Facebook is confronting a class action lawsuit after the disclosure that the social network was gathering data records of phone calls and messages via its smartphone applications. The lawsuit, registered in a Northern California district court, claims that Facebook didn’t make it apparent in its terms and conditions that it would collect message and call
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A researcher warned the world on late Sunday night that PGP and S/MIME, the two most heavily utilized encryption methods for email, can easily be hacked and the attacker can easily get access to the plain text of a message. Prof. of computer security, Sebastian Schinzel, Münster University of Applied Sciences, tweeted, “The errors can
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Google is redesigning its consumer storage plan starting today by including a new storage tier of 200 GB in $2.99/month and also reducing the price to $9.99/month from $19.99/month for its 2 TB Storage plan. Along with this, Google is rebranding the storage plan as “Google One”. Going ahead, users can share the storage quota
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Visible, the phone service from Verizon now comes through an app. With this wireless service, you get various facilities like unlimited calling, data and messaging, for just a very low monthly payment of $40. It should be noted that this announcement has not come with the regular flashy intro. To subscribe to this start-up Visible,
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Snapchat yields to the wishes of its dedicated users and has redesigned its app. When Snapchat was updated last year, users did not appreciate the changes made to it. With growing animosity from its avid users and signing of petitions from more than a million people, Snapchat has bowed down. With a redesign in a
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Pixel Smartwatches can be expected sometime this fall, says Evan Bass, the Web’s favorite in providing the latest news. The German site, Winfuture has also confirmed it. Pixel Smartwatches are expected to have many features built-in, such as GPS facility, Wi-Fi, and LTE. A sensor to detect heart-rate is also expected. With a slim design,
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Cisco Systems Inc., network gear maker, is taking out all online ads from YouTube owing to fears of the advertisements appearing on the platform of sensitive content. This was claimed by Karen Walker, the chief marketing officer of Cisco, to the media in an interview this week as well as in a blog. The blog
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