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Apple plans to increase iCloud security measures following recent celebrity hack scandal

Sep05
by on September 5, 2014 at 3:15 am
Posted In: Around the Web

Apple is planning to upgrade the security notifications for users of its iCloud storage service, after a number of celebrity accounts were compromised and personal photos were stolen. Speaking about the incident for the first time, Apple CEO Tim Cook told the Wall Street Journal that the intrusion was a result of third parties accessing accounts using the correct username and password, or phishing scams. In response, the Journal quotes Cook as saying that “Apple will alert users via email and push notifications when someone tries to change an account password, restore iCloud data to a new device, or when a device logs into…

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Tesla chooses Nevada for its battery Gigafactory location

Sep05
by on September 5, 2014 at 12:10 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Tesla has announced that it will build its $5 billion battery Gigafactory in Nevada. News of the deal leaked out ahead of time, but the partnership is now official. The company first announced its plans for a Gigafactory in February. Its goal is to produce more battery capacity by 2020 than was produced worldwide last year, enough for 500,000 vehicles. Tesla expects cost savings of as much as 30 percent by the end of the first year of production of its mass market vehicle. Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval said in a statement that the project will have “nearly 100 billion dollars in economic…

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Starbucks app gets Uber integration for rides to stores

Sep04
by on September 4, 2014 at 11:57 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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If you’re jonesing for a coffee and it’s too far to walk, the Starbucks iOS app was just updated with Uber integration. Now you can call a black car to get your black coffee. The app is live now but warns that you “must have the Uber app installed and be in a city where Uber is available.” Seems fair enough. When you click on the Uber button in the Starbucks app for a store you’d like to visit, it launches the Uber app. From there it’s the typical Uber experience except at the end you get a hot cup of caffeine….

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Firefox 33 beta arrives with WebRTC audio and video calling, sending video to Chromecast and Roku from Android

Sep04
by on September 4, 2014 at 11:31 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider, Mobile

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Following the release of Firefox 32 just two days ago, Mozilla today updated its Firefox Beta channel to version 33 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android. Unlike the previous release that was more focused on performance and security, this one adds new features that the company is eager to have its community try out. Update: Mozilla is having some trouble getting this beta out, so you should expect a delay. We’ll remove this update once it’s completely rolled out. Desktop The biggest addition in this release is the introduction of an experimental Web Real Time Communication (WebRTC) feature. By building it…

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Hackers managed to install malicious software on a Healthcare.gov test server

Sep04
by on September 4, 2014 at 10:06 pm
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It’s been a tough year for the US government’s Healthcare.gov. The site launched with an abundance of technical challenges, and now, to make matters worse, officials have confirmed to The Wall Street Journal that one of Healthcare.gov’s servers fell victim to a hacking attack in July. Thankfully, user information doesn’t appear to have been compromised during the incident, as the server in question was used for testing code. Apparently, the server wasn’t supposed to be connected to the Internet, as it still had the default password. The hackers may not have even realized that they’d gained access to a valuable Healthcare.gov server….

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