Tech Week in Review 2-20-2012
Chrome for Android Ice Cream Sandwich Many Android users have long wondered why Google Chrome doesn’t exist for mobile devices, but that is all about to change. Available immediately for Android Ice Cream Sandwich, Chrome for Android (Beta) brings the speed and simplicity you’re used to to the palm of your hand. Until now, users [...]
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Foxconn Employee Says Next iPhone Coming 9to5 Mac reports that a source at Foxconn has information on the next iPhone. The device is not yet ready, but is likely to be launched this summer. There are a number of prototypes floating around and they all have slight differences, so it’s impossible to tell exactly what [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 12-2-2011
The Carrier IQ Privacy Debacle Carrier IQ is at the center of the latest privacy debacle in tech. There is a lot of outrage, misinformation, and pageview chasing surrounding the event. It started when a security researcher published a YouTube video of the Carrier IQ software accessing all types of personal information. This seems to [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 8-26-2011
Steve Jobs Steps Down. Tim Cook Steps Up. Yes, you read that right. Steve Jobs is no longer the CEO of Apple. Tim Cook, former COO, will step in to take wheel as Apple gets ready to launch the iPhone 5. In his resignation letter, Jobs says he would like to move to Chairman of [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 5-20-2011
Android Users Vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle Attack Due to an insecurity in Google’s ClientLogin Protocol, it seems any Android user running 2.3.3 or earlier could unknowingly give away access to personal data. Researchers at uulm claim that authToken information, stored for 14 days any time you login to sites like Facebook and Twitter, can be easily [...]
Read MoreFacebook Caught Trying to Stab Google in the Back
It’s no secret that Google and Facebook aren’t the best of friends. Facebook has 600 million users or so, with a huge social graph that Google wants in on. Facebook isn’t having it. They’ve had their little spats before, but this latest story is nothing short of ridiculous. Facebook got the idea to get at [...]
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