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Uber signups in Germany jump by up to 590% following court’s move to curb the service

Sep03
by on September 3, 2014 at 4:06 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Remember when Uber’s signups jumped by 850 percent in the wake of the London taxi driver protests back in June? Well, it seems a similar trend is happening in Germany too. Yesterday we reported that Germany was making moves to curb the driver-for-hire service, and not one to shrink away from a positive PR spin, Uber has announced it has seen a large number of fresh signups across the country in the last 24 hours. This includes a 590 percent hike in Hamburg, 518 percent in Dusseldorf, 329 percent in Munich, 270 percent in Berlin and 228 percent in Frankfurt….

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TeleSign partners with RSA to provide phone and SMS verification

Sep03
by on September 3, 2014 at 4:03 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Phone-based verification leader TeleSign has announced a partnership with security firm RSA to provide voice and text one-time passwords for RSA’s Adaptive Authentication product. Adaptive Authentication enables fraud detection and “risk-based authentication” for security-minded industries like healthcare, finance and government. If you’ve ever gotten a phone call or text as two-step verification for logging into an online service, chances are you’ve come into contact with TeleSign. The firm got started in 2005 and now provides phone verification services for most of the top Web properties around the world. “We believe that the only truly unique identifier that anyone has, that’s readily…

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TeleSign partners with RSA to provide phone and SMS verification

Sep03
by on September 3, 2014 at 4:03 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Phone-based verification leader TeleSign has announced a partnership with security firm RSA to provide voice and text one-time passwords for RSA’s Adaptive Authentication product. Adaptive Authentication enables fraud detection and “risk-based authentication” for security-minded industries like healthcare, finance and government. If you’ve ever gotten a phone call or text as two-step verification for logging into an online service, chances are you’ve come into contact with TeleSign. The firm got started in 2005 and now provides phone verification services for most of the top Web properties around the world. “We believe that the only truly unique identifier that anyone has, that’s readily…

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8tracks overhauls its Android app to help you find the perfect mix

Sep03
by on September 3, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Following on from 8track’s major update to its iOS app earlier this year, the company today released its overhauled Android app to Google Play. The update puts the focus on helping get users to the music they feel like listening to right now, by offering them a range of choices that add up to the ‘path of least resistance’ to finding music they like, as opposed to just presenting them with a list of artists or songs. Just like the new iOS 8tracks app, the Android update brings a timeline of mixes you’ve recently listened to (to the left) and those that’ll play next (to…

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8tracks overhauls its Android app to help you find the perfect mix

Sep03
by on September 3, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Following on from 8track’s major update to its iOS app earlier this year, the company today released its overhauled Android app to Google Play. The update puts the focus on helping get users to the music they feel like listening to right now, by offering them a range of choices that add up to the ‘path of least resistance’ to finding music they like, as opposed to just presenting them with a list of artists or songs. Just like the new iOS 8tracks app, the Android update brings a timeline of mixes you’ve recently listened to (to the left) and those that’ll play next (to…

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