British business writer has invented the Pliqo collapsible garment bag
The clever PLIQO bag means you never need to travel in your suit again. It allows you to fold and pack your suit,Laptop and carry it as hand luggage, and unpack it in perfect condition when you are at your destination. Once the PLIQO bag is folded down to size it is classified as a ‘laptop bag’ or ‘handbag’ by major airlines meaning it can be carried onto the plan in addition to a conventional hand luggage bag.
Featuring a folding jacket hanger, the PLIQO bag measures only 39cm x 30cm x 8cm, making it simple to stow in every type of cabin bag or case, or carry on its own. For a video on how the PLIQO bag works please see below
The Pliqo bag was successfully funded on Kickstarter where it raced 400 % of its original target. The Pliqo bag is now available for pre-order via Indiegogo:
Never travel in your suit again with the smartest garment bag in the world.
The PLIQO bag is the brainchild of Patrick Tatham, who used his own travel experiences – and his network of frequent flying friends – to design a product that will make business travel and commuting more comfortable and convenient that ever before. “I want to be relaxed when I’m on the move, not worrying that I will appear in a crumpled suit at the start of my meetings. The PLIQO bag is the solution.”
The world’s appetite for open source software is voracious.
Organisations Increase Reliance on Open Source and Acknowledge Risks, But Efforts to Secure and Manage It Effectively are Lagging
In the last year, businesses around the globe significantly increased their use of open source and although they readily acknowledge growing concerns about open source-related security and operational risks, the effective management of open source is not keeping pace with the increase in use.
Those are among the key takeaways from the 2017 Open Source 360 Degree Survey results released today by Black Duck’s Center for Open Source Research and Innovation (COSRI). The COSRI survey comprised 819 respondents primarily from the U.S. and EMEA, 74% of whom were software developers, IT operations/professionals, systems architects, development managers, and security professionals.
Nearly 60% of respondents said their organisations’ use of open source increased in the last year citing: cost savings, easy access, and no vendor lock-in (84%); ability to customise code and fix defects directly (67%); better features and technical capabilities (55%); and the rate of open source evolution and innovation (55%).
Additionally, in terms of open source’s positive impact on business, survey respondents highlighted accelerated innovation (55%) and quality improvement (44%).
Even as their organisations are embracing open source to accelerate application development and increase development agility, respondents expressed concern about license risk/loss of intellectual property (66%); exposure to internal applications to exploitation from open source vulnerabilities (64%); exposure of external applications to exploitation because of open source vulnerabilities (71%); unknown quality of components (74%); and failure of development teams to adhere to internal policies (61%).
Despite those high levels of concern, nearly half of survey respondents indicated their organisations have no formal policies for selecting and approving open source. And just 15% indicated they have automated processes in place to manage their open source use.
Respondents gave their organisations decidedly middling marks in areas of managing and securing their open source, with slightly more than half reporting: being in compliance with associated licenses (54%); being aware of known security vulnerabilities (55%); knowing where and which open source versions are currently integrated and deployed (54%); and conforming to internal policies (44%).
“The 2017 Open Source 360 Degree survey responses correspond closely with our experience as we engage with businesses of all sizes in all industries around the world. Companies are using a tremendous amount of open source for sound economic and productivity reasons, but today most companies are not effective in securing and managing it,” said Black Duck CEO Lou Shipley. “This is surprising for a number of reasons. Today open source comprises 80% to 90% of the code in a modern application and the application layer is a primary target for hackers. This means that exploitation from known open source vulnerabilities represents the most significant application security risk most organisations face,” Shipley said.
The Open Source 360 Degree survey results show that open source vulnerability tracking and remediation remain primarily manual processes carried out by internal resources (53%). Only 27% of respondents reported automatic identification and remediation tracking of known open source vulnerabilities.
Shipley noted that the survey responses are “also very much in line with results in the open source audits we conduct for our customers.”
Black Duck’s On-Demand business unit conducts hundreds of open source code audits annually, primarily related to merger and acquisition transactions. The recently published Open Source Security and Risk Analysis (OSSRA) report on 1,071 applications audited during 2016 found both high levels of open source usage – 96% of the applications contained open source – and significant risk to open source security vulnerabilities – more than 60% of the applications contained open source security vulnerabilities.
Notably, in that Open Source Security and Risk Analysis (OSSRA) report, audited applications from the financial industry contained 52 open source vulnerabilities per application, and 60% of the applications contained high-risk vulnerabilities. The retail and e-commerce industry had the highest proportion of applications with high-risk open source vulnerabilities, with 83% of audited applications containing high-risk vulnerabilities.
This year’s Open Source 360 Degree Survey conducted by Black Duck’s COSRI is the successor to the former Future of Open Source Survey, co-presented for many years by Black Duck and North Bridge.
A detailed presentation of the complete Open Source 360 Degree Survey results will be available on the Black Duck Website on June 22 following a COSRI webinar discussion of the survey findings.
Other notable findings from the 2017 Open Source 360 Degree survey include:
Methods for tracking use of open source: Information provided by developers 54%; Manual design/code reviews 36%; Scans to inventory open source in use 33%
Methods for reviewing code for open source use: Don’t review code for open source (38%); internal tools to scan for open source 27%; third-party tools to scan for open source 28%
Most important elements to a successful open source policy: A structured process for review and approval of open source use requests 42%; A whitelist/blacklist of approved open source components, specific to use cases 39%; A whitelist/blacklist of approved open source licenses, specific to use cases 39%
Prevalent areas for open source usage: Build applications used within our organisation 77%; Build applications used by our customers 69%; Build and run our IT operations infrastructure 69%
Prevalent technology areas for open source use: Development Tools/Software Development Lifecycle 57%; Containers/DevOps/Virtualisation/Cloud Computing 53%; Systems Management/Operating Systems 52%;
Open Source Contribution: 66% of companies surveyed contribute to open source projects.
Open Source 360 Degree 2017 collaborators included the following (platinum collaborators are in bold): Appnovation, Bareos GmbH & Co. KG, Black Duck Software, Capital One, Couchbase, Credativ, EnterpriseDB, Grid Protection Alliance, InfoSys, Open Hub, Open Invention Network (OIN), Open-Xchange, Opmantek, (Open Source Academy of Arts, Science and Technology) of Pakistan, Pentaho, Red Hat, Rift-io, Rocket.Chat, Symphony Foundation, univention, WIPRO, WP Engine
Superior identity security with multi-factor authentication and adaptive access control protects most widely used cloud service from increasing attacks
SecureAuth Corp., the leader in adaptive access control, today unveiled enhanced protection for Microsoft’s Office 365, the world’s most widely used enterprise cloud service. By providing adaptive authentication for all Office 365 mail clients – including Microsoft Outlook and third-party applications, such as Apple Mail, SecureAuth is protecting one of the world’s most popular SaaS applications from increasing cyber attacks.
SecureAuth’s enhanced security for Office 365 provides identity protection and detection using the industry’s most advanced adaptive authentication and risk analysis capabilities, and features SecureAuth’s portfolio of multi-factor authentication methods. This multi-layered security approach combines techniques such as geographic location analysis, device recognition, IP address based threat services, and phone fraud prevention – to name a few.
With 85 million users working on a combination of desktop and laptop computers, mobile devices, and web applications, Office 365 is the world’s most popular cloud service. But wide use of Office 365 also makes it a primary target for cyber attacks especially during complex tasks like Office 365 GCC High and SharePoint Data Migration etc. Breaches tied to phishing e-mail scams and lack of strong identity security are accelerating. Organizations using Office 365 have been forced to rely on traditional and inadequate username-password authentication to try to protect themselves from sophisticated attackers.
Current versions of Office 365 mail clients support basic two-factor authentication while older Microsoft clients and third-party email applications do not. Enhanced identity security from SecureAuth, adaptive authentication, is the most secure approach for access from any client app that connects to Office 365, including older versions of Outlook and third-party email clients.
“Office 365 adoption is second-to-none, which is great for convenience and productivity, but unfortunately makes businesses more vulnerable to attack,” said SecureAuth Chief Technology Officer Keith Graham. “Attackers know that Office 365 is ripe to be exploited, and we see organizations under daily attack. With credentials, preventing the misuse of stolen credentials while maintaining ease of use for end users is paramount. That’s why SecureAuth’s new enhanced protection and detection capabilities for Office 365 offers the highest level of identity security – not only for newer mail clients, but also for older versions which remain widely deployed.”
As with all of SecureAuth’s security solutions, the enhanced Office 365 protection offers a frictionless user experience. The system triggers multi-factor authentication only when it determines a logon to be a potential risk. If there is no risk present, multi-factor authentication is not required, ensuring that access remains easy, convenient, and secure.
With the solution deployed across all devices and both old and new mail clients, organizations are protected no matter how their users access Office 365.
Antivirus mobile apps are here, and they aren’t who they purport to be.
RiskIQ today reveals it has identified hundreds of malicious antivirus apps, capitalising on ransomware fears and putting users at risk.
Using RiskIQ’s mobile database, hundreds of examples of apps that claimed to help defend mobile phones were found to be preying on unsuspecting users by pushing adware, trojans, and other malware.
Using a title search for “Antivirus” resulted in 6,295 total apps, past and present, claiming to either be an antivirus solution, review antivirus solutions or be associated with antivirus software in some way. More than 700 of these apps triggered blacklist detections from the aggregated antivirus vendors in VirusTotal. Trimming the dataset to compare apps only coming from the Google Play store showed 655 results. Of those, 131 had triggered blacklist detections.
The way that we produce, distribute and consume media is changing. Indeed, it has already changed a great deal over the last few years. Digital technology has turned the world of traditional media (press, television, and radio) on its head. Whether it survives this transformative period, and in what form, depends on the ability of businesses to adapt to technological developments and changing consumer habits.
One of the biggest changes emerging is the sheer volume of media being consumed digitally. A recent trendsreport looking at the rise of digital media found that internet users now spend approximately 6 ½ hours online every day. What’s more, the way that way that these individuals access the internet is changing fast. The share of internet time captured by smartphones has risen from 23% to 39% since 2012, with PCs and laptops experiencing a slight decline over the same period. Online users, therefore, represent a huge audience that traditional media outlets cannot afford to ignore.
Social media, too, has been a game changer. Social networks now represent 32 per cent of online media time and this figure only looks set to grow. Increasingly, individuals are accessing news via social networks, alongside entertainment, consuming content based on what their friends are sharing online. Social media is very much the opinion-maker of modern times, particularly amongst the younger generation, in much the same way that newspapers and radio broadcasts could once claim to be.
However, commentators should not be too hasty when signalling the death of traditional media. Consumers are still spending more than twice as long watching broadcast television when compared to online TV and traditional media still holds a greater sway with rural populations and older individuals. Similarly, broadcast radio and the print press retain a sizeable portion of the market even in the digital age. Evidently, if traditional media outlets are to survive, it is more about evolution than revolution – adapting to new developments without completely abandoning their current methods.
It is also worth noting that some things will remain the same even as many others change and as our reliance on digital media increases, some aspects of the traditional media landscape will continue to be valued highly. Although the digital age has pushed some media outlets toward clickbait headlines and lightweight listicles, there remains room for quality journalism. Not only are audiences showing that they have an appetite for long-form articles, marketers are discovering that it can be a more effective way of monetising their content. As the world of media changes, therefore, content creators must be careful that they do not lose sight of long-established media values.
The change that we are experiencing now is also merely the tip of the iceberg. Media outlets cannot afford to rest on their laurels by assuming that as long as they have a good website and an effective social media strategy they are all set. The industry remains in a constant state of flux and it is difficult to predict future developments that are surely on their way.
New devices are being created, or are already with us, that threaten further disruption. Internet connected devices like the Amazon Echo provide another opportunity for individuals to consume media, but also a new challenge to the existing distribution network. With bold predictions being made regarding the Internet of Things, who’s to say that consumers won’t be accessing their media on their smartwatch, internet-enabled glasses, or their home appliances in the not-too-distant future?
The digital age does not represent a clean break from the traditional media distribution and consumption methods of the past. The transition could very well be a messy one as decades-old institutions struggle to adapt to changing technology and consumer behaviour. However, if businesses listen to their audience and remember that there will always be a place for quality content, then they have reason to look towards the future with hope rather than fear.
If you want to learn more about the changes occurring in the world of media, visit GlobalWebIndex for more data and analysis.
1867, the peak of Victorian era. You play a private detective from London who arrives in a grim coastal town of Snowport to investigate a distress call from your old friend. You find him brutally murdered, and a short visit quickly turns into a full-scale campaign against criminal masterminds, corrupt police and a secret science society.
Silent Streets gives players two augmented reality features:
In-game crime evidence is scattered in your real world surroundings. You discover these objects with your phone camera and tap on them to collect and use in your investigation. A murder weapon could be lying right on your working desk, just look around.
You physically walk with the phone in your pocket to get around Snowport. The game uses your phone’s accelerometer and GPS sensors to measure how close you are to your game destination, such as a crime scene or your detective’s office. You can use your daily commutes, shopping trips or fitness time to progress through the story.
The core of Silent Streets is a choose your own adventure gamebook, packed with memorable characters, puzzles, side quests and subtle humour. Inside game locations, you interrogate Snowport citizens, confront them with evidence, and build relationships. There are different ways to solve the case, and you can save let the criminal live – or pass your own judgement.
To further immerse player into the Victorian mystery world, Silent Streets is adorned with beautiful illustrations, an interactive map, full-scale voiceover by professional actors, ambient sound scenes and orchestral music.
Every Silent Streets episode is a self-contained detective case, and each case gets you closer to solving the big puzzle of Snowport. Who pulls the strings in the underground world? Will mysticism work where science fails? And finally, what is the Snow Queen project?
Episode One is scheduled for a limited release in Ireland on 23 June 2017, with more chapters to follow in July, August and September. The global release is planned for end of July this year. Smartphones with iOS and Android systems are supported.
Silent Streets Episode One will be available with a 100% discount in App Store and Google Play from 23 to 30 June.
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About the team and who are they…
Silent Streets is developed by Funbakers, a small independent game studio based in Maynooth, co. Kildare. The project won the Competitive Start Fund programme run by Enterprise Ireland in 2016, and was well received at a number of game shows and contests, including EGX (Eurogamer Expo) 2016 in Birmingham, WexWorlds 2017 in Wexford and Meaningful Play 2016 in the US.
Сontrary to the popular “three is a crowd” group dynamics we strongly believe in a “three of a perfect pair” approach in everything we do as a company. Connecting Saint Petersburg, the cultural heart of Russia, with Samara, the heartland of Russian beer, we are steadily moving towards Dublin, the European beer capital of IT and good music.
Every boyband has a smart guy, a good-looking guy and a bad boy on board. We have Demid Tishin, an entrepreneur with 10 years of experience in IT as a CEO of a successful company, he’s at the bright side of the company. On the dark side we have Ilya Moshkov, who is trying to look bad-ass but still being a white collar business school alumnus. And on the side that actually works we have Alex Nitz, an American-educated medicine doctor, who is there because it’s cool to have a real doctor in your team and because he happens to be a talented art director.
We want to make cool games that actually do matter!
What People are saying…
“It quickly hooked me in with the strong story and the interesting real-world walking mechanic” – Jon Martindale, KitGuru.net
“Maybe this will be more satisfying than PokemonGo was ;)” – AppUnwrapper.com @AppUnwrapper
I am the guy that likes sound when working from home or on the go and I like my sound with me and I tend to have it loud and clear but what about calls to people with that too and immersive sound? The Jabra Speak 710 does both and its portable,light and hosts an array of features that my typical bluetooth speakers don’t have and I have alot of them… The Speak 710 works fine by itself but we have two and in this case more means better as with many bluetooth speakers today if you own more than one you can daisy chain them and get really high quality sound effects this also not only stands to music but on calls too so you win both ways, So if you have these connected either to your PC or mobile phone you will have the best of both worlds for taking calls and enjoying some music whislt you get on with your daily business…
Packaging.
Boxed simply put.. It comes with plenty of instructions and user guides not that its hard to set up its more like a plug and play,however if yo have the two you might want to read up on pairing them together which in fairness is simple be it your mobile phone or PC or both..As with lots of Jabra products there is audio commands which are loud and clear and I love them.
Build Quality.
This is one solid piece of kit I love the circular shape and when you pick it up you can feel it it’s not heavy though but solid, The built-in stand on the back is also metal and not cheap plastic so this is more robust, There is a cable on the back which cleverly wraps around the speaker in its own channel built into the unit which is nice and tidy also on the back you get a bluetooth dongle embedded into the housing of the speaker,this is quite small though and you would want to be carefull not to lose it.. The cable is about 3 ft in length which gives you the option to move the speakers about and this cable obviously again is for charging via standard USB..
Connectivity
Sound Quality
Well its pretty dam good, As I have said I own a lot of bluetooth speakers from all price tiers these really are impressive and even from your mobile phone although they only work from your phones maximum level volume but still they are great.Plugged into your PC/Laptop again great this is not for all and again some like sound but all those little sounds you hear from your home office come through great and again for watching you tube and so on or the news for example. My Speakers on my own Laptop are good but these blow them away when connected I have one set either side of my home Laptop permanently now and I love it, Yeah it does add some clutter space to the table but its worth it if you are into sound…
One issue I had was the paired speaker lagging behind on my mobile particularly when further apart this would be expected but this was easily fixed by turning on BOTH speakers first rather than the main unit then the second one afterward. Listen to a sound clip and walk-around of the product below..
Controls
Rather than a myriad of buttons we have touch controls here which are nice and responsive and highlighted with LEDs as you will see above and again you get audio prompts when you pair or disconnect from whatever you might be connected to,this all looks and sounds futurist when operating for the first time especially how the lights come on and go off it really is visually pleasing dare I say it.. We have power on/off volume up/down,battery status,bluetooth indicator,voice ,link button (This is if you have two speakers)
The Specs
Jabra Speak 710 – Jabra Link 370 USB adapter – Quick Start Guide – Neoprene pouch – Warranty leaflet
Speakerphone weight
298 g
Connectivity
USB 2.0 & Bluetooth® – USB cord ~ 100 cm
Certifications
Microsoft (Skype for Business)
Cisco (Cisco 7800 series, Cisco 8800 series, Cisco Jabber, Cisco VXME eLux – HP ThinPro – SUSE, DX series)
Avaya (Avaya Communicator, Avaya One-X Agent, Avaya One-X Communicator)
Mitel (Mitel 68XX series, BluStar, MiVoice)
Unify (Unify OpenScape series)
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU Open Touch 8xxx, ALU OpenTouch Conversation, ALU PIMphony, IP Desktop Softphone)
Citrix (HDX RealTime Optimisation Pack)
USB BT audio device/HID dongle. Bluetooth® 4.2 – Bluetooth® Low Energy (BTLE)
Peak output power
10 watt
Charging Interface
Micro USB
Microphone Type
Omni-directional
Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR)
+70 dB
Talk-time
Up to 15 hours
Charging power & time
USB 5 V/500 mA – Charging time 3 h
Standby time
Power safe after 15 min/Standby 480 days
Overall thoughts
These are a valid replacement for a conference call system in many ways and they are a nice product overall with good looks and performance but the price might be off-putting for some. Due to the sound clarity,size,features and build quality I would much prefer this than your typical landline based set up, I do not have a landline and have not done so for years but again you can use these paired to your smartphone too so it all comes together as an excellent set up that’s also portable be it even having just one speakerphone. Having the two is excellent and the sound is fantastic, Set up is simple and takes seconds to do so no matter where you are or what you are using it all comes together well and compliments each other too and in a simple manner…
Again thanks to the team at Jabra for letting us try the Speak 710 out and stay tuned for more soon..
Update. 15/6/17, These are fake copy models and you should avoid at all costs and people have unintentionally bought them in anticipation. They’ve also been taken down from site after I spoke to them on the phone. There is lots of fakes going around so be careful. If in doubt get in touch with us.
What to watch out for.
The packaging. It’s not a couple of the phones pictured and plain back. Real one hash splash artwork colour with one phone seen above.
Speaker on inside cover should be rectangular not square.
Orange/Yellow colour around the lens, it should be inside to be real.
Motherboard (Green in colour) is visible, not covered.
Back lit keys are white not blue.
Some housing variants are different pay attention to the keys and front fascia on top and finally the USB port placement.. It’s on the top, not the bottom.
Just a quick note if you are waiting on the all new Nokia 3310. It’s now available in the dual sim format costing €99.99 but I would be careful. It would be expected to be a bit more expensive considered its dual Sim but for this price I feel many will hold off until retailers stock it or wait for Argos to get stock in which is due the 20th June as they told us recently for €69.99 and also Dual Sim
The real Nokia 3310
Dual sim European version, The new Nokia 3310 takes the iconic silhouette of the original and reimagines it for 2017. The custom designed user interface brings a fresh look to a classic, whilst the 2.4” polarized and curved screen window makes for better readability in sunlight
Want to give up the smokes and cant well this app might help…. Well there is a number of ways that claim to help and they do help some but not all and willpower is the vital component in wanting to give up the cancer sticks. I myself have tried many of the offerings out there and none have worked and I have not tried my own plan to cut down and its working so far but will it get me off them completely,well that’s a matter of time… However many people try vaporizers.
Virtual Reality has been stagnant of late with not much action going on and hopefully that will change in the coming months but we have also to consider AI too as another tool to get things done, As a VR fan Its been rather quite with new things coming so i am optimistic about what lies ahead but I do think things will improve in the coming months and here is one idea that fits the bill now on kickstarter which hopefully gets backing and releases before next year as slated.
Their ultimate goal is to reach as many smokers as possible around the world, to form a smoke-free community for the future, and want you to be a part of it! And if you quit smoking before our delivery date, or if you’ve never smoked at all, become a mentor or a volunteer, they will have interesting content for everyone, and we want you to be part of our community.
For me I hope this gets the funds it requires as it is another tool to help people quit the dam smokes and be healthy so I will be watching this one closely in the coming weeks…
