01 May 2014 // commonkey
The CommonKey team headed over to one of the largest tech events in NYC, NY Tech Day. Instead of setting up a booth, our mascot, Coco, decided to make the rounds at NY Tech Day to say hello to some of the awesome NY-based startups that are making a difference in the world. Coco was passing out bananas and taking lots of photos and selfies with the people who makeup the NYC startup community. Below are some photos of Coco and their teams.
01 May 2014 // commonkey
After 4 exciting months, the CommonKey team concluded NYC-based ERA‘s accelerator program, being one of ten startups in their sixth class. We had a chance to highlight all the progress the company has made in such a short amount of time. To learn more about the event, details can be found on one of the various media blogs covering the event. Links are below, along with a couple of additional photos. Here are the 10 startups graduating New York’s ER Accelerator today These 10 hot startups just rolled out of ER Accelerator Data, Dinner Parties, and … a Monkey Take Over ERA Demo Day
23 Apr 2014 // Andrew Stroup
Cyber insurance sales have skyrocketed in the past year as companies begin to realize how much damage data breaches can do to their businesses. While high profile hacks like the one that roiled Target last year have captured the vast majority of news headlines, increasing numbers of small and medium size businesses are finding themselves under attack.
22 Apr 2014 // Andrew Stroup
By now you’ve probably guessed that this blogger is somewhat passionate about information security. From poor password management to epic hacks, the range of security issues we face spans the gamut of incredulous to down right weird. These risks will in all probability increase we seek incorporate technology into our everyday devices and lives, dramatically raising the stakes for consumers and businesses alike. But the potential risks to businesses don’t stop at computers. Manufacturing has emerged another front for innovation as managers adapt their machines to communicate with each other wirelessly to produce efficiency gains. If a hacker were to gain access to my coffeemaker and made it spew grounds across the counter, it would be an annoying yet relatively simple cleanup process. if a hacker were to break into one of Maxwell House’s coffee grinders…the sky’s the limit.
15 Apr 2014 // Andrew Stroup
As Ars Technica has reported, the security of Samsung’s heavily marketed fingerprint sensor in their new Galaxy S5 phone has been defeated by hackers, who were able to gain unfettered access to a PayPal account linked to the device.
