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The new on-body detection feature will lock your phone when you set it down, so thieves who swipe it can’t access your data as easily. You need to protect your smartphone specially while on the go but it is also a fact that we unlock our smartphones about a dozen times daily even though it […]
Hello everyone, I remember the last time when I shared an article on How To Watch and Download YouTube Videos Offline, someone asked me if I could write something on how to browse offline. After a little research, I found something very useful. As Mozilla and Internet Explorer already offer a “Work Offline” option to save and read later, Google chrome […]
It has been found that hackers can now easily abuse any website’s domain name based email addresses through the Google Apps for work. These e-mail addresses can then be used for sending phishing e-mails for an interested company so as to target users. One can register an account with Google Apps for Work if one […]
Google has opened the registration for the 12th Annual Google Code Jam competition for programmers. To register yourself, click on the blue button given at the end of this post. This year there is a new feature known as Distributed Code Jam which will test the skills of participants in solving problems by using a […]
American journalist Glenn Greenwald who’s running The Intercept publication has shared more shocking documents obtained from the ex-NSA spy Edward Snowden. The latest revelation is about how for decade, the CIA security researchers tried to hack and penetrate the security of Apple devices such as iPhone and iPad. The leaked documents show CIA and other U.S. government […]
The list of organizations mentoring this year’s GSoC- Google Summer of Code 2015 – has been released and this list is having some unexpected surprises. The biggest surprises are the omissions of Linux Foundation, Mozilla, and Tor. This year’s Google Summer of Code has just 137 organizations, which is lesser than 190 in 2014 and […]
Indian government has banned the third-party email services in its government offices including Google, Yahoo, Hotmail etc. Indian government officials will now be having pretty much limited access to internet in their offices. Apart from the limited internet, they will be additionally monitored and the content which will be inappropriate for productivity of the officials, […]
Remember Lizard Squad? Yes, the same Lizard Squad who shutdown PSN and Xbox Live last Christmas making the holidays one living hell for games. Now the Lizard Squad hacked and defaced the official domain of Google Vietnam yesterday. After an investigation it was revealed that DNS infrastructure of Google name servers (ns1.google.com, — ns2.google.com) to CloudFlare (173.245.59.108, 173.245.58.166). The OpenDNS reported that […]
New Android malware transforms your Phone into a Spy while it is Off – New Android Malware threat has been discovered by prominent security firm AVG. It is called PowerOffHijack and has a very distinct feature: it compromises the Android device’s shutdown process and spies on you. Your phone will appear switched off to you […]
Over 60% Dating Apps Detected Unsafe by IBM Security – Popular Dating Apps Making Users Vulnerable to a Variety of Cybercrimes. Mobile Dating apps are used by millions on their smartphones because in today’s dating-oriented culture these apps allow singles to find love interests conveniently. Various apps like Tinder, Match and OkCupid have garnered immense fan […]
A ransomware kind of threat has been on the loose that works by encrypting the data on the infected computer and then displays a message to the victim asking him/her to pay a fee so as to unlock the files. The ransomware is called Critron or can also be referred to as the CTB-Locker. Chrome […]
Most people with Android smartphones or tablets are now left exposed to a security flaw because Google has announced it will not be fixing it. The default browser of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean has a known security flaw in the older versions of Android and it is estimated that almost 60% of all users of […]
Since April 1994, when the first cable connected to China‘s Internet, the Beijing government strives to maintain control over online content accessed by the Chinese people. Since then, many sites have been banned in the country. And when they are not completely banned, they suffer from constant censorship. Last month, Gmail service in China was completely blocked […]
It’s time to get rid of those unreliable and annoying apps which you are using to watch and download YouTube video offline. Youtube released an update in its official app some days ago and now you can download YouTube videos on your Android or iOS Devices with YouTube official app. In its official statement, Google India […]
The police dislike Apple and Google’s latest smartphones because of their high-end encryption, according to a senior FBI official. “Encryption threatens to lead all of us to a very dark place. Justice may be denied because of a locked phone or an encrypted hard drive,” said James Comey, FBI Director, in a speech last month. […]
The Two-factor authentication is believed to prevent Gmail accounts from getting hacked. But what happened with indie developer Grant Blakeman shows how two-factor authentication can be beaten to takeover a Gmail account. Writing on the newly emerging social media site Ello, Blackman revealed how hackers hacked his Instagram account through his Gmail account. Despite the fact he was using two-factor authentication, the hackers were […]
Last week Google launched Google Inbox – a supplement (actually a good one) to the existing Gmail on your computer or your phone. It is a colorful, beautiful and more organized hub for your email which looks more clean and graphical. Also Read: Mozilla to Release New Developer Web Browser on November 10 Google earlier announced via its […]
As I’ve written in my earlier posts, Android 5.0 Lollipop is the most significant change in Android line-up since 2011’s Android Ice Cream Sandwich. Lollipop aims at making material design a more prominent feature in looks and feels of the Android OS. Apart from the popular and known features of Android’s new OS, there are […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is not happy with Apple and Google for including encryption on their smartphone products, the agency’s director said Thursday. During a meeting with reporters at the HQ, the FBI Director James Comey said he believes that a quick access to a smartphone will let law enforcement save lives in some kidnapping and terrorism cases. […]
Yesterday my friend reminded me that September 30th is Orkut‘s last day. It took me back in time when I stopped using Orkut and jumped upon the Facebook bandwagon. Orkut introduced me to social networking. So remembering that time and embarrassing but funny things we did on Orkut, I’ve compiled this list of some funny […]
Users witness looking at pictures of Russian car crash regardless of what they searched on Google Images. If someone searched for ‘cat’ the search result came up with a multiple images of the car crash- speculations were that Google Image search result service was hacked. The finding was originally reported by Time Magazine, while searching for an image of […]