Hacked photo-sharing app Snapchat is updating its app to close a loophole that saw millions of Snapchatters’ details leaked online — but is it too little too late? In a public statement, Snapchat says the update will tighten restrictions and allow you to opt out of the Find Friends feature, which sees the app gobble up phone …
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Personal details of 4.6 million Snapchat accounts have been hacked and posted online. The hugely popular photo-sharing app has been targeted by hackers looking to shame Snapchat — and by extension, other apps and companies — into improving security, with experts warning “everyone is still at risk.” Hackers created a website called SnapchatDB that publicly displayed the usernames and details …
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Making plans for the new year? The technology industry is, and Asus has given a hint of what we can look forward to with a teaser video suggesting a new tablet that runs both Android and Windows. The teaser sees the Statue of Liberty whip out a tablet that switches between blue and Android green, with the title ‘Green or …
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It looks like Nokia has plans for a Norman conquest as new pictures of the rumoured Nokia Normandy Android phone leak — as well as a rumoured Lumia 929 too. The new photo comes courtesy of prolific leaker @evleaks and shows what’s purported to be the Nokia Normandy in an assortment of bright Lumia-like colours. As well as the red …
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Here’s something to get your heart rate up: Apple has won patents on a heart rate monitor that knows who you are and a screen that you can control without even touching it. First up is US patent No. 8,615,290, involving a ‘Seamlessly embedded heart rate monitor’ that scans your EKG reading. The obvious application for this would be to …
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Want to break free of Apple’s restrictions on apps? An iOS 7 jailbreak has been released to free your iPhone and iPad with apps from unofficial app stores — but don’t rush into anything just yet. The jailbreak has been put together by the evad3rs — which sounds like a 1960s TV show — and jailbreaks any iPhone, iPad or iPod …
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Apple has “big plans” for 2014. In a letter to employees, Apple CEO Tim Cook hints at the future, while also praising the “innovation” of the past twelve months including the iPhone 5S, iOS 7 and the new Mac Pro. “This holiday season, tens of millions of people around the world, from all walks of life, are experiencing Apple products …
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Planning to bag a new blower on boxing day? Phones 4U is offering up to £200 cashback on phones including the Motorola Moto G as well as a host of other post-yuletide discounts. You can trouser up to £200 cashback on a range of phones. The Moto G, Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini, and Sony Xperia SP are all included in the deal, …
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The Motorola Moto G is cheap as chips — and you’re about to get even more for your Moto money, as Motorola updates the super-cheap smart phone to cutting-edge KitKat. The Moto G costs just £130, and will soon add Android 4.4.2 KitKat software to its solid list of specs. That makes it a pretty wallet-friendly way to get hold of …
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Google has given a festive thumbs-up to CyanogenMod. A special edition of the Oppo N1 is the first officially-sanctioned CyanogenMod phone, and it’s on sale on Christmas Eve. The price is yet to be confirmed, but the current N1 — pictured above running Oppo’s Color interface on top of Android — costs £444. It’s a 5.9-inch full HD phone powered …
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