First, it was credit cards. Soon it will be smart phone payment apps. Like cursive handwriting, paying with cash is practically obsolete due to technological advances. A greater number of cell phone manufacturers are now adding NFC (near field communication) chips to their handsets, allowing consumers to use their phone like a credit card...
TIGER MOM BOOK Battle Hymn of the Tiger Moms is a new book written by Amy Chua, a Chinese-American law professor from Yale. This book has caused much controversy because of her harsh parenting methods. Calling her 7 year old “garbage,” not letting her eat or go to the bathroom until she learned a...
In recognition of Data Privacy Day, Attorney General George Jepsen Friday advised Connecticut residents to protect their personal and communications data by encrypting their own wireless Internet networks. The recommendation stemmed from Connecticut’s investigation into Google Inc.’s collection of payload data being transmitted over unsecured business and consumer networks. That investigation led to a...
Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell said they have reached an agreement with Google, Inc. over the company’s objection to a Civil Investigative Demand requiring it to produce data it collected from unsecured wireless networks in Connecticut. Google collected information, called “payload data,” being transmitted over unsecured business and personal...