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The UK government wants more powers to spy on how you use the internet

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by on May 27, 2015 at 12:23 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Business Apps, Insider, investigatory powers act, Queen's Speech, Surveillance, UK

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The UK’s freshly-minted Tory government – the first majority Conservative administration to be elected since 1992 – has used its first Queen’s Speech to introduce plans for super-charged surveillance powers. In her address – which is written by the government and civil servants – the Queen said: Measures will also be brought forward to promote social cohesion and protect people by tackling extremism. New legislation will modernize the law on communications data, improve the law on policing and criminal justice. A previous attempt to push through similar powers was stymied by the Conservatives’ Lib Dem coalition partners in 2012. No obvious roadblock…

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Business and design deals to help your startup grow

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by on May 27, 2015 at 12:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers, TNWDeals

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There is no greater adventure than founding your own business. But before you embark on the journey, check out these business-related deals — they provide invaluable knowledge and resources, all at great low prices. 96% off the Skillsology ‘Start Your Own Business’ bundle If you are a new entrepreneur, or fancy becoming one, this bundle of seven courses is a good place to start. It concentrates on all the skills required to run a business successfully, taught by instructors with years of experience. Along with the all-round Start Your Own Business course, there are tracks on the math of business,…

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The most hypocritical ad blocker ever replaces ‘bad’ clips with award winning ones

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by on May 27, 2015 at 11:49 am
Posted In: ad blockers, Around the Web, D&AD, Insider, youtube

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We’ve been having a bit of a debate about ad blockers around here recently – Martin Bryant for the prosecution, Owen Williams speaking up for the defence – but here’s one I think we can all agree on: The Ad Filter, a browser extension for Firefox and Chrome created by advertising organization D&AD, is the most hypocritical ad blocker ever. Once you’ve installed it, the extension replaces the ads you’re served on YouTube with ones that have received awards. Or to be more precise, ones that have received D&AD Awards. The organization claims “it works like magic – the more great ads you see, the…

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The bug that can crash iPhones with a single message is back

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by on May 27, 2015 at 10:35 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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A major bug found in the latest version of iOS causes phones to crash when they receive a special/malicious text message. If someone sends you the below string of Arabic characters via SMS or iMessage, it can cause the Messages app to stop working and can take down the entire phone if it appears in a lock screen notification. لُلُصّبُلُلصّبُررً ॣ ॣh ॣ ॣ 冗 The bug appears to be related to how iOS processes Unicode text for banner notifications using the CoreText API. It affects iOS 7 and iOS 8 right now and the only fix is to send a photo or piece of text to the…

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Streaming Unicorns lets you live-stream your phone’s home screen

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by on May 27, 2015 at 10:19 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches

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First there was Meerkat, then Periscope and now we have Streaming Unicorns. Launching today, the project started off as an internal hack for the folks at Swedish startup Lookback. Unicorns, as it is affectionately known, is a Mac app that connects to your iPhone or iPad to let you stream your homescreen as you use it, or anything you want really. Similar to other streaming apps, you can share a link to your stream on Twitter or Facebook, but you are also given the URL to share privately if you prefer. Anyone watching your stream can communicate with you using text…

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