Role of Technology in sharing economy

Technology has very important role as sharing economy. Today I am not talking about developed countries. I will give you example of sharing economy in under developed country.

For example, Asian countries (India/ Pakistan) don’t have car pool system (Separate Road lan) on their 95% roads because both countries have very narrow road structure. Pakistan uses

Tripda app for carpooling system. It allows people to offer and accept rides easily via smartphone. If you have regular route to office or are simply going to another city and want to split cost, offer your ride on Tripda and interested people would contact you. Security is big concern in Pakistan but from 2014 to 2017, has not been reported a single incident. Tripda estimates that their platform saved 6 million rupees and reduced carbon emission by 180k KG which is equal to planting 413 trees.

It started in 13 countries including USA. It does not work in U.S because gas and tolls are cheaper than other countries which mean there is less incentive for drivers to share their rides.

AUTONOMOUS ACCELERATION

How fast do they autonomously accelerate? Here’s each car’s response to the lead car abruptly pulling out of the way (the dotted lines) compared to the track-tested best runs (all without the usual 1-foot roll-out). The Tesla Model S was the quickest, both at the track (no surprise) and in autonomous driving. The Cadillac was painfully leggy off the line, making it a target for aggressive drivers angling to cut in front of you.

Are we Social?

Despite having a significant difference in population The United States Of America and France show some similarities when it pertains to digital growth. When it comes digital ownership 85% of the people own mobile phones in the USA compared to 91% in France. In the USA 57% of the population own smart phones compared to 62% in France. 72% of Americans own a laptop or desktop computer compared to 74 percent in France. 35 percent of Americans own a tablet device compared to 32 percent in the country of France. To highlight the proximity between the two countries, 79 percent of Americans use the internet daily while 82 percent of the French use the internet daily. I guess it’s safe to say Facebook has the largest population in the world, with that being said 41 percent of America’s population belongs to Facebook and 43 percent of France's population also belongs to Facebook. The strongest connection and similarity these two countries share in my opinion exist in E-Commerce by device. In the last 30 days 66 percent of Americans purchased a product or service online. Ironically 64 percent of the French purchased a product or service online in the past 30 days. Despite the obvious geographic distances the citizens of both countries are acting alike setting similar digital trends!

PowerPoint Dashboard to show the Progress of Company (Baldwin)

Attached slides is a cockpit (Dashboard) for data visualizations for company Managers to make decisions. I have created this for a company Baldwin. If you need power point copy please leave your email in comments

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What is the Biggest Threat to Information Technology?

There are lots of security threats but today I think Phishing is very important to discuss. The most devastating attacks by the most sophisticated attackers almost always begin with simple act of spear-phishing. The fraudulent practice of sending emails ostensibly from a known or trusted sender in order to induce targeted individuals to reveal confidential information is called spear-phishing. Technology is way to fight phasing but most important is education.  Ninety-one percent of hacking attacks today begin with phishing scams or spear phishing attacks.  Preventing a spear phishing attack requires sophisticated security email solutions.

There are many examples of phishing scams but I am will discuss only three phishing techniques.

The first one is started from business email com starts from BEC fraud, where an email appearing to be sent from your boss asks you to make a payment on their behalf. According to FBI, Around 22000 organizations around the world have lost more than 3 billion to it over last three years.

Next example when you book hotel, you go to reception desk and provide all of your information (Personal, credit card etc.). Next someone from outside of the hotel (fraudster) calls the front desk and asks to forward call to your room. And then says “this is the front desk” when checking in , we came across a problem with your charge card information. Please re-read me your credit card information.

Third one is the following window. Please do not call the number listed on window with text that your computer is being hacked. They will ask your personal information and can control your computer or will ask for money to clean up your computer from virus.