Apple’s quietly working on a new indoor mapping system
Apple has discreetly released an RF-based interior positioning app called Indoor Survey, as spotted by developer Steve Troughton-Smith. It appeared recently on the App Store, and the description says you can “drop ‘points’ on a map within the Survey App [to] indicate your position within the venue as you walk through. As you do so, the Indoor Survey App measures the radio frequency (RF) signal data and combines it with an iPhone’s sensor data.” That lets you find your position inside a mall, arena or other venue “without the need to install special hardware,” according to Apple.
Via: Apple Insider
Source: iTunes
Snapchat tells everyone to chill out over its new privacy policy
A few days ago, Snapchat updated its terms of use and privacy policy with some broadly-worded clauses that sent the internet into a tailspin. If you read it one way, you’d think that the firm would begin stockpiling your genital selfies, share them with the world and not even delete the pic on request. Of course, the company has now gone into damage-control mode, asking everyone to relax and clarifying that shots of your downstairs region remain your own business — unless some cheeky individual screenshots something that they shouldn’t.
Source: Snapchst
Now you can create Windows 10 apps without writing a line of code
The Windows Store isn’t exactly known for being a robust app marketplace, and Microsoft knows it. The company is always looking for new ways to attract developers to the platform. In the past, Microsoft made tools designed to port iOS and Android apps to Windows, and created the Universal app system that puts all Windows apps on the same platform. Now, Microsoft has updated its App Studio to allow users to create, prototype and submit an app for release from the comfort of a web browser — without installing Visual Studio or writing a single line of code. It works, too: I just created a functional Windows 10 app in less than ten minutes.
You might not have to update next-gen antivirus software
Antivirus and malware protection programs are great, but they have a fatal flaw: they can only protect your PC from threats they know about. It’s not a terrible problem, but it gives attackers a brief window of opportunity to harm your computer every time they tweak their code. If a PC hasn’t nabbed the latest update to its protection suite, it’s vulnerable — but it doesn’t have to be that way. Researchers are using deep learning algorithms that can spot new malicious code naturally, without database updates.
Source: TechnologyReview
You might not have to update next-gen antivirus software
Antivirus and malware protection programs are great, but they have a fatal flaw: they can only protect your PC from threats they know about. It’s not a terrible problem, but it gives attackers a brief window of opportunity to harm your computer every time they tweak their code. If a PC hasn’t nabbed the latest update to its protection suite, it’s vulnerable — but it doesn’t have to be that way. Researchers are using deep learning algorithms that can spot new malicious code naturally, without database updates.
Source: TechnologyReview
‘Pay with Amazon’ buttons are coming to third-party mobile apps
Amazon’s making it even easier for you to spend your money outside of its own site. Re/code reports that the online retailer is expanding Pay with Amazon, which lets customers use their saved payment info for third-party purchases, to mobile applications. Essentially, this means developers can start taking advantage of the feature on any app they make, giving people a familiar option to use during checkout time. Amazon has been offering the service for a couple of years now, though it was limited to desktop sites, rather than including smartphone or tablet apps. It’s too early to tell how many devs will start adopting the buttons, but Pay with Amazon does offer a quick, secure and, most importantly, familiar way for users to shell out more cash — and that may be hard to pass on.
Source: Re/code
Get your Halloween on with over a dozen discounted frightful games and discounted horror flicks
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Tomorrow is the day that kids all over get dressed up and knock on strangers doors asking for candy. It was a great time when I was a kid, and as a parent, it is almost as much fun. The tick or treat phenomenon goes beyond just getting candy from your neighbor now a days though as many businesses are starting to offer treats to bigger kids by way of sales. Developers are always looking for a way to increase profits and get their titles in the hands of users and Halloween is the perfect cover for zombie smashing, Vampire walking creepy crawler devs to cut some cost and get you on the hook. In the spirit of all hallows eve, there are a number of titles on sale on the Play Store to help give you a fright and get you in the mood for tomorrows festivities. Some might even be good while out with the kids trick or treating as they are fitness apps with a spooky twist.
- Zombies, Run! 5k Training – $.99 now, normally $1.99
- The Walk: Fitness tracker game – $.99 now, normally $2.99
- 7 Minute Super Hero workout – $.99 now, normally$2.99
- Left in the Dark – $.99 now, normally $4.99
- Call of Duty Black Ops Zombies – $1.99 now, normally $6.99
- Forever Lost: episode 1 – $.99 now, normally $3.11
- Greedy Spiders 2 – $.49 now, normally $.99
- Grim Legends 2 – $1.99 now, normally $4.99
- Nightmares: Davy Jones – $.99 now, normally $4.99
- Abyss: Wraiths of Eden – $.99 now, normally $4.99
- Dark Arcana: The Carnival – $.99 now, normally $4.99
- Fairy Tale Mysteries 2 – $1.99 now, normally $4.99
- Deadly Puzzles – $.99 now, normally $4.99
- Mystery of the Opera – $.99 now, normally $4.99
- Vampires: Todd and Jessica – $.99 now, normally $4.99
- Twin Moons – $.99 now, normally $4.99
- Time Mysteries 2 – $.99 now, normally $4.99
Let everyone know if you see others in the comments.
Other games like Ski Safari 2 have been updated with spooky and frightful elements to them to get in the spirit. Google has also put together a list of frightful flicks that can be owned for under $10 like Trick R’ Treat for $6.99, the original Friday the 13th for $7.99 and the Alfred Hitchcock classic Psycho for $6.99. Check out all the titles through the Google Play Movies & TV promo page.
Have a safe and frightening Halloween!
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Adobe’s Photoshop iOS apps are ready for use on the iPad Pro
If you’re a designer or photographer, you’re likely champing at the bit to get your hands on an iPad Pro for creative work. To prep for the larger slate’s arrival, Adobe updated both Photoshop Fix and Photoshop Mix to take advantage of the tablet’s tools. The duo of apps play nice with iOS 9’s split-screen multi-tasking, wrangle larger image sizes (Adobe didn’t specify how large, though) and offer “basic” support for that newfangled Pencil. Of course, you’ll be able to make use of that split-screen feature on other iPads as well. New versions of both apps are available over at iTunes via the source links down below.
Via: Apple Insider
Source: iTunes (1), (2)
Apple’s latest Android app gives you control of the Beats Pill+
When the new Beats speaker, its first since joining Apple, was announced earlier this month, the companion app and its added features were only ready for iOS. Now that the Pill+ is on sale, Beats released an Android version of the software, too. This marks Apple’s second Android app, following the Move to iOS tool that arrived in September to help you switch to an iPhone. If you’re in need of a refresher, the Pill+ app provides a DJ mode that’ll let more than one person control the tunes and allows you to pair two of the speakers for a bigger sound. The software is available from Google Play now, so if you already made the purchase, or are waiting for yours to be delivered, you can download the app on your Android handset or slate to make the most of it. And Apple Music should arrive for Google’s mobile OS soon enough to round out the setup.
Via: Android Police
Source: Google Play
Google slaps Symantec for issuing fake web security certificates
Not long ago, Symantec revealed that it had issued bogus security certificates for numerous web domains, including Google’s… and as you might guess, Google isn’t happy. The search firm is warning Symantec that, as of June 1st, any Symantec certificates which don’t meet its transparency policy may create warnings and “problems” in Google products (read: they’ll be deemed insecure). Moreover, it’s asking Symantec to explain why it didn’t catch some of the fake certificates, the causes behind each slip-up and the steps it’ll take to set things right. Not surprisingly, Google doesn’t want malicious sites posing as someone else (especially not Google) in order to deliver malware or perpetuate phishing scams.
Source: Google Online Security Blog
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