Facebook was once a safe haven where only friends and relatives could communicate and share information with each other without feeling threatened. It was a closed social network.

Myspace was on the other hand an opened network where everyone could view each other’s account and was therefore deemed less secure.

But all this has changed now. Facebook has turned from the green pasture land to the jungle of Amazon, where hidden pitfalls are scattered everywhere.

Facebook in its endeavor’s to monetize itself has opened breaches in its walls so that advertisers and developers could access the accounts of its members.

It’s so subtle that most people do not notice it and naively bring in the Trojan horse without realizing the danger they are setting themselves and others in their groups.

Will you be one of them?



Facebook Security Settings

Although Facebook allows you to tighten the security control and to limit access of your personal profile to others, most people assume it has been taken care of by default.

But this is unfortunately not true. You need to make sure that the settings are correct and they have not changed with time.

Changed?

Yes every time Facebook modifies itself whether it has a new appearance or something else, all the security settings are changed and you have to reset them.

How many users are aware of that? Most do not even know there has been a change.

15 privacy and consumer protection organizations have filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, claiming that Facebook plays with privacy settings on purpose to make users’ personal information available for commercial use.

Facebook should be able to make any changes without affecting the security settings of its users.

Facebook Quiz & Games

Did you notice that to send a virtual flower or to participate in an activity you received a warning that by doing so you are authorizing the application to access your account?

If you refuse, then sorry, you cannot participate.

Once they access your account, they know everything in your profile and who your friends are and their profiles if they have given you access.

They will know your date of birth, your ‘husband or wife, your children, their pictures and whatever you have written, your likes, your dislikes etc.

Advice: Better not take any quiz or play any games in facebook.

Facebook Ads

The facebook ads may contain spywares or malwares. By clicking on them, you are actually downloading a virus, which may reveal what is in your computer or allowing them to gain control of it.

According to Joan Goodchild, senior editor of CSO (Chief Security Officer) Online, Facebook does not do a good job checking their ads to see if they contain viruses or not.

One could not help wondering if they care more about the ads revenues than about the security issues.

Advice: Never click on a Facebook ad no matter how appealing it is.

Domino Effect

If your friend is not so security conscious, he might get hacked and because you are connected together, you will also be hacked and your friends will be hacked too.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest point. No matter how secure you may be, you become vulnerable once the breach is done.

Advice: Get out of Facebook, else pray it does not happen.

Facebook is becoming like New York city, exciting and fun to live in but also dangerous if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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It is interesting that the most popular keyword is a word that did not exist 15 years ago.

Most would have thought the most popular word would contain the word sex or love but keyword researchers found that the three most popular keywords are:

1. Google
2. Yahoo
3. Ebay

It’s ironic all 3 words did not exist a generation ago. Yet today they are the most searched, used and popular words on the internet.

Google has become a word of its own. It is replacing the word search.  How often do we hear – why don’t you google it?

Although Yahoo’s search engine was older than that of Google, the word Yahoo never attained the prominence of  Google and was unable to develop into a verb.

Ebay on the other hand has become synonymous to bargain buying and selling.  If you are looking for a bargain, go to ebay. The fact that the word ebay is so popular indicates that people are constantly searching for things to buy or sell.

The internet is like a genie which has come out of the bottle and cannot be put back inside again.

Facebook and twitter are also becoming very popular keywords and could challenge and displace ebay, yahoo and even google, although this appears to be very unlikely.

Buzz is another potential keyword to watch. Google is trying to popularize it and if it succeeds, it might become a new verb.

Here’s a list of some of the most popular keywords

Amazon
Facebook
Games
Mapquest
Twitter
Youtube

Free WiFi spots are hard to find. We have compiled a list of Free WiFi spots at Airports all around the world which can be very helpful when you travel around.

The Free Wifi locations do change with time. If you know of any we missed, please let us know.

Airports WiFi

Free WiFi – Worldwide Map

Antigua
V.C. Bird International Airport – Departure lounge

Argentina
Buenos Aires EZE Airport – Arrivals gate

Armenia
Yerevan Zvartnots International Airport

Aruba
Aruba Airport terminal

Austria
Vienna Airport

Australia
Adelaide Airport
Brisbane Airport – Virgin Blue lounges
Darwin Airport
Melbourne Airport – Virgin Blue lounges
Sydney Airport – Virgin Blue lounges

Austria
Vienna International Airport

Bahrain
Bahrain International Airport – Departures area

Barbados
Grantley Adams International Airport

Bermuda
St. George L.F. Wade International Airport – departure lounges

Bolivia
Santa Cruz de la Sierra – Viru Viru Int. Airport

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo International Airport

Botswana
Maun International Airport

Brazil
Sao Paulo – Congonhas Airport

British Isles
Guernsey Airport
Ronaldsway Airport

Brunei
Brunei Int. Airport

Bulgaria
Sofia Airport

Canada
Edmonton Int. Airport – international departurers gates are – Leduc, Alberta
Calgary International Airport
Banff Airporter office area
Charlottetown Airport
Dryden Regional Airport
Fredericton Airport
Halifax International airport – center court area on the main level and between gates 20-15 on the departures level of the Air Terminal Building
Quebec Airport
Sault Ste Marie Airport
St. John’s International Airport – departure lounge and nearby
Toronto – Air Canada Terminal – Expedia Restaurant
Vancouver International Airport

Chile
Aeropuerto de Santiago

China
Beijing Capital Airport – Terminal 3 departure area
Hunan Changsha Airport

Costa Rica
Juan Santamaria International Airport

Czech Republic
Airport Brno
Leos Janacek Ostrava Airport
Prague Airport

Denmark
Aalborg Airport – Norresundby

Dominican Republic
Punta Cana International Airport
Las Americas Int. Airport – boarding lounge, Gate B3 – Santo Domingo

Dubai
Dubai International – Food Court and other areas

Ecuador
Simon Bolivar International – Guayaquil
Quito Airport, International Terminal

Egypt
Sharm El Sheik International Airport

Estonia
Kuressaare Airport, Roomassaare tee 1
Tallinn Airport, Lennujaama tee 2

Finland
Helsinki-Vantaa Airport – Vantaa

France
Merignac Airport – Bourdeaux
Nice Airport

Georgia
Tbilisi International Airport

Grenada
Maurice Bishop International Airport – St. George’s

Greece
Athens Int. Aiport – limited access

Honduras
San Pedro Sula Airport

Hong Kong
Chek Lap Kok Airport
Hong Kong International Airport

Hungary
Budapest Ferihegy Int’l Airport – Terminals 2A and 2B – free network is Pannongsm – Budapest

Iceland
Keflavik Airport

India
Bangalore International Airport
Hyperabad Airport
Madurai, Tiruchi and Coimbatore airports in Tamil Nadu State
Mumbai International Airport/Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Indira Gandhi Airport – New Delhi

Indonesia
Denpasar Airport – Bali
Soekarno-Hatta Int. Airport – Jakarta
Yogyakarta Airport – Java

Iran
Imam Khomeini International Airport – Tehran

Ireland
Cork Airport – departure lounge – Cork
Shannon Airport – main cafe upstairs and departure lounge in front of US immigration

Israel
Ben Gurion International Airport, Terminal 3

Japan
Kansai Airport – Osaka
ANA lounges – Free WEP key

Jordan
Queen Alia Int. Airport – Amman

Kazakhstan
Internation Airport – Almaty

Kosovo
Pristina Airport – Pristina

Kuwait
Kuwait International Airport – Check in areas, restaurants and shops in Arrival & Departure levels

Kyrgyzstan
International Airport – Bishkek

Lithuania
Vilnius International Airport – Vilnius

Luxembourg
Luxembourg International Airport

Island of Madeira
Funchal Airport

Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur Int. Airport

Malta
Malta International Airport – Luqa

Mexico
Cancun International Airport
Benito Juarez International Airport – Mexico City
Puerto Vallarta Airport

New Zealand
Auckland International Airport – Free usage of computers in Arrival area
Wellington International Airport – Main Terminal

Netherlands Antillies
Princess Juliana International Airport – St. Maarten

Nicaragua
Aeropuerto A.C. Sandino – Managua

Norway
Gardemeon Airport – Oslo
Torp Airport – Sandefjord

Pakistan
Jinnah International Airport – Karachi

Phillipines
Mactan Airport – Lapu Lapu City
Manila Int. Airport – smoking area – Luzon

Poland
Warsaw Airport – International transit area

Portugal
Faial Island Airport – bar area – Horta -Azores
Madeira Island Airport – Madeira Island

Puerto Rico
San Juan Int. Airport – ATT network

Qutar
Doha International Airport

Romania
Baia Mare Airport – Tautii Magheraus
International Airport Traian Vuia – Timisoara

Russia
Sheremetyevo-2 Airport – departure terminal, waiting hall, cafes and VIP-halls – Moscow

Singapore
Changi Airport – near free computers

South Korea
Incheon International Airport

Sri Lanka
Columbo International Airport – Sri Lankan Airways Business Class lounge area

Saint Lucia
Sir George Charles Airport – Castries

Taiwan
Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport – Terminal 2

Thailand
Suvarnabhumi International Airport – Bangkok

Trinidad
Piarco International Airport

Turkey
Ataturk Airport – Millenium Lounge access for several airline Club members – Istanbul
Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport

UK
Aberdeen – British Airways’ lounges
Edinburgh – British Airways’ lounges
Gatwick – British Airways’ lounges
Glasgow – British Airways’ lounges
Jersey – British Airways’ lounges
London City Airport – London
Manchester – British Airways’ lounges
Newcastle – British Airways’ lounges

Ukraine
Kyiv Boryspil International Airport
Odessa Airport

United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi International Airport
Dubai International Airport

USA

Alabama

Birmingham International Airport
Huntsville Airport
Madison County Executive Airport – Huntsville
Mobile Regional Airport – Mobile
Montgomery Regional Airport
Northwest Alabama Regional Airport – Muscle Shoals

Alaska

Anchorage Airport
Ketchikan International Airport
Valdez Municipal Arpt

Arizona

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Tucson International Airport
Valle Airport
Yuma International

Arkansas

Fort Smith Regional Airport
Little Rock National Airport
Texarkana Airport

California

Meadows Field, WM Thomas Terminal – Bakersfield
Chico Municipal Airport
Arcata/Eureka Airport
Hayward Airport
Livermore Airport
Long Beach Airport
Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge – LAX
Modesto City-County Airport
Oakland Int. Airport
Palm Springs International Airport
Redding Municipal Airport
BSAir at the Reedley Muni Airport
Sacramento International Airport
Lindberg Field – San Diego
San Diego International Airport
Mineta San Jose International Airport – San Jose
Santa Barbara Airport
Santa Maria Airport
Sonoma County Airport – Santa Rosa
Santa Ynez Airport

Colorado

Centennial Airport
Colorado Springs Airport
Cortez Municipal Airport
Denver International Airport
Eagle (Vail) Airport

Connecticut

Bradley International Airport – Windsor Locks

Florida

Daytona Beach Airport – Ticketing Area
Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport
Southwest Florida International Airport – Ft.Myers
Okaloosa Regional Airport – Fort Walton Beach
Gainesville Regional Airport
Jacksonville Airport
Key West International
LaBelle Municipal Airport
Melbourne International Airport
Orlando International Airport
Palm Beach International
Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport
Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
Tallahassee Airport
Tampa International – main building and satellite terminals
Palm Beach International Airport

Georgia

Ben Epps Airport – Athens
Augusta Regional Airport
Brunswick Golden Isle Airport
Fulton County Airport (FTY) – Raytheon Aircraft Services Terminal
Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport
Valdosta Regional Airport

Hawaii

Honolulu Airport-Gate 13

Idaho

BOI Aiport – Boise
Idaho Falls Airport
Nez Perce County Regional Airport – Lewiston

Illinois

Central Illinois Regional Airport – Bloomington/Normal
University of Illinois Willard Airport – Champaign/Urbana
Quad City International Airport – Moline
Peoria Regional Airport
Rockford Airport
Capital Airport – Springfield

Indiana

Evansville Regional Airport
Fort Wayne International Airport (Free Cat5/RJ45 access)
Smith Field Airport – Fort Wayne
Indianapolis International Airport – new terminal area
Montgomery Aviation – Indianapolis Executive Airport – Zionsville

Iowa

CY Aviation, Boone Airport – Boone
Eastern Iowa Regional Airport – Cedar Rapids
Dubuque Regional Airport
Sioux City Airport – business center and JetSun Aviation facility
Waterloo Airport

Kansas

Hays Regional Airport
Wichita Mid-Continent Airport

Kentucky

CVG Airport – Hebron
Bluegrass Airport – Lexington

Louisiana

Lafayette Regional Airport
Lake Charles Airport
Louis Armstong International – New Orleans
Shreveport Regional Airport

Maine

Bangor International Airport

Maryland

Hagerstown Municipal Airport

Massachusetts

Logan International Airport – Boston

Michigan

Bishop International Airport – Flint
Gerald R. Ford International Airport- Grand Rapids
Ford Airport – Kingsford/Iron Mountain
Capital City Airport – Lansing
Sawyer International Airport – Marquette
Muskegon County Airport
Pellston Regional Airport

Minnesota

Beltrami County Airport – Bemidji
Duluth Int. Airport
International Falls Airport
Rochester International Airport
South St Paul Airport

Mississippi

Golden Triangle Regional Airport – Columbus
Gulfport/Biloxi International Airport
Hattiesburg-Bobby L. Chain Municipal Airport
Jackson Airport
Tupelo Regional Airport

Missouri

Taney County Airport – Branson
Columbia Regional Airport
Joplin Regional Airport
Kansas City International Airport
Springfield-Branson Airport

Montana

Bozeman Gallatin Airport
Great Falls International Airport
Helena Regional Airport
Glacier International Airport – after security area – Kalispell
Missoula International Airport

Nebraska

Central Nebraska Regional Airport – Grand Island
Eppley Field – Omaha

Nevada

Henderson Executive Airport
McCarran Airport – Las Vegas
North Las Vegas Airport
Reno-Tahoe International Airport

New Hampshire

Manchester, Boston Regional Airport

New Jersey

Atlantic City Airport

New Mexico

Albuquerque International Sunport/Airport
Los Alamos County Airport
Taos Municipal Airport

New York

Albany International Airport
Binghamton Airport
Elmira-Corning Regional Airport
JetBlue Airways – Terminal 6 – JFK Airport – Jamaica, Queens
Long Island MacArthur Airport – Islip
Tompkins County Regional Airport – Ithaca
Rochester Airport
Syracuse International

North Carolina

Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Asheville Regional Airport – Fletcher
Albert J. Ellis Airport – Jacksonville
Kinston Airport
New Bern Airport
Wilmington International Airport

North Dakota

Bismarck Municipal Airport – general aviation lounge
Hector International Airport – Fargo
Grand Forks Airport

Ohio

Akron Airport
Cleveland Hopkins Int. Airport
Ohio State University Airport – Columbus
Port Columbus International Airport
Dayton International Airport
Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport – Vienna

Oklahoma

Tulsa Int. Airport

Oregon

Eugene Airport
Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport
Southwest Oregon Regional Airport – North Bend
Portland International Airport – Main Level
Redmond Airport

Pennsylvania

Lehigh Valley International Airport – Allentown
Erie International Airport
Harrisburg International Airport
Arnold Palmer Regional Airport – Latrobe
Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport
Philadelphia International Airport – ATT WiFi
Pittsburgh Airport
Brandywine Airport – West Chester
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Airport

North Carolina

Charlotte-Douglas International Airport
Fayetteville Regional Airport

South Carolina

Columbia Metropolitan Airport
Horry County Airport – Conway
Florence Regional Airport
Greenville/Spartanburg Airport
Myrtle Beach Airport

South Dakota

Aberdeen Regional Airport
Rapid City Airport
Sioux Falls Regional Airport
Chan Gurney Airport – Yankton

Tennessee

Tri-Cities Regional Airport – Blountville
Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport
Collegedale Airport
Tricities Airport – Kingsport
KnoxAir at TYS – McGee-Tyson Airport
DKX – Island Home Airport

Texas

Abilene Regional Airport
Rick Husband Inernational Airport – Amarillo
Harrison Aviation – Arlington Municipal Airport
Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport
Easterwood Airport – College Station
Corpus Christi International Airport
Admiral’s Clubs – Dallas/Ft.Worth
Valley International Airport – Harlingen
Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport
East Texas Regional Airport – Longview
Lubbock International Airport
McAllen-Miller International Airport
San Angelo Municipal Airport
San Antonio International Airport
Tyler Pounds Regional Airport

Utah

Salt Lake City Airport

Vermont

Burlington International Airport

Virginia

Tri-Cities Airport – Bristol
Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport – terminal area
Leesburg Executive Airport
Lynchburg Regional Airport
Newport News/Williamsburg Airport
Richmond Airport
Roanoke Airport
Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport – Weyers Cave

Washington

Bellingham International Airport
Pangborn Field Airport – East Wenatchee
Grant County Airport – Moses Lake
Tri-Cities Airport – Pasco
Pullman Moscow Airport
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Walla`Walla Regional Airport

West Virginia

Yeager Airport – Charleston
Tri-State Airport – Huntington

Wisconsin

Outagamie County Regional Airport – Appleton
Austin Straubel Airport – Green Bay
KOEO FBO’s – Top Dog Aviation (Northeast Hangar Base)
Ward Aviation (Northeast Hangar Base),
Terminal Building (South West Side) – Osceola
Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport

Wyoming

Natrona County International Airport – Casper
Cheyenne Regional Airport

Uruguay
Carrasco Intl. Airport – Montevideo – Departure Area

Vietnam
Tan Son Nhat International Airport – Ho Chi Minh City

Most websites content are free. There is no need to pay for them. However there is often time a lot of work involved to acquire and to publish those information.

A lot of websites and blogs (including ours) depend on advertisements from Google and Chitika to generate revenues.

Each click on one of those ads might earn a few cents regardless whether the person make any purchase or not.

A recent study by Chitika reveals that only about 2% of internet users are clicking on those ads.

Source: Chitika

That means, those 2% users are paying for the other 98% users who never click on an ad.

We ask the question, would the 98% internet users click on an ad if that would give them free access to a content?

Most probably yes, if that does not cost them anything.

Would they be willing to click on an ad as a Thank You gesture?

We are not too sure about that.

Many users log in for a particular goal in mind. Once they achieve that goal, whether it’s an information, game playing, social communication, they would tend to log out, unless something strikes their attention.

If the content of an ad provides what they are interested in, chances are great they would click on it.

Chitika tries to work through that by showing their ads when people use the search engines. Google tries to personalize the ad according to the content.

In spite of that the advertisement response is relatively low.

Some ads are very aggressive and persistent,which eventually turn people off.

The question is, how can we get users to view the ads without antagonizing them?

The answer is through conscientization.

Make users aware that internet ads are necessary for free content and their response to them make it possible to remain free.

Most are not aware of that and consequently do not feel the needs to support it.

Will the advertisers be happy about that? Will their sales increase too?

The answer is yes. The success rate might be lower but the sale volume might be more.

If a user realizes he has to click on an ad he would still make a choice which one to click. He would choose the one which interests him the most. That denotes a certain interest, which might lead him to make the purchase.

There is no doubt that the internet will become a more powerful media and contribute significantly to the world economy.

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Sony announced

PORT-LOUIS, July 29, 2009 – Sony eBook Store announced it is together with Google providing access to over a million FREE public domain books.

It shows Sony’s commitment to providing consumers with the largest, most comprehensive selection of eBooks available.

Sony eBook Store has now become the largest source for eBooks.

Chris Smythe, director of the eBook Store from Sony, announced, “We’re proud to offer access to the broadest range of eBooks today – from hot new releases, to New York Times Best Sellers, to classics and hard to find manuscripts such as those available for free from Google.”

Sony has two Reader models available, the PRS-505 at approximately $280 and the PRS-700 at approximately $350.

The Reader Digital Book’s high-resolution electronic paper display delivers a realistic print look.

A single battery charge provides up to 7,500 pages of continuous reading.

Sony eBook readers support multiple file formats for personal documents and music. Adobe PDF documents, Microsoft Word documents, BBeB files and other text file formats can be transfered to them.

The device can store and display EPUB files and work with Adobe Digital Editions software.

US Readers can download over a million titles, which Google has digitized as part of its Google Books project, in EPUB format.

New eBook Store users can access available titles after setting up an account and downloading Sony’s free eBook Library software.

Adam Smith, product management director at Google, said, “We’re pleased to continue our collaboration with Sony so that more people around the world can discover and enjoy these books.”