Entrepreneurial Idea: Myheadline.com will be a social media website that facilitates the reading and sharing of a wide array of news stories. The idea is for people to create a user account, much like Twitter, Facebook or Linkedin accounts, that will allow the user to subscribe to a variety of local and national newspapers that will then appear in a single home. This will facilitate the user to browse through several sources of news simultaneously.


This week we talked in class about computer forensics and how identity theft occurs, can be avoided, and dealt with. At first sight, one would no think that an entrepreneurial idea could incorporate computer forensics into its functionality. However, a site as such could be instrumental in reaching out and educating people about this problem.


With a wide database of newspaper articles, various archives can be created in which information and articles about a certain topic can be accessed, thus providing a wide source of information for readers. In terms of commuter forensics and identity theft, it can be used to educate people about identity theft through newspaper stories about cases of identity theft and also through articles that deal with it. If the site has many users, a campaign to educate them can be launched.


As a company, Myheadline.com can also take a certain steps to protect itself and its users from identity theft. Appropriate means of getting rid of servers with personal data of users would be taken, especially if Myheadline.com sells subscriptions to major newspapers and thus holds credit and debit card numbers of users.