The rate of mobile malware is higher than ever and the operating system of choice is Android, which receives 92 percent of all detected threats, a new report by Juniper shows. [Read more]
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Mobile malware grows by 614 percent in last year
In a nine-year deal, the Salesforce.com and Oracle clouds — including applications, platform, and infrastructure — will be integrated. [Read more]
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Salesforce.com, Oracle merge clouds in nine-year deal
There is a moment between when you click on a video and when it starts playing. That moment is the worst part of your day. The agony of waiting! The torture of anticipation! YouTube understands that, and on a visit to YouTube HQ in San Bruno, CA, we got a look at what’s coming to make that awful moment pass before you know it happened. Read more…
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Inside YouTube’s Master Plan to Kill Lag Dead
The social network is embarrassed by a glitch in its “Download Your Information” tool that unintentionally shared some members’ phone numbers and e-mail addresses. [Read more]
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Facebook bug exposed contact info of 6M users
That’s the claim from TechCrunch, which says that Facebook’s special press event on June 20 will be focused in part on video and Instagram. [Read more]
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Facebook to unveil Instagram video on June 20, report says
An employee of a German bank is supposed to make a transfer of 62.40 euros, but somehow he falls asleep on the keyboard and continually presses the number 2. [Read more]
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Banker sleeps on keyboard, mistakenly transfers $293M
Sonte Film window coverings made from a special material that responds to electric current can go opaque or clear at the bidding of a smartphone app. [Read more]
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It’s curtains for curtains: Digital shades go opaque on command
Matt sez, “Maya Weinstein is an artist who just finished her MFA at Parsons, with the awesomest thesis ever: a DIY kit for making your own High-Fructose Corn Syrup , the industrial sweetener that is, well, let’s say problematic these days. “Amazingly, HFCS is not available for consumers to buy, and as Weinstein discovered, making it yourself requires some pretty unusual (and expensive) components, like Glucose Isomerase. But it’s a totally fascinating process, and only the first in what Weinstein hopes will be a series of ‘citizen food science’ kits.” DIY High-Fructose Corn Syrup by Artist Maya Weinstein
Study shows that companies have rejected 1 in 10 people between ages 16 and 34 because of something the person shared on social media. [Read more]
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Facebookers, beware: That silly update can cost you a job
In 2008, Better Place partnered with Renault to build an electric car and create a system of battery swapping stations, but the concept never gained momentum. [Read more]
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Electric car startup Better Place liquidating after $850 million investment