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Google Strikes Back at Ad Blockers

Google this week reportedly pulled one mobile ad blocker from the Google Play store and prevented another from being updated ...

Apple Pencils In March 15 for 4-Inch iPhone Launch

Apple is planning an event to unveil a refresh of its iPhone 5s and its Apple Watch, as well as to introduce a new version of its iPad Air, 9to5Mac reported Tuesday. However, the event date could change, or the company could opt for an online announcement ...

Samsung Answers Android Ad-Blocking Call

Samsung on Sunday released a version of its mobile browser that supports applications that block advertising on Web pages ...

Oracle Pulls Plug on Java Browser Plug-In

Oracle earlier this week announced its decision to scrap its Java browser plug-in ...

SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY

FDA Guidelines Target IoT Medical Device Security

The U.S.Food and Drug Administration last week took a step toward addressing the threat the Internet of Things poses to patients and their data by releasing some proposed guidelines for managing cybersecurity in medical devices ...

GoPro Shooters Can Send Live Streams Up Periscope

GoPro on Monday announced an integration with Twitter'sPeriscope app that allows live streaming from a GoPro Hero4 camera ...

New Little iPhone May Sprout This Spring

An iPhone with a 4-inch display and some features found in Apple's latest models will launch in March or April, 9to5Mac reported last week ...

Android Is Download King, but iOS Reigns Over Revenues

Worldwide downloads of Android apps in 2015 were double those for iOS, but revenues from iOS apps were nearly twice those of Android, according to anApp Annie report released this week ...

Apple Stats Reflect Slow Slog Toward Diversification

Apple this week released a diversity report showing that initiatives to broaden the makeup of its U.S. workforce haven't been as successful as CEO Tim Cook suggested last year ...

SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY

GM Bug Program Gets Mixed Notices

Two white-hat hackers, Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, made headlines last year when they demonstrated how they couldhijack the control systems of a moving motor vehicle over the Internet. The move got the attention of the auto industry, and last weekGeneral Motors put in place a program to encourage more digital dabblers to alert the company when they find bugs in GM vehicles...

Phishing Attack Could Net LastPass Credentials

LastPass has boosted security for its users after a security researcher alerted the company of a phishing attack he devised to steal users' login and two-factor authentication credentials ...

iAd Shakeup May Be in the Works

Apple is phasing out its iAd sales team and moving toward an automated system, according to news reports this week ...

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Privacy as a Service Advocates Promise Better Data Protection

There's been a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth about the Sisyphean task of protecting privacy in the Digital Age, but that hasn't stopped innovators from searching for ways to preserve it. One of the latest ideas to emerge in the field is Privacy as a Service ...

Apple Loses Track of News App Traffic

Apple this week revealed that technical difficulties with its News app have led the company to underestimate usage figures for the more than 100 publications offering content through the software ...

EFF Urges Revival of Human Rights Case Against Cisco

The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Monday pressed to revive a lawsuit against Cisco Systems for violating human rights in China, in a brief filed with a U.S. Court of Appeals ...

Apple Execs’ Salaries Go Up as Stock Goes Down

All but one of Apple's top team received a pay raise in 2015, according to a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week ...

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Iranian Cyberattack on American Dam Viewed As Rarity

Just days before Christmas, a rare event occurred: the report of a successful intrusion into America's infrastructure by overseas hackers ...

New Smart Cam Can Distinguish Between Cats, Cat Burglars and Cars

Netatmo on Monday announced a smart security camera and floodlight combo at CES 2016 ...

PCs May Not Be Ready for VR’s Breakout Year

Will 2016 be a breakaway year for virtual reality technology? ...

The Future of Deliveries Will Be Driverless

Thanks to Google, self-driving passenger cars have gained a lot of media attention, but the immediate future of driverless vehicles may lie in home deliveries ...

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