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Apple should buy Tidal

Publié: juillet 3, 2016, 11:24pm CEST par Joe Wilcox

As a Tidal subscriber. I welcome Apple acquisition—assuming lossless tracks are made available through the fruit-logo company's music services. Not that anyone should seriously believe the rumors. But one can hope. Merger talks are typically silent affairs. When they're serious, you don't hear about them until there is a deal. Reasons are many, with regulatory being among them when public companies are involved. Acquisition rumors often mean something else: Principal party leaks information about preliminary or ongoing discussions to gauge customer and shareholder reaction; one side or the other is dissatisfied with progress/terms and seeks to apply pressure. I don't doubt there… [Continue Reading]
Facebook hits back at Israeli complaints about sabotaging police work

Publié: juillet 3, 2016, 4:27pm CEST par Mark Wilson

Facebook has responded to complaints from Israel's Minister of Internal Security saying that it does remove abusive content from the site. On Saturday, Israeli cabinet minister Gilad Erdan referred to Facebook as a 'monster' adding that it "does not cooperate" with requests from the police. Tensions between Palestine and Israel have seen an increase in posts inciting violence and terrorism. While Erdan accuses Facebook of failing to step in as well as "set[ting] a very high bar for removing inciteful content", the social network says it work closely with numerous countries, including Israel, to stem the flow of hate speech. The… [Continue Reading]
Google Play now allows app and game sharing with new Family Library feature

Publié: juillet 3, 2016, 12:30pm CEST par Mark Wilson

Earlier this year Google announced that Family Library -- previously only available in Google Play Music -- was making its way to the Play Store. Now the rollout is underway, meaning that it is now possible to share your purchased apps and games with members of your family. This new feature means that a family need only buy one copy of an app rather than several if they all want to use it. It also means that there is no longer a need to create a shared 'family account' through which to download apps and games that need to be… [Continue Reading]
Google adds a native Cast option to Chrome on the desktop

Publié: juillet 3, 2016, 11:41am CEST par Mark Wilson

If you've been using a browser extension to add a casting option to Chrome, you could think about uninstalling it. Google is currently rolling out an update to the desktop version of its web browser. The feature is making its way to Chrome 51 and can be accessed by right clicking either an open tab or the browser's hamburger menu. Should you ditch the extension, though? It really depends on your needs... While the change does little to change the way casting content to Chromecast devices actually works, it does make things a little easier. There are arguments for sticking… [Continue Reading]
Track your web traffic around the world with Open Visual Traceroute

Publié: juillet 3, 2016, 4:24am CEST par Mike Williams

Open Visual Traceroute is a Java-based, cross-platform networking toolkit which displays the path of your web traffic on 3D world map. Despite the "Traceroute" name, that's not all. Bonus features include a Whois tool, and a WinPcap-powered packet sniffer which shows exactly what your traffic contains. Once you've got Java installed, setup is easy. The program runs on Windows, Linux and Mac, and although our test PC didn’t have the required WinPcap library, the setup program installed this itself. Basic traceroute tasks are just as straightforward. Type a host or IP address in the box, hit Enter and Open Visual Traceroute… [Continue Reading]