Gmail detecting suspicious account activity
From Official Gmail Blog:
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 9:00 AM
Posted by Pavni Diwanji, Engineering Director
A few weeks ago, I got an email presumably from a friend stuck in London asking for some money to help him out. It turned out that the email was sent by a scammer who had hijacked my friend’s account. By reading his email, the scammer had figured out my friend’s whereabouts and was emailing all of his contacts. Here at Google, we work hard to protect Gmail accounts against this kind of abuse. Today we’re introducing a new feature to notify you when we detect suspicious login activity on your account.
Do Not Use Hotmail As Your Secondary Email Account
This post by Gina Trapani (Lifehacker) made me reconsider what i use for secondary email address…
Amazon.com buying shoe seller Zappos for $928 million
Amazon said on Wednesday it struck a deal to buy Zappos, for 927.9 million — mostly in stock — growing its footprint in shoes and apparel.
The world’s largest online retailer should benefit from the fiercely loyal customer base at Zappos, which had about $1 billion of gross merchandise sales last year.
Zappos is known for its attentive customer service, free shipping and a free returns policy which inspires shoppers to gamble on shoes.
The company said Amazon will allow it to continue running its business as it always has.
Amazon, which began as an online bookseller, has greatly expanded its range of offerings while also allowing third-party sellers to showcase their own items on its site.
In 2008, Zappos earned more than $40 million before interest, tax, and amortization on net revenue of $625 million, a Zappos shareholder who had seen the company’s financials told Thomson Reuters private-equity news site PEHub.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the company had considered going public through an IPO, but that main investor Sequoia Capital had pushed for a sale instead.
Zappos has put customers at ease buying shoes online because it guarantees free shipping on deliveries as well as returns.
Based on Amazon’s closing price of $88.79, the deal is valued at about $927.9 million.
Morgan Stanley, and Fenwick & West advised Zappos on the deal.
Lazard Ltd advised Amazon.
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Firefox 3.7: Initial Design Mockups Released!
Firefox 3.7 Initial Mockups for the Windows theme revamp.
These are NOT FINAL! THEY ARE ONLY FOR BRAINSTORMING/EXPLORATION!
Categories: Mixed Tags: Browser, Firefox, Internet, Internet News, Mozilla, Web Browser