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Airbnb launches new dashboard and updated app for hosts

Feb21
by on February 21, 2015 at 1:07 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

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If you’re a busy Airbnb host you probably want to know more about your renting-your-home-to-strangers business. Today Airbnb has updated the tools to give you the insight into how your little piece of the shared economy is going. The redesigned Dashboard will give you your overall outlook for the month and tracks how many guests you have hosted and where they are originally from. Plus all pending requests and inquiries are available directly in the Dashboard. The Dashboard also shows seasonal travel trends and shares information on how many people are looking at your listings. The updated iOS app (the Android app…

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Superfish admits installing root certificate authority to show ads on secure sites

Feb21
by on February 21, 2015 at 12:48 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Earlier this week it was discovered that many Lenovo PCs released between September 2014 and January 2015 shipped with an adware application called Superfish. This application, while annoying, was almost harmless on its own, except for one big problem: it installed a root certificate authority on the computer allowing the software to man-in-the-middle secure traffic to sites like your bank or Facebook. Why exactly the company would need to do that was perplexing, but we finally got the answer straight from the company behind Superfish. It wanted to show you its visual search ads on any website. The Next Web spoke indirectly to…

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US government urges Lenovo users to remove Superfish, but the software maker denies security risk

Feb20
by on February 20, 2015 at 10:20 pm
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It’s been a rough few days for Lenovo. Now even the United States government is urging users to remove the Superfish adware. The Department of Homeland Security issued a warning today alerting users that the software causes infected computers to be vulnerable to a type of SSL Spoofing cyberattacks, according to a report by Reuters. In a statement we received from Superfish itself, however, the company claims its software is safe and that the malicious aspect that’s been reported was unintentionally caused by a third party. You can read the statement in full below: There has been significant misinformation circulating about Superfish…

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Citymapper receives a design overhaul with quicker access to saved trips and nearby transportation

Feb20
by on February 20, 2015 at 9:29 pm
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Transit trip planner, Citymapper just redesigned its mobile apps to make getting around town that much easier. Citymapper 5.0 for iOS and Android now allows users quickly swipe between the mapping feature, nearby transit items like buses, bike share and ferries and their departure time, and the City feature that shows you local transport lines. The app offers helpful features like saved trips that are accessible offline, and the ability to change your location on a city map and get the transit information for that area. If you use public transportation to navigate your city, Citymapper is a good source for getting around without navigating the…

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