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Writer/Editor with a background in PR, video game marketing, and content marketing. Bay Area native.
Mobile is the way of the future - or rather, the present - for e-commerce. Holiday shoppers continue to move away from brick-and-mortar stores to online sites, but are doing even more shopping via mobile devices than ever before. Fraudsters are growing savvy to the trend and capitalizing on the colossal amount of purchases made during the holiday season.
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) payment platforms have skyrocketed in popularity in the past few years as more people move to cash alternatives. More than 75% of Millennials have used online or mobile P2P payments, followed by 69% of Gen X and 51% of Baby Boomers.
Sixty-nine percent of American adults use social media in some form. From Facebook to Instagram, Snapchat to YouTube, social media platforms connect family, friends, and strangers in a way that is unprecedented in the annals of human history.
The gaming industry is no stranger to fraud. Major data breaches, such as the Sony and NIS America breaches, received mainstream media coverage when they occurred. But most stories about fraud in gaming do not get that level of attention, despite the fact that there are 2.2 billion gamers in the world and 1 billion (47%) of them spend money while playing.
The adoption of chip-enabled EMV credit cards has helped reduce the amount of card present fraud in brick-and-mortar stores, but for identity thieves, the necessity for someone else's credit information is the mother of invention (or ingenuity). The latest target for fraud?
The latest installment in the Yoshi's Island franchise is good, but not egg-ceptional. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island on SNES is one of my favorite games of all time, particularly because everything from the hand-drawn art style, to the tight controls, to the iconic music and enemies make it an amazing gaming experience.
The second DLC pack for Mario Kart 8 comes zooming in, and we tackle all the new content! Almost one year after the release of Mario Kart 8 comes the game's long-awaited second DLC pack, the Animal Crossing pack, complete with three new racers, four new vehicles, and eight new (and revamped) courses within two new cups.