Everyone should be concerned about cybersecurity because everyone can be a victim of an attack.
Symantec, the makers of Norton Security products, has compiled this handy infographic that discusses seven cybersecurity myths that people should pay attention to.
Compiled from the latest Internet Security Threat Report, the infographic also provides tips on how to avoid cybersecurity threats.
For example, there is this popular myth that Macs do not get malware.
In case people are still unaware, …

More women than men own smartphones now in the U.K., a reversal of the status quo just three years ago.
According to the infographic by eDigitalResearch and IMRG, 58 percent of smartphone owners in the U.K. are women (42 percent – men). That figure is up from 37 percent in 2010 (63 percent – men).

As for age group, older people are also keen on adopting smartphones. Three years ago, only more than a third of smartphones were owned by people aged 45 to 74.
Fast forward three years and that …

Budweiser, with its new Buddy Cup, has come up with an easier way for people to make friends on Facebook over a drink.
The Buddy Cup was developed for a marketing campaign by the brewer in Brazil by ad agency Agencia Afria and creative outfit Bolha.
People who are drinking together, if they are not Facebook friends yet, can become Facebook friends by toasting using their Buddy Cup.
In the video description from the BudBrasilOfficial account, the firm says: “Budweiser Brazil just launched The …

How is social media used in Ireland?
This “Social Media: The Inside Scoop” infographic from eightytwenty discusses just that.
According to eightytwenty, the most popular social network in Ireland is Facebook (52 percent share of Irish internet users aged 15 and above). Next is YouTube with 35 percent followed by Twitter with 23 percent.
LinkedIn comes close to Twitter with 20 percent while Google and Instagram both have 15 percent and 9 percent.
When it comes to businesses, Facebook still …

For Android users who are itching to share their very own Vine videos, we have great news for you.
According to its founders, a Vine app for Android is coming “soon”.
The development comes from a report from The Verge which says: “Vine says an Android app is coming ‘soon,’ and a feature to let you tag friends is already awaiting approval from Apple.”
For now, Vine is busy being simple. In The Verge’s words, the team behind the app is working continually “on …

With the massive audience social media offers to companies, it should be a no-brainer that everyone in a company including and especially senior executives should try to win over customers using the various platforms which are currently available.
However, only 1 in 5 chief executives have social media accounts.
That is relatively low when you compare it to 2 in 5 CEOs who appear in company videos and over 2 in 5 of CEOs who have a biography on company websites.
As this infographic hints, CEOs …

What is Human Media and how is it the next step after social media?
A lot of people are probably aware of social media. When asked, the first thing that people think about are the popular social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, MySpace and the like.
Human Media is, according to this infographic from Veterans United, is the evolution of interaction on social media. This is from purely text-based interaction (chat, direct messages, tweets, status messages, and more) to …

There were over 12 million Americans last year who became victims of identity fraud.
That’s a lot of people. More often than not now, people who steal the identities of other people not only do so to post odd statuses on Facebook or Tweets on Twitter.
And as more and more people join social networks, social media has become a rife harvesting ground of victims for criminals.
So how do people protect themselves from identity theft on social media? By knowing more about what criminals …

Nearly nine in 10 Fortune 100 companies have presence on at least one social media website.
That is a testament to how social media has become an integral part of marketing campaigns for businesses.
In fact, 62 percent of marketers say that social media has become more vital to their marketing campaigns within the past six months.
More than 80 percent of small to medium-sized businesses plan to increase social media use this year.
So where are these businesses putting their trust in the social …

After ceasing its social networking operations last year, Multiply.com has revealed that the site will totally shut down on May 6.
A banner which says “Multiply will be closed as of 6 May 2013” is now prominently displayed on the homepages of both the Philippine and Indonesian sites of the company.
Multiply decided to close its social networking operations and move its headquarters from Florida to Jakarta, Indonesia last year and evolve to become a pure e-commerce website.
However, it seems …