Griffin Technology

Anyone who is following a large number of people on Twitter should be used to the amount of Twitter phishing schemes occurring lately. I’m constantly receiving suspicious direct messages (DMs). You should never click links that seem strange, you should also never give anyone your cell number.

That all said. If you do click a link, because you simply can’t resist, watch out for this!

*** Always look at the URL on the page you’re sent to. ***

This is not Twitter.com that you would be logging in to. Those that fall for this give their username and passwords away. So if you receive strange DMs from people you actually know, this is likely how it’s happened.

This type of phishing scam happens in many different ways such as banking, Ebay and PayPal. Be careful what you click and always look at that domain, if it’s not www.twitter.com it’s not legitimate.

The other trick is to login to Twitter and click Settings and Connections. Have a look at what applications you’ve given third parties permission to. If there’s something there suspicious or that you’re simply not using click Revoke Access.

By following these tips you’ll help reduce the amount of spam and scams on Twitter. Here’s a great resource for other ways to be sure you’re secure.

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Blip.FM is randomly selecting 3 lucky DJs each Friday for the next four weeks to win our Power Prize Pack! It’s 100% free to enter.

The Power Prize Pack includes:

• 1 X PowerDuo Reserve AC and car charger plus rechargeable backup battery.
• 1 X iTrip AutoPilot Charge/control/play your iPod or iPhone on your car stereo.

3 steps to enter:

1. simply include the hashtag: #griffin when you blip a song to Twitter.
2. be sure you’re following @griffintech and @blipfm on Twitter.
3. add GriffinTech as a Blip.FM favorite (here’s how).

That’s it. Easy!

If you’re on Twitter and not using Blip.FM you’re missing out. Watch the video to see why you should be a Blip.FM DJ.

3 winners will be randomly selected on Friday, September 11, 18, 25 and October 2. So get blipping today!

Still confused? Check out Blip’s FAQ for more details on how to blip a song to Twitter.

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Your messy desks are inspiration for our Share Your Mess | Simplifi Giveaway.

Enter to win 1 of 3 Simplifi dock/USB/card readers today!

Step 1. Snap a photo of your messy desk.
Step 2. Upload the photo to Flickr.
Step 3. Join our Share Your Mess group and add the photo.
Step 4. Wait until 4pm CDT when we announce 3 random winners of a Simplifi dock/USB/card reader.
Step 5. Follow us on Twitter as we announce the winners daily.

We’ll be picking winners throughout the week starting today until next Thursday.

Good luck!

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We’ve teamed up with our friends at Evernote to give away ten Clarifi iPhone 3G cases each week during March. Evernote is an award winning service that lets you upload images to it’s servers. Then you can search the images later using their cool text recognition function.

Picture yourself on a flight returning from a conference. You would normally be dreading the notion of having to enter each business card manually in your address book. Using Clarifi’s built-in close-up lens, you can easily snap clear shots of the cards then upload them to Evernote once you’re back on the ground.

Using Evernote, you can quickly search your contacts from the images of the cards. It even recognizes text in logos.

To be entered in the giveaway, simply add the hashtag #EvernoteClarifiGiveaway in a tweet on Twitter. Evernote will randomly select 10 winners each week. It’s that easy! We’re posting the videos on our Facebook fan page, so have a peak to see if you’ve won. Good luck.

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