Wednesday 28 January 2015

Bomb Threat Via Twitter To American Airlines Causes Chaos

A Twitter user who claimed to be from the terrorist group ISIS has caused chaos after a threat tweet that reads "AmericanAir No, There is a bomb on flight 1192, We are ISIS, we will (expletive) you guys up, #ISIS"

The airline, flight 1192, from Los Angeles made an emergency landing in Chicago O'Hare following a bomb threat. The social media, Twitter, recently suspended a user with twitter handle @RansomTheThug after the user posted that there was a bomb on board United Airlines with flight number 223. The flight was thoroughly searched but nothing harmful was detected.

The development has been a season of bomb threat to the American airlines following another threat which was directed to JetBlue flight from Boston to Palm Beach. The airline preparing to take off was returned to the gate to be searched by detectives but nothing hazardous was found. On Saturday in Atlanta, two flights in air were escorted by military jet fighter F-16 after another bomb threat via Twitter.

Investigation has started by agencies in charge of airline securities to track down the source(s) and whoever is behind the threat.  Last year, a bomb threat of such was traced down to a 14year old Dutch girl after she posted on Twitter page with Twitter handle @QueenDemetriax. She posted, "@AmericanAir hello my name is Ibrahim and I'm from Afghanistan. I'm part of Al Qaida and on June 1st I'm gonna do something really big" The 14year old was charged with "posting a false announcement"

The agencies in charge are set out to discover if the threats were from individual who post false announcement or it is beyond just a threat.

Friday 23 January 2015

WhatsApp Now On Your Desktop

Jan Koum, WhatsApp founder, made an announcement today of a new development in the company's portfolio as the company now makes it possible for users to synchronize the conversations on their mobile phones to their desktop computer. The new feature mirrors your conversations and your messages on your desktop computer.

For now, usage is limited to Android, Windows, and BlackBerry users. IOS users will enjoy the new development later.

How it Works
The feature is only compatible with Google Chrome browser downloaded on user's desktop. To use this, you must have an active internet on your mobile phone and your desktop computer and an up to date WhatsApp software on your mobile phone.

To start, enter http://web.whatsapp.com from your Google Chrome browser. A QR code is displayed, scan the code and you are just seconds away from having all your mobile conversations available on your desktop computer.

Happy usage.

Monday 19 January 2015

Farewell Password, Says Intel's True Key

There has been a great concern as regards security issues from password hack by hackers to forgotten password and security questions. I have accounts with a couple of social media websites such as Facebook, and Twitter and i have different passwords for them. Individual website requires many key tools such a combination of uppercase, lowercase, symbol, and numbers. Things really get messed up when you forget your password due to complications and you can't even remember your security questions.

According to the recent development by the tech security giant, Intel Securities, conventional passwords will be eradicated by 2018. The tech giant has announced, True Key, an application that will send password to its ancestors. Intel announced at the 2015 Consumer Electronic Show that the application, True Key, will be shortly be available for download and installed on mobile devices and computers.

How It Works
Once downloaded and installed, True Key takes a template facial image of the user and creates a mathematical representation of features like the distance between your eyes and other parts of your face. The calculations are encrypted and stored locally on your device.

The app is yet to be publicly available. However, a test run is available for limited people. To be among the few people to test run the app, follow the link below

https://www.truekey.com?ref=fb4f27706f31c930

Sunday 18 January 2015

Welcome Back

It's been a while since you all heard from iwheelsandtech, we are still very committed to bringing you technology updates.
We are back, better, and well prepared.

Thank you as we serve you better.

Iwheelsandtech Team.