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Dropbox teams up with HackerOne for bug bounty program

Apr15
by on April 15, 2015 at 6:28 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev

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Dropbox has announced a new partnership with HackerOne to help the company reign in security breaches and protect user information, according to a Dropbox blog entry posted today. The new bug bounty program augments Dropbox’s existing in-house operation. The scrutiny centers on Dropbox, Carousel and Mailbox for iOS and Android apps. It also covers the Dropbox and Carousel Web apps; the Dropbox desktop app and the Dropbox Core SDK. The company says it is also open to rewards for “novel or particularly interesting bugs” in other Dropbox applications. The minimum bounty for qualifying bugs is $216 and the maximum bounty already…

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Twitter unveils a new homepage to reel in logged-out users

Apr15
by on April 15, 2015 at 5:39 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Rumors of a redesigned Twitter.com interface have been floating around for a while, but the company is finally showing off its new user experience. The company today unveiled a new home page that feeds content to users who either aren’t signed in or don’t have a Twitter account. From the start, you’ll see a list of topics such as Pop Artists, Tech Blogs & Reporters and Cute Animals (of course), among others. Once you click one one of those topics, you’ll see a stream of popular tweets within the category. The UI is indicative of Twitter embracing its role as…

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Vevo for PS4 and PS3 is launching in Europe, Australia and New Zealand today

Apr15
by on April 15, 2015 at 4:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Music video platform Vevo is getting its own apps on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. The company says the apps have been built from the ground up to fit the interface experience on the Sony devices, and provide access to dedicated artists pages as well as Vevo’s original programming. When you play a video, you’ll see recommendations tailored to what you’re currently watching. All videos are played in HD. The apps also let you create and edit playlists as well as sync them with Vevo’s apps for other platforms. Vevo for PS4 and PS3 launches today in the UK, Australia,…

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Wikipedia for iOS gets a snazzy refresh to match the Android version

Apr15
by on April 15, 2015 at 4:15 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

The official Wikipedia app for iOS has received an update today. This brings it up to par with the Android version, which got its own refresh back in January. Pages now sport full-bleed header images, a short topic summary, a ‘read more’ section and an improved image viewer. Elsewhere, your recent search history is saved, and there’s a neat function that lets you share a picture with text summary overlay about any topic via the iOS Share Sheet. This makes more sense in some cases than others (the text doesn’t always neatly fit, although you can customize it by highlighting the words…

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The 12-point social media checklist for writing amazing posts

Apr15
by on April 15, 2015 at 4:11 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Roundups, Social Media

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This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog. Before you hit the Publish button or send an update to the queue, what do you do? Quite often, I find myself publishing instinctively and sometimes failing to consider all the necessary questions and guidelines for what makes a wildly successful, viral—and valuable!—social media update. To do right by your audience, to deliver the utmost value and receive the maximum engagement, there are a handful of qualifications that every social media post should meet. From our experience and our research, 12 items stand out, making for a super slick checklist. We’d love to share…

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