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Facebook launches Riff, an app for making videos with your friends

Apr01
by on April 1, 2015 at 5:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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It may be April Fools day, but that’s not stopping Facebook from an unveiling actual, real product. The company today launched a collaborative video app called Riff. It’s a pretty simple app. You create a video and set some tags for it, and then your friends can see the video and add their own clips to it. This then has a bit of a snowball effect to it; once a friend adds a clip, it’ll be shown to his or her friends, and they can add clips to the Riff as well. A short video can therefore become a long…

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WordPress sites are at risk of Pirate Bay clone slinging malware

Apr01
by on April 1, 2015 at 5:10 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Some WordPress sites are at risk of being targeted by a fake Pirate Bay copycat site that is launching attacks, according to Malwarebytes researchers. The campaign uses compromised WordPress sites as a means to redirect customers to a page with an exploit kit. All of the compromised sites appear to be injected with the same iframe that is sending users to thepiratebay.in.ua incorrectly. This is not the official Pirate Bay site, it is a clone that is allowed to exist as a result of TheOpenBay initiative. The copycat site is actively pushing the Nuclear exploit kit and appears to be…

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Watch the TNW team celebrate half a million Facebook Page Likes

Apr01
by on April 1, 2015 at 4:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Shareables, Voice

We hit a milestone today at TNW; 500,000 Facebook Page Likes, and that’s no April Fools’ Day joke. Thanks to everyone who got us there. And if you don’t already Like us on Facebook, well… you know what to do. Here’s a video we put together to celebrate… and it shows us celebrating! O.M.G! 500,000 Page Likes… DONEThanks for all your support on Facebook!With love, The Next Web team Posted by The Next Web on Wednesday, April 1, 2015

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TweetDeck for Mac’s update now integrates Teams, group DMs, Dataminr support and more

Apr01
by on April 1, 2015 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

Today, TweetDeck officially scrapped TweetDeck-specific accounts to allow log-ins only via Twitter credentials. Along with this change, it also updated its TweetDeck for Mac client to include several updates available on the Web version. These updates include the new TweetDeck Teams feature for management across organizations, in-line animated GIF and video displays, group direct messages, Dataminr support and the ability to upload up to four photos per tweet. Naturally, the update also brings bug fixes to finally catch TweetDeck’s native app up to speed with its Web client. The app is free and the update is rolling out today. ➤  TweetDeck for…

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President Obama’s new Executive Order authorizes targeted sanctions against foreign cybersecurity threats

Apr01
by on April 1, 2015 at 3:43 pm
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Recent cyberattacks, the Sony Pictures one in particular, have catalyzed a renewed look at how governments and companies deal with hacking, especially from foreign countries. In light of this, President Obama has today signed an Executive Order which authorizes targeted sanctions against individuals or entities who threaten “national security, foreign policy economic health or financial stability” of the US. The move follows the White House’s establishment of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center in February to amass data from various government organizations. In particular, the President says the sanctions are focused on oversea threats. Though diplomatic and law enforcement tools…

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