Social Media: Facebook upcoming changes to Business analytics

 Info as of May 31, 2021:

Important changes are underway for one of our business tools at Facebook. You are getting this email because you have visited Facebook Analytics or are the owner of an account with Facebook Analytics enabled.

After June 30, 2021, Facebook Analytics will no longer be available. Facebook Analytics has provided reporting about your website, mobile app, Facebook Page and Instagram Profile depending upon your account setup.

While Facebook Analytics the individual tool is going away, these alternatives continue to be available: Events Manager, Ads Manager, Page Insights, Instagram Insights, Facebook Business Suite Insights and more.

If you currently use or previously used Facebook Analytics, we recommend you prepare by taking the following actions:

Visit your Facebook Analytics account(s): Explore the information and insights that are provided before the product is no longer available. Go to Facebook Analytics

Download details for future reference: Until the end of June, you will still be able to access reports, export charts and tables and review insights. Export and Download Data

               Visit our Business Help Center:
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Honda Accord and playing music

 http://www.haccord.org/playing_a_usb_flash_drive-116.html

 My files are in MP3, however they are not playing in my HONDA!

Hence I started my research

I found this website to convert for free many types of files: https://www.freeconvert.com/

 

Your audio system reads and plays sound files on a USB flash drive in either MP3, WMA or AAC*1 format.

Connect your USB flash drive to the USB port, then press the AUX button.

• How to Select a File from the Music Search List

 

Playing via bluetooth is another challenge, at times it works smoothly, at other times, it doesn't!

Here i some info:

Honda Accord: Playing Bluetooth® Audio

Ninth generation (2013–2021) / Honda Accord 2013-2021 Owner's Manual / Features / Audio System Basic Operation / Playing Bluetooth® Audio

 

Press the (pick-up) button on the steering wheel to receive a call when Bluetooth® Audio is playing.

Press the (hang-up/back) button to end the call and return to Bluetooth® Audio.

If you receive a call while Bluetooth® Audio is in the pause mode, it will resume play after ending the call.

Playing a USB Flash Drive

Your audio system reads and plays sound files on a USB flash drive in either MP3, WMA or AAC*1 format. Connect your USB flash drive to the USB port, then press the AUX button. • How to Selec ...

Audio System Basic Operation

To use the audio system function, the power mode must be in ACCESSORY or ON. Use the selector knob, DISP and BACK buttons to access some audio functions. Press to switch between the normal ... 

 

 

 

Cyber Security and home security system protection

  The seventh video in our joint CYBER.ORG cyber safety series is all about social media. Follow these practical steps to reduce the risk of malicious activity while using social media: https://lnkd.in/dfccZZX

Our joint cyber safety video series aims to deliver relevant cybersecurity topics in a series of short videos that are appropriate for all citizens, including K-12 educational institutions.

View the full series: https://lnkd.in/dGQg5wS

#CISAgov #Leadership #InformationSecurity #Preparation #BeCyberSmart #SocialMedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iPKt6F64rc

 As we are into securing our cyber presence, it's very important to secure the safety of our home. Here is security system you might like to consider:

 

Wireless night vision, weatherproof indoor and outdoor security camera 

 

   

 

 

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Timing your Social Media marketing

 

The best times to post on social media in 2021

Written byby Elizabeth Arens

Published on May 10, 2021

 

from above article - what's your experience?

 

Disclaimer: Data from Sprout Social include users from various plan types, industries and locations. All time frames are recorded in Central Time Zone (CST). Number of engagements represents total engagements a brand received on the specific channel during that hour time frame. Industry-specific data includes mid- to high-level engagement times.

• What are the best times to post on Facebook?
• What are the best times to post on Instagram?
• What are the best times to post on Twitter?
• What are the best times to post on LinkedIn?
• How to find your own best times to post on social media
• Best times to post on social media by industry
• Healthcare
• Media
• Education
• Nonprofit
• Restaurants
• Tech
• Travel & Tourism
• Finance
• Hospitality
• How we gathered the data

 

Social Media latest news: WhatsApp

 WhatsApp is suing the Indian government. The Facebook-owned platform took legal action over new social media rules that would remove encryption of messages and enable “mass surveillance.” Today is the deadline for the major tech companies to comply with the drastic changes.

Social Media bookmarking: Pinterest REVIEW

 I had been using Pinterest for at least 10 years. Pinning and creating many great articles, DIY, Fashion and variety of interesting bookmarks. At some point, I was pleasantly surprised that my pins had been reaching about 140k hits a month! Besides, I had over 4k followers!

However, social media is finiky as I found out this morning. I had noticed recently, their analytics had started dropping drastically towards the end of September. And guess what, today my account doesn't even EXIST!!! Thank, but no thanks Pinterest for your betrayal for all the hard work I had done and TRUSTED your platform with my bookmarks.

Luckily, I had started my own way of keeping tab of various topics in my private bookmarks. Which reside on my external hard drive. No one can erase them at all. They are there and very easily accessible, besides I can refer to them anytime I want, without getting lost in so many boards. They are organized the way I really like to access with my own notes.

What's your experience with Pinterest platform? Recently I had also noticed that, when I wanted to pin, there wasn't a "P" button, instead they had "linked-in" and/or "reddit" icons.

Pinterest forced me to sign up with the same email that I had already signed up so many years ago. So at this point, I'll not pin anything. I'll just search and privately get the information and build my own reference. It looks as if they want for some of us to start from square one. However, I only fall once. Pinterest isn't reliabe and there is no way of going back to using it. Only to search of what I might need and that's about it.

Which platforms or ways of bookmarking work for you?

Quantum computers and encrypted messages

 

Quantum computers could crack today's encrypted messages. That's a problem

We'll likely see the top picks for safer, post-quantum encryption technology early in 2022.

When these machines will be able to crack conventional encryption is an open question. But the safe money suggests it won't take long.

NEXT-GEN COMPUTING

• Quantum computer makers like their odds for big progress
• Google plans to build a practical quantum computer by 2029 at new center
• From PS5 to Ford F-150: How a global chip shortage is 'impacting everything'
• Intel investing $3.5B in New Mexico fab upgrade, boosting US chipmaking

Businesses and woke corporate politics

 

The Price of Woke Corporate Politics

A new ad campaign targets Nike, Coca-Cola and American Airlines.

By The Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal

May 19, 2021 6:48 pm ET

Some of America’s most prominent CEOs have been getting political, as in woke political, and perhaps they figured it was cost-free. They are now learning the hard way that it isn’t, as a national advertising campaign targets their brands and credibility.

The campaign launched Tuesday by Consumers’ Research, a conservative nonprofit, takes aim at Nike, Coca-Cola and American Airlines. But others could be the targets, says Will Hild, executive director of Consumers’ Research. The 30-second spots will air on national cable news, as well as “in local markets where the companies are headquartered,” the nonprofit said. One source says the overall ad buy could be up to $13 million....

Comments from readers:

"Go woke, go broke"

Trader Joe in the USA just fired an employee for not taking a vaccine. I have heard people swear they will never, ever step foot in a Trader Joe store again in their life. The NBA is getting just half the supporters since it went woke. The big TV media company ratings have crashed since they became woke propagandists. The Oscars have become a non event to most people since Hollywood embraced virtual signalling.

Big business should stay out of politics and wokeness. It has no upside and huge downside.

 

 

Hackers, malware and Ransomware

 

 new update on Jan 9, 2022

Hackers Have Been Sending Malware-Filled USB Sticks to U.S. Companies Disguised as Presents

The "malicious USB stick" trick is old but apparently it's still wildly popular with the crooks.

By

Lucas Ropek

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new update on May 29, 2021

Microsoft warns that Russian hackers used US agency to mount huge cyberattack

Hackers behind the SolarWinds attack gained access to the email system of a US aid agency, says Microsoft.

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The Extortion Economy

Like Voldemort, Ransomware Is Too Scary to Be Named

Wary of alarming investors, companies victimized by ransomware attacks often tell the SEC that “malware” or a “security incident” disrupted their operations.

by Renee Dudley

Dec. 23, 2019,

The Ransomware Superhero of Normal, Illinois

Thanks to Michael Gillespie, an obscure programmer at a Nerds on Call repair store, hundreds of thousands of ransomware victims have recovered their files for free.

by Renee Dudley

Oct. 28, 2019, 

The New Target That Enables Ransomware Hackers to Paralyze Dozens of Towns and Businesses at Once

Cybercriminals are zeroing in on the managed service providers that handle computer systems for local governments and medical clinics.

by Renee Dudley

Sept. 12, 2019,

 

 

The Extortion Economy: How Insurance Companies Are Fueling a Rise in Ransomware Attacks

Even when public agencies and companies hit by ransomware could recover their files on their own, insurers prefer to pay the ransom. Why? The attacks are good for business.

by Renee Dudley

Aug. 27, 2019, 

 

As ransomware attacks crippled businesses and law enforcement agencies, two U.S. data recovery firms claimed to offer an ethical way out. Instead, they typically paid the ransom and charged victims extra.

From 2015 to 2018, a strain of ransomware known as SamSam paralyzed computer networks across North America and the U.K. It caused more than $30 million in damage to at least 200 entities, including the cities of Atlanta and Newark, New Jersey, the Port of San Diego and Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles. It knocked out Atlanta’s online water service requests and billing systems, prompted the Colorado Department of Transportation to call in the National Guard, and delayed medical appointments and treatments for patients nationwide whose electronic records couldn’t be retrieved. In return for restoring access to the files, the cyberattackers collected at least $6 million in ransom.

 

Social science information

 

Unreliable social science research gets more attention than solid studies

By Cathleen O’GradyMay. 21, 2021

Digital currency information: bitcoins CBTC

 I'll update this page with latest digital currency information:

Watch out Bitcoin fans – US Fed considers creating US’s own digital currency

21st May 2021 by Alec Hogg

The whipsawing price of Bitcoin has turned the market into paradise for professional traders – but a potential nightmare for the amateurs who previously dominated the space. For the rational mind, trying to take on the balance sheets and focus of Wall Street Pros is tough enough – now comes news that the US Federal Reserve expects introducing its own Bitcoin-alternative by 2023. Click here to watch chairman Jay Powell’s five minute video on the topic, which was released last night. Alarm bells are ringing louder than ever. – Alec Hogg    

By Craig Torres

(Bloomberg) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell turned up the volume in the U.S. digital dollar debate, announcing the central bank will publish a research paper and seek public comment as it weighs issuing one in the future.

 

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 I listened today to zoom meeting to lawyers discussing about cryptocurrencies:

Top 3 Wholesale CBDC countries are:

Hong Kong, Thailand, China, UAE, Singapore

Retail: Bahamas, China, Cambodia

Lawyers need to know knowledge of basic programming and coding.

Crypto lending platforms 10%

Future of money: Coinstats? Henri Arslanian

check out Youtube page and get google alerts on bitcoin 

Crypto

Fintech

blockchain

digital economy

double spend is problem

started in 208

Smart contracts: program it, so that you get paid automatically. It's decentralized way of smart payment.

Crypto highly volatile

China says no to Crypto and bitcoin

There are many types of cryptocurrencies:

Bitcoin is traceable and not used by criminals, and those who use are caught, it's 0.34%

CBTC cash will disappear

policy makers know about black economies like cash

Economist used the term block chain in 2015

bitcoin is decentralized.

Central Bank doesn't like but wants to leverage it:

1. cash

2. reserves

3. digital banknotes coming implications =>

4. low interest rate

CBTC - to help kickstart economy (make it to expire) hmmmmm.....

Future of money by China, it's ahead by 6 years, set in 2014 and England started in 2020.

Cash banned in China

Cashless -Central Bank in control....

Digital # banks use - CBTC - US not in top 10

Stable coins coming up - for cross border money transfers payments in 90billion

BM - Libra by FB moving from Geneva to US

Issues with FIOS GATEWAY wifi

 Recently I was having issues with my FIOS internet access! It was acting up. On the router there are two ways to connect, the 2.4 GHz didn't work.

Today I was checking and the settings website was: myfiosgateway.com SURPRISE SURPRISE it has now NOTHING to do with the router!!

It shows this tiny announcement and NOTHING ABOUT WHY IT"S NOT WORKING:

I had to do some search on duckduckgo.com and this is what I found out! SURPRISE SURPRISE< VERIZON has abandoned it!!

Verizon Abandoned MyFiosGateway

Someone was very kind to post it on Verizon.com - you would think for all the money Verizon takes from clients, they would have the decency to notify! This is another example of "service" not being part of service business! Horrible!

Ok here is the quote:

Verizon Abandoned MyFiosGateway

‎10-09-2017 11:36 AM - last edited on ‎10-09-2017 01:13 PM by LawrenceC

Message 1 of 10

(18,836 Views)

Although Verizon does not seem to notify anyone (especially clients who are not active on the website or this forum); it seems that some time in 2017, verizon abandoned MyFiosGateway.com (and presumably let the certificate of authentication lapse). 

Although the old email implies 'no other changes' from the corporate shedding of Verizon's email services (to AOL), this support domain is another loss of service for our creeping costs & stock value increase.

When I gave up on a reply here, phone support tech said she could not brows that domain.

What ever function / service that was there, you will have to use some other way to skin that cat.

It turned out neither of us knew about the difference between my router's web & home facing IPs.

A: 192.168.1.1 will get you into the router. You must simply ignore the warning and click continue.

 

How to download video from Vimeo

 At Bayside Digital, we give a special link to our clients, once their videos are converted to .mp4.

At times, it's not easily visible the download button, that's below the lower right, below the video.

All you need to do is click on the download arrow and it would download where normally you have set up your downloads from online sources.

Vimeo has also instructions that I hope will help you. It's at: https://vimeo.com/blog/post/how-to-download-videos-from-vimeo/

 

 

 I hope this helps. 

Click on the down arrow and it will give you options to download: