Google’s Purchase of Motorola Mobility has Future Implications
Google stunned the globe on August 15th by agreeing on a $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility. Google will dip into their $39 billion cash reserve to purchase the initial phone manufacturer to...
View ArticleAndroid Overtakes Java Micro as the Most Attacked Platform
Google’s Android is now the most frequently attacked platform, overtaking Java Micro Edition, according to McAfee’s quarterly report on threats. Of the 1,200 samples of mobile malware analyzed and...
View ArticlePhone Thief Identifies Himself via Photobucket, Accidentally of Course
Photobucket has introduced a cool new mobile application. It allows a user to upload a mobile picture to the photo-sharing site automatically. Who wouldn’t love that? Korey Heess probably doesn’t care...
View ArticleGoogle Decides to Trim Their Offerings
Following a steady stream of changes over the past few months, the search leader has announced they will be trimming their offerings. In the upcoming few months, Google intends to shut down many...
View ArticlePolice Help Apple Track down Missing iPhone
Here is more proof that history can indeed repeat itself. The San Francisco Police Department has confirmed that they have helped Apple search for an iPhone 5 prototype that disappeared in July. The...
View ArticleFacebook Draws the Line
By Ellis Hamburger: The change marks a watershed moment in Facebook’s history and the end of a dream — Mark Zuckerberg’s dream — of a world where everything you eat, do, play, pin, visit, or listen to...
View ArticleGoogle Axes Chrome Plug-Ins
By Seth Rosenblatt : Google said in a blog post that the multi-year plan will make Chrome a faster and more secure Web browser by eliminating security and instability problems that the Netscape plug-in...
View ArticleSetting Up Your Very Own Malware Detection on the Mac
By Southeastern Data: Us Mac fans don’t normally have to deal with Malware much, but in today’s world, you can never be too safe. On Apple’s site, they show you how a Mac user can protect their...
View ArticleApple’s iPhone Making Waves in Eye Care [Video]
By Sumi Das at CNET: Doctors at Stanford University have found a way to use the iPhone to help prevent blindness, particularly in rural areas and developing nations. They’re using the iPhone’s camera...
View ArticleGoogle and its YouTube Video Quality Report
By Paul Sawers at thenextweb: The report shows you the YouTube video quality your ISP is able to stream. And if that little twirly ‘buffer’ wheel is a regular feature of your YouTube viewing, well, the...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S5 Leaked Photos
By Derek Kessler at androidcentral: Whether those rubber-looking bumpers on the top and bottom are enough to truly earn the “Active” name, we can’t say for sure. But it certainly looks the part. Check...
View ArticleUK Has Student Loan Problems Too
By Caroline Donnelly at itpro: The Student Loans Company in the UK is agreeing to tighten up its data handling after having student’s personal documents disclosed to unauthorized third party...
View ArticleBlippar Launches a New Platform for Google Glass
By Dean Takahashi at venturebeat: Blippar announced on May 29, 2014 that those who are using Google Glass have had the augmented reality apps extended to their platform. Using Google Glass, you could...
View ArticleSugarSync Redesigns App And Offers a Discount
By Eric Blattberg at venturebeat: SugarSync has updated its app, redesigned it and intends to do the same for its iOS and Android apps soon. They will also have an update for mobile redesign and are...
View ArticleTop Security Technologies for 2014
By Saroj Kar at cloudtimes: Organizations are dedicating increasing resources to security and risk. Security and risk leaders need to fully engage with the latest technology trends if they are to...
View ArticleFlash Player Gets A Security Fix
By Larry Seltzer at zdnet: Adobe has announced they have released three fixes for critical vulnerabilities in their platform. There are downloads available for whatever operating system you use and if...
View ArticleMicrosoft Fixes Vulnerabilities
By Larry Seltzer at zdnet: Microsoft has listed 29 Windows vulnerabilities that they’ve made patches for on their cumulative update for Internet Explorer. There are only six updates, but the first one...
View ArticleApple Releases Numerous Security Fixes
By Larry Seltzer at zdnet: Apple has released new versions of OS X, Safari, iOS and Apple TV and disclosed the vulnerabilities that were fixed. They listed 60 unique ones, and as is the case, some of...
View ArticleGoogle And Yahoo Domains Could Be Faked
By Larry Seltzer at zdnet: Microsoft has announced that an agency of the government of India, the National Informatics Centre (NIC) certificate authority has released false domains. They have released...
View ArticleMicrosoft Has A Significant Change In Policy
By Cade Metz at wired: All eyes were on the carefully designed—and carefully publicized—corporate memo from new CEO Satya Nadella. But that same morning, Microsoft released a far better illustration of...
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