Author: creative

With over 750 million members it is the largest social media platform on the internet. Facebook uses true identities of people instead of chat names, therefore whatever information that is posted on the site will be revealed to million around the world.

It is true the site offers a privacy setting which only allows your approved friends to view the information on your site which leads you to believe that the information is safe. But there is no guarantee.There have been instances where people have been robbed, molested and abused all from information gained from Facebook. Here are some items you should never reveal on Facebookto safeguard your personal security.

Social security number- Your identity can be stolen and used to rob you or to incriminate you for fraudulent activities.

Home address – there are perverted people on the web and having your address means you are leaving room for you to be a target.

Travel plans – if you have already posted your home address, never reveal when you will be away from home, you are inviting burglars. Wait till you come back to share the information of your trip.

Photographs you do not want the world to see.

Google has developed an application which could revolutionize the way we shop. No need of taking out and signing credit card slips, all you need to do is tap the phone at the register and you are done!

At present the free Google app runs only on Sprint’s Google Nexus S phone which uses Google’s Andriod software since it is one of the very few phones equipped with a special Near Fields Communication (NFC) chip which is required for Google Wallet. In future the feature will be available in many other phones.

The Mastercard network has NFC readers installed with over 150,000 merchants nationwide such as as New York City taxis, Sports Authority, Foot Locker and many more and are hoping to add Bloomingdale’s, Subway and Macy’s in the near future. Google has future plans to tie up with Mastercard to combine the two services.

With Google Wallet, you tap your phone instead of swiping the credit card. The phone acts as the credit card. At the moment the only card Wallet can impersonate is the Citibank Mastercard but Google is confident that in the near future more credit card companies and banks will work together with Google Wallet.