Insecure Android apps put connected cars at risk

Android applications that allow millions of car owners to remotely locate and unlock their vehicles are missing security features that could prevent tampering by hackers. Researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab took seven of the most popular Android apps that accompany connected cars from various manufacturers and analyzed them from the perspective of a compromised…

RSA: Eric Schmidt shares deep learning on AI

SAN FRANCISCO – Alphabet chairman Eric Schmidt says artificial intelligence is key to advances in diverse areas such as healthcare and datacenter design and that security concerns related to it are somewhat misguided. (Alphabet is the parent company of Google). In a wide-ranging on-stage conversation here at the RSA Security conference with Gideon Lewis-Kraus, author…

How a bold social media strategy helped Dyson build out its B2B sales

Dyson started selling direct to businesses through the Dyson Professional channel in 2006 following the invention of the now ubiquitous Airblade hand dryer, which could not be sold via existing consumer channels. It has since grown its business-to-business portfolio of products to include air purifiers, lighting and hair dryers. Unsurprisingly the hospitality industry proved particularly…