Going gluten-free is all the rage these days. It’s the diet of choice for Hollywood starlets and health nuts alike; supermarket aisles are packed full of products touting their lack of the stretchy protein. But for a lot of people, the gluten-free lifestyle may do more harm than good. Read more…
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Why You Might Want to Rethink Going Gluten-Free
Last year, Verizon bought $3.6 billion worth of spectrum, and now it’s finally making use of it: its LTE coverage just got three times faster in some big cities . Read more…
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Verizon’s LTE Just Got Three Times Faster in a Bunch of Big Cities
cagraham writes “Startup Swarm Mobile intends to help physical retailers counter online shopping habits by collecting data on their customer’s actions. Swarm’s platform integrates with store’s Wifi networks in order to monitor what exactly customers are doing while shopping. In exchange for collecting analytics, shoppers get access to free internet. Swarm then send reports to the store owners, detailing how many customers checked prices online, or compared rival products on their phones. Their platform also allows stores to directly send discount codes or coupons to shopper’s phones.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Swarm Mobile’s Offer: Free Wi-Fi In Exchange For Some Privacy
Android: If you suspect your roommate or anyone else has been reading your private messages on your phone, then PeeperPeeper can catch them red-handed. The app creates fake shortcuts for popular messaging apps and takes a photo when someone opens them. Read more…
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PeeperPeerer Catches Who Has Been Snooping on Your Private Messages
No one likes bloatware, especially on a shiny new laptop. If you find wading through the program manager in Windows tedious and annoying, Decrap will volunteer to do the work for you. Read more…
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Decrap Uninstalls All the Bloatware on Your New PC Automatically
By default, a lot of us just buy music from iTunes because it’s cheap and easy. However, Deal News recently took a look at the numbers, and it turns out that Amazon is cheaper than iTunes almost 80% of the time. Read more…
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Amazon MP3 is 78% Cheaper than iTunes, On Average
satuon writes “The popular Ubuntu Forums site is now displaying a message saying there was a security breach. What is currently known: Unfortunately the attackers have gotten every user’s local username, password, and email address from the Ubuntu Forums database. The passwords are not stored in plain text. However, if you were using the same password as your Ubuntu Forums one on another service (such as email), you are strongly encouraged to change the password on the other service ASAP. Ubuntu One, Launchpad and other Ubuntu/Canonical services are NOT affected by the breach.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Ubuntuforums.org Hacked
Developer who provides iPhone hacks claims to have proof that device data speeds are being limited on networks operated by Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint. [Read more]
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Apple said to limit wireless speeds on some U.S. carriers
To create the map of Liberty City, creators stitched together nearly 80,000 in-game screenshots into around 3,000 panoramic views. [Read more]
PolygamousRanchKid writes “Turkey’s prime minister on Sunday rejected claims that he is a ‘dictator,’ dismissing protesters as an extremist fringe even as thousands returned to the landmark Istanbul square that has become the site of the fiercest anti-government outburst in years. With Turkish media otherwise giving scant reports about the protests, many turned to social media outlets for information on the unrest. ‘There is now a menace which is called Twitter,’ Erdogan said. ‘The best examples of lies can be found there. To me, social media is the worst menace to society.’ ‘The people are finally standing up, speaking up and fighting for their rights,’ said Hakan Tas, a deputy for the Left Party in Berlin’s local assembly, who took part in the protest.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Turkish PM: “To Me, Social Media Is the Worst Menace To Society.”