Social media is quickly becoming a bloated market these days.  It seems there are a million different social platforms all competing for your attention at any given moment. So how does Pheed, a new mobile-focused social network, intend to stand out from the pack in such a competitive space?   According to Chrysta Olson, the company’s Communications Director, Pheed offers an “all-in-one” solution to social networking and media sharing that the company believes will appeal to a large audience.  “People are getting overwhelmed managing so many separate accounts,” Olson told Rescuecom, explaining that Pheed intends to put all forms of social media—text, video,  music, voice recording, photos, and even live broadcasting—into one online space.  The concept is that rather than go through the tedious process of managing several different social media accounts such as Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube on a daily basis, Pheed users will be able to access all forms of media in one convenient space.  Read more »

Recently, there has been a malicious browser extension discovered that is threatening the Internet security of Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox users.  The browser extension has been hijacking users’ Facebook accounts and gaining access to many people’s personal information.  However, the extension doesn’t only access your information.  It also actively takes complete control of your Facebook account and performs multiple actions without your consent.

This Trojan, identified as Trojan:JS/Febipos.A, can perform many actions when it gains access to your Facebook profile.  These actions include liking pages, commenting on pages, sharing links, inviting friends to new groups and even directly chatting with your friends through Facebook Messenger.  The Trojan uses these capabilities make posts that link other Facebook users to malicious websites.  People have also reported this software as posting links to a website for automobile sales on infected users’ profiles.  Read more »

Most of us have experienced it at one point or another: you’ve finished your meal at a restaurant and its taking far too long for the servers simply to close out your bill.  Many have probably wondered if there was a way for recent advances in mobile technology, like smartphones and tablets, to improve this process.  TabbedOut sets out to do exactly that.  TabbedOut is an app found on both iOS and Android devices that allows patrons to check in to a restaurant and then pay their check when they are finished via their mobile device.  In theory, this could save both the customer and servers valuable time and improve the overall experience of eating out.  While there are many apps and services for purchasing take-out food, TabbedOut is unique in that it focuses on the experience of dining out.  However, if you have problems operating the mobile app, you should ask mobile support for help. Read more »

If you don’t have time to search for coupons or read all the ads to see what’s on sale locally, download and use the ShopGuru app when you visit the mall. ShopGuru, a mobile shopping and rewards app, launched in Singapore in May 2013. It says it will simplify the connection and interaction between shoppers and retailers by sending information about promotions directly to a shopper’s smartphone.

ShopGuru has partnered with Ossia International Limited and VGO Corporation Limited, which own more than 60 retail stores in Singapore that will use the technology. Some of these Singapore stores are Baby Phat, World of Sports, Columbia, True Religion and 7 For All Mankind. Read more »

When you travel to other countries, it is nice to taste the local cuisine, but it would be even better to taste it along with knowledgeable local people and make friends around the world. EatWith invites you to select a home-cooked dining experience with people who live in various world cities from its website. Currently, more than 100 hosts with a passion for sharing their cooking are available in Spain and Israel, with New York coming up soon, giving you an alternative to restaurants.

EatWith CEO Guy Michlin told RESCUECOM, “The inspiration for EatWith came from a recent trip to Greece where I was invited to the home of a local family for dinner. It was a great opportunity to taste the local cuisine, but also to step out of my tourist bubble and experience life in Greece firsthand through this warm and charismatic Greek family.” Read more »

Many businesses use a number of online services in tandem for their operations.  However, a common problem many companies have encountered is the wasted time and productivity from having to input information into all of these services separately.  One example would be creating a lead in Salesforce manually for every HTML form filled out on Wufoo.  Even something as simple as manually uploading every e-mail attachment to a cloud service like Dropbox could become tedious for a small business after some time.  Wade Foster created Zapier as a solution for this dilemma.  Zapier is a tool that automatically integrates services together for you, taking tedious steps away from several processes.

Foster told Rescuecom that he came up with the concept for Zapier when he was working in marketing.  As he was working, he found himself repeatedly using the same integrations over and over again.  When he asked if there was a way to automate these processes, people told him to “go check out the API.”  Unfortunately, as a marketing employee, that was not very useful to Foster, who knew very little about programming code.  Foster then set out to hire his own coders and start Zapier in the hope of making service integrations easier for businesses. Read more »

Unfortunately, online hacking has become all too common. Fraudsters guess or steal passwords and even two-step authentications cannot always prevent security infringements. BioCatch of Israel and Boston offers a biometric solution that is unique to each individual and works online for banking, eCommerce, mobile and cloud apps, as well as employee identification. The company markets its products to banks and corporations to make their transactions more secure.

The system authenticates people using “subtle, unique and consistent cognitive-behavioral patterns.” BioCatch says that users do not notice the differences, but its system thwarts cybercriminals. For example, each user has a slightly different way of typing, reacting, moving the mouse or holding a smartphone. You don’t have to memorize anything or do anything special; just act normally. Read more »

News reports tell of burglars cutting through walls to steal valuable items or money. For businesses wanting better security for their inventory and premises, Xandem provides an innovative motion-sensing technology called radio tomography. Xandem’s first product, Xandem TMD (tomographic motion detection), launched in 2012. It uses radio waves to detect movement of people, even through walls, with applications in security and automation.

Unlike most security systems, TMD is not visible to intruders, so use it to protect valuable assets, dirty environments or areas needing to look aesthetically pleasing.  You can incorporate TMD into alarm, automation and energy-efficiency systems, or place it inside walls or furniture. Even people with inside security information cannot get around the system, according to the company. Read more »