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Mobile privacy concerns from Facebook’s new Lifestage app

08/24/201608/22/2016 John Montgallo

The new Facebook app aimed directly at teens is causing worries over potential personal security issues. Mobile privacy concerns have appeared along with the unveiling of Facebook’s new Lifestage app. The mobile application is geared directly toward teens, raising worries about certain personal security risks. Facebook started as a social network for university students, but its market has been growing increasingly older. Those young original users have stuck with the social network. However, the platform hasn’t managed to appeal to younger users as it did when it first started. Therefore,…

NFC-driven mobile commerce may be the future, but may also be unsafe

09/27/201109/27/2011 John Montgallo

Mobility seems to be the future of commerce. For several years now, electronic commerce has been growing into a formidable force in the world of business. With companies like Amazon and eBay catering almost exclusively to digital consumers, the viability of electronic commerce has become an unavoidable part of the business world. The world of commerce is currently in a state of flux thanks to the rapid advance of mobile technology. With more consumers encapsulating their lives in their smart phones, the prospect of NFC-powered payments via a mobile device…