Russian Indicted in US on Charges of Hacking LinkedIn A federal grand jury in California has indicted a Russian man for hacking computers belonging to LinkedIn Corp , Dropbox and Formspring, the US Justice Department said on Friday. Yevgeniy Nikulin was arrested on October 5 by officials in the Czech Republic and remains in custody in Prague, the Justice Department ... Read More »
Twitter Reportedly Planning 300 More Job Cuts as Soon as This Week HIGHLIGHTS The company may cut about 8 percent of the workforce Announcement may come before Twitter releases third-quarter earnings Twitter is trying to control spending as sales growth slows Twitter Inc. is planning widespread job cuts, to be announced as soon as this week, according to people familiar ... Read More »
Facebook Messenger Adds PayPal as a Payment Option HIGHLIGHTS PayPal announced its partnership with Facebook to start payments service PayPal will notify users and send them payment receipts It will begin rolling out starting the US The payment options on one of the world’s most used instant messaging apps, Facebook Messenger, has now widened. While previously Facebook Messenger only supported ... Read More »
Facebook’s Prisma-Like App Converts Live Videos Into Work of Art in Real-Time HIGHLIGHTS Release timeline for the feature not announced Company termed the feature as “style transfer” app App showcased at WSJDLive event It certainly seems like Facebook has become obsessed with its live video feature. The social media networking giant has not only been pushing the feature to all ... Read More »
Snap Interactive Wants Judge to Bar Snapchat From Changing Its Name to Snap Inc. Snapchat recently announced that it would now be known as Snap Inc. in a rebranding meant to send the message that the company was “bigger than one app.” But in aiming to broaden itself into a storytelling platform for the likes of Disney and others, Snapchat ... Read More »
Asus Chromebit-B019C, Kindle‘s entry-level mode, and Skullcandy Uproar S5URHW-509 are some interesting gift options If you have been busy at work and missed taking advantage of the ongoing Diwali festivals on online stores, there is still some time as the third round of the sales will continue for a couple more days. And if you need to gift something to ... Read More »
The Assistant is always at the ready on the Pixel phone and can be summoned by pressing the home button or saying the words ‘OK Google.’ Photo: Reuters About six months ago, people working on hardware and the voice-activated Google Assistant for the Pixel phone started sitting next to each other at the company’s Mountain View, California headquarters, hammering out ... Read More »
Zombie Anarchy is a fun game and will keep you thoroughly engaged. Last month has been pretty impressive as far as mobile games are concerned. We saw several high-profile console game franchises making a debut on Android and iOS platforms with gameplay attuned for smaller screen. While some of them like the FIFA Mobile have been disappointing, the likes of ... Read More »
The batteries of the EMotion are made using graphene, with focus on longer range, better life of the battery pack and also faster charging speeds. If you don’t succeed at first, try again. That is exactly what automotive designer Henrik Fisker is doing. Back in 2008, Fisker Automotive made the Karma sedan. It was a great hit with the Hollywood ... Read More »
The security exploit, by a group Microsoft calls Strontium, was discovered by Google’s Threat Analysis Group and announced on Monday. Photo: AFP Seattle: Microsoft Corp. said a computer-hacking group that has previously targeted government agencies attacked its Windows software and Adobe Systems Inc.’s Flash product. The company will release a security patch for its operating system on 8 November, Windows ... Read More »
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