The holiday shopping season is in full swing and our pals at BitDefender are here to share best practices for safe holiday shopping!
Shopping via mobile devices and through social media instead of using home and office computers is a new trend this year. According to the MobileMarketing Association, 59 percent of consumers plan to use their mobile device for holiday shopping and planning. A separate study found 54 percent of retailers plan to use social media to reach consumers during the holidays this year. With so much holiday activity happening around mobile and social media sites, just as consumers need to know about deals, they also need to know how to avoid scams.
I don’t know about you but I live and work on Facebook. That is why I totally excited to introduce you to a wonderful new app created by BitDefender: It is called safego and it was created specifically to protect your Facebook account.
Brilliant, right?
safego was designed to protect us from prying eyes and e-threats while also allowing us to safely access shared pictures, videos, and files. It curbs threats to personal privacy, spam attacks, and malware distribution campaigns.
How does it work?
Installing safego provides:
Privacy protection- You’ll be warned when you should modify your Facebook privacy settings so that personal information isn’t exposed.
Automatic scanning- Just press the “scan now” button to get a snapshot of your Facebook security status.
24/7 protection- Your account is protected even when you’re not logged into Facebook.
Protection for your friends- You’ll have the ability to warn your friends about infected links in their Facebook accounts.
Since safego is in BETA version, BitDefender would like you to be a part of this new product by sharing your opinion during the final testing phase. Direct feedback will be used by the company to make final tweaks.
For more information about keeping yourself and your family safe online, I highly recommend you visit BitMoms.com, a community dedicated to providing free resources and a place for parents to seek advice about keeping children (and moms!) safe on the internet.
Disclosure: I am sharing this information as a BitMom Blog Network Member. No compensation was received for this post, however, I do receive a stipend to attend a blogging conference of my choice.
So yesterday, my adorable, innocent kids were all excited to share a funny YouTube video with me that they had found over the weekend. They begged their daddy to find it again because it was “me” and it was “hilarious.”
Having viewed said video I do agree (wince!) that it is indeed “hilarious” (!) and um, yeah, I guess it is “me.”
That smarts.
I think I have some re-prioritizing to do. Don’t you? (Feel free to chuckle…)
If you are a seasoned blogger you might want to move along because I am about to wax poetic about something you have already fallen in love with…PICNIK.
I just love that website.
Picnik is online photo editing made super fun. You can do anything on there: edits, resize, retouch, frame, create a slideshow, anything… And it is easy enough that your kids can get creative as well.
One example:
I know, right? It has a ton of practical applications, especially if you are a blogger or enjoy digital scrapbooking. But, in the end it is just a blast to play with.
The prevalence of computers in our daily lives means that our children are exposed to them at a very early age. Our kids watch our every move, including those online, and want to emulate the behavior they see. Regardless of the many benefits that constant internet access brings, the online world remains a risky place for kids.
BitDefender’s new Protecting Children Online guide is a downloadable PDF that’s designed to be shared with friends, family members, and community groups to spread the word about online safety.
Protecting Children Online provides an overview of the risks and dangers kids can be subjected to on the internet and e-threats designed to target personal data. It also contains tips for children, teens, parents, and teachers with practical advice and easy to implement solutions that can assist you in protecting your family online.
This guide that can be emailed, printed, and shared with friends and loved ones alike in order to keep everyone safe in cyberspace.
Hey gang: This article was provided as exclusive content by BitDefender because of my role as a BitMom Blog Network Member. No compensation was received for sharing this post however, BitMoms does provide me with a conference stipend and other materials to help me facilitate sharing topics of internet safety and security with my readers and through the BitMom Community.
Shopping via mobile devices and through social media instead of using home and office computers is a new trend this year. According to the MobileMarketing Association, 59 percent of consumers plan to use their mobile device for holiday shopping and planning. A separate study found 54 percent of retailers plan to use social media to reach consumers during the holidays this year. With so much holiday activity happening around mobile and social media sites, just as consumers need to know about deals, they also need to know how to avoid scams.
BitDefender
Installing safego provides:
