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Google wants devs to reduce the size of app updates

Publié: juillet 22, 2016, 10:59pm CEST par Mark Wilson

For many mobile users, it's important to keep an eye on data usage to ensure tariff limits are not exceeded. A major contributor to gobbling up monthly bandwidth allowances is the updating of apps, and Google is taking steps to reduce the size of APK updates. In a post on the Android Developers Blog, Google speaks directly to developers, pointing out the various steps they can take to optimize the size of updates. The company also calls for greater transparency so users know the size of updates before committing to a download. Google is in the process of rolling out… [Continue Reading]
DDoS attacks are getting worse

Publié: juillet 22, 2016, 7:20pm CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

Just a couple of days after a horrendous DDoS attack took down Pokemon GO servers for a day, Arbor releases its new report on the state of DDoS around the globe, which basically says things are only getting worse. The reasons are still the same -- DDoS attacks are simple to launch, cheap and easy to obtain, for anyone "with a grievance and an internet connection". Over the past 18 months, Arbor detected an average of 124,000 DDoS attacks a week. The peak size jumped a stunning 73 percent compared to 2015, up to 579Gbps. Just in the first six months… [Continue Reading]
Twitter expands its live video streaming of college sporting events

Publié: juillet 22, 2016, 7:19pm CEST par Brian Fagioli

College sports is big business -- television, radio, merchandise, etc. While many Americans are fans of professional sports such as the NFL and NBA, not every state has such a team. What every state in the union does have, however, are college athletic programs. Believe it or not, in places like Florida where there are plenty of pro teams, many folks are more wild for the Gators or Seminoles than the Dolphins or Heat. Today, Twitter announces a media partnership with the Silver Chalice-owned company "Campus Insiders". This deal will bring the live video steaming of more than 300 collegiate sporting events to the social network, bolstering… [Continue Reading]
Intel's Q2 2016 by the numbers: $13.5 billion in revenue, $1.3 billion profit

Publié: juillet 22, 2016, 6:44pm CEST par Anthony Spadafora

Intel has certainly made progress on its restructuring initiative to focus on the cloud and the internet of things (IoT), but these key businesses have failed to deliver significant enough growth to boost slowing chip sales. The company reports revenue of $13.5 billion for Q2 2016, which is a three percent increase from the previous year. However, profit for the latest quarter is down by more than half (51 percent) to $1.3 billion, which is primarily a result of high restructuring costs of $1.4 billion. Intel announced its plan to cut 12,000 jobs (11 percent of its global workforce) at… [Continue Reading]
Niantic Labs faces lawsuit in Germany over Pokémon Go privacy concerns

Publié: juillet 22, 2016, 4:46pm CEST par Mark Wilson

Pokémon Go has proved almost unbelievably popular, and like any app that gains a huge following, malicious versions of the app soon appeared. The game has been in the headlines after hackers knocked gaming servers offline, but there have also been major privacy concerns. Now there could be a nightmare brewing for developer Niantic Labs in Germany, where consumer advocates say the game violates the country's consumer and privacy laws. Federation of German Consumer Organizations (VZBV) says the company needs to make sweeping changes to a raft of clauses in the app's terms of use in order to avoid further… [Continue Reading]
KickassTorrents is back

Publié: juillet 22, 2016, 4:22pm CEST par Mihăiță Bamburic

Even though US authorities have taken down KickassTorrents and managed to get owner Artem Vaulin arrested in Poland, the most popular BitTorrent website in the world is now back in the game. KickassTorrents is alive and well through two working mirrors which have been set up by supporters to ensure that fans can continue to enjoy the content distributed through the website. In the wake of these events, it would seem that it's business as usual in BitTorrent land. KickassTorrents.website, one of the two mirrors, links to petitions asking for Vaulin "to be set free and to be discharged". "It is… [Continue Reading]
View and extract files from Inno Setup installers with InnoEx

Publié: juillet 22, 2016, 1:27pm CEST par Mike Williams

Run a "setup.exe" on your PC and there’s no way to tell what might happen next. Will it install adware, hundreds of system files, maybe just a single executable? Who knows? InnoEx is a free portable tool which can display the contents of some setup files, without having to install them first. As you might guess from the name, the program only works with installers created by Inno Setup, and supported by InnoUnp (the bundled app which does the actual decoding). Fortunately that’s quite a lot: we selected 20 at random from our Downloads folder, and 11 were Inno files.… [Continue Reading]
Apple patches Stagefright-like vulnerability on iOS, OS X

Publié: juillet 22, 2016, 1:21pm CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

An equivalent to Android’s Stagefright vulnerability has recently been spotted on iOS and OS X devices. It has since been patched, and security experts from Sophos are urging all Apple users to patch up as fast as they can to protect themselves from the serious flaw. For those who are unfamiliar with it, Stagefright (in its multiple version) allowed a hacker to take over a victim’s Android smartphone by sending a message with an image or a video file. Long story short, it had something to do with the way Android managed images, and pretty much every Android version you… [Continue Reading]
Consumer online storage has an Achilles Heel (and an opportunity)

Publié: juillet 22, 2016, 12:48pm CEST par Erik Caso

The last several years have revealed enormous opportunity in consumer online storage -- numerous companies, led by Dropbox, have shown tremendous growth and opportunity in the consumer market. Unfortunately, the most recent few years have seen many, if not all, of those companies pivot their focus from consumer to enterprise. The main players that remain focused on consumer online storage are the big boys: Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple. These companies do this via incredible low pricing with little apparent concern for profit (which is easy when you make lots of money via other products and services). Considering massive pent-up… [Continue Reading]
7 information security trends currently dominating the market

Publié: juillet 22, 2016, 12:40pm CEST par Peter Davidson

Protecting your information, especially if it’s information you’ve collected about your customers that includes things like their address or their credit card number, is absolutely vital to your business. Even if the information you lose isn’t customer-related, it can still lead to the loss of thousands, even millions, of dollars if it’s related to a trademark or other intellectual property. If you’re concerned about your company’s information security, you may be interested in learning about these seven different information security trends that are currently dominating the market. 1) Legislation and Information As more and more information is sent, stored, and… [Continue Reading]
Best Windows apps this week

Publié: juillet 22, 2016, 11:15am CEST par Martin Brinkmann

One-hundred and ninety in a series. Welcome to this week's overview of the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 8.x and Windows 10 in the past seven days. Lots of updates this week for established apps such as Windows Camera and Uber, but only a few new releases worth mentioning. There is no app of the week unfortunately. As always, if I missed an app or game that has been released this week that you believe is particularly good, let me know in the comments below or notify me via email instead. Discounts this week The following apps and games… [Continue Reading]
Fighting the threat of social hacking [Q&A]

Publié: juillet 22, 2016, 11:08am CEST par Ian Barker

Often the weakest link in an enterprise’s cyber security is the person behind the endpoint. Although technology solutions can offer a high degree of protection, there’s no substitute for making users aware of the potential threats. Social engineering attacks are increasingly used to try and catch out employees. Education on cyber security is therefore something that's being taken seriously by businesses of all sizes. We spoke to Scott Youngs, CIO of infrastructure solutions and managed services company Key Information Systems to find out more about the threat and how education can help beat it. BN: Is security a major factor… [Continue Reading]
Most EMEA businesses are happy with Windows 10

Publié: juillet 22, 2016, 10:56am CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

Windows 10 is now used in 39 percent of businesses in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) region, according to a new report by Spiceworks. Titled "Windows 10 Adoption: Sprinting out of the Gate", it reveals that the highest adoption rate is among companies with more than 250 employees -- 51 percent. Software, manufacturing and energy industries are where Windows 10 is most used. People are generally satisfied with the OS, too, which is a big weight off Microsoft’s chest, knowing that some previous versions got some nasty comments. Eighty-four percent of companies with Windows 10 said they were satisfied with the OS. Still,… [Continue Reading]
Spotify sells your personal and playlist data to advertisers making you the product

Publié: juillet 22, 2016, 10:07am CEST par Mark Wilson

Much like Google, streaming music service Spotify is increasingly turning its attention to advertising. Announcing what it refers to as "programmatic buying", the company reveals that it is launching a targeted advertising program. Advertisers -- or "buyers" in Spotify's nomenclature -- will be granted access to not only demographic data about users, but also access to information about playlists. What's interesting here is that programmatic ad buying rolls out with immediate effect. As of right now, Spotify users are now a product that is being traded between companies. Their data will be used to deliver closely targeted audio ads that… [Continue Reading]
Facebook's solar-powered 'Aquila' internet airplane completes first flight

Publié: juillet 22, 2016, 12:24am CEST par Brian Fagioli

When I find myself without internet access for even just a short period of time -- say, less than an hour -- I feel like I am having withdrawal symptoms. I get anxious, irritable, and frustrated. First world problems, am I right? Sadly, according to Facebook, there are 4 billion people on the Earth with no access at all -- makes a short outage seem rather insignificant. Mark Zuckerberg and company are looking to change this with an unlikely tool -- solar-powered airplanes that beam the internet to the ground. Today, Facebook announces that its experimental aircraft successfully completed its… [Continue Reading]