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Spammers are Now Using Spoofing Technology to Disguise Phone Numbers

According to KBTX, several Texas A&M students recently reported receiving calls from scammers claiming they committed tax fraud and have a warrant out for their arrest. This is a serious issue called “phone spoofing” in which phone scammers use software to mask their real identities by displaying a fake telephone number. We will discuss spoofing technology to disguise phone numbers and how phone spoofing works.

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SSL Security Issues on Websites and Online Stores

When communication between parties takes place over the internet, there is always risks. If a customer is sending payment instructions to your store using your online facility, the last thing you ever want to happen is for an attacker to be capable of intercepting, reading, manipulating or replaying the HTTP request to the online application. The consequences can be unimaginable when an attacker is able to read your session cookie, or to manipulate the payee, product or billing address, or to simply inject new html or Javascript into the markup sent in response to a user request to the store. We will discuss SSL security issues on websites and online stores.

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Apple Planning Revamped Music Streaming Service with Marketing Blitz

After the first iteration of the Apple music streaming service product met with tepid reviews and several executives brought in to revive the company’s music strategy departed, Apple is planning on sweeping changes to its year-old product. The company is altering the user interface of Apple Music to make it more intuitive to use, according to people familiar with the produced who asked to not be identified because the plans aren’t public. There is also plans by Apple to better integrate its streaming and downloading businesses and expand its online radio service, the people said. The reboot is expected to be introduced at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference in June.

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Chobani CEO Giving Employees an Ownership Stake in Yogurt Empire

On Tuesday, April 26, Chobani CEO Hamid Ulukaya said that he would award his full-time employees an ownership stake in the privately held company. The awards total around 10 percent of the company’s value. However, they will only be worth something in the event of an IPO or sale of the company. According to a letter to the staff by Ululkaya, “This isn’t a gift. It’s a mutual promise to work together with a shared purpose and responsibility. To continue to create something special and of lasting value.”

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How Technology Has Evolved Since the 80s

There is a surprising number of technologies that define life today which got their start in the 1980s. Let’s take a walk down memory lane and see the evolution of technology since the 80s.

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Benefits of Magento for Your eCommerce Business

Magento is an open-source eCommerce platform for businesses. It contains built in customization to many of the top payment providers, as well as numerous pre-built shipping to choose from. Therefore, you can begin selling products online with little hassle. Here are just a few of the many benefits of Magento for your eCommerce business store.

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Tips for Speed Optimization of Magento

One of the most difficult things to accomplish with a Magento site is to make it load faster. You find that it will take 3-4 seconds for a standard category page to load due to the complex nature of how the Magento system works, even if you have a low graphics home page theme. If you choose to load your theme up with heavy graphics usage, the load time can even increase up to 5-10 seconds. Here are a few helpful tips we recommend to help speed optimization of Magento for your online store.

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