The Hand That Feeds You by A. J. Rich
Reviewed by Kali from Scottsdale, Arizona.
Smartphones are great for capturing audio at lectures and interviews, but turning those lengthy sound files into usable information hasn’t always been easy. A new iOS app called Pio lets you tag key moments while recording for easy reference — making it a wonderful tool for journalists. Pio is easy to use: When you’re recording, you can tap the screen at any point to mark the beginning of an important segment and tap again to signal its end. Once you’ve finished, you can review each segment, name them and add notes to make transcription easier. Recording with Pio The app is…
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Millions of adulterers could be exposed as cheaters’ social network Ashley Madison faces data breach
Jul20
on July 20, 2015
at 5:09 am
Ashley Madison, a social network for adulterers, has been hacked by an individual or group that’s also begun posting users’ personal data online, according to security blog Krebs on Security. The site, which claims to have over 37 million users, told Krebs on Security that it was working to take down leaked data, including account details of users apparently sampled at random. An individual or group of hackers calling itself The Impact Team has claimed responsibility for the attack. In a manifesto posted along with the stolen user information, it said that it decided to publish the leaked data in…
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Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab S2 tablets are thinner than the latest iPad Air
Jul20
on July 20, 2015
at 4:12 am
Samsung has launched the Galaxy Tab S2, a new Android tablet that’s available in two sizes and is only 5.6mm thick — that’s 0.6mm less than Apple’s iPad Air 2. The Tab S2 comes in your choice of 9.7-inch (389g/13.7oz) or 8-inch (265g/9.34oz) screen sizes, with a 2048×1536 pixel Super AMOLED display. The larger variant is the same size as the iPad Air 2, which launched last October, and manages to offer the same resolution while weighing 1.6oz (46g) less. Under the hood, you’ll find an octa-core processor (four 1.9GHz cores and four 1.3GHz cores) paired with 3GB RAM and…
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