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LG is bringing its Knock Code feature to older smartphones to provide more security

Mar25
by on March 25, 2014 at 3:14 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Mobile, Product Updates

LG introduced a feature known as ‘Knock Code’ when it took the wraps off its G Pro 2 flagship smartphone last month, which lets users activate the display by tapping one of up to over 80,000 programmable combinations. The feature has been making an appearance on its smartphone models unveiled so far this year, including the F series and L series. Now LG has announced that the Knock Code feature will be made available on earlier key smartphone models via a firmware update starting in April. Those who have the LG G2 and G Flex in “specific countries” will be the first to…

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LG is bringing its Knock Code feature to older smartphones to provide more security

Mar25
by on March 25, 2014 at 3:14 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Mobile, Product Updates

LG introduced a feature known as ‘Knock Code’ when it took the wraps off its G Pro 2 flagship smartphone last month, which lets users activate the display by tapping one of up to over 80,000 programmable combinations. The feature has been making an appearance on its smartphone models unveiled so far this year, including the F series and L series. Now LG has announced that the Knock Code feature will be made available on earlier key smartphone models via a firmware update starting in April. Those who have the LG G2 and G Flex in “specific countries” will be the first to…

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New York Times: Obama proposes bill to strip the NSA of its power to collect call data in bulk

Mar25
by on March 25, 2014 at 2:36 am
Posted In: Around the Web, nsa spy program, nsa spying

US President Barack Obama is preparing to take the wraps off a legislative proposal that would put an end to the government spy agency’s systematic collection of call data, the New York Times reports. These call records would stay with phone companies instead, and they wouldn’t need to retain the data for any longer than the 18 months that federal regulations normally require. The NYT reports that under the terms of the legislative proposal, the NSA will only be able to access specific records by seeking permission from a judge who needs to determine whether the standard of suspicion has been…

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Google partners with Ray-Ban, Oakley parent to design frames for Glass

Mar24
by on March 24, 2014 at 10:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

Google announced today plans to “join forces” with the Luxottica Group, the parent company of Ray-Ban, Oakley and several other luxury glasses brands, to design and manufacture new Google Glass frames. While the specifics of the partnership aren’t clear from Google’s post, Luxottica will lend its “design and manufacturing expertise” to help create more designs for Glass explorers, and its retail outlets will come in handy when Glass goes on sale. From the sound of it, Google doesn’t have any new glasses frames to announce in the immediate future, but it is marking the collaboration as “the start of a…

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Disney to buy YouTube network Maker Studios for $500 million

Mar24
by on March 24, 2014 at 9:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Disney has announced an agreement to purchase popular YouTube multi-channel network Maker Studios for $500 million plus as much as $450 million in additional performance-based compensation. Maker Studios boasts 380 million subscribers and 5.5 billion views per month across 55,000 channels. Notable channels on the network include PewDiePie, ‘Epic Rap Battles of History,’ and Mike Tompkins. According to recent data from TubeFilter, Maker Studios was responsible for 9 out of the top 100 most-viewed channels on YouTube in January. Disney said it expects the deal to close by the end of the second quarter of this year. Thumbnail credit: Thomas Samson…

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