Here’s one huge difference between the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and the 5.5-inch model

Posted on June 25, 2014June 25, 2014 by Authcom

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Apple’s upcoming 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 smartphones won’t simply be copies of each other when it comes to hardware, a new report from highly informed KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (via 9to5Mac and AppleInsider) indicates. The iPhone 6 phablet will have certain differentiating features, supposedly including a better camera. The 5.5-inch model is expected to have a camera with optical image stabilization (OIS), while the smaller 4.7-inch iPhone 6 is said to be equipped with an improved camera that lacks OIS.

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Google’s next attack on the living room will focus on games

Posted on June 25, 2014June 25, 2014 by Authcom

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Google desperately wants to be invited into your living room, as the company had so far various hits and misses in its relentless attack on home entertainment. The Chromecast was an immense success, following the Google TV which failed to grab enough attention from TV buyers and the Nexus Q, which failed to actually ship to consumers. However, Google won’t give up on its TV-related plans, and will introduce a new Android TV product at Google I/O, The Wall Street Journal has learned.

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Yes, Nest will start sharing data with Google

Posted on June 25, 2014June 25, 2014 by Authcom

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Nest co-founder Matt Rogers on Monday announced on its blog the Nest Developer Program, an awesome initiative that will allow developers to use their devices and apps together with Google’s Nest products for even more advanced home control. What Nest didn’t say in its announcement is that Google will obviously be one of the partners involved, which means some data will be shared with the company. However, Nest later confirmed to The Wall Street Journal that limited data will be shared with Google, in order to enable Google Now functionality.

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Sony execs were ‘dancing in the aisles’ watching Microsoft’s Xbox One blunders

Posted on June 25, 2014June 25, 2014 by Authcom

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It’s been said before but it bears repeating: Microsoft inexplicably shot itself in the foot in creative and amazing ways when it unveiled the Xbox One last year. Whether it was telling gamers who didn’t want to check in online once a day to buy an Xbox 360 or being completely unable to coherently explain its reasons for putting new restrictions on used games, Microsoft spent 2013’s E3 making one unforced error after another. To the company’s credit, it has backtracked off some of its most controversial decisions but that may not have been enough to fully reverse the damage that Microsoft did to itself last year.

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A few lucky students are going to be able to rent drones this fall

Posted on June 25, 2014June 25, 2014 by Authcom

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Why check out a book when you could check out a drone? That’s the decision many students at the University of South Florida are going to be facing when the school library reopens following major renovations. In an effort to provide a more technologically up-to-date environment for students to work in, USF opened a SMART (Science, Math, and Research Technology) Lab on the second floor of the library in 2012. This year, the updating continued.

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80% of Flappy Bird clones on Android and iOS contain malware

Posted on June 25, 2014June 25, 2014 by Authcom

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As if the Flappy Bird phenomenon wasn’t infectious enough to begin with, the torrent of clones that followed the app’s release might be leading to an even bigger problem. USA Today shares the data from McAfee Labs’ latest Threat Report, which sampled over 300 of the Flappy Bird clones on the App Store and Google Play only to find that 238 or “almost 80% of them contained malware.”

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The LG G3 will finally launch in several new markets

Posted on June 25, 2014June 25, 2014 by Authcom

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LG on Tuesday finally announced an international launch date for its recently unveiled G3 flagship smartphone, revealing that various regions will get the handset later this week. Available so far only in South Korea, the G3 will start selling on June 27 in various Asian markets including Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines. The rest of Asia, Europe, the Middle East and other regions will get the handset in July. A few weeks ago, Carphone Warehouse confirmed it will launch the handset in the U.K. on July 1.

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You may hate Facebook but it’s still the future of social networks

Posted on June 24, 2014June 24, 2014 by Authcom

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Some people would like you to think that Facebook has a “teenager” problem. You shouldn’t listen to them. VentureBeat directs our attention to a new study conducted by curator startup Niche, which surveyed roughly 7,000 teenagers and found 61% of them used Facebook on a daily basis, more than any other social networking service.

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Microsoft has become completely fed up with the U.S. government’s surveillance programs

Posted on June 24, 2014June 24, 2014 by Authcom

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Microsoft has been one of many technology companies standing up to the U.S. government in response to unwarranted, rampant data collection. CNET reports that Microsoft’s top lawyer, Brad Smith, spoke on Tuesday morning at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. to reiterate his stance that the unchecked data collection should be put to an end.

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New Google Glass surveillance trick really shows why we need alternatives to passwords

Posted on June 24, 2014June 24, 2014 by Authcom

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Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Lowell have discovered a way to steal iPad passwords with help of camera-equipped devices, Wired reports, including Google Glass, the iPhone 5s, a Samsung smartwatch and a Logitech webcam. To make this work, though, you’ll also need to install software onto your device that takes into account the tablet’s geometric position and is able to track the shadows of finger taps on the screen.

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