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After reports of iCloud phishing attempts in China, Apple shows users how to stay safe

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by on October 21, 2014 at 7:06 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

After recent reports of iCloud logins being harvested in China through purportedly state-sponsored phishing attempts, Apple is doing some damage control.  In an update to its iCloud support documents, the company clarifies that it’s “aware of intermittent organized network attacks,” but that its servers were never breached. It then proceeds to describe guidelines for users to keep safe online when using their iCloud logins, laying out how to detect whether you’re on a safe site when using Safari, Chrome and Firefox by indicating the various methods each browser uses to show the user he or she is on an encrypted connection…

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Microsoft releases its first update for Windows 10 Technical Preview

Oct21
by on October 21, 2014 at 6:47 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Windows 10

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Microsoft today announced the release of its first update build for Windows 10 Technical Preview. Members of the company’s Windows Insider program will see the new release automatically appear in the Windows Update menu later today. You can also manually check for the update by going to PC Settings > Update and recovery > Preview builds. Microsoft said the update should be between 2-2.74GB. New to the build, you’ll see the Action Center notification feature from Windows Phone make its way to the desktop. Windows 10 now lets you move windows between monitors with a keyboard shortcut. Switching desktops has…

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The best accelerators for hardware startups

Oct21
by on October 21, 2014 at 6:39 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Entrepreneur, Lists

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Adam Benzion is the co-founder of Hackster, a global community for hardware hackers and starters. A Microsoft alumni and a hardware entrepreneur, Adam moderates The Hardware Startup group on LinkedIn. The never-ending boom of fledgling software companies in the past decade has triggered scores of accelerators around the world to support them. Now that hardware startups are joining the game, a new breed of accelerators is coming to life to meet their unique demands. But with hardware already being a fairly high-risk game, you’ll need to separate the true leaders from the trendy followers to get the support you need….

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Google acquires Firebase to bolster its Cloud Platform apps

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by on October 21, 2014 at 6:17 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Today Google announced that Firebase, a cloud service used for building Web and mobile apps, has been added to its Cloud Platform toster. Apps built with Firebase let devs sync data automatically between mobile and web versions, and can be used to build apps that work offline too. The platform currently has over 110,000 users. Google says that its acquisition will help flesh out its platform end-to-end for mobile applications. Firebase for its part says its developers will have a better cloud infrastructure to build upon and help better scale the service to a greater set of users. Firebase will remain platform-agnostic in the meantime, so nothing…

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Send quick photo-centric emails to your subscribers with the MailChimp Snap app

Oct21
by on October 21, 2014 at 5:09 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

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Creating a MailChimp email, even a quick update, usually involves signing into the site and building something either from a template or from scratch. It’s not exactly a quick process and its actually a deterrent if you just want to shoot off a quick message to your fans or customers. The new MailChimp Snap app lets you quickly share photo-based emails with your subscribers without dealing with the usual MailChimp interface. You can snap a photo or grab one from your Instagram feed or Camera Roll. From there you add a title, a link and a description to your email and…

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