Atlas Recall will slurp your data and allow you to find it back from any (cough) device

The page tells you they take privacy seriously, but with that I guess they mean they seriously don’t think you should have any. I guess this is the reason it’s only available for OSX or iphone – only Apple people would be dumb enough to send literally all their data to some company. Source: Atlas Read more about Atlas Recall will slurp your data and allow you to find it back from any (cough) device[…]

IPhones completely compromised by NSO Group. Update now!

Investigators discovered that a company called the NSO Group, an Israeli outfit that sells software that invisibly tracks a target’s mobile phone, was responsible for the intrusions. The NSO Group’s software can read text messages and emails and track calls and contacts. It can even record sounds, collect passwords and trace the whereabouts of the Read more about IPhones completely compromised by NSO Group. Update now![…]

A Design Defect Is Breaking a Ton of iPhone 6 Pluses: touchscreen controllers are dying

Microsolderer Jessa Jones can fix practically anything. But these days, she spends most of her time fixing just one thing. Because every single month, more and more iPhone 6 and (especially) 6 Plus devices show up at her shop with the same problem: a gray, flickering bar at the top of the display and an Read more about A Design Defect Is Breaking a Ton of iPhone 6 Pluses: touchscreen controllers are dying[…]

The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99 by Andromium Inc.: The Palm Foleo resurrected!

The Kickstarter project allready has $1.5m of the $50k goal invested. At the time most people didn’t ‘get’ the Palm Foleo – this has always been a bit of a problem for Palm: they were always too far ahead of the curve, allowing companies like Apple to steal their brilliant ideas and polish them up Read more about The Superbook: Turn your smartphone into a laptop for $99 by Andromium Inc.: The Palm Foleo resurrected![…]

Report: Operating Systems Should Actively Block Pirated Downloads – TorrentFreak

While most of the media attention focused on the role of ISPs, there is an even more controversial proposal that has been largely overlooked. According to the report, pirated content should be banned on the operating system level. “Other players that possess the potential ability to limit piracy are the companies that own the major Read more about Report: Operating Systems Should Actively Block Pirated Downloads – TorrentFreak[…]

With just 3 games, Supercell made $924M in profits on $2.3B in revenue in 2015

The company made profits (before certain items) of €848 million, or $964 million, on revenues of €2.109 billion, or $2.326 billion. That compares to earnings before income tax, depreciation, and amortization of €515 million, or $592 million, in 2014, on revenues of €1.545 billion, or $1.777 billion. The company also paid a dividend of €14 Read more about With just 3 games, Supercell made $924M in profits on $2.3B in revenue in 2015[…]

Oracle blurts Google’s Android secrets in court: You made $22bn using Java, punk

And Google paid Apple $1bn to put its search into iPhones An Oracle lawyer has blurted out in court how much money Google has made from Android – figures that the web giant has fiercely fought to keep secret. And those numbers are: US$31bn in revenue, and US$22bn in profit, since 2008, when Android was Read more about Oracle blurts Google’s Android secrets in court: You made $22bn using Java, punk[…]

Axis VIDIUS ™ – The World’s Smallest FPV Drone at $95

The all-new Axis VIDIUS Drone is the World’s Smallest First Person View Drone™, capable of flying up to 100 feet away, performing 360 degree flips and rolls all while streaming and recording live video! You can control the VIDIUS from your Android or Apple device or the included 2.4 gHz controller. The live video feed Read more about Axis VIDIUS ™ – The World’s Smallest FPV Drone at $95[…]

Latest Philips Hue update closes the system, makes it impossible to connect other ZigBee lights

Haven’t they learned from Apple? Closing your system makes users run for more open products. Not a good idea, Philips, I’m not buying this anymore! De laatste firmware-update voor de Philips Hue bridge brengt een onaangekondigde wijziging. Slimme lampen van andere fabrikanten kunnen niet langer gekoppeld Source: Philips Hue wordt een gesloten systeem

The Sensel Morph – finally a replacement Fingerworks Touchstream!

These guys have launched a wildly succesfull kickstarter to produce what is basically a large touchpad. You can print 3D overlays which magnetically lock into place. Programming new overlays shouldn’t be too tough. It’s sensitive enough to detect paint brushes. Now let’s hope it can be a keyboard with the pinch and zoom and multifinger Read more about The Sensel Morph – finally a replacement Fingerworks Touchstream![…]

Study uncovers invisible mobile app ads gumming up the works

Fundamentally, users of the mobile apps are affected because those invisible ads are burning though gigabytes of their data plan every day. The smartphone is slowed down; the ads eat away at batteries too. Performance issues are almost certainly caused by the extra load resulting from the apps’ secondary functions, said Forensiq in Bloomberg Business.Forensiq Read more about Study uncovers invisible mobile app ads gumming up the works[…]

Two-Factor Authentication App | Authy

Authy provides you Strong Authentication for your daily apps like Facebook, Dropbox, Evernote, AWS, Outlook and many others. You can use Authy to keep safe of hacking & phishing attacks easy & quickly. It runs on Apple, Android, Blackberry, OS X, Windows and Linux. It also works when you’re offline. via Two-Factor Authentication App | Read more about Two-Factor Authentication App | Authy[…]

Google to CyanogenMod: Git yer warranty-voiding ass outta our store

Google has taken a dim view of the CyanogenMod Installer, an app that makes it easier to install alternative firmwares on Android phones, leading its developers to pull it from the Google Play Store.The installer was the first major undertaking by Cyanogen Inc., the Seattle company recently formed to promote CyanogenMod, its open-source alternative Android build for Read more about Google to CyanogenMod: Git yer warranty-voiding ass outta our store[…]

Patent strike on Google by evil empire

Nortel went bankrupt in 2009. In 2011, it held an auction for its massive patent portfolio. The winners of the auction were Apple, Microsoft, Sony, RIM, and others, who bought the patents for $4.5 billion as a consortium named Rockstar Bidco.  http://m.slashdot.org/story/193739 Great. They want to stop Google from being a search engine. Patents are really good for Read more about Patent strike on Google by evil empire[…]

Biggest patent trolls worried about EU also becoming patent troll heaven

What is the world coming to when the largest patent trolls, namely Apple, MS, and Samsung as well as BlackBerry, Cisco, HP, Intel, Yahoo, Google are trying to reign in new EU laws that would make patent trolling easy? Could it be that even they recognise that the patent system is outmoded and harms innovation Read more about Biggest patent trolls worried about EU also becoming patent troll heaven[…]

Charlie Miller Finds Way to Hack MacBook Battery | News | The Mac Observer

Security researcher Charlie Miller has announced that he has found a way to hack the chips that control the batteries in Apple’s MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air. Using these chips, he was able to brick (or ruin) batteries, or even install persistent malware that would survive a physical hard drive change. via Charlie Miller Read more about Charlie Miller Finds Way to Hack MacBook Battery | News | The Mac Observer[…]

How to create and upload a flash app for IOS without a mac

I used OpenSSL to create keystore and self-signed cerficiate. Then used this to get developer certificate from apple. With OpenSSL I could then create the iOS certificate which I needed together with my apple provisioning certificate to export to a valid iOS installer file (*.ipa). Hooked up the iPad to my windows machine and installed Read more about How to create and upload a flash app for IOS without a mac[…]

iOSTracker.NET – view your iphone movements in windows

iOSTracker.Net displays the recorded location information from your iOS version 4.X Devices Backups on your computer that were done by iTunes.This program is inspired by iPhoneTracker for Mac OS X and uses OpenHeatMap for displaying the locations on the OpenStreetMap infastructure.iOSTracker.Net was coded by Tom Zickel @icebreak.No location information is recorded by the app itself, Read more about iOSTracker.NET – view your iphone movements in windows[…]