Telegram Messenger Beta update fixes login bug, allows you to sort shared media by date
Telegram Messenger Beta picked up an update that fixes the login bug that debilitated the app when a few users were trying to login or register. Also new in the update is the ability to separate shared media and documents by date.
Apple reportedly in talks with Japan Display to build $1.7 billion plant
Apple is reportedly considering a partnership with Japan Display that will see the Cupertino giant contributing a significant portion of money to build a new LCD display factory. Apple’s investment in the venture is said to be 200 billion yen ($1.68 billion), and in return for the capital, priority will be given to the manufacture of iPhone displays.
The factory, which is slated to be constructed in Ishikawa next year, will manufacture LTPS (low temperature polysilicon) displays, which is the same display technology that is currently used in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. According to news sources, the factory could also transition into making OLED panels, similar to the one that will be used on the upcoming Apple Watch. The factory will not be exclusively manufacturing displays for Apple, with Japan’s new publication Nikkan Kogyo stating that it will cater to other vendors as well.
Japan Display’s upcoming factory isn’t the only one Apple is considering, as the manufacturer is also said to be negotiating a deal with Foxconn, which recently built a $2.6 billion facility “for a single client”.
Source: Nikkan Kogyo (translated); Via: Reuters
The NSA and GCHQ hacked a SIM card maker to steal your data
In a new report from The Intercept, the NSA and GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) hacked into Dutch SIM card manufacturer Gemalto’s computers back in April 2010. The two government agencies, along with the Mobile Handset Exploitation Team (MHET), stole an immeasurable amount of encryption keys from the SIM card company, which allows them to intercept otherwise locked-down data from users including voice, text and more. The documents containing proof were leaked to The Intercept by former NSA member Edward Snowden. Gemalto is currently one of the world’s largest SIM card manufacturers, producing two billion SIM cards per year and spanning throughout all four major US carriers as well as hundreds of other mobile service providers. There’s currently no word as to exactly how many users are affected by the hack.
With the stolen encryption keys, the NSA and GCHQ can track mobile communication without first getting approval from telecom companies. The report adds:
Possessing the keys also sidesteps the need to get a warrant or a wiretap, while leaving no trace on the wireless provider’s network that the communications were intercepted. Bulk key theft additionally enables the intelligence agencies to unlock any previously encrypted communications they had already intercepted, but did not yet have the ability to decrypt. As part of the covert operations against Gemalto, spies from GCHQ — with support from the NSA — mined the private communications of unwitting engineers and other company employees in multiple countries.
Gemalto was completely oblivious of the hack. Paul Beverly, CEO of Gemalto, explains, “The most important thing for me is to understand exactly how this was done, so we can take every measure to ensure that it doesn’t happen again.”
This is absolutely a huge negative on the mobile security front, which has already gotten a reputation of being quite precarious. If you have yet to read the full report from The Intercept, I’d suggest you do so. It may be a bit long, but it’s very informative and extremely eye-opening.
Google Search displays most relevant content from a single source
The next time you fire up Google Search on a mobile device, take a good look at the results because there is an interesting addition. In the section at the top where Google houses all of its own aggregated items, a spot for the most relevant content from a single source now appears. So, as seen in the image above, searching “ESPN” will return The Worldwide Leader in Sports’ top stories. It works when searching for sources or topics. The carousel design is used to keep content organized horizontally. Links included are for both articles and videos.
Hit the break to see GIFs of the feature in action.
Source: Google Inside Search
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Every single episode of ‘CSI’ hits Hulu Plus exclusively this April
You read that headline right: Every episode of the wildly popular CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and all its spin-offs are coming exclusively to Hulu Plus. As the Hulu blog tells it, over 300 episodes of the series’ll appear on the streaming service come April. Hulu also points out that this deal means that past seasons will be added ahead of future season premieres (CSI: Cyber, anyone?) as well — unlike its South Park deal, though, there’s no word on day-after streaming yet. Hulu says that watching Horatio Caine (David Caruso, above) and crew’s antics back-to-back would fill around two weeks total. How many vacation days do you have left?
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Source: Hulu Blog
YouTube Kids is on the horizon, brings kid friendly content to the right audience Feb 23rd
We live in a very connected world and that connected world isn’t restricted to adults. Children, more so now then ever before, have access to phones, tablets, laptops and computers on a daily basis. This access is good in many ways, but can be bad in others. A few weeks ago Vine stumbled upon an […]
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Report: Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 specs leaked
According to new information, the Galaxy Tab S2 could quite literally be a mash-up of these two products.
As 2015 prepares to move into its third month, the tech world is gearing up for the official unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S6/Galaxy S Edge and the HTC One M9. For tablet aficionados however, it often seems more of a challenge to find major news. Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S line is quickly reaching its one-year anniversary, and with that, it’s seemingly time to release a brand new pair of products.
Please note that, as with any leak, these details should be taken with a grain of salt as until Samsung itself announces these products, even their existence is arguably up for debate. With that out of the way, the latest leaks indicate the Galaxy Tab S2 line will once again come in a pair of products, however the sizes are a bit different. Reiterating earlier reports that Samsung would be testing its hand at 4:3 aspect ratio devices this year, we have the Tab S 2 8-inch (SM-T710), at a svelte 260g and sized at 198.2×134.5×5.4, and the Galaxy Tab S 2 9.7-inch (SM-T810) at 407g and dimensions of 237.1×168.8×5.4. Both devices are said to sport a screen resolution of 2048X1536 due to their lack of widescreen.
The Galaxy Tab S2 series may end up using a full metal casing, similar to the recently released Galaxy A3 and A5.
The CPU apparently isn’t set in stone yet, with the current idea being that of the Exynos 5433 32-Bit, but it may be replaced with the 7420 given the latter’s 64-bit processing — something that will come in handy with the Android 5.0.2 Lollipop build that they will be running on. Category 6 LTE will be supported on cellular models. This processing power is to be coupled with 3GB of RAM along side 32GB of on-board storage and Micro SD support up to 128GB.
In terms of batteries, the 8-inch model will have a 3,580 mAh cell and the 9.7 inch, a 5,870 mAh unit. The leak source indicates neither capacity size is confirmed however. Both models will have an 8 megapixel rear camera and 2.1 front camera.
Perhaps the most interesting tidbit is the idea that these devices will use metal, although it is still unclear as to if the frame will be metal or the entire casing. When coupling the SAMOLED screen with iPad-esque dimensions and a premium build, this could be the year that Samsung finally has a major competitive advantage against Apple. What do you think, excited to see what Samsung brings to the table?
Apple Watch to ship with all previously announced health features
Mainstream reporting on Apple is often sensational and superficial. Once and a while it’s also stupefying. That’s the case with this story, where it seems details of Apple testing various different health sensors during the normal course of their product development cycle somehow got warped and twisted into something profoundly stupid. CBS News
Apple is ditching the health tracking functions of the Apple Watch, which is going to start shipping in April.
Why? “They sorta had to,” said CNET senior editor Jeff Bakalar. “Because it’s not working.”
Apple touted a new health and fitness app when they first announced the Apple Watch back in September. Since then it’s remained a highlight of what to expect, and it was evidently still a part of the plan when details of the watch leaked in January.
John Gruber stated the obvious on Daring Fireball:
This is ridiculous. Nothing has changed about Apple Watch’s health and fitness features since it was announced. They have a web page explaining just which fitness tracking features it has.
Here are the health and fitness features being included with the Apple Watch, here are some of the highlights as shown on Apple:
Apple Watch measures all the ways you move, such as walking the dog, taking the stairs, or lifting your kids. Apple Watch even keeps track of when you stand up. Because it all counts. And it all adds up.
The Activity app provides a simple and powerful graphic of your daily activity, with three rings telling you everything you need to know. The Move ring shows how many calories you’ve burned. The Exercise ring shows how many minutes of brisk activity you’ve done. And the Stand ring shows how often you’ve stood up to take a break from sitting.
Apple Watch is designed with customizable coaching options that will motivate you to reach your daily activity goals each day, and use your success to motivate you to new milestones.
When you’re doing a dedicated cardio workout, the Workout app built into Apple Watch shows real-time stats such as time, distance, calories, pace, and speed for the most popular workouts in the world, like running, walking and cycling.
Apple Watch shows your daily activity at a glance. To see your progress and trends over longer periods of time, there’s Fitness, an Apple Watch companion app on your iPhone.
You can visit the page to get all the details, and you can re-watch the September 2014 Apple Event to see it’s exactly what Apple demonstrated on stage.
Precisely nothing has changed — and certainly nothing has been “ditched” — between then and now. Except, perhaps, the duty of the media to inform our audience as best as we can.
YouTube launches a dedicated app for kids on February 23
YouTube is launching a new app (initially on Android phones and tablets) that will run only kid-friendly content. YouTube for Kids — home run right there — will field age-appropriate videos of cats, Minecraft, Thomas the Tank Engine and other things wholesome / hilarious. The app launches on February 23, but USA Today has already snuck a look at it. The viewer opens up into eight large tiles, each focusing on popular kid-friendly video series, as seen above. There’s then five symbols at the top of the app that will take kids to TV shows, music content, educational programming and a binocular icon for discovering top-ranking video.
Notably, the new app strips out a lot of the complications of classic YouTube: comments are gone and the interface is tiny finger friendly. “The images are big as are the tap targets for small fingers, and since most younger children can’t type, they can search with voice,” says Shimrit Ben-Yair, the project’s group product manager. Parents can also set a viewing timer: once that runs out the password needs to be reentered before more video can be watched. Or the kid will probably just open the standard YouTube app — they’re tricky like that.
T-Mobile shows Q4 profit, Legere claims company is now a bigger carrier than Sprint as he looks on to 2015
It should come as no surprise that T-Mobile had a stellar year. Despite being told otherwise, both CEO John Legere and the company have been pushing an uncarrier approach to how it does business. From music streaming services not eating data to rollover data, the company has done a lot to sway public and consumer opinion. As such, it looks like the move has paid off as T-Mobile posted a fourth quarter profit of $101 million.
A year ago this time, the carrier posted a $20 million loss and since then the revenue for the company has risen to $8.15 billion. In a statement earlier today, Legere had this to say:
“2014 was the best year of growth in company history. Our Un-carrier moves helped us blow away the competition. The best is yet to come as the future looks bright in 2015.”
Also in the earnings report, Legere declared that T-Mobile was victorious in overtaking Sprint as the third largest carrier in the country. He stated that given the merge with MetroPCS and the addition of 13 million customers put the uncarrier at 55 million customers, a number that Legere claims Sprint had in the beginning of 2014, and has since lost. He also cites shoddy tactics by Sprint in their number claims and suggests that T-Mobile’s jump to third place will be clearer in a quarter or two.
source: C|Net
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