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LastPass follows Dashlane in letting you change loads of your passwords at once

Dec09
by on December 9, 2014 at 8:06 pm
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Just a few hours after Dashlane incorporated automatic password changing, popular password manager LastPass can now do the same. Now when you use the password manager, you’ll see an option to change your password automatically below your login info for each site. Once clicked, LastPass will open a new tab in your browser to apply the changes. Next time you try to log in to said site, LastPass will autofill the password field with your new information. Currently, the service supports over 75 accounts, including Facebook, Twitter, Amazon and Dropbox. Rather than going through a cloud network, LastPass says these changes…

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Intel introduces its own Internet of Things platform

Dec09
by on December 9, 2014 at 7:29 pm
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In addition to entering the wearable market, Intel is also going full in on the Internet of Things. The silicon-producing company announced its own IoT platform and reference design today with a focus on getting items to market quicker using the company’s software and hardware. The Intel IoT Platform, according to the company, should helps companies deploy products quicker and because the company is teaming up with companies like Accenture, SAP, Dell, Wipro and others, there’s a robust ecosystem right out the gate. Of course, Intel is going up against another silicon giant for an IoT platform. Qualcomm has its AllJoyn IoT…

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Cyanogen goes back on its promise to provide updates for the OnePlus One in India

Dec09
by on December 9, 2014 at 7:22 pm
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After Cyanogen announced an exclusive agreement with India’s Micromax despite its partnership with OnePlus, the company reiterated late last week that it is committed to delivering global updates for the OnePlus One. Now, Cyanogen has gone back on that promise, saying that it won’t be providing updates to OnePlus devices sold in India. What it meant, apparently, when it said that devices would get updates, was that devices purchased outside India and brought into the country will receive updates, but regional India devices won’t receive any such updates. With Cyanogen leaving OnePlus out in the cold, it’s no surprise that the company is reported to…

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Dropbox’s Carousel can now automatically free up space for photos on your device

Dec09
by on December 9, 2014 at 6:59 pm
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A couple of weeks ago, we reported that Dropbox’s Carousel app was testing a feature to manage space on your device by automatically deleting content it had backed up to its cloud. At the time, Dropbox told us it was just a test and may not reach a full roll out. Today, that functionality becomes official. As we noted in our previous article, Carousel will push a notification when your storage is getting full and will offer to free up some space on your device by deleting images that have already been copied onto Dropbox. In order to activate it,…

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The Pirate Bay is offline after Swedish police seize servers

Dec09
by on December 9, 2014 at 6:39 pm
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You might have noticed that The Pirate Bay is offline today; the site has disappeared after Swedish Police reportedly raided premises in Stockholm containing the service’s servers. According to Torrentfreak, Swedish authorities confirmed that local police completed a raid in Stockholm this morning. Paul Inter, police national coordinator for IP enforcement said “There has been a crackdown on a server room in Greater Stockholm. This is in connection with violations of copyright law.” Fredrik Ingblad, an expert file-sharing case prosecutor said that “There were a number of police officers and digital forensics experts there. This took place during the morning…

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