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Why do you need to keep on advancing the cybersecurity practices you ask? Every month there is one new threat detected regarding cybersecurity. The internet is new and exciting, also knowledgable and helpful but with it comes your data’s vulnerability. Now now, I am pretty sure you must have some or other kind of security controls for you and your business, but it may or may not be enough for you. The hackers continuously work on cracking up the codes to every security that they cannot touch. And with that, the security measurements need to be more than just “up-to-dating” your software. You must know all the measures and precautions that are available for your data safety and security. In just over the past year in UAE, more than  half of the millennials have already experienced cybercrime . Moreover, the cyber virus has hit up to 80,000 computers targeting bank accounts. Read more:  https://www.hitechnectar.com/blogs/cybersecurity-practices-evolving/

On 16th Feb 2019, Google presented a whitepaper at the Munich Security Conference explaining how it  plans to combats disinformation over its various services . In this, they include efforts for fighting Google fake news covering Google News, Google Search, and YouTube, as well as their advertising platforms. Google has taken various steps in tackling the problem including partnering with fact-checking networks and launching their $300 million  Google News Initiative . What is “disinformation” or “fake news”? Disinformation goes by various names including “fake news” and “misinformation”. Google defines disinformation in their whitepaper as “Deliberate efforts to deceive and mislead using the speed, scale, and technologies of the open web” The entities that engage in these acts often have a diverse set of goals as: Financial motivation: those looking to engage in disinformation for the sole purpose of turning a profit Political Motivation: those looking to f...

We are already 1.5 months into 2019. So much of tech developments have been made in just a handful of years by now that carry high hopes for the future. So let’s talk about the breakout of these new technologies that are looking bright this year, with future technology trends 2020 & years ahead. Now, here we have led out a short and crisp blog on new Technologies that will undergo a breakthrough in the upcoming future. These ‘ new technologies predictions ’ are taken into account for not in just a trendsetting way over the internet, but also their use in real life. Future Technology predictions and Trends Blockchain As a Service ( BaaS ) and Cryptocurrency: Yes yes, I know you are tired of hearing of Blockchain and AI by now and it is all up and trending by now in tech industry. But in reality, according to the  Tech Pro Research report , 70% of professionals responded that they never used any BaaS. Nobody honestly believes that it will be worth much change very soo...

What exactly is an API Led Connectivity? API Led connectivity is a method for linking data to applications via reusable and targeted APIs. These APIs have been developed to play a specific role such as accessing data from source systems, combining this data in processes or providing an experience for the end user. APIs used to be seen as ordinary tools for developers. But nowadays enterprises aren’t only leveraging them for internal purposes, but for external too. The three APIs that enable API led connectivity API-led connectivity distributes the data landscape of organizations in three bite-sized chunks; system, process and experience APIs. The access to the company’s data is hereby decentralized and simplified. These APIs are accessible to (internal and external) right holders via an API portal. Central IT focuses on the production of “system APIs” that unlock important source systems, including SaaS apps, legacy applications and data sources. Decentralized IT team...

Whether it is through customer advocates, micro-influencers or celebrity endorsers, consumer-generated content is everywhere. Consumers post everything on social media these days. Right from comprehensive reviews to photos with the products they have bought or intend to buy. This is a major driving factor for sales in the e-commerce industry. What is Consumer-Generated Content? Consumer-generated content refers to any form of content about products posted by the consumers and end-users online. This can include blogs, audio, video, photos, discussion from posts, digital images, etc. We also often refer Consumer-generated content to as user-generated content (short as UGC) or consumer generated media. Due to redundancy in the advertising industry, customers have become bored with overtly branded content. However, people often respond to is authentic content fellow customers post. People often  check the reviews posted by other fellow customers  before buying a certa...

The AI hype cycle has gained up a lot of momentum in the past six years. With  Machine and deep learning  in the spotlight, AI is acting as the showstopper. Predictions are made and criticised with every tiny AI move.  Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) Wipe Out Entire Work Force?   Or will it only be a support and a technology for the human race to achieve their utmost potential? Much of the fear is over situations like AI taking our jobs or as shown in one of the best grossing AI science-fiction I, Robot. So, is AI hype really that threatening to the future us? Now let’s talk about the current scenarios contradicting the hype that AI is getting in which some of them as very wrong reasons. Faux Pas AI Everything till now about the AI is how it becomes our helping hand for optimum result. But, every other day we read about an AI singularity. And here comes some self-aware general intelligence that lacks any trace of ethics. This is all while not de...

Cross-platform (CP) application development is in the limelight lately, and more so as Google announces Flutter 1.0. Many enterprises are now considering CP for developing any new product. Google finally unveiled a stable version of their cross-platform mobile app development – Flutter 1.0, Google’s UI toolkit, on 4th December 2018 at the Live event in London. Cross-Platform SDK Cross-platform development involves the use of a single codebase for creating software applications that can be deployed on multiple platforms. This is particularly put to use when companies wish to sell the same product for more than one software environment such as Windows, Android and iOS. Various advantages of using these SDKs are: Reusable code Convenience Maintainable code Cost-effective Market Reach Flutter 1.0 CP SDKs are particularly important as developing CP apps can be a total mess of non-native code. This is why Google has set out to create a CP SDK which can integrate smo...