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OAuth, OpenID security flaw can be exploited to steal personal info, redirect users to unsafe sites — Serious security flaw in OAuth and OpenID discovered — Malicious attackers can use the ‘Covert Redirect’ vulnerability in the OAuth 2. and OpenID open-source login systems to steal …
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Apple, Facebook, others defy authorities, notify users of secret data demands — Major U.S. technology companies have largely ended the practice of quietly complying with investigators' demands for e-mail records and other online data, saying that users have a right to know in advance …
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White House report on Big Data calls for limits on online data collection by tech companies — Call for Limits on Web Data of Customers — WASHINGTON — The White House, hoping to move the national debate over privacy beyond the National Security Agency's surveillance activities … | David Kravets / Ars Technica: |
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Angela Ahrendts officially starts role as Apple's new Senior VP of Retail and Online Stores — Angela Ahrendts has officially taken the reins of Apple's new Senior Vice President of Retail and Online Stores. Ahrendts's last day as the CEO of Burberry was yesterday, and Apple's website …
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Wild Rumor of Apple EarPods with Biometric Sensors Has Roots in Apple's Research — A seemingly wild rumor of Apple planning to launch new EarPods headphones with integrated heart rate and blood pressure sensors has been making the rounds today after the claim was posted on anonymous information sharing platform Secret (via Reddit).| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
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New LG G3 photo leaks, specs detailed: 5.5" 534 ppi QHD display, 13MP camera with OIS+ image stabilization — Exclusive: LG G3 specs detailed as new photo surfaces — With the official announcement fast approaching, LG is having an increasing hard time keeping its upcoming flagship under wraps.| Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom: |
Google sued for requiring OEMs to bundle its mobile apps, make search and location services default on Android phones — Google uses secret Android deals for illegal search monopoly, lawsuit claims — Google requires Samsung, HTC and other mobile device makers that use the Android operating system …
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| Chris O'Brien / Los Angeles Times: |
Activists sue San Francisco to stop shuttles of Facebook, Apple, and Google from using public bus stops — Activists sue San Francisco over ‘Google buses’ — A shuttle to the Google campus loads passengers in San Francisco. (Liz Hafalia / San Francisco Chronicle / October 23, 2012)| Nathaniel Mott / PandoDaily: |
By splitting in two, Foursquare joins Facebook, Google, and Dropbox in the great unbundling — Foursquare has split its mobile application into two applications — one focused on discovering new places and the other, called Swarm, focused on helping users share their location with their friends.
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| Jordan Golson / MacRumors: |
iTunes Match Expands to Japan — Apple is expanding its iTunes Match service to Japan, according to a MacRumors tipster and the company's iTunes Match availability website. The service, which costs ¥3,980 per year, allows iTunes users to match their existing iTunes libraries …
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| Chad Buenaflor / The Droid Guy: |
Cooliris Launches New Gallery App for Android Devices — If you own an Android device then you might not know it but the Gallery app used as the default photo browser in your device is made by Cooliris. Today, the company has introduced a new alternative gallery app for Android devices …
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Canadian Telcos Asked to Disclose Subscriber Data Every 27 Seconds — Every 27 seconds. Minute after minute, hour after hour, day after day, week after week, month after month. Canadian telecommunications providers, who collect massive amounts of data about their subscribers …
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Twitter is experimenting with a mute feature in its mobile apps — One of the most-requested features for Twitter's mobile apps may be on the cusp of arriving. Users of the company's iOS and Android clients are now seeing an option to mute accounts that they follow, preventing another user's tweets … | Caroline Moss / Business Insider: |
High school teacher says new Snapchat update disrupted her class, had to take all phones away, students were in “near panic” — High-school teacher: In 16 Years Of Teaching, Nothing Has Disrupted My Classroom More Than Snapchat's New Update — Yesterday, Snapchat released a huge update, its biggest in months.| Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
EFF releases Privacy Badger browser extension that blocks third-party trackers for Chrome and Firefox — Help EFF Test Privacy Badger, Our New Tool to Stop Creepy Online Tracking — EFF is launching a new extension for Firefox and Chrome called Privacy Badger.| Charles Arthur / Guardian: |
Kantar data suggests UK smartphone penetration will reach a ceiling of 91% by Q3 2017 — The death of the featurephone in the UK - and what's next — More than nine years of data on UK smartphones means we can forecast how many people might stick with ‘featurephones’ - like the popular Nokia 6310 … Sponsor Posts
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