Virtual mobile network Helio is back from the dead
For reasons unclear, Ubi Telecom, a mobile company that focuses on Korean-speaking Americans, is betting that Helio can make a successful comeback. The zombie carrier will operate on Sprint's network, just like before, and will also have a roaming agreement with Verizon Wireless. Helio's $29 per month rate plan will get you unlimited talk, text and data — sounds g...
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Virtual mobile network Helio is back from the deadFor reasons unclear, Ubi Telecom, a mobile company that focuses on Korean-speaking Americans, is betting that Helio can make a successful comeback. The zombie carrier will operate on Sprint's network, just like before, and will also have a roaming agreement with Verizon Wireless. Helio's $29 per month rate plan will get you unlimited talk, text and data — sounds g...PlatformsJuly 7, 2015, 0:37:50Virtual mobile network Helio is back from the deadsource: http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/6/8903587/helio-mobile-network-sprint-comeback | July 7, 2015, 0:37:50
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The FBI Spent $775K on Hacking Team’s Spy Tools Since 2011
THE FBI IS one of the clients who bought hacking software from the private Italian spying agency Hacking Team, which was itself the victim of a recent hack. It’s long been suspected that the FBI used Hacking Team’s tools, but with the publication yesterday of internal documents, invoices, emails and even product source code from the company, we now have the first concrete evide...
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The FBI Spent $775K on Hacking Team’s Spy Tools Since 2011THE FBI IS one of the clients who bought hacking software from the private Italian spying agency Hacking Team, which was itself the victim of a recent hack. It’s long been suspected that the FBI used Hacking Team’s tools, but with the publication yesterday of internal documents, invoices, emails and even product source code from the company, we now have the first concrete evide...SecurityJuly 7, 2015, 0:35:57The FBI Spent $775K on Hacking Team’s Spy Tools Since 2011source: http://www.wired.com/2015/07/fbi-spent-775k-hacking-teams-spy-tools-since-2011/ | July 7, 2015, 0:35:57
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Proxy Services Are Not Safe. Try These Alternatives
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE across the world use free proxy services to bypass censorship filters, improve online security, and access websites that aren’t available in their country. But an analysis has found those free services come at an unexpected cost for users: their privacy and security. Christian Haschek, an Austria-based security researcher, wrote a script that analyzed 443 open ...
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Proxy Services Are Not Safe. Try These AlternativesMILLIONS OF PEOPLE across the world use free proxy services to bypass censorship filters, improve online security, and access websites that aren’t available in their country. But an analysis has found those free services come at an unexpected cost for users: their privacy and security. Christian Haschek, an Austria-based security researcher, wrote a script that analyzed 443 open ...TechnologyJuly 7, 2015, 0:35:0Proxy Services Are Not Safe. Try These Alternativessource: http://www.wired.com/2015/07/proxy-services-totally-unsecure-alternatives/ | July 7, 2015, 0:35:0
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Editorial: Taking off the Apple Watch for one week
"Quick proposal," began the message from managing editor Mike Wuerthele. "How about not wearing your Apple Watch for seven days?" I've just gulped typing those words to you and it's some hours since the message. When this happened I was a little bit more tetchy, explaining that I couldn't do this because – quite reasonably â...
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Editorial: Taking off the Apple Watch for one week"Quick proposal," began the message from managing editor Mike Wuerthele. "How about not wearing your Apple Watch for seven days?" I've just gulped typing those words to you and it's some hours since the message. When this happened I was a little bit more tetchy, explaining that I couldn't do this because – quite reasonably â...Apple/iOSJuly 7, 2015, 0:31:50Editorial: Taking off the Apple Watch for one weeksource: http://www.macnn.com/articles/15/07/06/they.are.making.me.do.it.129388/ | July 7, 2015, 0:31:50
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An 82,000-square foot LEGO House is coming, and everything looks awesome
LEGO devotees will probably make a pilgrimage to Billund, Denmark next year. That's where the world's largest toy company, which had its humble beginnings in Billund, is constructing a full-sized LEGO House designed entirely in the brick-by-brick aesthetic....
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An 82,000-square foot LEGO House is coming, and everything looks awesomeLEGO devotees will probably make a pilgrimage to Billund, Denmark next year. That's where the world's largest toy company, which had its humble beginnings in Billund, is constructing a full-sized LEGO House designed entirely in the brick-by-brick aesthetic....LegoJuly 6, 2015, 16:59:34An 82,000-square foot LEGO House is coming, and everything looks awesomesource: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/82-000-square-foot-lego-113200465.html | July 6, 2015, 16:59:34
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Reddit CEO Ellen Pao responds to admin firing outrage as petition against her gains steam
The furor surrounding the firing of popular Reddit administrator Victoria Taylor took a new turn on Friday, when company CEO Ellen Pao commented on the resulting backlash. After Taylor's termination, several Reddit boards were set to private by their respective moderators, in a show of protest against the decision....
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Reddit CEO Ellen Pao responds to admin firing outrage as petition against her gains steamThe furor surrounding the firing of popular Reddit administrator Victoria Taylor took a new turn on Friday, when company CEO Ellen Pao commented on the resulting backlash. After Taylor's termination, several Reddit boards were set to private by their respective moderators, in a show of protest against the decision....PlatformsJuly 5, 2015, 15:17:56Reddit CEO Ellen Pao responds to admin firing outrage as petition against her gains steamsource: http://mashable.com/2015/07/04/ellen-pao-reddit-petition/ | July 5, 2015, 15:17:56
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Windows 10's Wi-Fi sharing feature is really clever, but just got a bad rap
Microsoft is rebutting claims that an upcoming Windows 10 feature could leak your Wi-Fi password to strangers.
A new feature on Windows 10 called Wi-Fi Sense allows your Outlook, Skype and Facebook contacts to automatically access your Wi-Fi network. For example, rather than having to ask a friend for the Wi-Fi password at their home, the feature would sense you are trying to acces...
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Windows 10's Wi-Fi sharing feature is really clever, but just got a bad rapMicrosoft is rebutting claims that an upcoming Windows 10 feature could leak your Wi-Fi password to strangers.
A new feature on Windows 10 called Wi-Fi Sense allows your Outlook, Skype and Facebook contacts to automatically access your Wi-Fi network. For example, rather than having to ask a friend for the Wi-Fi password at their home, the feature would sense you are trying to acces...Microsoft/WindowsJuly 5, 2015, 15:16:54Windows 10's Wi-Fi sharing feature is really clever, but just got a bad rapsource: http://mashable.com/2015/07/02/windows-10-wifi-sense/ | July 5, 2015, 15:16:54
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How to cancel your Apple Music subscription before your free trial is up
The new Apple Music streaming service comes with a three-month free trial as a way to entice users. Get them hooked early on and they'll be more likely to cough up money to subscribe to the platform....
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How to cancel your Apple Music subscription before your free trial is upThe new Apple Music streaming service comes with a three-month free trial as a way to entice users. Get them hooked early on and they'll be more likely to cough up money to subscribe to the platform....Apple/iOSJuly 5, 2015, 15:16:7How to cancel your Apple Music subscription before your free trial is upsource: http://mashable.com/2015/07/04/how-to-cancel-apple-music/ | July 5, 2015, 15:16:7
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Coin is most practical electronic credit card yet
Cash, and even traditional credit cards, are becoming endangered. Thanks to Apple Pay, Google Wallet and mobile payment devices like Loop ChargeCase and Softcard, there are fewer reasons all the time to carry anything in your wallet. And now, after an unexpectedly long gestation period, startup Coin is launching its service. It wants to be the gadget that replaces all of your credi...
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Coin is most practical electronic credit card yetCash, and even traditional credit cards, are becoming endangered. Thanks to Apple Pay, Google Wallet and mobile payment devices like Loop ChargeCase and Softcard, there are fewer reasons all the time to carry anything in your wallet. And now, after an unexpectedly long gestation period, startup Coin is launching its service. It wants to be the gadget that replaces all of your credi...TechnologyJuly 5, 2015, 15:14:58Coin is most practical electronic credit card yetsource: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/coin-is-most-practical-electronic-credit-card-yet/ | July 5, 2015, 15:14:58
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Disruptive tech puts banks in the crosshair
Global financial institutions may be too big to fail, but they may not be too big to disrupt. Banking, investing, real estate, credit-card payments and insurance all face tech-driven forces that threaten business as usual, according to a report from the World Economic Forum....
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Disruptive tech puts banks in the crosshairGlobal financial institutions may be too big to fail, but they may not be too big to disrupt. Banking, investing, real estate, credit-card payments and insurance all face tech-driven forces that threaten business as usual, according to a report from the World Economic Forum....SecurityJuly 5, 2015, 15:13:34Disruptive tech puts banks in the crosshairsource: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/disruptive-tech-puts-banks-into-the-crosshair/ | July 5, 2015, 15:13:34
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Startup Sues A Domain Name Owner To Grab A 16-Year-Old URL
Jason Kneen is a programmer and happens to own about a hundred domain names picked up over a sixteen year period. One of those, workbetter.com, he purchased in 1999 and it has been available on his site for years. In late April 2014 a company, OfficeLinks, approached him about buying the domain for use as a URL for their co-working space....
Design
Startup Sues A Domain Name Owner To Grab A 16-Year-Old URLJason Kneen is a programmer and happens to own about a hundred domain names picked up over a sixteen year period. One of those, workbetter.com, he purchased in 1999 and it has been available on his site for years. In late April 2014 a company, OfficeLinks, approached him about buying the domain for use as a URL for their co-working space....DesignJuly 5, 2015, 15:11:39Startup Sues A Domain Name Owner To Grab A 16-Year-Old URLsource: http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/03/startup-sues-a-domain-name-owner-to-grab-a-16-year-old-url/?ncid=rss&cps=gravity_1730_7280387271440143671 | July 5, 2015, 15:11:39
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Facebook Fights YouTube With Big Data On What You Watch Unmuted, Full-Screen
Facebook wants to become your favorite Internet TV by tracking what a television never could. Today it announced a News Feed algorithm change that will show you more videos similar to ones you expand to full-screen, un-mute or opt to watch in HD, even if you don’t Like, share or comment. Those same signals will tell Facebook that a video is enjoyable so the News Feed shows it to ...
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Facebook Fights YouTube With Big Data On What You Watch Unmuted, Full-ScreenFacebook wants to become your favorite Internet TV by tracking what a television never could. Today it announced a News Feed algorithm change that will show you more videos similar to ones you expand to full-screen, un-mute or opt to watch in HD, even if you don’t Like, share or comment. Those same signals will tell Facebook that a video is enjoyable so the News Feed shows it to ...PlatformsJuly 5, 2015, 15:9:15Facebook Fights YouTube With Big Data On What You Watch Unmuted, Full-Screensource: http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/29/datatube/?ncid=rss&cps=gravity_1730_-8653225995823636983#.czm8zh:Jxy4 | July 5, 2015, 15:9:15
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Apple Bans Games And Apps Featuring The Confederate Flag
Apple has now joined a host of merchants in removing the Confederate flag from its platform – in its case, the iTunes App Store. Several app developers are now reporting that their Civil War games, which featured imagery of the flag as part of their game’s historical context, have been pulled from the App Store....
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Apple Bans Games And Apps Featuring The Confederate FlagApple has now joined a host of merchants in removing the Confederate flag from its platform – in its case, the iTunes App Store. Several app developers are now reporting that their Civil War games, which featured imagery of the flag as part of their game’s historical context, have been pulled from the App Store....Apple/iOSJuly 5, 2015, 15:8:33Apple Bans Games And Apps Featuring The Confederate Flagsource: http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/25/apple-bans-games-and-apps-featuring-the-confederate-flag/#.czm8zh:jC81 | July 5, 2015, 15:8:33
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Arcade Dreams
Summer always makes me think of the 7-11 at the end of East Lakeview in Columbus, Ohio. I was about eight. My grandmother took us there every week to get comic books, which were near the front window, by the counter. In the back corner, in darkness, was a Star Wars stand up arcade game. On the day it first appeared it bleated a snippet of the Star Wars theme and my ears perked up. ...
Gaming
Arcade DreamsSummer always makes me think of the 7-11 at the end of East Lakeview in Columbus, Ohio. I was about eight. My grandmother took us there every week to get comic books, which were near the front window, by the counter. In the back corner, in darkness, was a Star Wars stand up arcade game. On the day it first appeared it bleated a snippet of the Star Wars theme and my ears perked up. ...GamingJuly 5, 2015, 15:6:49Arcade Dreamssource: http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/04/arcade-dreams/#.czm8zh:LVa5 | July 5, 2015, 15:6:49
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'Ghost': Technology that leaps out of the screen
Exciting new technologies, which allow users to change the shape of displays with their hands, promise to revolutionize the way we interact with smartphones, laptops and computers. Imagine pulling objects and data out of the screen and playing with these in mid-air. Today we live in a world of flat-screen displays we use all day – whether it’s the computer in the office, a smar...
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'Ghost': Technology that leaps out of the screenExciting new technologies, which allow users to change the shape of displays with their hands, promise to revolutionize the way we interact with smartphones, laptops and computers. Imagine pulling objects and data out of the screen and playing with these in mid-air. Today we live in a world of flat-screen displays we use all day – whether it’s the computer in the office, a smar...TechnologyJuly 5, 2015, 15:5:42'Ghost': Technology that leaps out of the screensource: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150703072757.htm | July 5, 2015, 15:5:42
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