tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28394699916651348312024-03-05T09:45:59.147+05:30WebTech OriginTechnical MagazineNsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05389152289278244102noreply@blogger.comBlogger288125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839469991665134831.post-23095445263853221542014-03-05T14:25:00.000+05:302014-03-05T14:25:20.408+05:30Punch up your iOS 7 app's wow factor by using UIKit Dynamics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Your can improve the user experience of your iOS 7 apps by incorporating UIKit Dynamics features into your development work. Marcio Valenzuela warns: just don't overdo it</span><span style="color: #778596;">. </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/samplecode/DynamicsCatalog/Introduction/Intro.html" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">UIKit Dynamics</a> adds a new level of features to the overall user experience (UX) of iOS 7 apps. The API is, however, something to be used sparingly and only when needed; otherwise, you might get user complaints about the bounciness of a table view or the Lock Screen camera button, for example.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's simple to incorporate UIKit Dynamics into your iOS 7 app. Plus, the end result has a really big wow factor that is certain to impress your users. Let's take a quick conceptual drive around UIKit Dynamics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First, we adopt the protocol into the ViewController, which will implement UIKit Dynamics. Why? Because the objects that will be animated in the end will have to send back a lot of signals like "Hey, I collided with a boundary" or "Hey, I just hit somebody else and I was going this fast, in this direction." In order to receive these messages, we use a delegate and its callbacks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We need to create the view to animate and the property to reference a UIDynamicAnimator, which is the object in charge of handling animations in UIKit Dynamics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Basically, we would prep all we need in viewDidLoad, such as instantiating an animator to call the shots inside a particular reference view. Then, we create a behavior or set of behaviors we wish to assign to our animatable view. We define boundaries so we can keep our objects inside a view. Finally, we add the behaviors to the animator and set the viewcontroller as the delegate as well as set that animator object to our property in order to hold a reference to it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now we sit back and get messages from the animator and the animated view via the callbacks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Let's say we are building a restaurant rating app. It's a single view app with a plain vanilla UIViewController that has these properties connected to those outlets:</span></div>
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UIGravityBehavior* gravityBeahvior = [[UIGravityBehavior alloc] initWithItems:@[self.stars1,self.stars2, self.stars3, self.stars4,self.stars5]];</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The last behavior is actually created to modify certain physical properties of an object, in this case elasticity. There are other properties we can modify in this manner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That's it! There are lots of neat effects you can use, but don't overdo it, or your users might complain that you gave them vertigo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cloud will continue its expansion as an IT solution, propagating an ecosystem that could turn into a "cloud upon cloud" architecture. I call this "nested cloud," because every time you peel away one layer of cloud, you're likely to find another cloud layer nested under it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The best way to illustrate this is with an example of a Software as a Service (SaaS) provider that delivers a specific business solution for a targeted industry vertical.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Let's say a SaaS provider sells an up-to-date customs system that knows the latest trading regulations for more than 100 countries. The niche expertise of a SaaS solution in customs can save a global trading company thousands of hours each year that their internal staff would normally have to spend researching and applying all of these constantly changing customs rules. If the monthly subscription to the cloud is attractive, and it's easy to onboard with the solution, there's almost nothing more to think about—unless you're in IT or risk management and must ask yourself: How many clouds really are there behind this solution?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cloud has been a fertile area for many new IT startups, and in some cases, even for spinoffs of established businesses. Why? Because you can start a cloud business at a fraction of the cost that you would incur if you had to build or lease a data center and then stock it with all of the IT equipment you would need to run your operation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Unsurprisingly, <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2013/02/20/cloud-computing-boosts-next-generation-of-startups-survey-shows/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">52 percent of all cloud startups said they would not have been able to afford on-premises IT resources at the time they wanted to launch</a>, according to a Rackspace survey."First and foremost, startups that offer software or online services have to prove their business model works in the cloud before they are likely to get any venture capital funding these days," <a href="http://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/feature/Cloud-and-startups-a-less-than-perfect-match-as-companies-grow" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">said James Staten</a>, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research. "That means their business starts in the cloud." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But many of these cloud infrastructure providers don't offer service level agreements (SLAs) with any teeth in them, and their SaaS customers, which pale in size to them, have little leverage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://moz.com/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Moz</a> is an example of a SaaS company that decided to move off a third-party cloud for its cloud services and to instead offer the services through its own internal data center. "We create a lot of our own data at Moz, and it takes a lot of computing power," wrote <a href="http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/02/04/beware-amazon-cloud-cost-can-ruin-startups/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Moz CEO Sarah Bird</a> on the company blog. "Over the years, we've spent many small fortunes at Amazon Web Services. It was killing our margins and adding to product instability. Adding insult to injury, we've found the service… lacking….For our longer stateful processing or apps that need to be available 24/7 with no variability in load we have purchased our own hardware ….We must have staff to manage 1000s of servers at AWS or at our own data centers. The biggest factor was paying for compute on boxes that crashed and yielded nothing we could use to move our business forward."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Enterprises contracting with Moz and other SaaS vendors that run their own cloud data centers have the peace of mind that, when they enter into a contract and agree to SLAs with these vendors, they're really getting "all in one" accountability for reliable services from a single cloud vendor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In a "nested cloud" solution where you have your SaaS vendor offering one level of cloud and then piggy-backing it onto an outsourced cloud data center that it contracts for with a third-party cloud infrastructure provider, cloud accountability gets nebulous. Who is accountable, for example, when the infrastructure cloud goes down, since it is with the SaaS provider and not with the infrastructure cloud provider that the enterprise has a contract? And if it is the SaaS provider's operation that generates the outage, how do you really know?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These are the perils of dealing with a "nested cloud" solution, which may motivate some SaaS providers that are now relying on third-party cloud service infrastructure for their cloud services to think again—before their clients do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once a week (or more frequently, depending on your individual plan), FileThis will automatically log in to the website of a company you specify, download the statements from that company, convert the statements to PDF (if they aren't already in that format), and store them on third-party cloud vendors such as Evernote, Dropbox, Box, or Google Drive, among others, in a neatly and consistently tagged and categorized manner. Alternatively, you can opt to keep the files on the FileThis Cloud, which is leased space from Rackspace or AWS, according to the company. (<a href="http://webtechorigin.blogspot.in/2014/03/beware-perils-of-dealing-with-nested.html">Learn more about the risks of signing up with a cloud provider that doesn't have its own data center</a>.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">FileThis offers this service for hundreds of companies across a variety of industries, including telecoms (AT&T, Verizon), insurance (Anthem, GEICO, UnitedHealthCare, etc.), general retail (Amazon, Target, etc.), clothiers (American Eagle Outfitters, Old Navy, etc.), utilities (conEdison, Duke Energy, etc.), credit cards (American Express, Discover, etc.), investment banks (Fidelity Investments, E*TRADE, PNC, etc.), other houses of high finance (Ally Bank, Wells Fargo, etc.) and miscellaneous companies such as the home security firm ADT and trash removal firm Waste Management.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For most users, this is likely adequate. Retail, insurance, and telecoms operate (for the most part) nationally, and FileThis has an appropriate depth in support for regional services, such as Central Maine Power, NVEnergy, and PSE&G, among others. Users of FileThis not living on the coast likely will not find their electricity provider on the service. For example, Westar Energy, the largest electric provider in Kansas, is not supported by FileThis at present.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The entire user interface (UI) of FileThis after login is presented in Adobe Flash. This somewhat baffling decision impedes usability, particularly on mobile, as support for Flash on mobile is low, at best, on modern devices. The amount of actual interaction with FileThis can be minimized—it runs automatically and can offload data to other cloud services—and iOS users can use an official app instead of the website.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Independent of the difficulty of using this on mobile, the prospect of having an entire website presented in Adobe Flash harkens back to darker days of the web, with cumbersome, awkward designs that lack basic features found in standard web pages, such as tab navigation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In addition, Flash-dependent websites quite likely run afoul of the <a href="http://www.ada.gov/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Americans with Disabilities Act</a>(ADA), which may be a potential concern for FileThis, as California courts have historically been very permissive on the type of suits that can be filed for ADA noncompliance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The method through which FileThis obtains this account statement information might raise eyebrows. In order for FileThis to collect your information, you must provide them with your username and password information for every account you wish to track with the service. This should give pause to anyone considering using the service, as the potential damage that could result from a security breach would be massive, particularly when multiple financial accounts are involved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To its credit, FileThis purports to use AES-256 encryption. In addition, the account credentials entered into the service cannot be viewed after entry; that is, exposing your FileThis credentials doesn't automatically give away your credentials to other services, unless the username and password between two websites (DirecTV and FileThis, for example) are the same. The centralization of account information for the entire digital lives of thousands of users must be a tantalizing target for would-be hackers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This potential vulnerability highlights a need for a formally defined XML-based file format for billing records, which can be retrieved through a read-only API, to be adopted across industries for record consolidation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What is your opinion of the service FileThis provides? Is it worth the potential security risk, or is the potential risk overblown? Share your thoughts in the discussion.</span></div>
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For better or worse, the 3D printing industry is poised to transform nearly every sector of our lives and jumpstart the next industrial revolution. Sound like a hyperbole? We've compiled a list of 10 major impacts the 3D printing ecosystem will have on businesses, consumers, and the global economy.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you're just diving into the world of 3D printing, first take a look at my introduction on 3D printing industry basics to quickly get up to speed: <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article/10-facts-on-3d-printing-understanding-techs-next-big-game-changer/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://webtechorigin.blogspot.in/2014/03/10-facts-on-3d-printing-understanding.html" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">10 facts on 3D printing: Understanding tech's next big game-changer.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Traditional manufacturing is often wasteful and dirty. In many ways, 3D printing lessens that waste and the carbon footprint manufacturing has on the Earth.</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Fewer wasted materials:</b> Only the raw materials needed to create the object—be it plastic filament, metal powder, or carbon fiber—are used. Using biodegradable PLA plastic filament in fused deposition modeling printers like MakerBot is a good start.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Possibility of longer life spans:</b> Product parts can be replaced with 3D printing (or at least, that's the idea for the future), so the entire product doesn't have to be thrown away and replaced each time it malfunctions.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Less transport:</b> Products often travel across many continents to get to their final destination. With 3D printing, the production and assembly can be local. Raw materials are the only things that will ship, and they take up far less space.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Fewer unsold products:</b> If a company makes a product, the ones that are discontinued or not sold often end up piling up in landfills. 3D printing can improve this because companies can make them as needed.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is all great in theory, but research shows 3D printers themselves have inefficiences that make them less environmentally friendly. An inkjet 3D printer wastes <a href="http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2013/07/19/3d-printing-environmental-win" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2013/07/19/3d-printing-environmental-win" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">40 to 45 percent</a> of its ink. And if a printer isn't turned off or unplugged, it uses an excessive amount of electricity. As the printers become more accessible, manufacturers will need to figure out how to improve these issues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. Creating a new art medium</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The "maker" movement is getting more niche—now we can call it the artisanal movement. 3D printers are being used to create new types of modern art, like this <a href="http://www.joshharker.com/blog/?page_id=2850" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.joshharker.com/blog/?page_id=2850" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">3D headdress</a> created by artist Joshua Harker, which debuted at 3D Printshow in New York City. The printers can also recreate pieces that aren't accessible to everyone around the world, which helps museums. For instance, the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam has teamed with Fujifilm to recreate 3D replicas of several Van Gogh paintings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A few months ago, MakerBot announced <a href="https://www.makerbot.com/academy/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="https://www.makerbot.com/academy/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">MakerBot Academy</a>, a crowdfunded plan to get a 3D printer into every school in America. "It can change the whole paradigm of how our children will see innovation and manufacturing in America," MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis said in the announcement. The company also recently announced a plan to turn colleges and universities into <a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140206005787/en/MakerBot-Announces-Innovation-Centers-Universities-Businesses#.UvqG8j772kQ" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140206005787/en/MakerBot-Announces-Innovation-Centers-Universities-Businesses#.UvqG8j772kQ" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">MakerBot Innovation Centers</a>. Starting with <a href="http://www.newpaltz.edu/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.newpaltz.edu/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">State University of New York at New Palz</a>, the centers are equipped with 30 3D printers along with several 3D scanners to help train engineers, architects, and artists and increase motivation for growth in the industry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One of the most logical uses for 3D printing is printing parts, tools, and other gadgets for astronauts while they're in space. It can also help accelerate the building of parts for the International Space Station. To address these problems, <a href="http://www.madeinspace.us/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.madeinspace.us/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Made In Space</a> was formed by a group of space veterans and 3D printing enthusiasts. They have partnered with <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/home/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/home/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center</a> to launch the first 3D printer in space. It will manufacture parts in zero-gravity, and the hope is to make space missions more self-sufficient. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mass production is the biggest challenge in 3D printing, but with the adoption of large-scale printers and rapidly evolving technology to produce parts faster, the printers will completely disrupt traditional manufacturing in <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/ehrlichfu/2013/10/29/our-future-with-3-d-printers-7-disrupted-industries/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/ehrlichfu/2013/10/29/our-future-with-3-d-printers-7-disrupted-industries/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">many industries</a>:</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Military:</b> The machinery for the military is often customized and replacements must be made quickly. A 3D gun has already been printed, so it's only a matter of time before the technology catches on in this industry.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Electronics:</b> The size, shape, and materials used to make electronics make this industry a natural candidate for 3D printing.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Toys:</b> Home 3D printers and open source design will change the way children create and play.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Automotive:</b> This industry is already utilizing the technology—Ford reportedly uses 3D printing to test parts. High-end and smaller auto companies will benefit first, though 3D printing could improve the efficiency of making replacement parts for any company.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bioprinting is one of the fastest-growing areas of 3D printing. The technology uses inkjet-style printers to make living tissue. <a href="http://www.organovo.com/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.organovo.com/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Organovo</a>, the most well-known company who does this, plans to commercialize 3D-printed liver tissue sometime this year. They have also partnered with the National Eye Institute and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences to print eye tissue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Researchers at Human Methodist Research Institute said they have created a more efficient way to create cells. Called <a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-02/hm-nlp020614.php" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-02/hm-nlp020614.php" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Block Cell Printing</a>, this process allows 100 percent of the cells to live instead of the 50 to 80 percent that normally survive during the current process. All of this naturally raises questions about the development of complex organs, so bioprinting is destined to turn into a big debate due to moral, ethical, and political concerns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Humans love their home conveniences, and home 3D printers are becoming smaller and more affordable—<a href="http://store.makerbot.com/replicator-mini" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://store.makerbot.com/replicator-mini" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">MakerBot's smallest printer</a> is just over $1,300. People can print custom jewelry, household goods, toys, and tools to whatever size, shape, or color they want. They will also be able to print make replacement parts right at home, rather than ordering them and waiting for them to be shipped. According to research firm <a href="http://www.providencejournal.com/business/press-releases/20140210-strategy-analytics-home-3d-printers-could-drive-70bn-in-annual-global-market-revenues.ece" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.providencejournal.com/business/press-releases/20140210-strategy-analytics-home-3d-printers-could-drive-70bn-in-annual-global-market-revenues.ece" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Strategy Analytic</a>s, home 3D printing could evolve into a $70 billion industry per year by 2030.</span></div>
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Developing countries are often completely disconnected from global supply chains for even the most basic products, but 3D printing has the ability to bring them into the loop. The best example of this is Austin-based startup <a href="http://www.re3d.org/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.re3d.org/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">re:3D</a>, which had a hugely successful <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/re3d/gigabot-3d-printing-this-is-huge/posts" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/re3d/gigabot-3d-printing-this-is-huge/posts" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kickstarter campaign</a> last May with Gigabot, an industrial-sized, affordable printer designed to work in developing countries. The company has a localized presence in Latin America, specifically partnering with <a href="http://startupchile.org/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://startupchile.org/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">StartUp Chile</a>, a Chilean government program that empowers local tech entrepreneurs. The Gigabot will be used for many of the projects in Chile, like 3D design internships, manufacturing clothing, and experimenting with printing using recyclable materials.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Another way 3D printing can help developing countries is through partnerships with 3D printing researchers. For instance, many countries in the developing world are in dire need of prosthetic limbs, but don't have access to the technology or the education that is required to make their own. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/01/17/using-3-d-printing-to-address-the-need-for-prosthetics-in-uganda/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/01/17/using-3-d-printing-to-address-the-need-for-prosthetics-in-uganda/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">A Canadian professor</a> is creating a way to make a prosthetic limb that is about 80 percent as good as one that could be made by hand. The lab is sending the prosthetics to disabled Ugandans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The 3D printing industry will have far-reaching effects on the global economy. <a href="http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/mgi" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/mgi" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">McKinsey Global Institute</a> recently <a href="http://www.engineering.com/3DPrinting/3DPrintingArticles/ArticleID/7105/Five-Disruptions-To-Be-Caused-By-3D-Printing.aspx" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.engineering.com/3DPrinting/3DPrintingArticles/ArticleID/7105/Five-Disruptions-To-Be-Caused-By-3D-Printing.aspx" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">released a report</a> that said 3D printing will cause major disruptions in the global economy by 2025. The analysis firm predicts it will bring about new product development cycles as the systems become cheaper. More companies will adopt the technology and product creation will focus on client feedback and customer-centered design. The industry is also reducing the cost of of entry into markets, allowing very niche businesses to pop up everywhere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">China is already investing in the technology to rival this rapid growth rate in the U.S. and Europe. In June 2013, the country announced a <a href="http://www.industrial-lasers.com/articles/2013/06/worlds-largest-laser-3d-printer-developed.html" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.industrial-lasers.com/articles/2013/06/worlds-largest-laser-3d-printer-developed.html" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">gigantic 3D printer </a>they claimed was the world's largest at the time at 1.8 meters in diameter, and there are <a href="http://3dprint.com/733/chinas-huge-3d-printers-soon-able-to-print-automobile-sized-metal-objects/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://3dprint.com/733/chinas-huge-3d-printers-soon-able-to-print-automobile-sized-metal-objects/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">rumors they have</a> plans to build even larger ones. It's not clear what impact the technology will have on the economy yet, but it could give China a competitive edge in domestic production. Because 3D printing promotes localized production, this will also affect China's current large-scale manufacturing industry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sharing 3D printing schematics on websites like <a href="http://www.thingiverse.com/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.thingiverse.com/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Thingiverse</a> and <a href="http://www.shapeways.com/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.shapeways.com/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Shapeways</a> seems easy enough, but free designs are bound to cause issues with intellectual property as 3D printing becomes more mainstream. Most of the designs are unpatented, so they can be copied repeatedly and sold by anyone. Expensive or designer objects can also be reverse-engineered or replicated and sold at a cheaper price.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now, established companies are starting to go after users of these sites, arguing that they are infringing on copyright or violating intellectual property laws. However, most of these designers are building upon original designs, making them better, or localizing products to better suit the needs of people in their area. It will be an ongoing conversation. The industry will have to figure out how to make sure large corporations don't squash entrepreneurs and designers in their fight to protect copyright laws.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As 3D printers are become more affordable and versatile, they are destined to disrupt multiple industries. Here's what you need to know about this quickly accelerating technology. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> The world of 3D printing is exciting. With more affordable machines, creative entrepreneurs, innovative startups, and new materials, the industry is rapidly evolving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since the invention of the 3D printer in 1983 by Chuck Hull of <a href="http://www.3dsystems.com/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.3dsystems.com/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">3D Systems</a>, companies have popped up all over the globe, attempting to make the most innovative machine. Here are 10 reasons why 3D printing matters—maybe you'll decide the equipment is a worthy investment, or maybe you'll just be convinced this futuristic technology will one day have a place in your business or home.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SEE: <a href="http://tek.io/NyZtDA" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Photos: 3D printers and the amazing and quirky things they make</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. 3D printing is a key industry to watch in 2014</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Enthusiasm is high, and so is the market for 3D printing in both consumer and enterprise space. According to Gartner research, printers under $100,000 were expected to grow almost 50 percent in 2013, and will increase 75 percent this year. Right now, enterprises are using the printers to prototype objects, but we'll see an increasing amount used to make product designs this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chris Anderson, former editor-in-chief of <a href="http://www.wired.com/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.wired.com/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Wired</a>, wrote in his book, <a href="http://www.makers-revolution.com/#2aa/custom_plain" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.makers-revolution.com/#2aa/custom_plain" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Makers</a>, that a new industrial revolution is underway because of open source design and 3D printing. Many entrepreneurs are using micro-manufacturing to create smaller batches of customized products. And with crowdfunding sites, they don't have to rely on venture capitalists to fund these endeavors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Soon enough the question won't be how we will print things, but what we will print. Customization is the next buzzword in the industry, according to Pete Basiliere, lead Gartner analyst for 3D printing. Replacement parts, toys, and random designs and schemiatics found on the internet can all be customized to fit consumer needs. Because the machines can print one piece at a time, this can be done relatively easily. <a href="http://www.shapeways.com/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.shapeways.com/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Shapeways</a>, for instance, is a website where customers can connect with designers and order customized products such as jewelry and home decor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Fused deposition modeling:</b> <a href="http://www.makerbot.com/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.makerbot.com/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">MakerBot </a>is one of the best examples of this technology. These printers melt a plastic filament and deposit the plastic in layers until it fills up the model. There are two types of plastic, both of which MakerBot uses: ABS, which is sturdy and made from oil-based resources, and PLA, which is biodegradable and made from plant-based resources.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Stereolithography</b>: These machines use a laser to cure a resin and build the prototype one layer at a time. Rapid prototyping, another form, doesn't use supports to hold up the part so that it can be built faster, but in basic stereolithography, the supports must be manually removed from the part.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. People are making all kinds of things with 3D printers</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Check out Makerbot's <a href="http://www.thingiverse.com/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.thingiverse.com/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Thingiverse</a>—the things people create with 3D printers are extraordinarily creative. It's a community for makers where they can upload digital designs or photos of objects they have made with 3D printers. The website has more than 100,000 models and that number is growing every day. From <a href="http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:144456" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:144456" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Storm Trooper pen cups</a> to <a href="http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:104972" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:104972" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">household planters</a> to <a href="http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:47032" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:47032" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">customizable necklaces</a>, the options of objects people can make are seemingly endless.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Get ready for it—the next great debate will be about the political, ethical, and religious questions 3D printing technologies raise. This is particularly important for bioprinting, which is already accelerating at an alarming rate. Scientists at Cornell University <a href="http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=217613&terms=conner%20forrest" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">successfully printed a human ear </a>last year, and <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/bioprinting-human-organs-and-tissue-get-ready-for-the-great-3d-printer-debate-7000025730/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/bioprinting-human-organs-and-tissue-get-ready-for-the-great-3d-printer-debate-7000025730/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">scientists in Scotland</a> are developing a way to print embryonic stem cells.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Another issue is weapons. In 2012,<a href="http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mhl45ediih/the-liberator/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">a man 3D-printed a gun</a><a href="http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mhl45ediih/the-liberator/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a> and shared the blueprints on his website (they garnered 100,000 downloads in the two days before the U.S. State Department took them down). He successfully fired it last year, landing himself on<a href="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/12/most-dangerous-people/#slideid-131141" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Wired's list of deadliest people on the planet.</a><a href="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/12/most-dangerous-people/#slideid-131141" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Of course you're always going to have a people particularly invested in the technology who will have the means to spend the money [on their own printer]," Basiliere said. "But as prices come down some more and consumers start to buy them, that number of dedicated consumers will continue to grow."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The 3D printing leaders are making themselves known, but there's an elephant in the room: when will HP join the ranks and produce this technology for the mass market? The traditional printing giant has a <a href="http://gigaom.com/2014/01/06/how-hp-could-reshape-itself-and-the-3d-printing-market/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">five-foot-tall 3D printing prototype</a> in the basement of its Palo Alto research lab, and the company said they plan to release a product this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"3D printing is in its infancy," CEO Meg Whitman <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/meg-whitman-hp-will-have-a-3d-printer-in-2014-2013-10" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/meg-whitman-hp-will-have-a-3d-printer-in-2014-2013-10" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">said at a tech conference</a> in Bangkok last October. "It's a big opportunity and we are all over it. We will have something by the middle of next year."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most companies aren't grasping this technology yet because it's going to change the industry so dramatically. According to Basiliere, the key to long-term growth in the manufacturing industry is the number of materials 3D printers can use, which is small but growing quickly as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Windows operating system has a number of security controls, and most users have some sort of anti-malware security suite installed on their Windows PC -- but those things can’t protect you until the operating system is up and running. There are threats out there that can compromise a system during the boot process, before the Windows defenses are enabled. Microsoft recognized this threat and developed additional protections during the boot process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are three different boot protections, and which ones work on your system depends on the hardware you have in place. Let’s examine the different boot security controls and how they work, so you can understand what protection you have in place during the boot process on your PC.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The primary boot process security control is called Trusted Boot. It monitors the boot process and guards against malicious code trying to hide or execute. If malware is able to load before the Windows security controls and anti-malware tools are active, it can hide from those tools or compromise their ability to detect threats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Trusted Boot makes sure that the Windows components that are loaded during the boot process have not been altered or tampered with by malware and that anti-malware software is loaded ahead of any third-party applications or device drivers. In the event that malware is successfully loaded during the boot process, Trusted Boot attempts to automatically remediate the issue and remove the threat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This feature complements Trusted Boot and provides third-party verification and attestation that the boot process is secure. Measured Boot only works on systems with a Trusted Platform Chip (TPC). Measured Boot takes measurements of each phase of the boot process, and it signs and securely stores the data in the TPM.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The measurements can also be used as an additional layer of defense. The data can be sent to a Remote Attestation Service that compares the measurements against known good values and validates that the boot process is secure. The Remote Attestation Service can issue a Device Claim, certifying the PC as secure, and that Device Claim (or lack thereof) can be used to control access to the network.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Secure Boot takes Trusted Boot to the next level on Windows 8 certified systems, which includes the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). It prevents rootkits and other malware from loading during the boot process, because only authorized code signed with a recognized certificate is allowed to execute.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you want to boot an unsigned or unrecognized operating system on a Windows 8 certified PC -- either standalone or in a dual-boot configuration -- you can disable the UEFI Secure Boot option. With Secure Boot disabled, the boot process is less secure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To sum up your options, Trusted Boot works on systems even without a TPM or UEFI. Measured Boot and Attestation of boot measurements are only possible on systems that have a TPM to securely store the signed measurement data. Secure Boot required hardware that supports UEFI.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">No matter what boot protection you use, the bottom line is that Microsoft has taken steps to secure the boot process and ensure that malicious code is not able to run during boot up, before the operating system and security software are active to defend against them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What boot protection do you have on your Windows 8.1 machine(s)? Has it ever failed to protect your system from malware? Share your experience in the discussion thread below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Introduced this week at the Geneva International Motor Show, <a href="http://www.apple.com/ios/carplay/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">CarPlay</a> (née iOS in the Car) is the culmination of Apple’s plans to fully integrate the iPhone into every car.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"What if you could get iOS on the screen that's built into your car?" asked Apple SVP (and<a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2012/11/07/apple-senior-vice-president-eddy-cue-joins-ferraris-board-of-directors/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Ferrari board member</a>) Eddy Cue during the WWDC keynote last year when iOS in the Car was first introduced. Apple, which saw huge success pushing iPod compatibility onto automakers last decade, is now in prime position to put its thus-far one-of-a-kind phone/dash integration into millions of cars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ferrari, Mercedes and Volvo all introduced CarPlay-compatible rides in Geneva, with Honda, Hyundai and Jaguar promising compatible models later in 2014. Apple has partnership commitments from a dozen other marques including BMW, Ford, GM, Mitsubishi, Subaru and Toyota, too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Notably missing from that list is VW/Audi, which earlier this year <a href="http://www.wired.com/autopia/2014/01/android-in-the-car/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">partnered with Google</a> and several other automakers to promote Android as an in-car entertainment platform -- though GM, Honda and Hyundai were also involved in that project and all are on board with Apple's initiative.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Apple's Siri digital assistant is heavily integrated with CarPlay, acting as the main point-of-contact for drivers, though it works with the knobs, buttons, or touchscreen in the car as well. It supports a number of native iPhone apps (Maps, Phone, Messages, Music) plus a bunch more off the App Store including Apple's Podcasts, Spotify, Beats Music, iHeartRadio and Stitcher, with more options to come. Notably missing is Pandora, a direct competitor to Apple's iTunes Radio, though that company is clearly <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2014/03/03/carplay-no-pandora-support/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">hoping to be involved in the future</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mercedes -- shown in the C-Class above -- uses both voice input and the control-knob, while both <a href="http://jalopnik.com/what-its-like-to-use-apples-carplay-hands-free-system-1535929107" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Volvo</a> and Ferrari combine voice control with an in-dash touchscreen. Engadget <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/04/apple-carplay-ferrari-ff-hands-on/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">tried the Ferrari implementation</a> in Geneva and said CarPlay was responsive and easy-to-use.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The first thing we noticed is how speedy everything is. Apps load quickly, and Siri's contextual algorithms hastily recognized our voice commands and responded appropriately. Apple has also implemented safety features to ensure services do not draw your attention away from the road and push forward its "hands-free" theme. For example, when we sent or received a message from a contact, Siri would only read the message back to us and we never once got the chance to see its contents.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Last week, Blippar debuted an app, Blippar Glass, that uses real-time image recognition augmented reality to bring lightning-fast information to Google Glass users, said CEO Ambarish Mitra. Blippar is a visual discovery/augmented reality marketing company with a client list that includes Google, Coca-Cola, Nike, Sony and General Mills.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blippar originally developed this app for use with smartphones, and now it’s available for Google Glass. “While we were building this business [for smartphones], Google announced its Glass product and we felt this was an absolute natural extension to what we were doing,” Mitra said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“When the Glass actual physical product came out, critics and skeptics said it’s low powered and couldn’t support real augmented reality. What we mean by real augmented reality is physically noticing something in the real world and putting a layer on top of it,” Mitra said. “This is the first time in the world that anybody has shown that Glass could be used beyond taking pictures and video and using maps and actually used for looking at objects to give people additional information.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mitra explained, “Treat this as a browser between the digital and the physical world. People can add billions of pieces of content through Blippar. It’s not picture taking. It’s literally looking at it. You don’t have to press a button. You get real time information. You move your head from one product to another and you get new information. Everything happens in real time.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The iPad is the king of business tablets. That doesn't mean it has perfected the mobile experience. In fact, the iPad can learn a couple of very important lessons from its competitors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Android:</b> If anything, the iPad could take a page or two from the book of flexibility that is Android. With the iPad, you know what you're getting into -- you work Apple's way or no way. If you don't like working the Apple way, your only hope is to find another platform. Apple might want to re-think this plan of attack and allow users more configuration options to better serve specific needs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Surface 2:</b> The Surface 2 has one major lesson it can teach the iPad -- expandability. The Surface offers both a MicroSD and USB 3.0 port to help expand the tablet. With the iPad, you get nothing of the sort. Apple needs to seriously learn that business users need to be able to connect via USB. For the life of me, I can't understand why Apple refuses to add USB to the iPad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Android is doing a great job of stealing market share from the iPad. It offers everything the iPad doesn't. However, Android shouldn't rest on its growing reputation. Instead, the flexible platform needs to keep its eyes trained on both Apple and Microsoft and learn from what both platforms offered in 2013.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>iPad:</b> When the iPad Air was released, it completely wow'd consumers with its size, amazing display, and power. The iPad's A7 chip is a 64-bit mobile powerhouse that has placed Android in a serious state of catch up. If Android is going to keep up in this race, it's going to have to have a piece of hardware that can stand up to the iPad Air. At the moment, it has nothing of the sort.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Surface 2:</b> If there's one major lesson to be learned from the Surface 2, it's the inclusion of a powerful, functionable, office suite. All Android tablets should be sold with a complete set of tools that enable mobile business users to do everything they need -- without having to install a single piece of software. This could mean the inclusion of something like <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/tablets-in-the-enterprise/kingsoft-office-finally-a-real-office-suite-for-android-tablets/984/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kingsoft Office</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Surface 2 is much improved over the Surface RT. In fact, the Surface 2 is very close to being one of the best mobile options for business users. However, it still has a few lessons to learn from the other competitive platforms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">iPad: If the Surface 2 needs to learn anything from the iPad it's that gimmicks never work. A little kickstand and a keyboard that looks like a toy will never have a tablet seeing the enormous success the iPad enjoys by employing such gimmicks. The Surface needs to take a page from the Apple marketing handbook and channel its powerful connection to the business class user – and not try to suck dry the well of hipper (not hipster) users that flock to the iPad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Android: What Surface 2 can learn from Android is how to make the user interface not only highly configurable but efficient. The Windows 8.1 interface isn't the most efficient use of a users time and energy – especially when on the road. Yes, the Surface 2 has all the tools a mobile power user needs to get serious work done, but if the Surface 2 enjoyed a similar interface that the latest iterations of Android has, working on the go would take on new levels of power and efficiency.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Each of the major mobile platforms have their strengths and weaknesses. With so many improvements happening in 2013, it was a great year for those platforms to learn from one another. Although none of the above companies would admit to getting “educated” by the competition, you can be sure they are closely watching and learning. Little do they know, their individual efforts do add to the collective whole that is the tablet experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Learn some Google recommended techniques to improve your company's ranking in Google Search results. </span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In my last article, "<a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/seo-101-how-search-engine-optimization-really-works/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/how-does-google-search-really-work/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"></a>How does Google Search really work?" I discussed the basics of how Google crawls the web, indexes data, and presents search results using a scoring system called PageRank to determine which links are presented first. I mentioned that "there are legitimate ways to improve your website's PageRank score. That's where search engine optimization (SEO) comes in."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SEO is a term that covers a lot of ground. Books, seminars, websites and careers have been created to promote and discuss the topic. In this article I'd like to present a perspective on Google's SEO point of view as geared for webmasters. Basically, their recommendations are based on content, technical procedures and quality control. They also provide some instructions on adding your site URL and a sitemap to their search index so they can properly index your web pages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's a summary of Google's "<a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/seo-101-how-search-engine-optimization-really-works/#1" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/35769?hl=en" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Webmaster Guidelines</a>" page which discusses how to make the most of your content (click the link above for more details):</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lay the site out in a clear fashion with a map providing links to relevant sections (but not too many links on any particular page).</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Content should be germane and include terms your users might search for which should bring them to your webpage (for instance, if you're selling camping equipment you would want to include "camping," "survival equipment," "hiking gear" and other possible phrases which describe your inventory).</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Avoid using images for critical details; text is required for Google to interpret and index your content.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Make sure your HTML code is ship-shape and error-free.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Be aware dynamic pages may not be indexed as accurately (if at all) as static versions.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As Mike Wyszomierski says in a <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/seo-101-how-search-engine-optimization-really-works/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFxNda5Z4eE" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Google video</a> discussing webspam content violations, "Our goal is to serve users with high-quality, relevant information." Mike also suggests the following:</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don't copy content from other sites unless it adds value for users. The same goes if your site is in affiliate programs.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Doorway sites (which merely pass users onto other sites) are also frowned upon. This will "negatively impact your performance in our search results, and in some cases can even result in removal from our search results."</span></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Technical procedures</span></b></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/seo-101-how-search-engine-optimization-really-works/#1" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/35769?hl=en" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Direct examples by Google</a> include:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Use a text browser such as Lynx to examine your site, because most search engine spiders see your site much as Lynx would. If fancy features such as JavaScript, cookies, session IDs, frames, DHTML, or Flash keep you from seeing all of your site in a text browser, then search engine spiders may have trouble crawling your site."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Make sure your web server supports the If-Modified-Since HTTP header. This feature allows your web server to tell Google whether your content has changed since we last crawled your site. Supporting this feature saves you bandwidth and overhead."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Make use of the robots.txt file on your web server. This file tells crawlers which directories can or cannot be crawled. Make sure it's current for your site so that you don't accidentally block the Googlebot crawler. Visit <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/seo-101-how-search-engine-optimization-really-works/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://code.google.com/web/controlcrawlindex/docs/faq.html" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/web/controlcrawlindex/docs/faq.html</a> to learn how to instruct robots when they visit your site. You can test your robots.txt file to make sure you're using it correctly with the <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/seo-101-how-search-engine-optimization-really-works/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/156449?hl=en" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">robots.txt analysis tool</a> available in Google Webmaster Tools... use robots.txt to prevent crawling of search results pages or other auto-generated pages that don't add much value for users coming from search engines."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Monitor performance and load times and test your site via multiple browsers. For performance monitoring Google suggests, "<a href="http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Page Speed</a>, <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/seo-101-how-search-engine-optimization-really-works/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">YSlow</a>, <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/seo-101-how-search-engine-optimization-really-works/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.webpagetest.org/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">WebPagetest</a>, or <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/seo-101-how-search-engine-optimization-really-works/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/?csw=1" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">other tools</a>. For more information, tools, and resources, see <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/seo-101-how-search-engine-optimization-really-works/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="https://developers.google.com/speed/?csw=1" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Let's Make The Web Faster</a>. In addition, the <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/seo-101-how-search-engine-optimization-really-works/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/158541?hl=en" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/158541?hl=en" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/158541?hl=en" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Site Performance tool</a> in Webmaster Tools shows the speed of your website as experienced by users around the world."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The quality guidelines are really common sense technique that boil down to "play fair and don't spam."</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don't obnoxiously load your site up with a bunch of bogus terms (e.g. "Miley Cyrus" or "Obamacare") in hopes it'll boost your PageRank score.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don't dump random text on your site in hopes it will match search keywords and attract visitors.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don't hide text or links.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Make sure your links really direct people to where they say, rather than a "surprise" visit elsewhere.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don't build your site as just another brick in the wall without any unique or compelling material.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Protect your site and clean up any malware, defacement or spam.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's fairly simple to submit your site to Google to make sure they add your site into their search index. Access <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/seo-101-how-search-engine-optimization-really-works/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.google.com/submityourcontent" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/submityourcontent</a>.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Figure A</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Look for the "Website Owner" box on the left and click "Participate."</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Figure B</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are several options for adding content on your site, some more detailed than others. The "Add your URL" link is very straightforward and takes you to a page where you can paste your URL into a field, type in a CAPTCHA and click "Submit Request." You can add a standard URL such as <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/seo-101-how-search-engine-optimization-really-works/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a>www.mydomain.com or a number of subsites such as<a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/seo-101-how-search-engine-optimization-really-works/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a>www.mydomain.com/firstsection. For best results Google recommends that you utilize the latter option if you have distinct subsites such as those for different geographic regions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can add "Rich snippets" which are helpful summaries for certain content to guide users to your page. These can be applied to reviews, people, products, businesses, recipes, events, music, and video. Google <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/seo-101-how-search-engine-optimization-really-works/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2722261#2" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">provides some instructions</a> on how to use this function, which involves marking your content with a certain format (Microdata, Microformats or RDFa).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This procedure will enumerate all the pages on your site to ensure Google is aware of them and can provide further information about your content, particularly if it is dynamic or is located on pages not properly linked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A sitemap is an XML file which contains all the URLs of your site (50K limit) as well as information about these links, such as the frequency of updates. Google <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/seo-101-how-search-engine-optimization-really-works/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/183668?hl=en" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">provides an example on their "Creating Sitemaps" page</a>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are sitemap generators available for use to facilitate the operation. Once you have a Sitemap, upload it to the root of your main URL (e.g. www.mydomain.com) then access Google's WebMaster tools to provide it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you've already added your site to WebMaster tools, scroll down to Figure H. If you haven't done so, you'll need to add the site (you must own the site, for obvious reasons) before you can go further. Look on the right side of the screen:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We've just scratched the surface on the complexities of SEO. For more information on Google's methodologies check out <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/seo-101-how-search-engine-optimization-really-works/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1050724?hl=en" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Google's Webmaster FAQ</a> as well as <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/seo-101-how-search-engine-optimization-really-works/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="" name="_GoBack" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer;"></a>some other tips you can try if your web pages aren't showing in Google search results.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Are you interested in learning more about the wide world of SEO? If so please let me know in the comments and I'll look at future articles in a series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The 6th app of Christmas Will Kelly gave to you is the champion app called Evernote.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the spirit of the holidays, we thought we’d create a smartphone series based on a popular Christmas song. The 12 Days of Christmas starts on Christmas Day, but our 12 Apps of Christmas begins today, and we'll continue to post one app per day, leading all the way up to the holiday. However you celebrate this season, and whatever device you own (or platform that it runs on), we hope that you find some gems over the next 12 days -- as these are the apps that the TechRepublic’s editorial staff and bloggers actually use and feel passionate enough to write about. Here's what Will Kelly had to say about one of his favorite apps called Evernote.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Evernote is a very popular app that's available for <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evernote&hl=en" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Android</a>, the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/evernote/id281796108" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">iPhone</a>, <a href="http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/1700/?countrycode=US&lang=en" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">BlackBerry</a>, and <a href="http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/evernote/db21927d-f292-e011-986b-78e7d1fa76f8" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Windows Phone</a>. They offer both a free version and a Premium product that costs $5.00 a month/$45.00 a year. I’ve been using Evernote since the early days, and I've watched it transform from just a note-taking app into a product line tailored to help people collect and remember information. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since getting my first PC, I’ve always been better organized electronically than with hardcopy, so I truly fit the Evernote user demographic. Evernote is where I keep ideas, notes, and research for my TechRepublic posts, corporate client work, and my personal projects. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The <a href="http://evernote.com/webclipper/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://evernote.com/webclipper/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Evernote Web Clipper</a> and <a href="http://evernote.com/clearly/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://evernote.com/clearly/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Clearly</a> make it easy for me to capture articles and blog posts for later reference. I especially like being able to drag-and-drop Word documents and Adobe PDF files (<b>Figure A</b>) into Evernote.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Because I’m a Premium user, I can search inside PDFs, Word documents, and even screen images I save in Evernote. Another bonus is being able to create offline notebooks so I can refer to information on my iPhone or iPad on the rare times I’m not on Wi-Fi.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Evernote lets you set up notebooks to better organize your notes. I use synchronized notebooks for client work, so I can access the information in the cloud and across my devices. I create notebooks to organize notes for particular projects. I then use notebook stacks (an Evernote feature for grouping notebooks) across various parts of my professional and personal life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Recently, I’ve been relying more on tagging to organize the content I capture and my notes (<b>Figure B</b>), because I found myself creating too many notebooks over time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Evernote app is running on all of my Macs, PCs, iPhone, iPads, and Android tablets to ensure that my notes and research are always accessible. I regularly take notes using Evernote on the Mac during client meetings. My preference is to keep the formatting in my notes simple. However, Evernote lets me format notes using bold, italics, and other options you’d expect to find in a word processor. Using Evernote on my iPhone lets me take pictures of white board drawings and save them directly into Evernote for later reference. Evernote has allowed me be a paperless note taker after years of jotting down meeting and interview notes on yellow legal pads.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I highly recommend Evernote if you have project notes spread out across folders, cloud accounts, and apps, and you want to centralize all of your note-taking for sanity sake and easy reference.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Do you use Evernote, or are you partial to another note-taking app? Share your opinion in the discussion thread below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the last six months, the major Android manufacturers have released a variety of great smartphones, like the Sony Xperia Z1, the Motorola Moto X, the LG G2, and the Google Nexus 5. Each has its own benefits and drawbacks -- but they are all, in essence, the same “phablet” form factor that is currently popular among handset manufacturers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">However, if you're not satisfied with the prevailing design wisdom, or perhaps you're just looking for a last-minute unique technology gift, there are devices outside of the mainstream.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The <a href="http://www.samsung.com/in/news/localnews/2013/samsung-launches-the-exquisitely-crafted-galaxy-golden-phone" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.samsung.com/in/news/localnews/2013/samsung-launches-the-exquisitely-crafted-galaxy-golden-phone" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Samsung Galaxy Golden</a> is a dual-screen flip phone running Android 4.2 with two 3.7” Super AMOLED screens at 480x800, a 1.7 GHz Snapdragon 400 dual-core processor, 1.5 GB RAM, 8 MP rear camera, 1.9 MP front camera, FM radio, and 16 GB of onboard storage. In terms of design, it's reminiscent of the Motorola RAZR3 V13, a late-model RAZR flip phone which featured an external touch screen. The Galaxy Golden is available in South Korea for 790,000 won ($750 USD) or in India for 51,900 Rupees ($838 USD).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A stateside release is not anticipated, although importers can look up the specifications and hope for compatibility with your mobile network, provided you aren’t on Verizon or Sprint. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The <a href="http://www.acer.co.uk/ac/en/GB/content/model/UM.FD0EE.008" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.acer.co.uk/ac/en/GB/content/model/UM.FD0EE.008" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Acer DA241HL</a> is a device that brings Android to the desktop, but it would more easily be described as a monitor that happens to run Android. It sports a 24” 1080p display with a capacitive touch screen, an NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor of unspecified speed, 1 GB RAM, 8 GB Flash, and an SDHC card slot. Somewhat remarkably, it can be connected to a computer via HDMI and USB for use of the touch screen with Windows, according to the <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/acer-da241hl/4505-3118_7-35827144.html" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/acer-da241hl/4505-3118_7-35827144.html" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">overview provided by CNET Berlin</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The DA241HL is available for €429, with stateside release information pending. However, with a<a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/asian-technology/acer-and-microsoft-a-tale-of-mutual-decline/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a>change in leadership at Acer, hopes for a U.S. release may be dashed. Of note, this is not Acer’s first foray into Android on the desktop, with the slightly smaller <a href="http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model/UM.WD0AA.A01" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model/UM.WD0AA.A01" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">DA220HQL</a> presently available. Rival firm HP sees a market for this form factor and has quickly released their competitor, the <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/26/review_hp_slate_21_tablet/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/26/review_hp_slate_21_tablet/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">HP Slate 21</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The ASUS Transformer 701T is the fifth generation of the popular ASUS convertible tablet series. It features a 10.1” 2560x1600 IPS display, 1.9 GHz Quad-Core NVIDIA Tegra 4, 2 GB of DDR3L RAM, 32 GB Flash, and a microSDXC card slot. At present, it ships with Android 4.2 out of the box, though an update to 4.3 is now available. The downside to the TF701T is that ASUS has opted to downgrade the cameras to 1.2 MP front and 5 MP rear, down from 2 and 8 from the previous model -- and the design of the device hasn’t changed appreciably from previous iterations, <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/asus-transformer-pad-tf701t/4505-3126_7-35782638.html" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/asus-transformer-pad-tf701t/4505-3126_7-35782638.html" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">as reported by CNET</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The standard model goes for $449.99 MSRP (USD), and for an extra $149.99 (USD), you can get the TF701T keyboard dock, which features a full-size SDXC slot and additional battery. Of note, previous Transformer docks are incompatible with the TF701T. While this seems like a bit of price gouging compared to ASUS’ own <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/asus-transformer-book-t100/4505-3126_7-35827544.html" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/asus-transformer-book-t100/4505-3126_7-35827544.html" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Transformer Book T100</a> -- an Intel Atom-powered Windows 8 convertible tablet that includes the keyboard dock for $349 (USD) -- the display on the T100 is a paltry netbook-quality 1366x768 and is powered by a low-cost Atom processor, not a top-of-the-line Tegra 4. As it is, the TF701T and matching keyboard dock are cheaper than the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014, which also features a 2560x1600 IPS display.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The New PadFone Infinity is the fourth generation of ASUS’ distinctive phone-tablet convertible. Prior to this revision, the PadFone series had been relegated to a limited-availability experiment available in Taiwan and with spotty occasional availability in Europe. The phone portion of the New PadFone Infinity packs a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 at 2.2 GHz, with 2 GB RAM and a 5” IPS 1080p display, plus 2 MP front and 13 MP rear cameras. The tablet dock features a 10.1” IPS display at 1920x1200 with a 1 MP front camera. Notably missing in this revision is the option for a keyboard dock to attach to the tablet portion, which was previously available on the PadFone 2. Aloysius Low has a <a href="http://asia.cnet.com/product/asus-padfone-infinity-qualcomm-snapdragon-800-46730797.htm" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://asia.cnet.com/product/asus-padfone-infinity-qualcomm-snapdragon-800-46730797.htm" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">full review of the New PadFone Infinity at CNET Asia</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jerry Shen, the CEO of ASUS, indicated that they are working with a “major U.S. carrier” to<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/10/asus-ceo-jerry-shen-padfone-us/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/10/asus-ceo-jerry-shen-padfone-us/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">bring the PadFone to the US in Q2 2014</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These unique Android devices aren’t just for malcontents who want something a little different than the mainstream; they serve a purpose for people who want to get something a little more feature-rich than the current standard. If you're seeking something a little more economical, be sure to check out these budget-friendly Android tablets. Or, for home theater PC or embedded uses, check out these embedded Android devices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have you purchased a new Android device for the holidays? If so, tell us in the comments section below how you made your decision.</span></div>
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As we approach the holiday season, there is no shortage of tech articles about distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and how they're such a huge Q4 problem that necessitates awareness and, of course, a comprehensive DDoS mitigation strategy. From all of the buzz, one might actually believe that DDoS is not a problem outside of e-commerce or the holiday season. Even the security professionals who know better often find themselves making last-minute contingency plans despite the knowledge that proper planning months in advance would have reduced the cost of the mitigation solution and substantially mitigated any damages during an attack. DDoS mitigation is not substantially different than commercial travel; this is the season when security firms begin ratcheting up their prices and launching holiday season awareness campaigns.</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don't miss: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/topic-it-security-in-the-snowden-era/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/topic-it-security-in-the-snowden-era/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">IT Security in the Snowden Era</a> (</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">ZDNet Special Feature)</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is important to avoid tunnel vision and remember that everyone from the average consumer to large enterprises can be a victim of DDoS attacks, and the risk remains substantial year-round. The scope of the threat will vary from individuals to organizations between industries and seasons. Any organizations that generate revenue online and their customers can be victims of DDoS attacks. For the organizations, the cost of advance continuity planning cuts into earnings. Those that fail to plan find themselves taking costly emergency DDoS mitigation services and suffering damage to their reputations and customer confidence levels. Irrespective of the category in which an organization falls in terms of DDoS attack planning, every single customer becomes a victim, since the expense of information security becomes a pass-through cost. This is the digital equivalent of shoplifters increasing costs at brick-and-mortar establishments. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Major e-commerce brands are year-round targets. It is hard to imagine Wal-Mart or Best Buy not having comprehensive defenses in-house. Certainly, nearly every online retailer has planned for these attacks. One might recall that <a href="http://news.cnet.com/2100-1017-236683.html" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://news.cnet.com/2100-1017-236683.html" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">the first major attacks in 2000 were against e-commerce and included Amazon, Buy.com, and eBay</a>. Unfortunately, it has been consumers and investors that foot the bill for this added security. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In major companies, decision makers weigh the case for investment in information security by evaluating the expected loss from information security incidents, such as DDoS attacks, and determining the return on investment (ROI) of implementing controls, such as DDoS mitigation. For illustrative purposes, we will use <a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Amazon-Q4-2012-Sales-Profits,20782.html" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Amazon-Q4-2012-Sales-Profits,20782.html" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Amazon as an example</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Amazon-Q4-2012-Sales-Profits,20782.html" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Amazon-Q4-2012-Sales-Profits,20782.html" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Amazon reported $21 billion in sales for Q4 2012</a>, which breaks down to $9.7 million per hour. At a gross margin of 24.75 percent, the profit per hour was roughly $2.4 million. Assume that without DDoS mitigation in place that Amazon would have lost one hour of sales to attacks and that the cost of DDoS mitigation would have been $1 million, mitigating exposure to five minutes of downtime for a loss of $120,000 with controls in place. This gives Amazon the choice of accepting the risk at a cost of $2.4 million or mitigating the risk at a cost of $1.12 million.In this example, Amazon can demonstrate a ROI of 46.67 percent, which will lead to the company deciding to mitigate the risk and purchase the DDoS mitigation system.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Imagine the same scenario with a company having Q4 sales of $200,000 resulting in a gross margin of $49,500. It is cost-prohibitive and impractical for small companies to use in-house DDoS mitigation systems, so the company will look to a service-based solution. An emergency DDoS mitigation service with a 12-month term may have a total contract of $120,000, placing the small retailer immediately into negative ROI. This means that the company is forced to accept the risk of DDoS attacks. If an attacker learns that the company has no DDoS mitigation whatsoever, the result could be near permanent downtime, quickly leading to lost sales, loss of consumer confidence, and eventually bankruptcy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Essentially, everyone shares some of the pain when it comes to DDoS attacks, but it is the smaller online retailers that are left the most exposed. Small firms generally cannot afford enterprise-grade solutions and often lack the organic information security capabilities. An emergency DDoS mitigation service is a quick solution but at a substantial cost, easily reaching into the thousands of dollars per month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A decade ago the Internet was viewed as an emerging technology that could allow anyone to bootstrap a company and sell online. Today, it has manifested into a complex, insecure environment that continues to favor well-capitalized corporations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This problem is best quantified using the aforementioned ROI model. Where major retailers can easily find ROI in costly security solutions, smaller retailers are left facing more difficult decisions as to whether to mitigate or accept the risk of attack. In practice many small companies choose the latter, as it is the option that offers the greatest upside, but at the risk of exposing the company to devastation if targeted by an attacker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fortunately, there are practical solutions available for smaller companies. These require advanced planning and an understanding that DDoS protection and information security are fundamental concepts that must be incorporated into a company's business plan year-round.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All companies should work with a security firm or consultant with experience in mitigating DDoS attacks to determine those solutions that make the most sense for the size of the business being protected, thereby facilitating the most attractive ROI.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Jeffrey A. Lyon, CISSP, is the founder of </i><i><a href="http://www.blacklotus.net/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Black Lotus Communications</a>, a secure hosting firm specializing in DDoS attack mitigation.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I truly believe that a tablet running Linux could really shock the naysayers in 2014. If you don't believe me, I'll give you five good reasons why this could be the case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yes, there's still a big question mark looming over the actual date we'll see the first Ubuntu tablet for sale on the market. But by the end of 2014, we should at least see images available for installation on numerous tablets. This will silence the naysayers who fully believe that the Ubuntu tablet is the latest vaporware to tease the fans and users. Canonical and Mark Shuttleworth have put way too much focus and effort into the tablet for it to fail. When the images for various tablets become available, the naysayers will be silenced.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've used the Touch interface. Although it's still a bit rough around the edges, it was amazingly user-friendly-- more so than the Android tablet or the iOS interfaces. I know this sounds like fan-boy speak, but the developers have done an great job of creating a highly intuitive interface that will have users saying, “That's what a tablet interface should be like!” Another shocker will be how polished the UI is when it's released. That should go without saying, considering the length of the Ubuntu Touch's development period. By the end of 2014, I wouldn't be surprised if the initial release was version 2.0.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Android has long been heralded as the most flexible of all tablet interfaces, because users are able to make it look and behave exactly how they want. I believe that title will be given to the Ubuntu tablet when it's released. With the power of open source behind it, you can bet that the Ubuntu tablet will be keen on flexibility.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At one point, Shuttleworth claimed that the Ubuntu tablet would not run Android applications. He has since recanted that stance, and it looks like Ubuntu tablet users will be able to have the best of both worlds. It's not clear if this will be made possible with the help of Windroid or if another layer will be created to facilitate the running of Android apps. Either way, this will be a serious feather in the cap for the Ubuntu tablet. With the entire line of Android apps at the ready, the Ubuntu tablet won't suffer the same fate as Microsoft Surface RT -- that is, too few apps to make it useful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Because the Ubuntu tablet platform will use the same core technology as the Ubuntu desktop, it's an easy leap to assume that users will have desktop-like power at their fingertips. This should mean that applications meant to run on the desktop will also run on the tablet. No other tablet platform can claim this (though the Microsoft Surface 2 platform does come very close), and it will help catapult the Ubuntu tablet into heights no other tablet has before seen. And for those accustomed to the Ubuntu desktop interface -- Unity -- this will be a full-on no-brainer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Every year, there are heroes and villains across all industries. Though it's much easier to point out the villains, the heroes are the ones who should really be getting the attention. Within the world of technology, there were quite a lot of ups and downs in 2013. For this article, I want to focus on the ups – the heroes. These are people who invented, used, or promoted technology in a way to better a group of people or society in general or to further the reach of technology itself. You might find your own hero on this list -- or you might find someone you consider to be a villain. (That's where perspective comes into play.) Either way, 2013 was an exciting year and I want to applaud a few of those who made it so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1: Ed Snowden</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/topic-it-security-in-the-snowden-era/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/topic-it-security-in-the-snowden-era/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Ed Snowden</a> was a whistle blower the likes of which the world has never seen. Many consider him a villain. I, on the other hand, hold him up in the hero category for one simple reason: His disclosure of classified documents unveiled the NSA's mass surveillance program. Snowden's goal was "...to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them." Prior to this leak, the public was unaware of the depth of surveillance and the true nature of government secrecy. His disclosures have also had major implications for those in the technology field.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> <a href="http://www.georgetakei.com/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target=" target="_blank"">George Takei</a> is not only a hero in the world of Star Trek, he is an unsung hero of equality. In 2013, Takei took his charge to social platforms like Twitter and Facebook to spread the word of love and compassion (with a mighty sense of humor) for all. Takei has helped bring the spotlight on bullying and inequality in a way few others have. And thanks to social networking, Takei's voice (literally and figuratively) has spread like the meme it deserves to be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chuck Hull is the co-founder of <a href="http://www.3dsystems.com/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="http://www.3dsystems.com/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">3D Systems</a>. If that doesn't ring a bell, all I need to say is 3D printing. That's right, Hull has helped to bring three-dimensional printing into the household and turn it into a revolution. With the help of 3D printing, the manufacturing process has become something even a single-owner business can master. The year 2013 was a major blastoff for 3D printing and Chuck Hull, and 3D Systems will see to it that the years to come continue to broaden the horizons for this miraculous technology.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mark Shuttleworth wound up in the center of controversy within the open source community. Many in the community pointed fingers of blame at Shuttleworth for moving away from the Wayland X Server to an in-house solution. Nearly everyone was up in arms. But Shuttleworth had a vision, one that could easily skyrocket the usage of Linux on the desktop and mobile platforms. I give Shuttleworth this nod for sticking to his plan and continuing to make Ubuntu Linux one of the most user-friendly Linux distributions on the planet. If Shuttleworth has his way, Linux will become a household name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Estella Pyfrom is probably not a name many of you know – but it should be. This amazing Florida woman used her life savings to create a mobile computer lab (<a href="http://www.estellasbrilliantbus.org/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target=" target="_blank"">Estella's Brilliant Bus</a>), which provides a mobile tutoring program for thousands of low-income students in the Palm Beach County area. Pyfrom doesn't consider her brainchild just “a bus,” but “a movement.” With the help of her Brilliant Bus, Estella Pyfrom is bridging the digital gap so that less fortunate children can get their hands on technology and level the playing field.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dr. Laura Stachel created the "<a href="http://wecaresolar.org/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target=" target="_blank"">solar suitcase</a>" to enable healthcare workers to deliver babies in more than 20 underprivileged countries. The primary focus is for women to be able to have babies safely and with dignity. Stachel was inspired to develop the suitcase when she discovered many women and babies were dying simply from a lack of proper lighting during the birthing process. With the help of the suitcase, births can now happen with adequate lighting as well as power. The suitcase also aids in numerous other treatments for the sick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jen Vargas wanted to be a Google Glass explorer, so she turned to her community to raise the funds to achieve that goal. But then something special happened. Jen gave back. With her Google Glass Explorer status, she used her glass to start the grass roots initiative <a href="http://www.glass4good.org/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target=" target="_blank"">Glass4Good</a>. Jen used her Glass to help improve the city of Orlando and other local non-profits. Her efforts have gone to help organizations such as Give Kids the World, Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, New Hope for Kids, and a Gift for Teaching. Jen has proved that grassroots efforts do pay off and that sometimes a return investment can go much further than you might expect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/03/us/boston-marathon-terror-attack-fast-facts/" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target=" target="_blank"">tragedy occurred during the Boston Marathon</a>, the police reacted with efficiency and remarkable humanity. They used every piece of technology that had at their disposal (surveillance video, private video, thermal imagery, robotics, data analytics) and quickly located the suspects. There is no way to proclaim this a “win,” when lives were lost and ruined and innocent humans were disfigured. But in the end, the heroism of the police and other authorities can't go without mention. This is one occasion where the smartphone (and its video cameras) proved its value.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sheryl Sandberg is the COO of Facebook. That in and of itself should be impressive enough to land her on the list of 2013 tech heroes. Many consider her to have been the single most powerful woman in technology during 2013. In March 2013, she published her book <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lean-In-Women-Work-Will/dp/0385349947" style="color: #3289c8; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target=" target="_blank"">Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead</a></i>, which sold nearly 150,000 copies in its first week and held the top spot in nonfiction for quite some time. Being in charge of the operations of the largest and most popular Web site on the planet solidifies Sandberg as a hero of 2013.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Amy Parnell is the principle designer for LinkedIn. She led the redesign of the LinkedIn homepage and profile pages, which helped make LinkedIn one of the best means of networking for businesses and technology. Her skills extend to engineering, Web development, and data science. I believe she will be a superstar in the years to come, so I hand her a 2013 hero award for technology.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There you go -- my heroes of 2013. Some have had a tremendous impact on technology and some have used technology to have a positive impact on others. Heroes come in all shapes, sizes, and forms, but their deeds all serve a singular purpose: to better the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Reading List allows you to keep track of all the content you encounter in your apps that you want to be able find again or read at a later date; in this respect, the app works like the Favorites list. However, Reading List goes beyond the Favorites list in that it organizes the content in chronological order and in categories and then displays the titles and the content as tiles with images. In fact, using Reading List is almost like creating your own newspaper app. You can think of Reading List as a Favorites list on steroids!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Building your Reading List is easy. Plus, almost all of the apps that display text will work with Reading List.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have the Wikipedia app installed in Windows 8.1, and I found articles on it that I would like to read later. To add an article to your Reading List, move your mouse to the upper-right corner of the screen until the Charms bar appears and then click Share (<b>Figure A</b>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When you see the Share panel, you will click Reading List (<b>Figure B</b>). You won't see the Reading List on the Share panel for all apps; if you don't see it, that means the app doesn't recognize or support the Reading List.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the Reading List panel, you will see a preview of the tile that will be added to Reading List. While you can immediately click Add, I recommend adding the content to a category; this will keep things more organized, and it will be easier to find the content.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To add content to a category, click the Categorize menu. You will see a list of all the default categories and any categories you added. You can select an existing category (<b>Figure C</b>), or create a new category by clicking New Category and filling in the Categorize As prompt. Either way, once you select a category, click Add to complete the operation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After you add content to the Reading List and then access it from the Start Screen, you'll see the main screen (<b>Figure D</b>). As you can see in my example, the content in Reading List is displayed in chronological order. Reading List will randomly pick one of the items from the list and place it on the left side of the screen as spotlighted content.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Figure D</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On the main screen, you see your content tiles arranged chronologically. (Click the image to see a larger view.)</span></h6>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When you select a content item from the list, Reading List will condense its display, move over to the side of the screen, and allow the main content to display on the rest of the screen (<b>Figure E</b>). If you prefer that your main content be full screen, you slide Reading List off the screen and into the background by clicking the divider and dragging it to the left.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Figure E</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With the Reading List on the side of the screen, you can easily select other items in your list. (Click the image to see a larger view.)</span></h6>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When you use the Reading List main page, if you have a lot of tiles, the screen can get a little overwhelming. Fortunately, Reading List provides a Search feature. You just click the magnifying glass icon and type a keyword in the text box (<b>Figure F</b>), and Reading List will display the results.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Figure F</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Search feature is handy when you have a lot of content saved in Reading List. (Click the image to see a larger view.)</span></h6>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now, if you dutifully categorize everything that you add to Reading List, things can be a bit easier to locate. As you can see in <b>Figure G</b>, by going to the iPhone category, I can easily find the saved content about that topic.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Figure G</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">By using categories, it's easier to keep track of saved content. (Click the image to see a larger view.)</span></h6>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To select a category, right-click the Reading List screen, and you will see the app bars appear at the top and bottom of the screen (<b>Figure H</b>). All of the default categories and any categories that you create will appear at the top app bar. By default, Reading List comes with six categories: Finance, Food, Health, News, Sports, and Travel. To switch to a category view, click the associated title.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Figure H</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To switch to a category view of Reading list, click the category at the top of the screen. (Click the image to see a larger view.)</span></h6>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In addition to creating new categories from the Categorize menu as I mentioned earlier, you can create categories from this app bar. To do so, click the Categories button at the very top, and you will see the Categories screen. To create a new category, click the grey tile with the red plus sign, and you will see the New Category box (<b>Figure I</b>), where you can enter a name and click OK. Figure I also shows that if you right-click an existing category, an app bar appears at the bottom of the screen and provides you with the ability to rename or delete a category.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Figure I</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What do you think about Windows 8.1's Reading List app? Will you use it? If you have comments or information to share about this topic, please drop by our forums and let us hear from you.</span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Follow us on Facebook : Http://facebook.com/Globalcareer.org</div>Nsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05389152289278244102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839469991665134831.post-73664244466470125782013-12-06T21:29:00.002+05:302013-12-06T21:29:50.406+05:30Five free Firefox add-ons for the security conscious user<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="color: orange;">There are always ways to improve the already outstanding security in the Firefox browser with add-ons.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><figure class="image pull-right image-small"><span class="img " style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="1_firefox_logo.png" src="http://tr1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/12/05/20e0cd7f-b110-4ec3-a70b-51121edc8aea/resize/220x165/1_firefox_logo.png?hash=1709f55c07f60440f69af34bdf249469" /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></figure><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you are a serious browser/user of the web, you know <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/" target="_blank">Mozilla Firefox</a> is tops when
it comes to remaining secure. But even Firefox is not perfect. There are always
ways to improve the already outstanding security in the open source browser
with add-ons. The Firefox add-on library is massive and includes nearly any
additional feature you could want. Included in the library is an ever-growing
number of security add-ons. For those that do not want to wade through the tide
of installable features, I have brought together five of my favorite security add-ons
for Firefox. With these five added features, you should find that Firefox will
meet your highest security standards (within reason of course).
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Each of these add-ons are free and can be found (and
installed) from Firefox's add-ons manager.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Five apps</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">1. NoScript Security Suite</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/?src=search" target="_blank">NoScript
Security Suite</a> is one of the best ways to prevent JavaScript, Java, Flash,
Silverlight, and other executable content from running within non-trusted
domains. With this add-on you can dictate the domains which are allowed to run
executable content. This add-on goes a long way to prevent cross-site scripting
attacks, cross-zone DNS rebinding, router hacking, and Clickjacking. Domains
can be blocked permanently or on a temporary basis (<b>Figure A</b>). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Figure A</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Quickly add sites to either white or black list from the options menu.</span></h6>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">NoScript can whitelist or blacklist a domain for easy
configuration and control. Once installed, you will also find a number of ads
get caught up in the blocking – making your browsing faster and more secure.
NoScript has plenty of options available, ranging from the simple to complex (<b>Figure
B</b>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Plenty of options available in NoScript.</span></h6>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">2. LastPass Password Manager</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lastpass-password-manager/?src=search" target="_blank">LastPass
Password Manager</a> is for anyone who needs to be able to keep the only kind
of truly secure passwords – those you cannot remember. For that type of
password, you need a password manager. But why bother installing yet another
tool to have to open from your Dash, Start Menu, or Tiles? Instead, add
LastPass Password Manager and gain access to that ever-burgeoning list of
passwords. You do have to create an account with LastPass. During the setup of
LastPass, you set up your account (make sure you use a strong password here – <b>Figure
C</b>) and disable Firefox's insecure password manager.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Setting up your account for LastPass.</span></h6>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">During the setup of LastPass, you can even set up a profile
which will be used when filling in forms (<b>Figure D</b>) – which is much more
secure than having the browser retain your form information.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Set up a profile which will be used when filling in forms.</span></h6>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">3. HTTPS Everywhere</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere" target="_blank">HTTPS Everywhere</a>
is a means to force your browser to use HTTPS with all sites that support
secure HTTP. Some users don't realize the difference between HTTP and HTTPS;
including this extension on your end-users browser will ensure you do not have
to concern yourself with educating them on the difference or how to point their
browsers to the secure version of a site. You will notice the included link
does not direct to the Firefox Extension page, but to the <a href="http://www.eff.org/" target="_blank">www.eff.org</a> page. This was due to a Firefox
policy. Hopefully the extension will find its way back to the Extension page
soon. Upon reboot (after installation), you will be prompted to opt into the
SSL Observatory (<b>Figure E</b>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Figure E</span></h4>
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<h6 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Opting into the SSL Observatory.</span></h6>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Once installed, you will find a menu to the right of the
address bar, where you can gain quick access to the HTTPS Everywhere features.
One of the more important features is the Enable/Disable Rules (<b>Figure F</b>).</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Figure F</span></h4>
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</span></div>
<h6 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Enabling and disabling rules with HTTPS Everywhere.</span></h6>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can enable/disable HTTPS Everywhere for all included
sites in the Rules window.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
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<h3 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">4. AdBlock Plus</span></h3>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/?src=search" target="_blank">AdBlock
Plus</a> is one of the first add-ons you should include with Firefox. If you
find advertising slows down your browsing, it's possible that reduction in
speed is caused by advertising. Or, if you're trying to find that tool to
install, but get confused by the Download buttons created by advertisements, it's
time to take control. To curtail this behavior, install AdBlock Plus. With this
add-on you can blacklist and whitelist specific advertisers. This, of course,
is a tricky proposition, as many of the sites you visit are able to offer you
free content thanks to the ads on the site. So take that into consideration
when you begin blacklisting sites. It is also possible to block known malware
domains (<b>Figure G</b>).</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Figure G</span></h4>
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</span></div>
<h6 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Blocking malware and removing social networking buttons with Adblock Plus.</span></h6>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">From within the add-on preferences, you can easily add
filter subscriptions (<b>Figure H</b>). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Figure H</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
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<h6 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Just remember to keep the Allow some non-intrusive advertising box checked.</span></h6>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">5. Disconnect</span></h3>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disconnect/?src=search" target="_blank">Disconnect</a>
prevents tracking by 2,000+ third-party sites. With this easy add-on you can
stop ad trackers, social widgets, and most other tracking tools before they
load. This will not only speed up your browsing, it will also effectively
prevent those endless attempts at tracking everything you do on the web. As you
use your "Disconnected" browser, you will get immediate feedback on
what is trying to track you (<b>Figure I</b>).</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Figure I</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The disconnect tracking window.</span></h6>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After visiting a single page (clicked from within Facebook),
Disconnect caught 20 attempts at tracking and sped up the page load by 6% (<b>Figure
J</b>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Figure J</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Results of Disconnect blocking tracking elements.</span></h6>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bottom line</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you're looking to gain an edge on security within your
Firefox browser, add one or more of these add-ons and see if you're not happier
with the level of gained security. Each of these offers a unique addition to
the open source browser, extending the capabilities and security to a more
acceptable level.</span></div>
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<h3>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="color: orange;">These ten procurement strategies will reduce your risk when researching and selecting new IT solutions.
</span></span></h3>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span>There
are few handbooks on how to select the right equipment, software and
vendors—but there shouldn't be! These are areas fraught with errors and
lawsuits, so it is imperative for IT to buy and partner well. Here are
ten proven procurement strategies.</span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">1. Get all of your vendor’s references</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Most
sites ask their vendors for references and receive a hand-chosen three
or four companies to call. Instead, request your vendor’s entire client
list and make your own selected reference calls. You’re likely to get
more unvarnished opinions, which will help steer you to relevant
question to ask a prospective vendor before you sign on the dotted line.
</span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">2. Request a “try and buy”</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">No matter how comprehensive
your due diligence is, the only way to really assess if a new IT
solution is going to meet your needs is to try it in a pilot study at
your company before you buy it. If the solution does what you hope it
can, you will feel more confident when you ink the contract. </span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">3. Negotiate a contract with service level agreements (SLAs) and exit guidelines</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You
and your prospective vendor should reach an agreement on service levels
and how those levels will be measured. Then, all parties should ensure
that the SLA language is written into the contract before signing. This
clarifies everyone’s understanding of performance expectations going
into the agreement, and it gets your working relationship with the
vendor off to a good start. Also within the contract should be very
clearly articulated cases that would allow you to exit the contract.
This is an important point many sites miss, because they get so excited
about signing the agreement that they think that nothing will ever go
wrong. Unfortunately, things happen. Your vendor might underperform, or
your business needs might radically change, or there might be a change
of management control at the vendor (such as the vendor being acquired)
that you are uncomfortable with. An exit clause allows you to leave a
contract without fault or penalty if you have to.</span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">4. Vet the vendor for governance and business continuation</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Your
vendor and its solution should meet or exceed your corporate
requirements for IT governance and security. If there is noncompliance,
your business is at risk. Also perform a careful review of the vendor’s
disaster recovery and business continuation plans and procedures.</span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">5. Choose your project manager/account executive</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It
is important to have a strong project manager/account executive while
your new solution is being implemented—and it is equally important to
continue to get strong project/account management performance from the
vendor after implementation. All too often, vendors switch clients over
to less experienced project managers once the contract has been won and
the initial implementation is over. As a result, sites can experience
degradation in service and responsiveness from their vendors. Reserve
the right to interview and pre-approve any vendor project manager before
the individual is assigned to you. </span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">6. Always interview at least three different vendors</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You
need to know “what’s out there” when you are in search of a particular
IT solution. There is a tendency at times for sites to pre-select
vendors without surveying the field—but taking a look at a number of
solutions broadens your perspective, and also helps you develop
additional questions to ask each vendor. </span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">7. Know what you want</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Always
engage all of the internal stakeholders in your company in a thorough
definition of your business requirements before you go shopping for an
IT solution. Sometimes sites shortchange the requirements definition
process, and find themselves instead listening to their vendors, which
proceed to tell them what they need. Never fall into this trap. Your
business should always drive this process.</span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">8. Learn your vendor’s culture</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cultural
compatibility is a prime driver of collaborative success between
organizations. You should make it your upfront business to understand
your vendor’s business culture, and whether it will mesh with your own.
Cultural incompatibility can “break” any project—even if the solution
itself is good!</span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">9. Obtain an upfront understanding on personnel recruitment</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It’s
not uncommon for businesses to lose key employees to their vendors, or
vice versa. Sometimes this creates hard feelings that impair business
relationships. This is why many organizations have recruiting policies
in place with their vendors that govern cross-hiring. </span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">10. Review your vendor’s upgrade and trade-up policies</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When
you sign on to a solution, your CFO is likely to ask you for projected
annual expenses. This is what makes it important to understand the
vendor’s policies on product upgrades, how often they happen—and also
whether the vendor will take in value for your older solution if you
choose to upgrade.</span></div>
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<div class="takeaway" style="text-align: justify;">
<h3>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="color: orange;">There's no better way for thieves to steal design
secrets than straight from the engineers and designers who create them.
CAD software programs are ripe for exploit.
</span></span></h3>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><figure class="image pull-right image-x-small"><span class="img " style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="AutoCad malware 1.jpg" src="http://tr1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/12/05/7e0cb015-7659-41de-a2fa-81d00dbb2969/resize/140x105/AutoCad%20malware%201.jpg?hash=3dbc55e2ec47f0cfe3152bc05275060b" /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></figure><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">With
all the recent industrial espionage, it was only a matter of time
before malware developers would take a look at Computer-Aided Design
(CAD) programs as a way to exfiltrate proprietary documents and drawings
from engineering firms. I can’t think of a better way to steal design
secrets than right from the engineer or designer working on them. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">CAD
has been around since the early 1980s, so there are many packages to
choose from. Which software did the digital bad guys go after? The most
popular of course—AutoCAD. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have several clients in the
manufacturing sector, and they all use AutoCAD. Working with these
clients, I learned a few things about AutoCAD. For one, it is expensive.
So when a company has AutoCAD in place, they tend to stay with the
version they bought.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What this does is pave the way for
malware coders; they have a sizable population of computers running
noncurrent, and more than likely, vulnerable versions of AutoCAD. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The
malware coders have something else in their favor; engineering can
involve multiple departments and outside consultants—a perfect way for
malware to propagate if certain precautions are not in place. And, I’m
finding that precautions are not in place. That’s because most IT pros
consider CAD-based malware a non-issue.</span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="h.861o07m3rmqg"></a>ACAD/Medre.A</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I tended to agree. The first time I read about an AutoCAD malware was last year when ESET.com <a href="http://www.welivesecurity.com/2012/06/21/acadmedre-10000s-of-autocad-files-leaked-in-suspected-industrial-espionage/" target=" target="_blank"">reported a strange anomaly</a> on their LiveGrid network. It was strange because the malware attacked AutoCAD, but only in Peru of all places. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After some investigation, it was determined the malware <a href="http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=19860569&linkID=9240617" target=" target="_blank"">ACAD/Medre.A</a> was
a worm programmed to send AutoCAD drawings via email to an account (you
guessed it) in China. The experts at ESET had this to say: </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">ACAD/Medre.A
is a serious example of suspected industrial espionage. Every new
design created by a victim is sent automatically to the authors of this
malware. Needless to say this can cost the legitimate owner of the
intellectual property a lot of money as the cybercriminals could have
designs before they even go into production by the original designer.</span></blockquote>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Something
else that ESET pointed out bothered one of my clients when I told them
about ACAD/Medre.A: “The attacker may even go so far as to get patents
on the product before the inventor has registered it at the patent
office. The inventor may not know of the security breach until his
patent claim is denied due to prior art.”</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This particular
client was applying for several patents at the time and under my
advisement took several additional precautions. Yet, everyone’s concern
(even the client) eventually faded, as CAD-related malware never
amounted to anything. That is until a few weeks ago. </span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="h.azjapyj2itlr"></a>ACM_SHENZ.A</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That’s when a new trojan popped up on Trend Micro’s radar—<a href="http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/autocad-malware-leaves-victims-hackable/" target=" target="_blank"">ACM_SHENZ.A</a>,
and it was targeting AutoCAD programs. But with a twist, the malware
was benign. Like most trojans, its job was to gain a foothold on the
victim’s computer. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Once safely entrenched, ACM_SHENZ.A
obtains administrative rights which make it simple for the malware to
create network shares for all drives. The malware also opens ports: 137,
138, 139, and 445. Doing so allows access to files, printers, and
serial ports. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Obtaining administrative rights also allows
the attacker to plant additional malware. It’s this additional malware,
experts at Trend Micro suspect will be used to steal drawings and
engineering documents. What makes this malware especially deadly is that
more than likely users will not consider a file with the .FAS extension
unusual and just ignore it. According to Trend Micro, “It appears to be
a legitimate AutoCAD component with a .FAS extension, but on analysis
it actually opens up systems to exploits, specifically those targeting
old vulnerabilities.”</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Trend Micro engineers mirrored ESET
experts’ sentiment that “being rare” is an advantage afforded AutoCAD
malware: “Historically, AutoCAD malware is very rare, although not
completely unheard of.” </span></div>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Final thoughts</span></h3>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">AutoCAD
malware is still scarce, and it may seem like I’m making a big deal out
of nothing. But, it is a big deal to companies that pump time and money
into a design, only to have it stolen and patented by someone else. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I
asked the experts what we should be expecting and what additional
protection manufacturing companies can put in place. The responses were,
“It’s early, we are not sure what the secondary malware payload is.”
Their suggestion was to exercise additional security with sensitive
drawings. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="h.gjdgxs"></a>More than anything, engineering departments need to be aware that CAD drawings are now a valid attack vector. </span></div>
</div>
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<div class="takeaway" style="text-align: justify;">
<h3>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="color: orange;">A secret hidden in the Internet Explorer app that
will allow you to have two tabs open on the screen at one time and
position them side-by-side.
</span></span></h3>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><figure class="image pull-right image-small"><span class="img " style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="windows-8-flag-logo-blue.png" src="http://tr1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/12/05/ea5620ca-212d-4563-80f2-834f530d2641/resize/220x165/windows-8-flag-logo-blue.png?hash=e8025d5fc10907263605b285f4ae8356" /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></figure><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In last week's article, Take
a look at two great features in Windows 8.1, I showed you two features in
Windows 8.1 that have really helped me to feel more comfortable using modern
apps on my desktop machine. The new Start Screen, which shows your desktop
wallpaper in the background thus making the two interfaces feel more like one, and
the new Snap feature, which allows you to have more than two modern apps open
on the screen at one time.
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">While using the new Snap feature with my modern apps, I've
become accustomed to having two or more apps on the screen at the same time and
began to wonder about having two Internet Explorer apps open side-by-side on
the screen at one time. Unfortunately, I discovered that you can't open two
instances of the Internet Explorer app. But after a little more investigation,
I uncovered a secret hidden in the Internet Explorer app that will allow you to
essentially have two Internet Explorer tabs open on the screen at one time and
position them side-by-side. In this article I'll show you how it's done.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Modern apps – what's in a name?</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Before I get started, I have to clarify one point concerning
the name that Microsoft has given the apps that appear on the Start Screen and
my use of the term Modern app. I received email from a couple of readers
wondering why I called the apps modern. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm sure that everyone knows that these apps started out
being known as Metro apps that ran in the new Windows 8 Metro UI. Many people
still know them as Metro apps and the term still appears quite frequently.
However, a couple of months before the Windows 8 release, Microsoft abandoned
the name. While it was rumored that there was a copyright dispute over the
name, there was never any verification. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In the interim period, with no official guidance from
Microsoft, the term Modern app began to appear since the word modern was <a href="http://designmodo.com/modern-ui/" target="_blank">closely associated with the Metro name</a>.
Because there was this close association, the term Modern app stuck with many
folks, including me.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">However, soon after the Windows 8 launch, Will Tschumy, a principal
user experience advisor at Microsoft, announced that the new name was to be <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9233098/Microsoft_goes_with_Windows_8_Store_apps_as_replacement_for_Metro_" target="_blank">Windows
8 Store applications</a>. This was soon shortened to Windows Store app. I see
this term once in a while, but I still use Modern app.</span></div>
<hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" />
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Snapping Internet Explorer</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When you launch the Internet Explorer app from the Start
Screen, it fills the full screen by default, as shown in <b>Figure A</b>.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Figure A</span></h4>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="img " style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fig A 12-6.png" height="224" src="http://tr1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/12/05/494ad2f4-1d52-4bbb-9737-57bb6f3b5d3f/resize/620x485/Fig%20A%2012-6.png?hash=c076e0ca924d65d2f8314a3ec6e238b5" width="400" /></span></div>
<figure class="image pull-none image-large"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></figure><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h6 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">By default the Internet Explorer app fill the full screen.</span></h6>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Once it is up and running, you can use the Snap feature to
put the Internet Explorer app window on half of the screen, as shown in <b>Figure
B</b>. However, you cannot open a second instance of the Internet Explorer app.
So it appears that there is no way to have two side-by-side Internet Explorer
app windows on the screen at the same time.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Figure B</span></h4>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="img " style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fig B 12-6.png" height="224" src="http://tr1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/12/05/1ca26d06-ddd8-4d6d-9494-361923cfe1d6/resize/620x485/Fig%20B%2012-6.png?hash=9aa3db12c44667031e5ea3b8e0d3a96a" width="400" /></span></div>
<figure class="image pull-none image-large"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></figure><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h6 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">While you can Snap the Internet Explorer app window on half of the screen,
you can't open a second instance of the Internet Explorer app.</span></h6>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Using a tab</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Using an Internet Explorer tab, you can essentially open two
side-by-side Internet Explorer app windows. To begin, right click at the bottom
of the window to bring up the Tabs bar. Then select the New Tab button, as
shown in <b>Figure C</b>.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Figure C</span></h4>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="img " style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fig C 12-6.png" height="224" src="http://tr2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/12/05/0aadc4b6-2d30-407e-a690-a42d9c4deb1c/resize/620x485/Fig%20C%2012-6.png?hash=5df7534edd654c9b61e0e2b5c714a6fc" width="400" /></span></div>
<figure class="image pull-none image-large"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></figure><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h6 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bring up the Tabs bar and select the New Tab button.</span></h6>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When you see the New Tab screen, enter the address of the
site that you want to open, as shown in <b>Figure D</b>.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Figure D</span></h4>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="img " style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fig D 12-6.png" height="224" src="http://tr2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/12/05/0b52cf05-1bc6-43a5-9793-acad3054ea99/resize/620x485/Fig%20D%2012-6.png?hash=48cdc87e7e7a490986febda5b004c1e3" width="400" /></span></div>
<figure class="image pull-none image-large"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></figure><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h6 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Enter the address of the site that you want to open.</span></h6>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Once the website opens, right click at the bottom of the
window to bring up the Tabs bar again. Now, right click on one of the tab
thumbnails and select the Open tab in new window command, as shown in <b>Figure
E</b>.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Figure E</span></h4>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="img " style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fig E 12-6.png" height="224" src="http://tr1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/12/05/8cdf9295-8570-4f41-99f6-2dbc5a7c41f8/resize/620x485/Fig%20E%2012-6.png?hash=d7c1b5531dbf49abb719e3d80c50b23e" width="400" /></span></div>
<figure class="image pull-none image-large"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></figure><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h6 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When you right click on the tab thumbnail, select the Open in new window
command.</span></h6>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As soon as you do, you'll see two Internet Explorer app
windows open side-by-side, as shown in <b>Figure F</b>.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h4 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Figure F</span></h4>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="img " style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fig F 12-6.png" height="224" src="http://tr1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/12/05/616167d9-a900-4a4e-a3db-7b3a3b6c6dab/resize/620x485/Fig%20F%2012-6.png?hash=f4070984338d19aed5b4b1ddca4f8f0f" width="400" /></span></div>
<figure class="image pull-none image-large"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></figure><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h6 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Opening the tab in a new window, essentially puts two Internet Explorer app
windows on the screen.</span></h6>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What's your take?</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Which term do you use to describe an app: Metro App, Modern
App, or Windows Store App? What do you think about this technique to open two
Internet Explorer windows side-by-side? Is it something that you will use in
the future? As always, if you have comments or information to share about this
topic, please take a moment to drop by the TechRepublic Community Forums and
let us hear from you.</span></div>
</div>
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<div class="takeaway" style="text-align: justify;">
<h3>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="color: orange;">IT is being driven by the onslaught of Big Data,
mobile, social, and cloud technologies. If IT fails at this, the entire
business is at risk. On the other hand, if it's done right, it's a
game-changer. Here is a way to make sure you get it right.
</span></span>
</h3>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The world of IT as we know it is quickly shifting from the client/server-based
“Second Platform” days to the “Third Platform” era, driven by the onslaught of
Big Data, Mobile, Social, and Cloud technologies. We’re talking billions of
users, millions of applications, on millions of mobile devices. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">While this shift represents opportunity in terms of growth and
innovation, it also brings new challenges and risk. Companies now not only have
to manage huge amounts of data, but they also have to protect and optimize it,
and make sure the right information is accessible to the right users at the
right time. If they fail at this, the entire business is at risk. On the other
hand, if it’s done right, it’s a game-changer. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, how do you do it? And if you’re thinking about moving to the cloud,
how do you make your journey successful? Transformation starts where work
happens—at the intersection of Content, Process, and Collaboration. But the
real enabler lies in connecting information to work through the power of
solutions. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What’s missing today</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For every new technology disrupting the workforce, there are just as
many—if not more— “next-generation” content management vendors adding to the
confusion and noise. These vendors are focused on providing point products to
help companies manage their front and back office processes. But they’re
missing the bigger, more important piece of the puzzle: the need for third platform-enabled,
enterprise-grade cloud solutions aimed at the Value Office. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">High value, industry-specific solutions</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What do I mean by Value Office? It’s the core and lifeblood of every
business—the set of work and employees chartered solely with creating value for
the organization, creating real solutions to help solve their customers’
toughest business problems. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But there’s even more opportunity to be had here with the cloud. By leveraging
cloud technologies, businesses can extend and enrich their existing Value
Office capabilities. And that has far-reaching implications, especially when
you consider the transformative effect cloud can have on industries like healthcare,
life sciences, energy, and engineering. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Take big pharmaceutical companies, for example, which have an extremely
long and costly product development lifecycle. A key factor in completing the
development process is the rapid and efficient conduct of clinical trials. The
speed of a trial can be improved by tracking what documents have been received
and which are still outstanding, along with who needs to supply them.
Subsequent stages of the trial cannot proceed without complete collection of
required files in a prior stage. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Using cloud-based Enterprise Content (ECM) solutions, pharmaceutical
companies can collaborate easier on research and development activities with
external partners and subsequently reduce clinical trial durations to get to
the market faster. This is significant because revenue cannot begin until the
drug has been approved for sale. The development period is approximately 12
years plus another year for review by the agency, leaving around seven years of
protected sales under the patent. And every extra day a drug is on the market
within an active patent window can generate up to $3M* in additional revenue. By
the same token, every extra day it takes getting a drug on the market increases
the odds that a competing drug will make it to market beforehand, which can
mean the loss of millions in potential revenue. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When beginning a trial, the trial manager uses an ECM solution to plan
the documents and the quantity of each document type expected. As documents come in, they are tracked
against the plan and status reports can be generated showing what is missing
from the plan and who is responsible to provide them. As an example, during the first stage, which
is Study Startup, the stage cannot be closed out and progress the trial into
the Site Initiation stage until the approval is received from the IRB/IEC
(independent review board). The sponsor
cannot recruit investigators and negotiate contracts until this approval has
been received. Often trials will sit in
an incomplete state not able to move forward to the next stage because of
inadequate tracking of critical documents. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">By tightening the timeline to conduct a trial, it’s reasonable to
assume that you can reduce several weeks from the historical average. The actual time to conduct the trial is
dependent on numerous factors such as type of trial, number of sites and
patients, number and frequency of visits with a patient, etc. Numerous trials are conducted within the
process of development to bring a drug to market, anywhere from 10s to 100s although
some trials may be conducted in parallel. If 1-2 weeks can be saved per trial,
the overall shortening of development may add up to 2-3 months. Using a conservative revenue estimate of
$1M/day for a drug at the end of patent, that would exceed $60M. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Time to bring a new drug to market also impacts the drug’s supremacy in
the market. If there are several
sponsors competing to bring their new compounds to market, reducing the timeline
can be the difference between being 1st, 2nd or last to
market. Placement in the “1st
to market” race can have enormous impact on eventual revenues. Being 2nd or 3rd to
market can reduce the total revenues by significant factors based on physician
and public impressions. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">ECM solutions help address this need for speed as well as meet the
stringent regulatory requirements these organizations face. Following are just
some of the critical capabilities needed in a configurable, purpose-built
solution to provide these expected benefits. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Accurate trial planning </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Faster clinical trial setup and approval to
enter the next stage of a trial</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Reduced complexity and risk in trial document
management </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Improved productivity of clinical trial workers
across the drug development lifecycle process</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Regulatory compliance through extensive audit
trails, access control, lifecycle management, and version control of clinical
documents and records </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Persistent inspection-readiness</span></li>
</ul>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Enabling Transformation</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Naturally, the stakes are high. And creating these
industry-transforming solutions requires deep domain expertise and a
fundamental understanding of an industry’s value chain. While customers in specific
industries have domain knowledge, they might lack the necessary infrastructure,
content management expertise, and resources to develop these solutions
in-house. They may not have a clear path to the cloud or the capabilities they
need to get there. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As the IT leader in your company, you need to carefully evaluate and
select an ECM vendor that brings to the table the following</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">enterprise-grade ECM</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
industry knowledge</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
best practices</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
a broad partner ecosystem</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
a flexible deployment model that provides just
“as much cloud as you need” based upon where your company is in its evolution. </span></li>
</ul>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And all of this should be backed by a company with a proven history of
Trust in infrastructure and cloud deployment. It’s not an either/or scenario,
but the combination of these things
that will drive real business benefits. And what company does not want to
increase its productivity, ensure compliance, fuel innovation, lower costs, and
speed time to value? </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>By Rick Devenuti, President,
Information Intelligence Group, EMC.</i></span></div>
</div>
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<div class="takeaway" style="text-align: justify;">
<h3>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="color: orange;">If you hated creating outlines in college, Will
Kelly says you may still find a lot to like about OmniOutliner 2 on your
iPad.
</span></span></h3>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="img " style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="OmniOutliner 2" height="266" src="http://tr1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/12/06/ca390dd9-77b3-42f3-9b76-59a48ace1d18/resize/620x485/omnioutliner_ipad_2.tr.jpg?hash=ebe65cb268f15f334f2d3d62af034cec" width="400" /></span></div>
<figure class="image pull-none image-large"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></figure><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After college, I went on a rebellion against outlines for a
number of years. The outlines the professors made us create never seemed to fit
with my thought process. However, the first version of OmniOutliner changed my
mind about creating outlines. Using it on my iPad brought outlining back to my
writing workflow. Now, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/omnioutliner-2/id704610906" target="_blank">OmniOutliner 2</a>, which is the iOS 7 update from <a href="http://www.omnigroup.com/" target="_blank">The Omni Group</a>, is available for $29.99 (USD) and sets a new
a standard for outlining apps on the iPad.</span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Creating outlines
</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Creating an outline on an iPad using OmniOutliner 2 can be done
from scratch or through a template. When you tap the plus sign [+] from
the main
screen, the Choose a Template screen will appear (<b>Figure A</b>).</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Figure A</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="img " style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Figure A" height="400" src="http://tr2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/12/06/88348161-20ad-45bb-b4b4-9bb413ed5e0b/resize/620x485/Figure-A-OmniOutliner.png?hash=73be915ac648a6b2fed2d3e9d53d0d39" width="299" /></span></div>
<figure class="image pull-none image-large"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></figure></div>
<h6 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Choose a Template screen.</span></h6>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I highly recommend using one of these templates (at least
initially) to start out your first outlines and learn about the features,
styles, and themes that you can use to compose your own outline. <b>Figure B </b>shows
the Level Styles template, which is an ideal starter template for creating your
first outline.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Figure B</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="img " style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Figure B" height="400" src="http://tr2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/12/06/4e499ab1-07ed-45b8-8169-c2a3137f7f82/resize/620x485/Figure-B-OmniOutliner.png?hash=541e3edab7d07a219b54521716652971" width="299" /></span></div>
<figure class="image pull-none image-large"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></figure></div>
<h6 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Level Styles template.</span></h6>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Starting an outline from scratch uses the default template.
When you tap on the outline title, you can then rename the outline to something
more meaningful. It’s easy to build out a detailed outline using just the touch
screen to type in text and the virtual keyboard to add new rows. The app is quick and responsive and makes use
of the iOS 7 user interface and performance improvements. There’s a wide range of
styles available that you can use to format selected text in your outlines.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">OmniOutliner 2 creates hypertext links
automatically from any URL you place in an outline. Another nice feature
is the ability to copy and paste images into your outline. <b>Figure C</b> shows a screen
capture that I copied and pasted into an outline.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Figure C</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="img " style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Figure C" height="376" src="http://tr2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/12/06/903c29f7-e243-4b63-8d9e-69b13caebe43/resize/620x485/Figure-C-OmniOutliner-New.JPG?hash=d818c8bd422b71a22a1e4b189c41973b" width="400" /></span></div>
<figure class="image pull-none image-large"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></figure></div>
<h6 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Using an image as part of an outline.</span></h6>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One feature that I expect to use a lot more in the future is Notes,
which enables you to attach a note to an outline row. You can
hide or reveal all notes in your document with a tap or two. You can use
the
Notes feature to backup points in an outline and then export your
outline into
*.docx format for importing into a new document or for starting a new
document.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Contents option that controls some of the higher-end
formatting features is where the app gets a bit too complex in my opinion.
However, it’s nothing you can’t figure out with some trial and error. Contents
tabs include:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Columns where you can setup headers with
formatting</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Styles include template themes, structural
styles, and named styles (<b>Figure D</b> shows the Text Style option)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Document where you can specify background color
and alternative row colors</span></li>
</ul>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Figure D</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="img " style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Figure D" height="400" src="http://tr1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/12/06/2acfebb0-82c2-4e2e-9737-5709f43a1f83/resize/620x485/Figure-D-OmniOutliner.JPG?hash=9c7f9295f5e46895cf58c5d614d6b65f" width="299" /></span></div>
<figure class="image pull-none image-large"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></figure></div>
<h6 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Text Style option.</span></h6>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">OmniOutliner 2 includes external keyboard support
if you use a Bluetooth keyboard with your iPad. If you're already an
OmniOutliner for Mac user, you can use the same keyboard shortcuts. </span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Audio notes
</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One element of OmniOutliner that I’ve never gotten is
audio notes. I tried testing them again in OmniOutliner 2. All you have
to do is click the
bubble at the bottom of the outline to record an audio note, but the
iPad microphone doesn’t pick up much sound. I've tried to use this
feature to record interview calls, but I just can’t find the use case
for this
feature in my own workflow. </span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Export options
</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Your outline won't be very helpful if you can’t get
it off your iPad. As such, OmniOutliner 2 supports export to DOCX and CSV
format, depending on your needs.</span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Cloud option
</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">OmniOutliner 2 also enables you to add a cloud account.
This is useful if you want to share outlines with other OmniOutliner 2
users or back to OmniOutliner for Mac. My one bit of advice is to enter
your
OmniSync Server credentials, because copying my OmniSync Server password
from
1Password led to WebDav server errors.</span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Final thoughts
</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">OmniOutliner 2 might be a bit pricey as iPad apps
go, but it can be worth it if you currently use (or want to use) your iPad for
composing ideas for personal and professional projects. I found some elements of the app
complex, both as a user and reviewer, but those features are all higher-end formatting
options that anyone can learn if they want to create more format-rich
outlines.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Are you currently using OmniOutliner 2 for iPad? Share your
experience in the discussion thread below.</span></div>
</div>
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<div class="takeaway" style="text-align: justify;">
<h3>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="color: orange;">Read an introductory overview of the W3C's CSS
Flexible Box Layout Module to discover its main advantages, learn its
terminology, and get a demo.
</span></span></h3>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The <a href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-flexbox/" target="_blank">CSS Flexible Box (flexbox) Layout Module Level 1</a> is
a W3C candidate recommendation specification
that describes how to optimize a CSS box model for user interface
design, where the child of a flex container can be laid out in any
horizontal or
vertical direction and can "flex" its sizes either way to fill any
unused
space or shrink to avoid overflowing outside of the parent container.
Nesting
of flex boxes is another available option, and the CSS language is used
for
describing the structured HTML documents on screen, on paper, in speech,
and in other
media types. As of this writing, the specification's Editor's Draft was
last updated on October 30, 2013.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">With CSS 2.1 defining four layout modes to determine the size and
position of
boxes based on their relationships with sibling or ancestor boxes,
including
block, inline, table, and positioned layout, the flex layout becomes the
fifth
and newest layout mode, which means that more complex applications and
webpages
can be designed to fit the seemingly endless amalgam of devices and
browsers. On the outside, the flex layout is similar to the block
layout but lacks many of the text- and document-centric properties that
can be
used with block layout such as float and columns. But the flex layout
gains
power from being able to distribute space and align its content in ways
that
web applications and complex grid-based web pages now require for fluid
and
responsive-based design principles.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The primary advantages of using the flex box layout is that the contents:</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Can be laid out in any flow direction either
top, down, left or right;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Can have the display order reversed or
rearranged in a style layer;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Can be laid out in linear fashion along a single
main axis or wrapped into multiple lines along or across a secondary cross axis;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Can "flex" their box sizes based on available
space;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Can be aligned with respect to the parent
container or with each other; and</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Can be set to dynamically collapse or expand
along the main axis while preserving the secondary cross axis size.</span></li>
</ul>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Flexbox terminology
</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The flex layout is biased to flex directions and is defined to a set of
flex-flow relative terms. The "flex-flow" value determines how these terms map
to physical directions either top to bottom or right to left, and either
horizontal or vertical axes, and sizes defined by height and width. The illustration
in <b>Figure A</b>, as presented in the W3C Editor's Draft <a href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-flexbox/#box-model" target="_blank">Flex Layout Box Model and Terminology</a> section, displays the various directions and sizing terms as
applied to a "row" within a flex container.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Figure A (click the image to see an enlarged view)</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="img " style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="FlexBox_FigA_120213.gif" height="167" src="http://tr1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/12/02/00a8a6ff-718d-412e-80f3-a0f13121826f/resize/620x485/FlexBox_FigA_120213.gif?hash=8c0efadc07066d2ba13927c2c38c301e" width="400" /></span></div>
<figure class="image pull-none image-large"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></figure><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">These descriptions are from the <a href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-flexbox/#box-model" target="_blank">W3C Editor's Draft</a>:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></div>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Main Axis, Main Direction</b> is
the primary axis along which contained flex items are laid out. It extends
the main dimension.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Main Start and Main End:</b> All
flex items are placed within a container and start on the main-start side and
move toward the main-end side.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Main Size, Main Size Property</b> is a flex item's width or height and whichever is the main dimension becomes the
main size. The main size property is either the "height" or the "width" property, whichever is the main dimension.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Cross Axis, Cross Dimension</b> is the
axis perpendicular to the main axis and extends into the cross dimension.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Cross-Start, Cross-End:</b> Flex
lines are filled with items and are placed into the container starting at the
cross-start side and moving toward the cross-end side of the flex container.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Cross Size, Cross Size Property</b> is the width or height of a flex item, whichever becomes the cross dimension
is the cross size. The cross size property is whichever of "width" or "height" that is the cross dimension.</span></li>
</ul>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A great feature with the flexbox CSS recommendation is that content
within a flex box can respond to device and screen sizes; this is
highlighted with the
screen capture in <b>Figure B</b> as displayed in Chrome 31.0.1650.57 m.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Figure B (click the image to see an enlarged view)</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="img " style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="FlexBox_FigB_120213.gif" height="400" src="http://tr2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/12/02/2090d0f9-d7c8-4c89-b0e6-8b75ce4a01d9/resize/620x485/FlexBox_FigB_120213.gif?hash=653ff66085028d9768c2e4b4a6670fc8" width="211" /></span></div>
<figure class="image pull-none image-large"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></figure></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A flexbox demo</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Built on a similar demonstration from the specification recommendation,
the CSS in this demo features a catalog of four dairy products and
includes a photo, a title, a short description, and a Buy Now button for each product. The assumed design requirements
stipulate that the image appear at the top, with a short title and then descriptive
text just below the image, and a purchase button to appear at the bottom of
each entry regardless of the length of the item's description. You can <a href="http://b2b.cbsimg.net/downloads/Weilage/flexbox_demo.zip">download the demo files</a> used in this article. </span></div>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
The CSS
</span></h3>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The CSS uses the settings display: flex (which
sets the flex layout so items will have equal height along rows),
flex-flow:
row wrap (so items are allowed to
wrap into multiple lines), and flex-flow: column (so each item's
content is laid out in a vertical fashion). Two additional interesting
CSS properties for the item images are order: -1 (which
sets the item's images and shifts them above and before other content in
visual
order) and align-self: center (which
sets the images to a horizontal center). And in the item's button
property, the margin-top: auto aligns the top margin, pushing the button
to the
bottom of the flex box. A snippet
of the CSS is displayed below.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<pre class="code"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">#products {
display: flex;
flex-flow: row wrap;
}
.items {
display: flex;
flex-flow: column;
padding-left: 20px;
padding-bottom: 15px;
border: #CCC dashed thin;
}
.items > img {
order: -1;
align-self: center;
margin-top: 5px;
}
.items > button {
margin-top: auto;
width: 100px;
align-self: center;
color: #666;
background-color: #D0EAFD;
font-weight: bold;
border-radius: 12px;
}
</span></pre>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></div>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
The HTML
</span></h3>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The abbreviated HTML code snippet is displayed below.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><pre class="code"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><h1>
CSS Flex Box Demo</h1>
<h2>
Dairy Products</h2>
<section id="products">
<section class="items">
<h3>
Organic Whole Milk</h3>
Fresh organic whole milk!<br />
"Duis…<br />
<img alt="You get: Fresh organic milk from our dairy farm." src="i/whole-milk.png" title="</span" /></section></section></span></pre>
<pre class="code"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"You get: Fresh organic milk from our dairy farm."/>
<button>Buy Now</button>
</span></pre>
</div>
</div>
<section class="items">
<h3>
Organic Cheese</h3>
Rich flavorful cheeses from our whole organic dairy! <br />
"Ut enim..."<br />
<img alt="You get: Rich flavorful cheeses from our organic milk." src="i/cheese.png" title="</span" /></section><pre class="code"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"You get: Rich flavorful cheeses from our organic milk.">
<button>Buy Now</button>
</span></pre>
<section id="products">
<section class="items">
<h3>
Organic Sweet <br />Creamery Butter</h3>
Organic Sweet Creamery Butter made from our whole organic cream!<br />
"Lorem..."<br />
<img alt="You get: Organic Sweet Creamery Butter made from our whole organic cream.</span></pre><pre class=" code="" src="i/butter.png" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">" title="You get: Organic Sweet Creamery Butter made from our whole organic cream.">
<button>Buy Now</button>
</span></section>
<section class="items">
<h3>
Organic Yogurt</h3>
Organic Yogurt made fresh at our dairy farm!<br />
"Duis…"<br />
<img alt="You get: Organic Yogurt made fresh at our dairy farm.</span></pre><pre class=" code="" src="i/yogurt.png" /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">" title="You get: Organic Yogurt made fresh at our dairy farm.">
<button>BUY NOW</button>
</span></section>
</section>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The screen capture for this demonstration is shown in<b> Figure C</b> as
displayed in Chrome 31.0.1650.57 m.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Figure C (click the image to see an enlarged view)</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="img " style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="FlexBox_FigC_120213.gif" height="400" src="http://tr1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/12/02/aa9647d0-56c0-4b93-b12a-10bd3fac6095/resize/620x485/FlexBox_FigC_120213.gif?hash=821b7c2a571541221f46b1d27b0bb33f" width="309" /></span></div>
<figure class="image pull-none image-large"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></figure></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Browser support
</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">According to <a href="http://caniuse.com/flexbox" target="_blank">Can I use Flexible Box Layout Module?</a>, supported browsers make up 41.49%; partially supported
browsers make up 35.45% with a total support percentage of 76.94%.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">These browsers support the flexible box layout module: IE 11.0, Chrome
31.0+, Safari 7.0, Opera 17.0, iOS Safari 7.0, BlackBerry Browser 10.0, Opera
Mobile 16.0, and Chrome for Android 30.0. Partial support includes the browsers
Firefox 25.0+, Android Browser 4.2+, Firefox for Android 25.0, and IE Mobile
10.0.</span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: inherit; line-height: 1.4;">Additional flexbox resources</span></span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/CSS/Flexible_boxes">Using
CSS flexible boxes</a>:</b> Mozilla Developer Network CSS Reference material
includes concepts, vocabulary, designating, flex item considerations, flex box
properties, and examples.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><a href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet/html5/articles/working-with-flexbox-the-new-spec.html">Working
with flexbox: The new specification</a>:</b> From the Adobe Developer
Collection and written by Steven Bradley, this resource includes a
browser support list, steps to creating
a flexbox, and several examples and demos.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><a href="http://philipwalton.github.io/solved-by-flexbox/">Solved by
Flexbox</a>:</b> Philip Walton's showcase of demos using the flexbox CSS
include better and simpler grids, browser support information, and <a href="https://github.com/philipwalton/solved-by-flexbox" target="_blank">links to the GitHub project source code</a>.</span></li>
</ul>
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<div class="takeaway" style="text-align: justify;">
<h3>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="color: orange;">A cloud provider can't be all things to all
customers, and it shouldn't try to be. Add value through collaboration
and partnership.
</span></span></h3>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div class="content" style="text-align: right;">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<figure class="image pull-right image-small"><span class="img " style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="mdm-cloud-image.jpg" src="http://tr2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/07/14/317a17d6-8b67-4be9-a6a7-2f838c892973/resize/220x165/mdm-cloud-image.jpg?hash=f485d7be2f39360e1c5f17c53b9fe2b2" /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></figure><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">SaaS
(software-as-a-service) and cloud services are still a relatively
nascent industry. There is a strong temptation as companies evolve to
try and do it all, but trying to be all things to all customers
typically leads to doing none of them well. Companies should stick with
their core strengths and collaborate rather than compete with
complementary services. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It’s important for a company to be in touch
with what its customers want, but it’s not necessarily wise to try to
fill every need alone. Doing so requires either building a new
capability from scratch internally, or identifying a company that is
already delivering the capabilities you need and acquiring it. Both
options take time and money. They distract from the core value
proposition that customers came for in the first place, and they spread
resources thin. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ian van Reenen, CentraStage CTO and co-founder,
explains, “When it comes to offering your customers what they want, I’m a
big believer in accepting that sometimes somebody else might offer them
something that you can’t. Technology vendors shouldn’t try to be
something they aren’t.”</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rather than trying to build your own
capabilities and compete on yet another front—one that is outside of
your comfort zone—why not just identify the company that meets your
customers’ needs the best and form a collaborative partnership? You can
find a win-win-win that benefits your company, your partner, and your
customers at the same time. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The reality is that most customers
don’t really want a company that does it all anyway. Inevitably, a
company that “does it all” is mediocre at best. Customers would rather
work with the best product or service in each area, but welcome
opportunities to have those services integrate smoothly together. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">No
longer will customers have to search for one technology that does
everything and inevitably fails to do much of it well. SaaS
technologies, combined with private or published APIs, allow customers
to choose the best technology fit for their business and seamlessly
integrate them, without the need for extortionate professional services.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">CentraStage
is an example of a SaaS service that has chosen to stick with its core
strength. Reenen says, “It’s clear that the old days of managing
Windows-based PCs and servers are over. Cloud services and the mobility,
scalability, and flexibility they offer are now starting to appeal to
small, medium and large businesses. So vendors, like us, need to respond
and fast. We need to enable our customers to bring in best-in-class
solutions easily and affordably. We should not be creating needless
barriers or anti-competitive walls. We need to be flexible and open to
collaboration or integration.”</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="h.gjdgxs"></a>Other cloud
and SaaS companies should adopt this strategy as well. Focus on being
the best at what you’re the best at, and find strategic alliances that
enable you to expand the value you provide for customers. </span></div>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="takeaway" style="text-align: justify;">
<h3>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="color: orange;">Unorganized data of both the structured and
unstructured varieties bulges in storage. How do you figure out what
stays and what goes?
</span></span></h3>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><figure class="image pull-right image-small"><span class="img " style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="analytics_iStock_000016503756Medium.jpg" src="http://tr1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/12/03/929fdd6a-99fe-4250-8393-4cbd1765cf02/resize/220x165/analytics_iStock_000016503756Medium.jpg?hash=29e03fbf91ac73968397c7999d678347" /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></figure><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As organizations craft their big data strategies and launch
projects, an undertow of unorganized data of both the structured and
unstructured varieties bulges in storage. Data managers are aware of it and
cringe. Users ignore it and move on. But sooner or later, the data stockpile
has to get dealt with in a comprehensive big data plan that eventually must
determine which data is worth keeping under management, and which should simply
be thrown away.</span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Stay or go
</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In some cases, the decisions on which data to keep and which
to discard are being made for
companies. Industry regulators place demands on enterprises to retain data for
certain periods of time, as do corporate lawyers concerned about e-discovery
and the need to produce email and other historical records for litigation. In
other cases, age-old data retention policies for different corporate systems
keep chugging along, together with their individual policies on data retention.
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beyond these, however, many organizations still face a
bottomless data chasm that is a challenge to excavate.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><figure class="image pull-right image-small"><span class="img " style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="CLASH_SHOULD-I-STAY-OR-SHOULD-I-GO.jpg" src="http://tr2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2013/12/03/0fa78def-e2a4-434a-973e-9e63b9a33422/resize/220x165/CLASH_SHOULD-I-STAY-OR-SHOULD-I-GO.jpg?hash=dff21151a7205a8c7082b762c5814578" /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></figure><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">How do you sift through cob-webbed data repositories that
may or may not have value, and also create strategies for de-duplicating and
sanitizing this data? And can you ever know for sure when the corporate C-suite
will demand long-term trending information that depends on historical data
gathered over several decades?
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Behind this decision making is an almost instinctive drive
to throw all of this old data away, at the same time that there is inherent
fear that the data may somehow, someday be needed.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
How do organizations get on top of this dilemma?
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Research and analytics firm McKinsey talks about the need
for a "<a href="http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/business_technology/big_data_whats_your_plan">plan for assembling
and integrating data that's frequently
horizontally siloed across business units or vertically by function</a>."
This data might exist in numerous internal legacy systems, or in combination
with new, unstructured data coming in from social media, machines, and other
Web sources.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">McKinsey comments: </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Making this information a useful and long-lived asset
will often require a large investment in new data capabilities. Plans may
highlight a need for the massive reorganization of data architectures over
time, sifting through tangled repositories, and implementing data governance
standards that systematically maintain accuracy." </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">McKinsey suggests that for the immediate future, companies
could outsource the process of sorting through this data accumulation to data
specialists who use cloud-based solutions to unify enough data into blocks of
actionable information that can facilitate corporate analytics.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The strategy might work. However, organizations will still
be left with the persistent decisions of which data they should save forever
and which they should throw away. If they make the decision to retain more data
in a semi-permanent fashion, they will also need to pay for it by investing in storage
for long-term data archiving. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">At the same time, CIOs are likely to find few allies when it
comes to longer term investments in data custodianship - and even fewer
sympathizers for historical data cleansing, integrations and archeological
expeditions that aren't absolutely necessarily for big data projects.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The dilemma may well provide a tipping point to cloud-based
storage that at last trumps corporate worries about data security and
protection in the cloud!</span></div>
<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<hr style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" />
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Why?
</span></h2>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A cloud-based storage strategy for your old data could well
prove to be more economical than continuing to keep all of your old data in
mothballs on data center storage. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Secondly, moving archival data to the cloud (even if the
data is largely unknown until it can be assessed) provides pain relief from
having this data onsite and in a state of stasis until a unique big data trends
projects beckons for it.</span></div>
</div>
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