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A hack on Snapchat is sending photos of fruit smoothies to users

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by on February 12, 2014 at 6:41 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, hack, spam

Last year, an Instagram hack that posts pictures of fruit to users’ timelines surfaced twice — in June and July.

It seems like the hack has spread to Snapchat this time round, as Wired reports. The hack basically sends photos of smoothies with the URL of a scammy website to your friends. Snapchat tells Wired that it is aware of the hack and is tracking down the leak — but these are mostly cases in which someone gets into your account on the first try with your email address and password, instead of employing any brute-force tactics.

There are numerous reports of the latest Snapchat hack on Twitter. Needless to say, don’t click the link — and if you’ve been affected, do reset your Snapchat password.

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We’ve reached out to Snapchat for comment and will update with any response provided.

➤ A Snapchat hack Is Sending People Pictures of Smoothies [Wired]

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Google will deprecate the standalone AdMob SDK for Android on August 1, asks developers to use Play services

Feb12
by on February 12, 2014 at 5:34 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Gadgets, Google, Insider, Mobile

Google today announced plans to deprecate its standalone AdMob SDK for Android on August 1, 2014. The company wants to move mobile developers over to the integrated Google Mobile Ads APIs that were added to Google Play services back in October.

Here is what developers can expect will change in just under six months:

  • On August 1, 2014, the Play Store will stop accepting new or updated apps that use the standalone Google AdMob SDK. The SDK does not use the Advertising ID, and will therefore be non-compliant with the Google Play Ad Policy on this date.
  • Google will stop offering technical support for questions specifically related to the standalone SDK on August 1, 2014.
  • Ad serving through the standalone SDK will continue to work after August 1, 2014.

While Google says it currently has no plans to stop serving ads through the standalone SDK, you’re probably better off moving to the Google Play services library. The company emphasizes it still supports the same devices and lets you serve ads even on devices that don’t have the Google Play store installed.

➤ Migration Guide on Google Developers | Forum on Google Groups

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