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RT @Techmeme: Kasperky Lab report details spy capabilities of Stuxnet-linked actor dubbed "Equation Group"

RT @Techmeme: Kasperky Lab report details spy capabilities of Stuxnet-linked actor dubbed "Equation Group"

RT @Techmeme: Apple can build a car but would face low margins and issues developing autonomous driving tech

RT @Techmeme: Apple can build a car but would face low margins and issues developing autonomous driving tech

RT @Techmeme: Samsung's first 14nm SoC is a 64-bit, 8-core Exynos aimed at high-end phones (@andrewwrites)

RT @Techmeme: Samsung's first 14nm SoC is a 64-bit, 8-core Exynos aimed at high-end phones (@andrewwrites)

RT @Techmeme: Sparrow Flies Away, As Google Finally Pulls iOS And Mac Email Apps From Apple's Stores

RT @Techmeme: Sparrow Flies Away, As Google Finally Pulls iOS And Mac Email Apps From Apple's Stores

A year ago US cell carriers agreed to implement more lenient unlocking policies. I compared what they committed to do with what they actually did. Here are the results:

Leo's tool

Smartflash doesn’t make any products and its only business is licensing seven patents issued between 2008 and 2012, which Racz co-invented. Its address is a suite in an office building across the street from the courthouse where the trial was held.

At the time we were unable to identify the perpetrators but we now think that they could be related to the NSA and GCHQ operation. These intrusions only affected the outer parts of our networks – our office networks - which are in contact with the outside world. The SIM encryption keys and other customer data in general, are not stored on these networks. It is important to understand that our network architecture is designed like a cross between an onion and an orange; it has multiple layers and segments which help to cluster and isolate data. While the intrusions described above were serious, sophisticated attacks, nothing was detected in other parts of our network. No breaches were found in the infrastructure running our SIM activity or in other parts of the secure network which manage our other products such as banking cards, ID cards or electronic passports. Each of these networks is isolated from one another and they are not connected to external networks.

Mahajan and Poloney told me last fall that the company’s aim was to make launching and optimizing a Facebook ad campaign as easy as possible for mobile app developers by automatically creating and testing “hundreds of variants” for each campaign. In its announcement, Toro writes that joining Google will give team members access to more resources and distribution, allowing them to “continue our mission of making the lives of app developers easier.”

icrosoft is now pushing customers to use Skype in Outlook.com, in a move that feels similar to the retirement of the Windows Live Messenger service back in late 2012. Both Google and Facebook services will disappear from Outlook.com in the coming weeks.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. February 24, 2015 – Android and iOS inched closer to total domination of the worldwide smartphone market in both the fourth quarter (4Q14) and the calendar year 2014 (CY14). According to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Android and iOS accounted for 96.3% of all smartphone shipments, up slightly from 95.6% in 4Q13 and from 93.8% in CY13. In terms of year-over-year shipment growth, Android outpaced the overall smartphone market for CY14 (32.0% vs 27.7%, respectively) while iOS beat the market in 4Q14 (46.1% vs 29.2%, respectively).

One month after launching on iOS, Twitter’s “While You Were Away” feature is finally available for Android users.

Now, Reddit is starting to change its views, if only ever so slightly. Reddit announced a change to its privacy policy on Tuesday that prohibits posting nude photos or videos of people engaged in sex acts without their prior consent to have it posted.

RT @Techmeme: Cook teases 'ton' of Apple Watch announcements, including Panera Bread, Salesforce…

RT @Techmeme: Cook teases 'ton' of Apple Watch announcements, including Panera Bread, Salesforce…

Apple Watch may be available outside US shortly after launch

Led By iPhone 6, Apple Passed Samsung In Q4 Smartphone Sales, 1.9B Mobiles Sold Overall In 2014

In an interview with Reuters, Obama said he was concerned about Beijing's plans for a far-reaching counterterrorism law that would require technology firms to hand over encryption keys, the passcodes that help protect data, and install security "backdoors" in their systems to give Chinese authorities surveillance access.

Apple will kill free music with Beats revamp

Apple Watch pricing, availability, surprises & more, here’s what to expect at Apple’s event

Quebec resident Alain Philippon to fight charge for not giving up phone password at airport

The Apple Watch Is Time, Saved

Sources offer hands-on Apple Watch details: battery life, unannounced features, and more

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RT @Techmeme: Google opens first ever Google Shop in London (@grahamtruddick / Telegraph)

RT @Techmeme: Google opens first ever Google Shop in London (@grahamtruddick / Telegraph)