Another home security system has dropped in and once more this one is totally wireless which is ideal for the average consumer. This will not require any technical knowledge to install or set up and this package comes with two cameras and base station pretty like most out there on the market today.. Of course this comes with its own free app on Android and iOS.
This is a first look and we will have our full review soon on how it works and whats involved with this kit and we will have samples of how it performs overall and we look forward to checking it out. Any questions as always feel free to ask below or on our social channels.
Sony Mobile Ireland is inviting families across Ireland to visit the Sony Xperia 10 Cinema for a chance to win the ultimate Spider-Man experience in London. Located in the Eir store at 37 Henry Street, the Sony Xperia 10 Cinema is a fit-to-scale movie theatre experience, showcasing the latest technology in mobile innovation. A second Sony Xperia 10 Cinema will also be on display in the Three store on Grafton Street, starting 1st May.
Featuring the 21:9 ultimate wide display ratio, Sony’s Xperia 10 smartphone offers edge-to-edge entertainment in a sleek and slender hand-fit design, perfect for bringing the movie viewing experience from the big screen straight into your hands. The Sony Xperia 10 Cinema will also offer a sneak-peak of SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME, only in cinemas from July 3rd.
To celebrate the Xperia 10’s 21:9 ratio experience and the upcoming release of SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME, enter for your chance to be the superhero of your family and save the day with a getaway they will never forget. For a family of four, the prize includes return flights and family room at a 4-star hotel in London, a 24-hour London City bus tour, tickets to the Tower Bridge experience and a private 2-hour Spider-Man inspired stunt workshop.
Step-by-step instructions for your chance to win below. The competition will run from today, 12th April until 31st May. Good luck and remember “with great power, comes great responsibility.”
The Sony Xperia 10 is available to buy at Eir and Three stores nationwide now and retails from free on a €39.99 bill pay tariff or €299.99 on prepay.
We are currently testing out both the Xperia 10 and L3 you can see the first look HERE and check our You Tube Channel HERE for some video and camera footage so far. So far I am very impressed with the Xperia 10 with what’s on offer for its price and the camera is certainly good and it is a good performer all round.
ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS:
1) Visit the Sony Xperia 10 Cinema located in the Eir store at 37 Henry Street and Three Grafton Street from 1st May.
2) Take a photo of yourself with the Sony Xperia 10 Cinema.
3) Post the photo on Twitter or Instagram tagging @sonyxperiaie and using both hashtags #Xperia10Cinema and #SpiderManFarFromHome in the post.
4) You’re now in the draw to win a weekend away for a family of four in London for three nights, to celebrate the release of SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME, in cinemas from July 3rd.
By Chris Huggett, Senior Vice President, EMEA & India at Sungard AS..
Spending £100m an hour or £28,000/second, is an immense responsibility for the public sector. How it chooses to distribute an approximately £817 billion annual budget impacts everyone living in the UK. Deciding how to squeeze out every bit of value is crucial, and wrong decisions will be mercilessly scrutinised by the media and electorate. Up until recently, most decisions have been made without the use of new technology such as machine learning and AI, powered by the public cloud, which the commercial sector has been doing for a decade. This has been due to the legal limitations of using sensitive data in such clouds. This is changing, however, and the public sector now has access to the public cloud to process and store an increasing amount of its data. Providing a platform on which to better manage and use information will create a launchpad for innovation within the public sector. It’s an opportunity that will fundamentally improve the sector’s ability to provide services to UK citizens.
Chris Huggett, Senior Vice President, EMEA & India at Sungard AS
But there’s one more, big hurdle to get over and that is one of trust. Data-savvy citizens and the demand for more transparency have choked the public sector’s ability to capitalise upon the opportunities that public cloud can offer. We expect, even demand, the public sector to be incredibly diligent with our data. Unsurprisingly there is legislation in place to ensure that data with a level of sensitivity is both properly protected and kept sovereign by virtue of it remaining within the UK and only accessible by British citizens.
The introduction of new sovereign public cloud services like our ownthat allow the public sector to store Sensitive and Official Sensitive data on the public cloud is removing that hurdle. Providing the public sector with the ability to capitalise upon a secure, legally compliant public cloud means it can innovate at the same pace as industry and drives better decision making. Put into practice, these things could have huge benefits across the public sector.
The big decisions
Organisations with access to broader, larger data sets can make better decisions and all of this can be handled much more affordably in the public cloud. Decision-making processes such as where to build roads, hospitals and schools, through to identifying where to increase policing levels, even military deployments, can rapidly take into account a huge variety of disparate data. This creates insights that simply cannot be derived any other way in an acceptable timeframe or at acceptable cost. Ultimately, this can make the UK safer, better educated and healthier.
Who’s driving my car?
The information stored by the DVLA includes a huge amount of confidential data about the UK’s population and on the nation’s vehicles. With 8,500 cameras recording approximately 35 million number plates every day the possibility exists of being able to more quickly identify the location of a stolen vehicle. However, using techniques similar to the way banks identify fraudulent transactions, combining known data about the vehicle’s owner, other insured drivers and the vehicle’s information and location, it may be possible to identify a possible theft having happened even before the owner realises it has taken place. Imagine how that could reduce car thefts and lower insurance premiums?
Prevention not cure
The ability to look at diverse data sets, including sensitive patient data, could unleash a revolution in healthcare enabling advanced preventative medicine. Taking into account what the NHS already knows about its patients and adding it to other data such as that from the increasing adoption of wearable tech, we are approaching the point of being able to identify possible health scares for citizens with a considerable level of accuracy. The impact on the population and possible cost savings for the ever-strained NHS are considerable.
There is so much value to be gleaned from the huge volume of data that the public sector holds that could have an incredibly positive societal impact. This is just the tip of a very big iceberg that is increasingly visible thanks to new sovereign public cloud technologies.
If you made some New Year’s resolution promises that you aren’t quite keeping up with, don’t worry — you’re not alone. In fact, 73% of adults fail at their fitness goals. Whether you decided to lose weight, exercise more, or eat healthier foods, it’s never too late to get back on track.
You don’t need a personal trainer or an expensive gym membership to live your healthiest life. Technology has made it easier than ever to get in shape, mainly through smartphone apps and wearable fitness trackers.
It’s now easier than ever to incorporate fitness into your everyday life. Since the latest and greatest technology is always changing, we wanted to know what the best, most up-to-date health apps were. This infographic sent to us from Bestow, which compares 2019’s 12 best apps for tracking health and fitness.
Author bio: Bestow is a smarter approach to life insurance using big data and technology to bring simple and affordable coverage to everyone.
Investment apps are increasingly becoming popular. There are a plethora of versatile investment apps that entice new investors to get involved in the business of the stock market. Moreover, experienced and expert investors are also able to identify opportunities for saving money and improving their portfolios by using a robust investment app.
Until recently people had to pick up the phone and contact a stockbroker for making a trade that was accompanied by an exorbitant commission. However, now you could simply pick up your smartphone and you simply need to tap your screen a number of times for trading instantly usually, for free but at times, you need to pay relatively cheaper rates. Let us explore some of the top investment apps that every investor must know about and use for better trading prospects.
Stockpile: Best App for Stock Gifting
Stockpile is known to offer an innovative approach to purchasing and selling stocks. You could purchase fractional shares of almost all companies via Stockpile. Alternatively, there is an option of funding an account using one of the stock gift cards that would be giving the lucky recipients some shares of stock that start at $5. In this context, you do not have to pay any monthly fees and all trades actually, are 99 cents. Stockpile is supposed to be a thrilling proposition for grandparents and parents who are excited to involve young adults and kids in the stock market and the business of investing. Stockpile offers more than 1000 investments including ETFs and single stocks. You could give physical gift cards or e-gift cards or opt for funding an account via a bank transfer. This surely is a gift which would be paying dividends literally.
Openfolio
As per https://www.forbes.com, “Openfolio is something akin to Wall Street meets social media. It’s a platform where investors can come to discuss investment strategies, as well as, display their portfolios to others in their networks. The dollar amounts in each portfolio do not appear, but instead are displayed with percentages held in each asset class.” Openfolio would be displaying everything that you are purchasing and selling but without dollar amounts. This is a versatile app and provides you with the golden opportunity to monitor exactly how others are investing within your network. If you are neck-deep in debts and cannot even think of investing, you must take out a debt consolidation loan to combine your multiple debts into one single larger debt with one monthly repayment and a single deadline.
Personal Capital
Personal Capital is supposed to be a fantastic finance tracking tool for assisting you in managing your investments particularly if you are having multiple accounts with various companies. Your performance would be tracked across all the accounts and would be evaluated against benchmarks such as the S&P 500 and Dow. It is a robust investment management platform that would be including all your financial accounts right from credit cards, bank accounts to your investments and your mortgage. It is supposed to be the most effective way of keeping a track of all your investments and that too, for absolutely free.
However, you may seek the expertise of one of the qualified financial advisors out there if you wish to but then you need to pay an annual fee as per the managed assets. Personal Capital also boasts of a budgeting tool that helps to keep constant track of all your investments.
Morningstar
The Morningstar App just like its site provides independent and valuable investment research, as well as, insights. You could get comprehensive investment information and data for mutual funds, stocks, and ETFs. Morningstar provides brilliant portfolio tracking tools, real-time quotes, videos, and the latest news. Moreover, you could have access to global and US index performances. Morningstar is known for its portfolio monitoring tools, research, and curated news associated with your investment interests.
Yahoo! Finance
Yahoo! Finance is regarded as a sterling investing information and data resource. Its app provides fantastic real-time data during the trading day. This app stands tall among the rest because of its capacity to easily and quickly browse read basic charts, videos, and view financials in a jiffy. As per the recent feature, now Yahoo! Finance would be letting you sync your broker account to make sure that you could trade easily and successfully through the app.
Robinhood
Robinhood provides excellent commission-free trading directly from your smartphone with no need for minimum balance. Moreover, Robinhood features a referral program which is known to offer a free share of stock meant for you, as well as, the friend referred by you. This app offers a Robinhood Gold Program that lets you trade on margin. The app is supposed to be quite basic and you must not expect any great research and analysis. Robinhood, for now, is not available to you on the web. However, the company is planning to come up with a robust web platform sometime next year. In the case, you seem to be thinking in terms of a simple, no-frills, and commission-free platform, no other app, platform or stock picking service could beat Robinhood. It is way ahead of the others in this respect.
StockTwits
StockTwits is supposed to be the ‘Twitter for Investors’ and a community comprising traders who exchange news, ideas, and complaints. This community boasts of an impressive number of day traders who are very much fascinated by technical analysis. However, they still attach a lot of value and importance to fundamental investors.
Learn
Learn is just the right investment app for someone who is getting started with investing. Learn is highly-recommended by experts for novice investors. It provides concise, easy, and clear content and easy audio lessons relating to investment topics. Some of the typical topics would include ‘What is a Balance Sheet?’, ‘What is Stock?’, and ‘What Are the Mistakes to Avoid?’ These are generally fundamental concepts and Learn must be explored by amateur investors while experienced and expert investors must stick to Investopedia.
Conclusion
There are numerous investment apps. You simply need to choose the right one as per your unique requirements. For new investors, these investment apps are great for sharpening their investment skills and boosting their overall investment knowledge.
A New survey released by experience design agency, 383, found that 18-35 year olds would rather take advice from digital influencers than they are to trust the judgement of parents and friends when it comes to making big life decisions. 58% of students (18-24 year olds) and 53% of ‘Gullenials’ (gullible millennials) believe Facebook, Instagram and Online Bloggers are more trustworthy than Mum and Dad, proving lessons haven’t been learnt from the social media controversy surrounding Fyre Festival which capitalised on the naivety of the young social media community.
The survey by 383 further highlights the extent to which social media influences the buying decisions of consumers across generations. It also highlights the increasing control and dominance social media has over big decision, including visiting foreign countries.
Are our children at more risk than ever before? Everything is not always as it seems. By trusting influencers more than parents, they are buying into a false reality and are even more unaware of the potential dangers.
A lack of street wisdom, coupled with the usual holiday maker’s suspension of disbelief, perhaps made younger generation more vulnerable to the recent Fyre Festival scam. Incidents like these are less likely when recommendations come from a trusted resource – not social media. Further statistics found social media influences 71% of travel-planners’ decisions in the UK, with only 36% relying on word of mouth from family and friends.
The breakdown:
44% of young adults would use Instagram over the recommendation of friends and family to influence big decisions – such as visiting foreign countries
58% of 18-24 year olds, 53% of 24-35 year olds, 49% of 35-44 year olds, 29% of 44-55 year olds and only 13% of 55+ year olds trust social media (Instagram, Facebook and Online Bloggers) over friends and family when it comes to travel
Social media influences 71% of travel-planners’ decisions in the UK, with only 36% relying on word of mouth from family and friends
On social media, people whose income derives from promoting a fantasy version of their lives cannot be viewed as 100% reliable, and the lines between a genuine recommendation and what has been paid for, are blurred. When travel influencerspost images of their off-the-beaten track adventures we can’t gauge how much of the ‘picture perfect post’ really is perfect and what is in fact a potential danger.
Sukhi Dehal, CEO and founder of 383, said:
“These survey results provide interesting insight about how customers are searching for their holidays. Customers are more influenced by complete strangers on social media than their own friends and family.
“While social media plays an important role in inspiring us, we should be smarter in our research ahead of booking. In an era of fake news and online scams that are increasingly difficult to identify, it’s important that travellers do their homework with a broader spectrum of trusted resources – whether that’s family and friends or reputable travel-relevant sites. This is especially important for those off-the-beaten track experiences, which bring with them a set of risks due to insufficient information or knowledge.
“It’s a huge concern that the younger generation has been found to be so trusting of a source that may or may not be telling the whole truth.
“The urgent message from these survey results is yes, be inspired by social media, but be smart, responsible and safe by broadening your scope of research before making a big-life decision like travelling overseas.”
According to Instagram travel influencer, Jordan Brown, or @hellomissjordan to her 38.6K followers, the inspiration that Instagram provides plays an important role in achieving a more fulfilling experience. But safety, she urges, must come first.
“As a content creator, I definitely find that Instagram is my main consideration when booking my trips. Social media has allowed me to find beauty in every city and discover beautiful locations around the world that I otherwise would have missed if I stuck to the usual tourist routes. Personally, I use social media to plan out my locations from seeing them on other pages. For example, when I first went to Paris I wasn’t on Instagram as much and I felt like I didn’t get to see all the city had to offer. On my second trip I planned out my locations from seeing them on social media and felt like our trip was far more fulfilling. Instagram has also encouraged me to seek out more unusual destinations and find spots that haven’t yet been made ‘Insta-Famous’ to share with my audience. Although finding places off the beaten path is great, I always do my research before travelling to a new destination and educate myself about the city I’m going to. While getting new content is great, safety is always most important. It has definitely opened my eyes to so many new adventures.”
A White Paper published by Code Institute has highlighted how Ireland’s growing Digital Skills crisis is likely to have a major impact on the country’s growth prospects over the coming years.
Intended to act as a guide for Irish companies seeking workable solutions to address the digital skills crisis, the White Paper shows how the issue is affecting not just organisations’ recruitment efforts, but critically their overall operating performance.
Speaking at today’s launch of ‘The Digital Skills Crisis – Time to Act’, Jim Cassidy, Code Institute CEO said, “The worldwide shortage of ICT talent that is threatening employment growth across the globe, is also a significant issue here in Ireland. Over the next two years an expected 12,000 jobs are to go unfilled in the Irish ICT sector, which will have a direct knock-on impact on productivity and growth.”
While recognising the scale of the problem, because of funding shortfalls many traditional education providers in Ireland are struggling to meet the level of demand for digitally literate graduates. According to the European Commission, Ireland currently has one of the lowest levels of basic digital skills in the EU, and with 9 out of 10 jobs requiring digital skills in future, the White Paper makes it clear that significant Government investment in the digitisation of education is required.
Underlining the need for more investment is the Government’s own report, ‘Digital Transformation: Assessing the Impact of Digitalisation on Ireland’s Workforce’, which warns that 46,000 hypothetical jobs are at risk due to automation. However, the Code Institute’s White Paper argues that these losses can be avoided with proper planning and digital upskilling of the workforce, so that even more jobs can be created.
Industry has a major role to play in this regard, by being more pro-active in the education and upskilling of workers. A Digital Employee survey carried out as part of research for the White Paper, reveals that while 66% of people have been offered training in their job, the vast majority (60%) found what was offered to be less than good. A slight majority (53%) said they would move to another role if better training was offered, while a majority (60%) have had to use their own money to advance their learning and training.
For organisations that wish to retain staff by promote in-job training, the White Paper recommends that:
Existing talents and capabilities must be managed and once identified organisations can capitalise on them as new technological breakthroughs arise.
Companies must be willing to accept that as skills are identified, career paths may radically change.
Companies must develop a learning and development model that offers adequate and frequent skills training to all members of staff.
Expanding on these recommendations and some of the key conclusions contained within the White Paper, the launch event also included a panel discussion with tech leaders David Kirwin, Accenture Director of Technology, Reshmi Goff, Technical Sales Lead, Microsoft, and WorkJuggle CEO, Ciara Garvan.
Also speaking as part of the panel discussion, Code Institute’s Jim Cassidy noted that, while there is no quick fix to the digital skills crisis, there are some practical solutions that can bridge part of the gap, “We actively work with HR and L&D departments to provide the right digital talent. Whether it’s developing a digital talent strategy, offering a line of sight to some of the best new developers or upskilling existing staff within your company, there are simple, cost-effective, ways to bridge the gap.”
We have several products in from the cool guys at Edifier so we wont spoil you with what we have just yet but today we will be talking about the new Edifier W860NB which are an update to the 830BT which are also a great set of cans.
First off the presentation is as always great here with premium packaging and contents inside, this colour we have is also probably the best looking though having said that we most tend to see the generic coloured headphones but this tan colour is really nice and stand out which for me is what I like.
There is some differences here to take note of compared to the 830, the design language is similar given a few changes and the main change here is how you control these. With the 860 we have touch controls rather than buttons and this is something you tend to see on much higher priced headphones alongside ANC.
Touch sensitive controls are not for everyone but I have tried a few pairs and it does not take long to get the hang of how it works One thing here I was worried about was how well this would work at the price point and overall over the test period they never failed which was impressive so I did not have to repeatedly swipe to perform an action and look like an idiot which I have often seen people do. The controls are sensitive enough to get the command you want first time everytime.
All the touch controls are on right cup including ANC which shines best in quiet environments however not as good as some higher priced headphones but still good in general anyone moving onto a pair of headphones like these will be easily pleased with the sound. Speaking of sound they are not as loud as I would like but that’s my choice but having said that in a quieter environment fully maxed out they shine as I expected from Edifier. With using the controls you will see demoed in the video its simple and call management is the same though I only had a few calls whilst testing the controls did as they are supposed to.
From listening to all genres I was pleased with the well balanced sound stage and so will anyone who puts these on, the comfort level on these is great with the leatherette cups that just sink onto your ears blocking much of the outside world and the same applies to the headband so in short you can wear these for hours. The only hit hear is the battery life but you get ANC thrown in which is not a bad thing you will get up to 25 HRs without ANC on and up to 45 with ANC off but really you should just leave it on and sit back and enjoy the great sounds the cans give you overall.
W860NB Specs Driver Unit: 40mm Neodymium drivers Bluetooth Version: 4.1
Sophos a global leader in network and endpoint security, today announced the findings of its report, Exposed: Cyberattacks on Cloud Honeypots, which reveals that cybercriminals attacked one of the cloud server honeypots in the study within 52 seconds of the honeypot going live in Sao Paulo, Brazil. On average, the cloud servers were hit by 13 attempted attacks per minute, per honeypot. The honeypots were set up in 10 of the most popular data centers in the world, including California, Frankfurt, Ireland, London, Mumbai, Ohio, Paris, Sao Paulo, Singapore, and Sydney over a 30-day period. A honeypot is a system intended to mimic likely targets of cyberattackers, so that security researchers can monitor cybercriminal behaviors.
In the study, more than 5 million attacks were attempted on the global network of honeypots in the 30-day period, demonstrating how cybercriminals are automatically scanning for weak open cloud buckets. If attackers are successful at gaining entry, organizations could be vulnerable to data breaches. Cybercriminals also use breached cloud servers as pivot points to gain access onto other servers or networks.
“The Sophos report, Exposed: Cyberattacks on Cloud Honeypots, identifies the threats organizations migrating to hybrid and all-cloud platforms face. The aggressive speed and scale of attacks on the honeypots shows how relentlessly persistent cybercriminals are and indicates they are using botnets to target an organization’s cloud platforms. In some instances, it may be a human attacker, but regardless, companies need a security strategy to protect what they are putting into the cloud,” said Matthew Boddy, security specialist, Sophos. “The issue of visibility and security in cloud platforms is a big business challenge, and with increased migration to the cloud, we see this continuing.”
Visibility into Weaknesses
Continuous visibility of public cloud infrastructure is vital for businesses to ensure compliance and to know what to protect. However, multiple development teams within an organization and an ever-changing, auto-scaling environment make this difficult for IT security.
Sophos is addressing security weaknesses in public clouds with the launch of Sophos Cloud Optix, which leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to highlight and mitigate threat exposure in cloud infrastructures. Sophos Cloud Optix is an agentless solution that provides intelligent cloud visibility, automatic compliance regulation detection and threat response across multiple cloud environments.
“Instead of inundating security teams with a massive number of undifferentiated alerts, Sophos Cloud Optix significantly minimizes alert fatigue by identifying what is truly meaningful and actionable,” said Ross McKerchar, CISO, Sophos. “In addition, with visibility into cloud assets and workloads, IT security can have a far more accurate picture of their security posture that allows them to prioritize and proactively remediate the issues flagged in Sophos Cloud Optix.”
Key features in Sophos Cloud Optix include:
Smart Visibility – Provides automatic discovery of an organization’s assets across AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments, via a single console, allowing security teams complete visibility into everything they have in the cloud and to respond and remediate security risks in minutes
Continuous Cloud Compliance – Keeps up with continually changing compliance regulations and best practices policies by automatically detecting changes to cloud environments in near-time
AI-Based Monitoring and Analytics – Shrinks incident response and resolution times from days or weeks to just minutes. The powerful artificial intelligence detects risky resource configurations and suspicious network behavior with smart alerts and optional automatic risk remediation
“Migrating several petabytes of data and many applications to AWS and Azure made it necessary to transition from a manual to automated process for security monitoring. Sophos Cloud Optix’s multi-cloud security and compliance platform capabilities provided real-time cloud workload protection status in seconds. The AI-powered monitoring and alerts helped reduce the noise and allowed our teams to focus on delivering value to the business,” said Aaron Peck, vice president and CISO, Shutterfly, Inc., a Sophos customer, based in Redwood City, Calif.
“Our goal is to provide the most comprehensive and highly-effective cyber security services to all of our clients. Whether in technology, manufacturing or utilities, our customers want to maximize their investments and protect their data in the cloud. The partnership with Sophos and the ability to offer Sophos Cloud Optix is important to us because it allows us to provide continuous compliance coupled with intelligent cloud visibility and immediate threat response. With Cloud Optix, our growing customer-base will have the opportunity to solve the toughest challenges in cloud security,” said Rajeev Khanolkar, president and CEO, SecurView Inc., a Sophos partner based inEdison, New Jersey.
Sophos Cloud Optix leverages AI-powered technology from Avid Secure, which Sophos acquired in January 2019. Founded in 2017 by a team of highly distinguished leaders in IT security, Avid Secure revolutionized the security of public cloud environments by providing effective end-to-end protection in cloud services, such as AWS, Azure and Google.
Pricing and availability details are available from Sophos partners worldwide.
