As the world of technology becomes more advanced, so do the hackers as the biggest data breach looms. Russian hackers have stolen close to 1.2 billion internet credentials from major US companies and retailers which has resulted in the biggest data breach in history. A security firm, Hold Security stated that the hackers, “CyberVor” have … Read more
Your bag of potato chips may be spying on you. What? Scientists have worked out a way to listen to your conversation through a potato chip bag. Researchers at MIT, Microsoft and Adobe have created an algorithm that can reconstruct an audio signal by analyzing minute vibrations. From these minute vibrations, scientists were able to … Read more
Samsung has lost it’s reign over the Chinese market as Xiaomi becomes the number one handset. Xiaomi has become China’s top selling smartphone brand in the second quarter with 15 million sold which is a three-fold surge from last year. Samsung has been leading the smartphone market for the last two years as well as … Read more
Google have updated their Analytics software making website statistics more accurate than ever before. The new update to Google Analytics includes an easier detection method for bots and spiders, helping to give those who run websites a clearer and more accurate indication of their traffic. According to a report, bots accounts for nearly a third … Read more
Could Google be using their email monitoring and filtering services for good? Google has reported and identified a man to a child protection agency after discovering explicit photos of children in his inbox. John Henry Skillern became a red flag for Google when they noticed that he was sending naked images of a young girl. … Read more
Google is planning to separate its photo service from Google+. Google+, which is the companies answer to Facebook, is planning to launch a standalone photo-sharing system in order to attract more users. Currently an estimated 1.5 billion photos are uploaded to Google+ every week and by presenting a stand alone photo service, it is hoped … Read more
A Law student has filed a class action lawsuit against Facebook for privacy violations. An Austrian law student has decided to file a class action lawsuit against Facebook privacy violations. Max Schrems is suing the social media giant for 500 euros and is urging other Europeans to join him in his battle against Facebook. According … Read more
Facebook experienced a short outage yesterday morning which resulted in some disgruntled users calling 911. It was your typical Friday morning in America, except for the fact that Facebook was down, resulting in wide spread pandemonium. Instead of just getting on with the morning routine, users began calling emergency services, asking when Facebook would be … Read more
President Barack Obama has signed a bill making it legal for cellphones to be unlocked from their wireless providers. The new bill is definitely a welcome one for consumers who can now change over wireless providers without being locked to a particular network. The bill signed by the President states that customers can legally unlock … Read more
The long discussed Beats and Apple merger has officially been finalized today and with that announcement comes the news of lay-offs. Apple is planning to lay off around 200 Beats employees, which doesn’t seem like a big number until you realize that they only had a staff of around 700 people. This nearly 30% lay-off … Read more
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