You may be excused for not noticing the latest additions to Google Places - I don't often visit my Places page but each time I do recently I've noticed additional features popping in without much song and dance!

So just a few moments ago, Google announced that they were opening up Google+ pages for businesses - one might say a direct competitor for Facebook Pages.

Today I came across something interesting when I was checking out how our Google Places entry was performing (Google Places, for those who aren't aware, is how companies appear in Google Maps and can be accessed at google.co.uk/places) and noticed a new feature - Adwords Express - had appeared on my toolbar.

An article published by the BBC draws attention to a potential attack vector which has enabled a team of researchers to gain 120,000 mis-directed emails within six months, including usernames, passwords, and details about corporate networks.  Is this another potential attack vector that companies should seriously consider as part of their data security, or simply a PEBKAC error?!

In an article recently published on The Register, a diabetic researcher reveals that he identified a vulnerability in the software used to control the flow of life-saving insulin pumps, which would allow a hacker to gain wireless access and increase, decrease or stop the flow of insulin.  He had contacted the company producing the pump - Medtronic - numerous times to report the vulnerability, and was ignored.