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The Federal Bureau of Investigation believes that Apple and Google are actually helping ISIS and encouraging terrorism by offering users encrypted communications. A senior FBI official Michael Steinbach stated at the House Homeland Security Committee in Congress that Apple and Google are actually encouraging terrorism by providing encrypted communication facility and US law should immediately […]
If you search for ‘Top 10 Criminals’ on Google Image Search, you will find Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’ topping the list and Indians are not happy with this. There are currently three pictures of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi featuring in top 10 criminals of the world in Google search engine and some reports suggest the […]
Google’s love for contact lenses is never ending. The search engine giant has already done considerable work on contact lenses and their use in health applications. Now, Google has patented a new technology that transforms contact lenses into an identification device. This new technology involves covering all parts of the iris of an eye. The […]
From the stage of Google I/O 2015, Google’s Regina Duggan introduced something that wants you to forget the passwords and become one yourself. Google’s Project Vault is a secure computer that is entirely contained on a micro SD card. According to Google, this micro SD card format makes sense because mobile is the future and […]
Summary: New surveillance laws will be formed to force the leading Internet firms such as Apple, Facebook and Google to hand over encrypted messages from supposed terrorists. Reportedly, all the internet bigwigs will now have to provide access to encrypted conversations from criminals and suspected terrorists to British spying agencies MI5, MI6 and GCHQ. This plan […]
Summary: A new Google Chrome extension has been identified by The Next Web with which you can check out a personal map of every location Facebook knows that you and your folks have been to. This is done by using the location data that usually is attached to your chats on Facebook Messenger. With the […]
Richard Stallman, the famous creator of GNU operating system, which is often called Linux, opined in a post in The Guardian that almost every operating system in use today can be qualified as malware. The list goes on with today’s popular mobile platforms as well as desktop operating systems. Stallman emphasizes that any software program […]
Summary: Personal Data of More than 500Million Android Users in Danger — Researchers Claim it is Impossible to Fully Delete Data from Handset after changing Mobile Phone. Even after full wipe it is possible to access text messages, emails, apps, photos and videos because around 630million cell phones cannot clear internal SD cards when the […]
Creating fake social media accounts has been the favorite trick of hackers and scammers for interacting with potential victims. However, thanks to Google Search now you can identify if such an account is real or fake by searching the profile picture. Users are very much familiar with the scenario where friendship requests are received from […]
It would not be an exaggeration to say that the present age is the age of smartphones. They have invaded our lives to an extent that was hardly conceivable a few years ago! And what is the single biggest reason behind this- Yes you guessed it right or probably wrong – Android. When you think […]
As per the latest documents provided by Edward Snowden, the NSA developed a program called IRRITANT HORN for delivering malware via Samsung and Google app stores. Edward Snowden has exposed another plan of the National Security Agency/NSA in which the agency had devised a program for spreading malware by intercepting web traffic across mobile application […]
Ever paid attention to how much info Google Search has about you? Well, if you haven’t done so, now you can check it because Google has added a new function to its search engine that allows users to download, view and even delete their complete search history. Google has added a new function on its […]
Remember Android logo peeing on Apple logo found on Google Maps in Rawalpindi, Pakistan? Well, Google didn’t like it and for now it has suspended the map editor feature. Mere apologizing wasn’t enough for Google as all hell broke loose when an image of the android mascot peeing on the Apple logo leaked and brought public […]
We know how awesome Google Street View service is, the Google Maps feature lets you enjoy the virtual journey through streets all over the world for free. What we may not know is that Google Street view also contains some of the world’s most creepy, weird, funny, strange and shocking images. We have a collection of 80 images […]
New Google Chrome extension helps color-blind users surf Internet without any problem. To pass the leisurely time, the Internet isn’t always one of the first choices of color-blind people. In fact, for color-blind people using the Internet becomes highly irritating as they aren’t even able to see logos properly. However, Google has identified a way to fill in […]
Google’s recent study shows the effect of the Ad Injection in our digital media. We already know and hate the ad frauds, ad blockers, and ads that aren’t viewable. Now this dreadful list is extended with one new component for scammers to earn revenue from the internet users – Ad Injection. In basic terms, it […]
A new Edward Snowden document released by The Intercept describes the way NSA converted voice calls into searchable text files for about a decade. In a new document released by The Intercept from the cache of government files possessed by Edward Snowden has exposed how the National Security Agency (NSA) has been converting audio calls […]
Delivering banking malware through Microsoft Word documents has been a less common method. However, it is currently being used for spreading malicious macros and PDF files in a single item — Avast Experts. Researchers at Avast have identified that the previously less common method of spreading banking malware has suddenly been increased. They further noted […]
Google has recently unveiled a new Chrome extension called Password Alert, designed as a defense tool for phishing threats by issuing an early warning alert for users. Password Alert will compare a hashed version of your password to a password you enter into a browser and a warning will be issued in the event that […]
Do you want to experience all the new features of Google’s new browser for Android before everyone else? Here’s a good news. Google has made its Chrome Dev Browser available for everyone. It is just a clicks away and now available for download from Google Play. Yesterday Google announced this release on its official Chrome […]
Now Google lets you run your Android apps in Chrome with its ARC Welder app. They recently released the beta version of ARC (The App Runtime for Chrome), so it is possible that you will be finding bugs in the app for some time and there is no guarantee that the apps will work properly […]