The Hidden Tax on Every Smartphone and Tablet You Buy (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | You weren’t charged it when they rang your smartphone up at the register, and your receipt won’t have any mention of it. But whether you bought an Android smartphone in the last year or so, odds are you paid Microsoft $5 for the privilege of using Android, according to Citi analyst [...]
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Loading ...Google working to patch Wallet defense holes (Appolicious)
Appolicious – One of the big pushes Google is making for the future of its Android mobile platform is in Google Wallet, the near-field communication software that lets users assemble purchases in brick-and-mortar stores using only info stored and broadcast by short range by their smartphones. [Source] Appolicious
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Facebook Death — Be Careful Who You Defriend (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | As a Facebook user, I have been known to “defriend” public. Who hasn’t? We all might want to be careful about who we defriend in the future, though. According to Reuters, this seemingly harmless act of deciding who you no longer want to share your photos and status updates with could [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...BlackBerry out at U.S. climate agency, iPhone in (Reuters)
Reuters – Research In Motion’s BlackBerry smartphone has struggled to win by U.S. consumers but the Canadian company has towering been able to rely on the loyalty of corporate and government clients who depend on its secure e mail. No more. [Source] Reuters
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Google Wallet hacked twice: Here’s how to keep your phone (and money) safe (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends – Anything that only requires a physical tap to take money away from you always sounds ripe for exploitation. It certain may be convenient, but with the Google Walletâs PIN system cracked twice in the past two days, compromised by both rooted and unrooted Android phones, safety is going to have to come [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...AG: Pa. man’s Facebook ‘surfer’ page lured teens (AP)
AP – A married father used phony Facebook profiles to pose as two different Florida surfers to solicit sexually graphic messages and photos from seven teenage girls in western Pennsylvania, and two of the girls eventually agreed to meet for sex with the surfers’ middle-aged “friend” — yet another fake persona he used, the state [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Crazy coffee shop lets anyone on the web gently torture its customers (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News – Imagine this: You’re quietly sipping coffee when your seat suddenly shrinks, your table shoots upward, and the music switches from soothing jazz to screamo in a heartbeat. That’s the usual scenario inside the Kauko coffee shop in Helsinki, Finland, where you can … [Source] Yahoo! News
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