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Featured Articles » Privacy Matters: How Well Do Top e-Commerce Sites Protect You? The recent ongoing Snowden revelations about the interception of private and confidential data have already had an impact as e-commerce websites. In order to retain the trust of users, many large websites have adopted always-on SSL encryption to assure that traffic between their web servers and clients' devices are secure. Yahoo and Google have been quick to react and Microsoft is about to follow. After all, trustworthiness is emerging as a key differentiator in the market, and lack of trust is a sure recipe for commercial disaster. » Only 30 Percent of NASDAQ 100 CEO's are Active on Social Media Before you think I have wandered off the ranch without a compass or GPS device, the reason for making note is that European-based Augure, a provider of influence marketing software to public relations professionals, is out with a study that shows that most of the CEOs of the tech-heavy NASDAQ stock exchange don't use social media. » From "Purple" Minutes to Smart Voice About 15 or so years ago, VON founder Jeff Pulver predicted the falling value of a voice minute. Between OTT and increased efficiencies in moving voice calls over IP, lower international rates and local flat rate calling is now common place. Jeff's idea was the "purple" - value added - minute. Service providers would create services to add value to a voice call and be able to bill more per minute. » Customer Experience Management Must be Key Differentiator for Mobile Operators For anyone who tracks the mobile services market, what stands out at the moment is that the ability to create differentiated value is becoming harder and harder. Around the world, services are looking almost identical (with the exception of places where LTE deployment has become a battleground), pricing has become similar, and operators are struggling to generate profits and increase customer loyalty as expenses increase and ARPU decreases. » Open Source is the Next Focus on Facebook's Agenda Two of the open source resources that Facebook uses are Git and Buildbot. These are used for continuous integration, they designed to look for bugs before "a human hand can get them." Legnitto said, "Facebook really wants to ship. We want to move fast and iterate." » Twitter's Board (Finally) Welcomes Its First Female Member Twitter finally put a chip in its glass ceiling by adding former Pearson CEO Marjorie Scardino to its board. Scardino will also join Twitter's audit committee, and the appointment is effective immediately. » The Snapchat Advantage: Why 'Tweens' Are Worth Way More Than $3 Billion to Facebook Turning down $3 billion? An impressive maneuver amidst a whirlwhind of events for the new social media darling for the under 18 crowd - Snapchat. While nearly everyone has an opinion, most of those opinions focus on either the unfettered brilliance or utter stupidity of Snapchat's decision. I'd like to propose an equally interesting angle for debate. What prompted Facebook to make such an offer in the first place? » In Desktops There's a Shocking Twist: Apple Overtakes Dell on Christmas Wishlists The "post-PC era" has brought with it plenty of debate as people begin to wonder if the mobile device may be the next major platform from which people live, work and play-as opposed to the desktop. Featured Resources » Under Attack: Managing Advanced Threats Infiltrating Your Servers » Backup in the Age of IT Consumerization » OTA Updating Simplified Advertise With Us General advertising Info: Click here    Become a TechZone360 columnist! Become a TechZone360 columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of communications technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TechZone360 Web site and this newsletter. Contact Erik Linask at elinask@tmcnet.com for details. FOLLOW TECHZONE360 FEATURED MAGAZINES FEATURED EVENTS

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