Tuesday, July 12, 2016

BUSINESS BRIEFING Verizon Raising Rates: Taking Advantage of Locked-In User Base? and other top stories.

  • BUSINESS BRIEFING Verizon Raising Rates: Taking Advantage of Locked-In User Base?

    BUSINESS BRIEFING Verizon Raising Rates: Taking Advantage of Locked-In User Base?
    TOP OF THE NEWS   JULY 11, 2016 PERSONAL TECH Smartwatch Could Divulge Your PIN Hackers can figure out access codes.
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  • Sci-Fi Sandbox 'Starbound' Prepared For Full Launch On July 22

    Sci-Fi Sandbox 'Starbound' Prepared For Full Launch On July 22
    It’s finally happening! After about five years of development, with a successful crowdfunding and early access on Steam enabled, "Starbound" is gearing up for the stable 1.0 version this coming July 22.  ( Chucklefish Games ) Chucklefish has proudly announced Starbound's upcoming release on July 22, bringing the game out of Steam Early Access and introducing its upcoming 1.0 stable build. For the uninitiated (and while we're here, why are you not?), Starbound is a 2D scrolling ga..
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  • Armed robbers 'lure' victims via Pokémon Go geolocation tool

    Armed robbers 'lure' victims via Pokémon Go geolocation tool
    Pokémon Go players have become the target of a spate of armed robberies in the US after suspects usurped the geolocation tool in Pokémon Go to lure unwitting victims straight to them, rather than go the trouble of finding targets themselves.Oblivious players use the popular mobile app to snare a menagerie of fantastical creatures which are peppered around the real world but this functionality has been hijacked by the criminal fraternity to lure the naïve to secluded car parks to be robbed.This i..
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  • Facebook issues streaming guidelines after Castile shooting video goes viral

    Facebook issues streaming guidelines after Castile shooting video goes viral
    In the past week, thousands of Facebook users have watched two of the biggest news events of the month – the police shooting of Philando Castile and the massacre of Dallas police officers at a protest event – through live streaming videos posted by other users.The proliferation of forums that allow civilians to step into the shoes of journalists has indelibly changed the news landscape, leaving formerly entertainment oriented websites such as Facebook to grapple with how to maintain these platf..
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  • Facebook rolls out end-to-end encryption for Messenger

    Facebook rolls out end-to-end encryption for Messenger
    facebook-secret-messaging-zdnet-encryption.jpg Facebook. Facebook users will soon be able to use end-to-end encryption to protect their communications through the Messenger app. The social media giant has begun rolling out the new feature, Secret ...
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  • PostGhost To ShutDown Its Tweet-archive Site On Notice From Twitter

    PostGhost To ShutDown Its Tweet-archive Site On Notice From Twitter
    Shutterstock photo (RTTNews.com) - PostGhost, an archive of public tweets deleted by politicians, celebrities, and other public figures, is closed following a notice from micro-blogging site Twitter. In an open letter posted in its site, PostGhost said it has decided to shut down after receiving an email from Twitter on July 6, noting that Postghost.com displaying deleted tweets is a violation of its developer agreement and policy. PostGhost said it has created the website Postghost.com ..
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  • This mobile chip is faster than the one in Samsung's Galaxy S7

    This mobile chip is faster than the one in Samsung's Galaxy S7
    A mobile chip faster than the one in flagship smartphones like Samsung's Galaxy S7 and LG's G5 will start appearing in handsets this quarter. The Snapdragon 821, announced by Qualcomm on Monday, is an incremental upgrade to the Snapdragon 820. In addition to mobile phones, it's also aimed at tablets, drones, robots and virtual reality headsets. The Snapdragon 821 is about 10 percent faster than its predecessor. It is also more power-efficient, meaning batteries in smartphones and phablet..
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  • Pokémon Go's success adds $7.5 billion to Nintendo's market value

    Pokémon Go's success adds $7.5 billion to Nintendo's market value
    Nintendo's stock continues to skyrocket following the release of Pokémon Go. After an increase of 9.3 percent with the game's launch last week, the company's share price rose 24.52 percent on Monday to ¥20,260 ($193) — its highest one-day surge since 1983, adding $7.5 billion to the firm's market value. The game has topped app download charts in the US, Australia, and New Zealand, and according to some market researchers, has already been installed on 5 percent of all Android smartphones in Ame..
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