Technology
Google Weakens Privacy Policy
Facebook, I mean Google, has changed it privacy policy to bring user information across all its products (Gmail, G+, YouTube, or Android store). Changes will go into effect March 1, 2012. “Google plans to start combining information the company collects about each user of its various websites and services into a single profile, the company [...]
WordPress Users: Protect Your Site From Hackers with Timthumb Upgrade
Lately I’ve been hearing grumbles about hacked Wordpress sites. A hacked site presents a HUGE problem for anyone, but especially for WordPress users who don’t have coding skills to ferret out and fix the problem. One well-known vulnerability is with a script WordPress uses to re-size images, called Timthumb image thumbnail creation library. It’s a popular [...]
How to Use RSS feeds
These days, websites deliver news to your door via RSS feeds. You can grab the RSS feeds of your favorite blogs and news sites to make sure you stay informed.
Rochester Birding Association Digital Birding App Presentation
Thanks to all the local Rochesterians who came out to Brighton Town Hall to hear me wax on about technology and mobile birding applications last night. A decent-sized crowd listened to my evangelical ravings about smartphone technology as it applies to the pursuit of birding. Toward the end, things got a little crazy when I [...]
Where Birding Meets the iPhone
A quick note here to let you know that my latest article, a fun story covering seven ways the iPhone enhances my birding, can be found in the October issue of Birder’s World.
