Facebook is looking to add a bit of certainty to its Messenger app, as the social media giant launches a new caller ID feature for new Messenger conversations. From now on, the next time a non-friend messages you on Facebook, you will be shown a brief publicly available information on that particular contact.
A firm specializing in advising on information security has published a report into a vulnerability found within a component known as NetUSB, a proprietary technology found within millions of home routers around the world. NetUSB is developed by a Taiwanese company called KCodes and is essentially offered as a means of allowing PCs and Macs to connect to USB devices over a network. The bug within the technology, if exploited, could essentially allow malicious individuals to compromise any device running the driver.
Starbucks has just confirmed that quite a few customers using the coffee-maker's smartphone app have had hundreds of dollars stolen from their accounts through customer rewards. It may not have been an alarming concern if the theft was limited to some pre-paid account worth a few bucks, but it's much more than that.
With Ultra HD (4K) resolution beginning to take over as the new nail-biting standard of high definition video, Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) has announced that the Ultra HD Blu-ray (4K) specification is now complete, as it further reveals this next-gen format's official logo as well.
In this day and age online security and encryption is often at the forefront in the minds of those of us that all but live our lives on the Internet. We send so much information about us over the wires that we often forget that the mediums we use may not be as secure as we would hope. It’s a modern problem that isn’t going to go away.
Here's what to expect from Google I/O 2015 keynote. Product features and announcement, which are expected to be unveiled, are all detailed here.
Amazon is ready to bring its entertainment services to users at around 30,000-feet, as the online retail giant partners up with JetBlue airline in the U.S. If you're an Amazon Prime member and happen to be a frequent flyer, you will now have access to Amazon Prime Instant Video over JetBlue's "Fly-Fi" broadband Internet.
Tesla has begun to branch out from electric cars and into the home and office, after it announced a two-pronged attack on the energy crisis. Dubbed Tesla Energy, the new initiative is made up of two products that Tesla hopes will reduce our reliance on existing energy sources, allowing us to become more self-sufficient - especially if you have solar panels.
Popcorn Time - the popular Netflix for torrents app - will now be blocked across the U.K. after Hollywood movie studios challenged the service's legitimacy in providing paid content for free.
Uber has just launched its first-ever food delivery service in New York and Chicago. The company that literally pioneered the mobile app based transportation network is inching closer to breaking into the food delivery market with UberEATS.
















