Blue Bugle: Mobile, Desktop & Web Technologies

We know how social networks have changed our lives. Led by Facebook, they crawled in and conquered us. How many of them do we know now? How many of them do we use? Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Google +, and it goes on. Each of these social networks satisfies a specific group of individuals, I believe. For instance, Facebook is for the general public, who want to share their pictures and videos and want to know what is happening with their friends. Twitter is for celebrities and large organizations to immediately share their important news with the followers, and also for latest news on civilian emergency response. LinkedIn is for anybody to boast about their career and business plans or to interact with others in the same industry. Google + satisfies website owners and authors. The social media job revolution began when Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar), CMO and Chief Customer Officer for Enterasys Networks, a wireless networking equipment provider, tweeted this: I am hirin...

On the first of this month, Twitter reported  a hacking attempt on the social network that compromised over 250,000 accounts. Within hours after the attack pattern emerged, we were experiencing Twitter downtime for some time. Twitter had shut down itself to recover from the attack. Now, everything is under control, as per the latest update. However, if you are one of the 250,000 that got hacked, you should take immediate action. Here, we have a complete security guide to the social network. How to Know If Your Twitter Account Is Hacked? There are two types of account hacks—implicit and explicit. Explicit hacks are the ones that you can immediately identify. For instance, you will see unusual activity on your account—direct messages that you never initiated, an increase in the number of people you follow, unknown new people in your ‘following’ list, tweets and retweets that you did not initiate, etc. In the worst case, your hacker changes your password and you will no lon...