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Google Wallet for Android and iOS now lets you track your current and past online orders

Mar12
by on March 12, 2014 at 6:12 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Mobile

Google today announced an update to its Google Wallet app for Android and iOS, which adds a new feature called Orders, which requires your receipts to be first sent to your Gmail account. The new version is rolling out this week; once it’s available you can download it directly from Google Play and Apple’s App Store. Google Wallet now lets you automatically track your online orders, receive notifications about status updates (Google partnered with primary package carriers in the US), and track all your past orders as well. To take advantage of the feature, tap “Activate” under “Track your orders”…

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No, Twitter has not been hit by a massive spam botnet

Mar12
by on March 12, 2014 at 5:58 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Social Media

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Earlier this week, programmer Paul Dietrich made a posting on the site Cryptome about what he called a “Massive Twitter Botnet,” which was then picked up by Hacker News as well as a few publications. Among other claims, he put together a list of some 35,000 fake twitter handles, which he believes belong to a single botnet that is retweeting spam messages on the social network. Yet a closer look shows that this is by no means anything unique. Social networks the size of Facebook and Twitter often delete many more accounts in the space of just a few hours….

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No, Twitter has not been hit by a massive spam botnet

Mar12
by on March 12, 2014 at 5:58 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Earlier this week, programmer Paul Dietrich made a posting on the site Cryptome about what he called a “Massive Twitter Botnet,” which was then picked up by Hacker News as well as a few publications. Among other claims, he put together a list of some 35,000 fake twitter handles, which he believes belong to a single botnet that is retweeting spam messages on the social network. Yet a closer look shows that this is by no means anything unique. Social networks the size of Facebook and Twitter often delete many more accounts in the space of just a few hours….

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YouTube down for you? You’re not the only one [Updated]

Mar12
by on March 12, 2014 at 5:12 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

Update: We’ve received a statement from a YouTube spokesperson on the situation, which the company says is now fixed: Some people encountered errors, or a slower than normal experience on YouTube today. We worked quickly to address the issue and fixed the problem. We’re sorry for any inconvenience this caused. It seems that YouTube is having a bit of a hiccup today with some users being left unable to access the site or videos via the YouTube.com homepage. How widespread the problem spreads is yet to be established, but there are certainly plenty of Tweets from disgruntled users. In our own…

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Epic Games teams up with Mozilla to bring Unreal Engine 4 to Firefox

Mar12
by on March 12, 2014 at 4:36 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Epic Games is bringing Unreal Engine 4 to Firefox. After successfully porting Unreal Engine 3 – the software that powers high-end video games such as the Gears of War and Mass Effect franchises – the company has given an early look at how its successor will run on the web. The video below shows two demos, Soul and Swing Ninja, running inside Mozilla’s browser without the use of plugins. In a blog post, Mozilla said both titles were running at “near-native” speeds and the based on this early footage, the results look promising. “Any modern browser can run asm.js content,…

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