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Kids’ Online Game Moshi Monsters Hits 50 Million Registered Users

Published by pratyushkp on June 6th, 2011 - in Social, Technology
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Two-year old online game Moshi Monsters has just reached a sizable milestone: 50 million registered users.

Moshi Monsters is a social online game/community that allows kids 6 to 12 to adopt virtual pets, tool around a virtual land called Monstro City, play games to earn virtual currency and communicate with other kids in a moderated, safe environment. The franchise also includes toys (coming soon), books, video games, trading cards and a Moshi magazine. Moshi will also soon begin its foray into music, live tours, a TV platform and film.

Moshi, founded by London-based startup Mind Candy, also reports that it has more than 15 million registered users (out of the total 50 million) in North America. Apparently, the game gets one signup per second.

Fifty million is a pretty hefty community, but it makes sense considering the rise of the digital native we have been privy to lately. In October, a study conducted by Internet security firm AVG found that 92% of children in the U.S. have an online presence by the time they are two, compared to 73% in western Europe.

Source :- http://mashable.com

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Facebook And Twitter Get An F On Security Report Card

Published by pratyushkp on November 11th, 2010 - in Social, Technology

Facebook and Twitter have failed a security exam conducted by “security think tank” Digital Society.

An Exam conducted by Digital Society, a self-professed security think tank has given popular social networking sites Facebook and twitter a F grade.

According to Digital Society, the main problem with Facebook and Twitter is that neither site allows full Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protection. Both sites create unencrypted sessions for the user by default. Although the actual logins are encrypted, they’re not authenticated–which means you can’t pull up security information in your browser to verify the sites’ identities.

While Google’s Gmail service received an “A” grade for implementing safeguards, such as SSL authentication and browsing.

The Report Card as released by Digital Society

Source: digitalsociety

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