Nokia in hot water over Finland privacy flap
Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia is under fire today over revelations that its Lumia line of Windows Phone-powered handsets sent personal data including information from phones used by senior members of Finland’s government to Microsoft servers in the U.S., according to a report in the Helsinki Times. The revelations made by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden in particular, the allegation that major U.S. tech companies...
Twitter search results get advertising via ‘Promoted’ users
There you are, leisurely perusing Twitter (as one does), when the stinking funk of marketing speak smacks your cerebellum like a Mack truck: “Want to grow your presence on Twitter? Reach more people with your Tweets using Promoted Accounts. Learn more today!” It has begun. Too serious? Perhaps, but today’s news that Twitter’s “Promoted Tweets” (read: adverts) are now also part of Twitter’s...
Apple Reports First-Quarter Results
WHAT: Apple® FY 14 First Quarter Results Conference CallWHERE: Via conference call. The dial-in number for press is (877) 616-0073 (toll-free) or (816) 581-1579. Please enter confirmation code 495624.WHEN: Monday, January 27, 2014, 2:00 p.m. PST/5:00 p.m. ESTREBROADCAST: The conference call will be available as a continuous rebroadcast beginning Monday, January 27 at 5:00 p.m. PST/8:00 p.m. EST through Monday, February 10 at 5:00 p.m....
Samsung NX mini leak hints at a very thin and tiny mirrorless camera
Samsung’s mirrorless cameras have so far been on the large side due to their DSLR-sized sensors, but the company may be ready to go small… very small. NXRumors claims to have leaked imagery for the NX mini, a tiny shooter that would use a 1-inch, 20-megapixel sensor like that in Sony’s RX100 Mark II. The technology shift would lead to a body under 1.4 inches thick, and removable lenses that are borderline cute; the...
Apple patches critical ‘gotofail’ bug with Mavericks update
Apple today updated OX Mavericks, plugging the embarrassing security hole the Cupertino, Calif. company left wide open in the operating system’s implementation of basic Internet encryption. Mac users running Mavericks should update as soon as possible, as exploit code has already begun circulating on the Internet. OS X 10.9.2, which weighed in at between 460MB and 860MB for the download, patched the vulnerability, according to...
