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Twitter fights “revenge porn” with new policy
The social network is now prohibiting the posting of explicit photos or videos without the subject’s consent, in a list of new rules published in the private information section of Twitter Rules. Users are now able to report the content when they see it online and request to remove the pictures or videos. Read more…
This is the Apple Watch. Finally.
The Apple Watch is finally here with a wide range of sizes and finishes from a Sports Edition with its rubber band to a Gold Edition. The starting price is at $350 and reaches $10,000 for the 18-karat gold. The operating system and interface are the same with a touch screen and two buttons on one side of the watch. Read more…
Prototype of HTC Vive VR headset revealed
People were able to test the HTC’s Vive VR headset during the Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona and they reported a fully interactive experience. The Vive comes with a lot of equipment: two laser-tracking boxes, two nunchuk-like controllers and the headset cabled to a Windows PC. The final product will have wireless controllers although the prototype was not. Read more…
Xiaomi’s cam is GoPro’s new rival
GoPro has a serious competitor, the new action camera Yi designed by Chinese company Xiaomi at just $64, half the price of GoPro’s Hero device. Yi’s price, however, is not its most attractive feature. It incorporates a 16-megapixel Sony image sensor and can record 1080p video at 60fps while the GoPro Hero shoots 5-megapixel images and records 1080p videos at 30fps, or 720p video at 60fps. Read more…
HTC One M9 is a piece of jewelry
There is no doubt that HTC has created the most beautiful smartphones over the last few years and there are no changes with the new HTC One M9. And for its new flagship, HTC took inspiration from the world of jewelry like Montblanc and Rolex, which would explain its new color variants: Gold-on-silver, Gunmetal Grey-on-Grey and Gold-on-Gold. Read more…
Google to launch Inbox for work next month
Google’s Inbox App rolled out last October and changed the way we approach personal email, but enterprises were left out in the cold. Good news, though, Inbox for companies will begin testing for next month with a small group of Google App customers so the makers can “ understand more about how things get done (or don’t) today”, says the director of product management for Gmail and Inbox. Read more…
Vaio returns with two stunning notebooks
After being sold by Sony to focus on its mobile industry, VAIO is back with two new PCs: the VAIO Z and the VAIO Z Canvas, under the new company flagship. What’s most innovative about both devices are their shape-shifting capabilities. Read more…
NSA conducts a global cyberespionage operation
We are in the era of pure “cyberespionage”, according to a Russian cybersecurity firm who confirmed identifying malicious spyware programs that infiltrated computers in multiple countries. The Kaspersky employee found spyware embedded inside hard disks’ firmware, the code that enables the device to run its own basic functions. Read more…
Lenovo forced to remove malicious adware
Lenovo was forced to remove a hidden adware, called Superfish, that was pre-installed on laptops and PCs after users expressed their anger. This hidden software that was injecting adverts on browsers using techniques similar to malware, according to experts, was raising questions on what kind of data was collected by the software. Read more…
The blue-black / white-gold dress that really broke the Internet
Ever since the evening of February 26, the Internet has been divided into two factions over a very important issue to mankind: white and gold or blue and black? If you’ve been offline for a while and clueless about this issue, we’ll try to explain a little. Read more…
