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Google is issuing stricter guidelines for devs after Google+ security debacle

Oct09
by on October 9, 2018 at 6:54 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider


Last night, Google decided to shut down Google+ after the Wall Street Journal reported that the company discovered a critical bug in the platform, and decided not to disclose it. Google’s VP of engineering Ben Smith said that nearly 500,000 users might have been affected but the company didn’t find any instance where any developer took advantage of the vulnerability. To avoid this kind of incident in the future, Google is launching a new initiative called Project Strobe, which outlines tighter guidelines for developers using Google services and accessing the company’s APIs in their apps. Here are some of the changes…

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Google is issuing stricter guidelines for devs after Google+ security debacle

Oct09
by on October 9, 2018 at 6:54 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider


Last night, Google decided to shut down Google+ after the Wall Street Journal reported that the company discovered a critical bug in the platform, and decided not to disclose it. Google’s VP of engineering Ben Smith said that nearly 500,000 users might have been affected but the company didn’t find any instance where any developer took advantage of the vulnerability. To avoid this kind of incident in the future, Google is launching a new initiative called Project Strobe, which outlines tighter guidelines for developers using Google services and accessing the company’s APIs in their apps. Here are some of the changes…

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Apple updates iOS 12 to fix iPhone XS charging woes

Oct09
by on October 9, 2018 at 4:26 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Apple has just released iOS 12.0.1, which brings a couple of key fixes for bugs plaguing the latest iPhone XS and XS Max. That includes the curious problem of the iPhone XS requiring users to unlock their devices before they’ll begin charging when a Lightning cable is plugged in. The update will also prevent your iPhone XS or XS Max from connecting to a 2.4GHz channel on a Wi-Fi network, when a higher bandwidth 5GHz channel is available. Hopefully, that’ll ensure you don’t face poor connectivity and slow speeds the next time you hope on your home network. Oh, and…

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