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Obama’s cybersecurity advisor calls Anthem hack ‘quite concerning,’ masters understatement

Feb05
by on February 5, 2015 at 4:13 pm
Posted In: Anthem, Around the Web, Hacking, Insider

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President Obama’s cybersecurity advisor, Michael Daniel, has called the attack on Anthem, the US’s second largest health insurer, “quite concerning,” reports Reuters. Speaking at a seminar organized by Bloomberg Government, he said: “Obviously it’s quite concerning that we would have yet another intrusion of this size. It’s particularly disturbing especially when it hits that many people.” Daniel, who is Cybersecurity Coordinator in the Executive Office of the President, went on to advise those affected to change their passwords and monitor their credit scores. He declined to comment further on the breach, which is being investigated by the FBI. Last month, President Obama proposed a…

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Obama’s cybersecurity advisor calls Anthem hack ‘quite concerning,’ masters understatement

Feb05
by on February 5, 2015 at 4:13 pm
Posted In: Anthem, Around the Web, cybersecurity, Hacking, Insider

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President Obama’s cybersecurity advisor, Michael Daniel, has called the attack on Anthem, the US’s second largest health insurer, “quite concerning,” reports Reuters. Speaking at a seminar organized by Bloomberg Government, he said: “Obviously it’s quite concerning that we would have yet another intrusion of this size. It’s particularly disturbing especially when it hits that many people.” Daniel, who is Cybersecurity Coordinator in the Executive Office of the President, went on to advise those affected to change their passwords and monitor their credit scores. He declined to comment further on the breach, which is being investigated by the FBI. Last month, President Obama proposed a…

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TweetDeck now supports animated GIFs

Feb05
by on February 5, 2015 at 3:36 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

TweetDeck can be an useful way of keeping track of multiple Twitter accounts and everything that’s going on in the social network, but it lacks some of the functionality of the regular Twitter stream. One of those missing feature was animated GIFs, but no longer. Now when a GIF shows up in your TweetDeck feed, you’ll see it embedded as an MP4 video, just as you do when using Twitter’s Web client. We're excited to announce you can now view GIFs in TweetDeck. pic.twitter.com/fcSkZoDydI — TweetDeck (@TweetDeck) February 5, 2015 It’s a small change, but should save you some time by…

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Get Early Access to TNW Index by Becoming a Curator

Feb05
by on February 5, 2015 at 2:55 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, beta, Curators, early access, Insider, TNWIndex, Voice

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Last month we unveiled our new secret weapon, TNW Index, here on The Next Web. In case you missed it, Index is our social database that can be used to track the news and activity of companies, cities, and markets that you are interested in. What started as a tool for our editors now offers everything you need to stay up-to-date – whether you’re a founder, investor, blogger or just a startup enthusiast. That reveal was also just a teaser for a product that is currently in closely guarded beta. If your interest was piqued and the question “What is…

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FiftyThree’s Paper for iPad now includes all original tools free without an in-app purchase

Feb05
by on February 5, 2015 at 1:55 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

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What is it about in-app purchases that makes people bristle? Perhaps, when an app is advertised as “free” people don’t generally expect to pay for major features. But in fact, this is a widespread practice in the industry that has now been rectified by at least one company. FiftyThree’s Paper, a popular sketching app, has always opened its free app to the bare minimum of its pen and eraser tools. For anything more, you had to plunk down at least $0.99 per tool or $3.99 for an Essentials pack. No longer.  Beginning today, the company has made all of Paper’s original tools…

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