The World's First Bluetooth Digital Piggybank for Kids

From The Financial Brand -

“Meet Clever Kash, an innovative device in the shape of an adorable toy elephant that uses Bluetooth technology, WiFi and online banking to bring the piggybank into the 21st century.

Let’s face it… Trying to teaching kids the value of money has always been a tough task. Money already seems like an abstraction to them, but in a cashless society the concept becomes even more ethereal. Gone are the days when parents tossed loose pocket change at their kids, and teenagers might just as soon prefer getting Bitcoins instead of the traditional birthday check from their grandparents.

Cash and coins are simply a lot less common these days, and this absence of tangible currency has made the future for piggybanks look pretty bleak.

That is until now.

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Beware of scary WiFi Virus

From Finextra –

“It’s called Chameleon—a computer virus—but maybe it should be called FrankenVirus. You wouldn’t believe what it can do: literally move through the air, as in airborne—like a biological pathogen.

And like some Franken-creation, it came from a laboratory, cultivated at the University of Liverpool’s School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and Electronics.”

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Employee attitudes to wi-fi security put businesses at risk

From Continuity Central

“UK employees are potentially putting their companies at risk of cyber-attack when using mobile devices for work purposes while on holiday or on a short break, new research has found.

The ‘Beach to Breach’ research commissioned by Sourcefire, now part of Cisco, found that 77 percent of UK workers surveyed usually take their work devices with them on holiday, with 72 percent choosing to spend up to one or two hours per day keeping up with what’s going on in the office. Over 80 percent of directors, mid-managers and senior level employees admitted to taking their work device on holiday, and even the most junior employees are also keen to stay connected while away with 50 percent unwilling to leave their work device at home.”

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