Shocking? 97% of Apple Watch Users are Satisfied, According to the New Survey

Apple Watch is one of the most polarizing products I’ve ever seen. While the watch got some rave reviews from the critics, some people questioned the point of buying a costly smartphone accessory. It wasn’t a long time ago when Apple Watch users flooded Twitter with pictures of theirwrists getting burns. Today, in a new survey by Wristly and Tech.pinions, about 97% Apple Watch users have reaffirmed their faith in the watch.

According to the survey, those who have bought the Apple Watch, are the satisfied Apple Watch users. About 97 percent of the respondents were either delighted/very satisfied or somewhat satisfied with their decision. These numbers are higher than the initial survey conducted after the Apple’s iPad and iPhone launches.

Well, as ZDNet writes, this high number of satisfied Apple Watch users could be somewhat attributed to the vast user base of people who prefer iOS devices. For those who are already using Apple products, the Apple Watch seems to be a must-have device. For the others, the Watch doesn’t seem much appealing.

Another striking feature of the survey dealt with the tech expertise level of the respondents. The Apple Watch users included in the survey were classified as non-tech users, app builder and tech insiders.

According to this Wristly and Tech.pinions survey, the non-tech Apple Watch users had the highest satisfaction level. It says:

While we don’t know exactly how many Apple Watches have been sold what we can measure and use as a barometer to judge the success or failure of Apple Watch is if current owners are happy, satisfied, and delighted. For that we can safely conclude the answer is a resounding yes.

Apple has made a finely crafted product called Apple Watch. Are you satisfied with your new gadget? Tell us in comments below.

How An SQL Injection Attack Works: Infographic

 Just like DDoS attacks, SQL injection attacks too are pretty infamous in the internet world. They are responsible for about 27% of the total online attacks and thus they demand your attention. Read more to know different aspects and how an SQL injection attack works.

SQL injection attacks are one of the most common forms of cyber attacks. These attacks are very effective and about 32% of all Web applications are vulnerable to SQL injections.

SQL is a technique of code injection that is used to attack data-driven applications. Here, malicious SQL statements are inserted into any entry field for execution.

If you are not using the best practices, the notorious attackers can target your website to deploy SQL injection attacks and play with the sensitive data.

Also read: How DDoS Attack Works?

About 27% of all the web attacks are SQL injection attacks and the average cost of minor SQL injection attack is about $196,000.

We are sharing an infographic prepared by Barricade detailing different aspects of an SQL injection attack.

Take a look to know more on how an SQL injection attack works:

Did you find this infographic telling about how an SQL injection attack works helpful? Tell us in the comments below.

Source: Barricade

20 most expensive Domain names of all time

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World’s 20 most expensive domains names which you cannot afford

It is a known fact that people create Website and then sell them for money. People also purchase exclusive Domain names and later sell them for a huge lump sum. There is a lot of money in Website flipping and Domain flipping and some people really make good money in this business.

People usually would buy the domains with a vision that it will fetch good value and thus this is a sort of investment for some who are involved in this business. What you need to do is, purchase a website or domain with some exclusive name and then wait for some time till it gains popularity or till you get some good buyer.

This article brings to its readers the Top 20 most expensive million dollar Domain names of all the time which have been sold till date. Surprisingly some of these sites were sitting for almost two decades and have been purchased recently; besides it was also found that all these sites fall in the ‘.com’ category. It was also found that gambling and sex related domains are the ones which have fetched one of the best prices!

VacationRentals.com :

Sold for $35 million and Year: 2007: The new owner of this website is Brain Sharples, CEO if HomeAway. Sharples confirmed he purchased the domain because he did not want Expedia, competitor of HomeAway to acquire it.

PrivateJet.com:

Sold for $ 30.18 million and Year: Feb 2012: Nations Luxury Transportation, LLC (Nations) acquired the domain name http://www.PrivateJet.com, from Don’t Look Media.com which is a leading intellectual property holding firm.

Insure.com:

Sold for $ 16 million and Year: 2009: The domain name was purchased by marketing firm QuinStreet. It was the second highest deal of all times and this record was broken by PrivateJet.com.

Sex.com:

Sold for $13 million and Year: Oct 2010: One of the first domains related to porn industry to be sold was Sex.com. Due to this high value transaction Sex.com also entered the Guinness Book of World Records. Escom LLc, sold it to Clover Holdings Ltd, as it had gone bankrupt. Being linked to ‘sex’ the domain is just doing well and is one of the most searched words on the search engines!

Fund.com:

Sold for $9.9 million and Year: 2008: Major purpose of this domain is financial service. Clek Media brokered a deal and it seems the domain was purchased by a company known as Fund.com, in the year 2008. However, after this all cash deal, the company seems ran in a lot of trouble and declared most of its financials unreliable in 2009. As of now if one checks the site it displays a white background with a phrase: “Please come back later to check FUND.com”. The domain thus is not live and there is no idea if the owner is waiting to resell the domain.

Porn.com:

Sold for $9.5 million and Year: 2007: During the time of sale, this sale was a biggest all-cash transaction for domain name and the next to Sex.com. The domain was purchased by MXN Limited and Moniker helped to sell this domain. Needless to say the domain is just flourishing and this is another domain related to porn and most searched in the search engines.

Fb.com:

Sold for $8.5 million and Year: Nov 2010: Fb.com was purchased by Facebook from American Farm Bureau Federation. Presently, the domain has been redirected to www.facebook.com.

Porno.com:

Sold for $8.9 million and Year: Feb 2015: Rick Schwartz, the ‘Domain King’ had bought the website from a college kid in 1997 for mere$42,000. Surprisingly, the kid had snagged the name for $5,000 just a week before. It seems the site earned more than $20 million in all, initially it earned over $10 million via parking and redirects without every providing actual adult content, as explained by Schwartz. The buyer of the site was a company in Prague that also owns Swingers.com and PornoTv.com.

Z.com:

Sold for $6.8 million and Year: Nov 2014:  The domain was owned by Nissan for its Z series of cars and then it was sold to Japanese domain biz GMO registry. Z.com was sold for $6.8m (£4.3m, 800m yen) thus placing it in the top ten of all time domain sales. Currently, there exists only three single character domain names and Z.com is one of these in the .com space.

Diamond.com:

Sold for $7.5 million and Year: 2006: Currently, the domain is in use and acts as an online shopping site for diamonds. This shows why the buyer paid a huge amount for the domain name, well he is actually using the site to sell the precious stones!

Casino.com:

Sold for $5.5 million and Year: 2007: The domain was purchased by Mansion Limited of Gibraltar and has proved to be a great investment for the new owner.

Slots.com:

Sold for $5.5 million and Year: 2010: The site was purchased by a Russian online gaming site known as Bodog who also created new game on this domain. Originally the domain name was registered way back in 1995 and is being used as an online gambling portal. Seller’s identity was not disclosed.

Toys.com:

Sold for $5.1 million and Year: 2009: Initially as a part of bankruptcy court proceedings the site was sold for $1.25 million. After some days the site was put up for auction and then Toys R Us surprised everyone when it was able to shell out $5.1 million.

Clothes.com:

Sold for $5 million and Year: 2008: Zappos, a shoe company bought the domain Clothes.com. Now, both Zappos and Clothes.com are owned by Amazon and Clothes.com still directs users to Zappos’s apparel selection.

Medicare.com: 

Sold for $4.8 million and Year: May 2014: As per Domain names sales report, the domain Medicare.com has been bought by eHeathInsurance.com. Further, the company has paid $4.3 million in cash and $300,000 in debt as per the reports.

IG.com:

Sold for $4.7 million and Year: Sep 2013: The domain was earlier owned by Brazil search engine iG and was purchased by London’s IG Group. Igloo/NetNames helped to sell this domain.

Icloud.com:

Sold for $4.5 million and Year: 2011: After acquiring the ‘iphone.com’ domain Apple was searching for all the domains with prefix “i” and ultimately it acquired this domain. Though for Apple this deal seems to be sort of peanuts!

Whisky.com: 

Sold for $3.1 million and Year: March 2014: The domain was purchased way back in March 1995 by Michael Castello. As per Castello he had registered it for free! He also wrote in DN Journal: “I always liked Scotch whisky, but the real reason I registered Whisky.com was because of the Whisky a Go Go night club in Hollywood. I always enjoyed ‘The Whisky’, with its musical heritage and scene where the likes of The Doors and Janis Joplin played. Years later, I even offered Whisky.com to the owner’s son and he told me he didn’t need it since they already registered WhiskyaGoGo.com. That rejection would prove to be good for me.” Finally in 2014, Whisky.com was sold by Castello Cities Internet Network in a domain-only sale.

MI.com: 

Sold for $3.6 million and Year: Apr 2014: Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone maker purchased this domain through a private sale. This was one of the most expensive purchases by a Chinese Internet company. Xiaomi contemplates to use this as their brand name as it is much easier to remember.

Candy.com:

Sold for $3 million and Year: 2009: The owner of this domain, Rick Schwartz sold Candy.com to G&J Holdings for an amount of $3 million in 2009. Greg Balestrieri and Joe Melville own the G&J Holdings, a candy company. The cousins wanted a simple domain which could provide easy access to sugary sweets online and hence they purchased this domain.

These are just Top 20 domain names given here, there are many others in the list which can be found in the DN Journal. If you own an website which has similar sounding domain, you may just be sitting on a goldmine your self. Do value your website to find out the real price of your domain and inform us if you mint millions from it.

Google’s Solar-Powered 5G Drone Crashes Due To Wing Failure during test flight

 

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Google’s solar-powered 5G drone crashes while testing

Even as we reported that Google is testing out solar-powered drones to bring 5G internet which is 40 times faster than the current 4G technology, one of the drones has crashed during the test flight.

Titan Solara 50, one of Google’s 5G drones had crashed during a test flight in New Mexico in May 2015 last year. The drone was solar powered and didn’t last long in the air after it encountered an updraft and one of its wings failed before crashing in the company’s Albuquerque test field. This drone was part of Google’s larger effort to deliver Internet from the stratosphere.

It has been more than half a year since the May 2015 incident, and U.S. accident investigators have concluded the cause of the crash: a wing failure. According to a report by the National Transportation Safety Board, on May 1, 2015, the Solara 50 had just lifted off from a remote, desert landing strip in New Mexico when it started experiencing control problems. While the remote operator attempted to stabilize the plane, a “thermal updraft” sent it upward at a faster speed, according to the NTSB.

The wind ended up pushing the drone at a speed it wasn’t designed for, and the left wing experienced a failure as a result. “The aircraft began an uncontrollable and erratic flight path roughly straight ahead in a rapid descent,” the NTSB wrote in a brief summary posted on its website. “The left outboard wing section separated from the aircraft during the first portion of the descent and the right outboard wing section separated later in the descent.”

After about four minutes of flight, the aircraft struck the ground and was destroyed at 11:07 a.m. local time. Luckily, the test flight crashed in an unpopulated desert area and no one was injured. Google didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the report.

The drone was built by Titan Aerospace, a company headed by former Microsoft Corp. executive Vern Raburn that Google bought last year. According to company promotional material, it has a wingspan of 164 feet (50 meters) and is expected to fly above the weather for long stretches, where it can then beam Internet signals to earth as if it was a satellite.

The drone crash was a setback for Google and everyone involved with the project, one of several (including an effort from Facebook) aiming to use solar-powered planes to provide Internet to distant areas.

The search giant is in a race with Facebook Inc., which also attempted to buy Titan, to build new Internet services around the world. Instead, Facebook purchased U.K.-based Ascenta, which is developing its own high-altitude drones, for $20 million.

Afraid of your computer getting hacked; try these top 10 simple steps to secure desktop and online accounts from hackers

Top 10 ways to protect your PC and your online account with some of the best and simple steps to keep your computer and online accounts safe from internet crooks

Internet usage is most common in every PC be it your personal computer or at office. Security is the first thing that anyone would be concerned about as internet connectivity has its own pros and cons and hacking is one of the most important concern for most of the PC users. Now, PC users can be relieved of these concerns as below given are some simple steps which they can easily adapt and get their computers and online accounts secured.

• Removal of the pre installed software and apps: With the recent Man-in-the-middle attack in the Lenovo computers the pre installed apps and software really seem to be very dangerous. Most of the times it is just a bloatware, unless user really has some use of all these apps and software hence getting rid of this definitely safeguards the computer against any security threat. Further it is better to get rid of any pseudo antiviruses accompanied with the new computer.
• Choosing  a secured web browser : This is an important task as most of the malicious malware comes through the web browser. Setting the right web browser is essential because the correct web browser can help user to safeguard against all the malwares and also help user to use their computer to the best. Depending upon the age of computer and the device that is being used, user needs to choose the correct web browser.  Further, Google Chrome is one of the best web browsers which provides additional security via Sandbox feature. If user wants to add further features they can use the Mozilla Firefox extensions also. Basically user needs to know what they want from their browser then check the features and check if the browser meets their requirement then start using that browser.
• Use a strong password for the user account: Setting a strong password is the key for the security of the PC as well as the online accounts. Users must remember certain important points while choosing a password:
  • First of all it should be minimum of 8 characters, the longer the better.
  • It should be a combination of lower and upper cases of alphabets.
  • It should contain random two or three words which should be easy for user to remember.
  • Adding numbers, punctuation and symbols will further make the password complicated.
  • Never keep the same password for different accounts, instead let the base password remain and user can further add few more words or symbol and hence it will be easy for user to remember the passwords. User can take help of Password Manager in case they feel it is difficult to set different passwords for different account e.g. LastPass free password manager.
• Opting for Virtual Private Networking: Enabling the Hotspot Shield VPN helps user to protect their privacy, secure their internet, get protection against malware, it also enables public Wi-Fi security so any malicious intruders on the same Wi-Fi network cannot access user’s data.  This is a free service. Further, OpenDNS services can further add to the browser security from various other malicious sites. The only drawback here is that the internet speed might be slowed down.
• Setting up 2F Authentication for online account: With the cyber crooks at each and every nook and corner, it is always better to set up a Two-Factor authentication for all the online accounts including Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo and Microsoft. Here, user needs to use their password for first step of log in and then the account would send a pin number or code to a secured and trusted device like user’s smartphone. This authentication is one of the best security for all the social network sites and a must for all online accounts.
• Protection from the “Phishing Scams”: Online identity theft wherein users give their personal details on illegitimate websites which is then used for various frauds is known as Phishing. There are many ways in which users can safeguard themselves against these Phishing scams. Some of them are listed below:
  • Guard against spam: Users need to be cautious of unknown emails sent by unrecognized users, emails that ask personal information, emails that ask any personal or financial information over the internet.
  • During online financial transactions always check for “https” rather than “http” as the former is secured site.
  • Do not give any financial or personal account details on phone call.Never click on links or download files or open attachments in emails from unknown senders unless you are expecting them from the sender, even if has been sent from some known sender.
  • Never send personal or financial information over internet even if you know the recipient of the email.
  • Never enter any personal information on any pop-up screen.
  • By regularly checking the bank statements and online accounts users can ensure themselves that no unauthorized transactions have been made.
  • Be careful of the links that are sent in emails which ask for personal information.
  • Most important the computer needs to be protected with proper anti virus and anti spyware software to block the computer against any spyware and malwares.
• Ensuring a strong anti virus software: Users can opt for Anti virus, Anti spyware software and Firewall software for ensuring a stronger security of their computer and online accounts as already seen in the earlier point as this will help user to prevent themselves from Phishing.
  • Antivirus software: This basically scans for any strange behaviors and patterns from programs, files and processes and then identifies the threat these malwares can produce to the computer and networks. Basically it needs to be designed in such a way as to detect and deal with the viruses, rootkits, Trojans, keyloggers, worms. Users would need to check if their anti virus software provides real time scanning or is it on demand. Further a regular scanning of the computer as well as regular update of the anti virus software can help user to keep their computer away from all the modern malware. Hence a strong anti virus is a must for all computer users.
  • On the other hand Antispyware software identifies and removes the unwanted advertising installations from the computer. Firewall Software is a strong barrier in between computer and internet world. This tries to protect the computer from any kind of external malwares and hackers which try to penetrate user’s network with the aim of damaging the computer and also getting personal information of the user.
• Add “HTTPS Everywhere” plugin for all the web browsers: Users can secure their web browser if they use the “HTTPS Everywhere extensions” for web browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome etc. This extension has been created by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Tor project and hence it is a secured and trusted one. Also it automatically switches majority of the sites from the insecure “http” to “https” and hence protects the user from being hacked or from third party supervision. This extension also provides a secure web page to be viewed and hence increases security of the user. User can thus not only protect their privacy but also can be sure of securing their accounts.
• Anonymous browsing: TOR is a free software and open source system which enables users’  for anonymous browsing. The TOR software shuffles user’s identity due to which any hacker or intelligence agency cannot read user’s browsing history. So with TOR user can ensure their browser security and privacy.
• Ensuring physical security of the PC: Users can opt for the BIOS password and this will ensure that the unauthorized use of the computer is prevented. BIOS is a program that controls the computer’s initial booting cycle as well as the hardware initialization. Remembering the BIOS password by the user is essential because if user forgets the password then it is not possible to boot the computer and it can be reset only with help of the vendor. Users also need to remember to never store any important data on any external USB device or hard drive as these are easily prone to theft. One more method that users can opt for is Encrypting their entire user account and what would this mean, this simply would mean that if user encrypts their data then all the electronic data gets converted into unreadable matter hence it is difficult for the hackers to read the data. Mostly for all the sensitive financial and personal information data encryption is very important. Users can opt for DataMask by AOL which will always protect user’s  online identification whenever user communicates online (while shopping or banking or browsing).

These are the few  steps that can ensure the protection of computer and online accounts of the user. If readers are already using any other methods for safeguarding their desktops and online accounts from malwares and hackers then please feel free to mention it in the comments section.

Top 10 popular programming languages used on GitHub

Top 10 popular programming languages used on GitHub

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Here are the top 10 programming languages used for Gits by programmers on GitHub

GitHub is a global web-based Git repository hosting service, which offers all of the distributed revision control and source code management functionality of Git as well as adding its own features. Unlike Git, which is strictly a command-line tool, GitHub provides a Web-based graphical interface and desktop as well as mobile integration. It also provides access control and several collaboration features such as bug tracking, feature requests, task management, and wikis for every project

On Wednesday, Github published a graph tracking the popularity of various programming languages on its website. In recent years, Github.com has become the primary means of housing open source software which is freely available to the world. With 10 Million users as of today, GitHub gives us the idea of which language the programmers really prefer for their coding needs.

The graph gives a closer look at the popularity of different programming languages used on its code sharing website that lets anyone edit, store, and collaborate on software code.

Here are the Top 10 Programming Languages on GitHub today:

1. JavaScript
2. Java
3. Ruby
4. PHP
5. Python
6. CSS
7. C++
8. C#
9. C
10. HTML

Java programming language looks to be the firm favourite of the programmers worldwide and has topped the race on GitHub also. A decade ago, Java was a language primarily used by enterprises like banks. But as GitHub’s data shows, it’s now at the forefront of languages used to build open source software.

Among new projects started on GitHub, Java is now the second-most popular programming language, up from seventh place in 2008. The popularity of Android smartphones has also given weight to Java as Google made Java the primary language for developing applications on Android smart devices.

On GitHub, Java is followed by Ruby on Rails, PHP, Python, and C#. C# is Microsoft’s version of Java.

The rank is calculated by a GitHub project called Linguist, which listed languages by their adoption in public and private repositories, excluding forks.

This is the list of languages which majority of codes on GitHub prefer, which language do you like the most and why. Do write it in the comments section below.

All-time App Store Ranking: Facebook Most Downloaded, Candy Crush Most Played

Short Bytes: Facebook has become the most downloaded and top iOS app since its launch in 2008 and continues to reign with the millions of downloads each month. Candy Crush, on the other hand, has become the most popular and downloaded game in just 3 years.

There are thousands of mobile applications in the app store, but there are only a few that become the most popular and used extensively worldwide. App Annie, the app store analytics firm has prepared lists of the most popular and the most profitable iOS applications of all time.

Well, the top position in the most downloaded app of all time goes toFacebook, no surprises, we know. In fact, the social media is so addictive and popular (obviously), that the second most downloaded iOS app is again of Facebook, its app Messenger.

App Annie reports that they have studied the data dating back to July 2010 to July 2015. Check out the lists of the most downloaded top iOS apps of all times.

If you look carefully, you will see that most of the top downloaded iOS apps are the messenger apps which continue to get received with the same enthusiasm and downloaded in millions each month even after years of their launch.

Now comes my favorite list, the top downloaded mobile games of all times. King’s Candy Crush Saga is the most played game since its launch in November 2012, followed by Fruit Ninja and Angry Birds.

Now there is one list of the most popular apps and then there is this list of top earning apps. When it comes to revenue earning, the list is entirely different. It is dominated by the entertainment and dating apps. The popular messenger apps are nowhere in the list.

Pandora is the highest grossing iOS app, followed by LINE and the dating app Zoosk.

The worldwide top revenue grossing games in the iOS app store shows similar patterns. Only the Clash of Clans and Candy Crush Saga managed to make both the lists, with Clash of Clans gaining the top spot, followed by Candy Crush.

Does the App Annie list of top iOS apps and games match your list? Tell us in comments below.