Bowl-winning [Keep reading]
Gotchas / Consumer
Kansas refuses to be bullied by Uber; why does ride-share giant oppose background checks, insurance rules?
“Pure political theater.” That’s how a Kansas lawmaker described Uber’s decision yesterday to suspend operations in Kansas after the state legislature passed a law with rule Uber would have been required to follow. Lost amid all the fun headlines about Uber “Not in Kansas anymore” and the ignorant “Uber kicked [Keep reading]