Android grabs record 85 percent smartphone share

Google's dominance of the smartphone market has reached new heights, with its Android operating system now accounting for a record 84.6 percent share of global smartphone shipments, according to research by Strategy Analytics. The growth in Android...

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No patch yet for zero day in Symantec Endpoint Protection software driver

A zero-day flaw in a software driver in Symantec's widely used Endpoint Protection product may be tricky to fix. The flaw is contained in the Application and Device Control driver, which is in Endpoint Protection versions 11.x and 12.x, the security...

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Samsung profit sags amid Chinese competition

Samsung Electronics' second-quarter profit fell nearly 20 percent as cheaper phones from Chinese makers sapped its sales and the market is waiting for Apple's next iPhone. The Suwon, South Korea-based company said Thursday it posted a net profit of...

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iPhone gets first free app for encrypting voice calls

An open-source project has released the first free application for the iPhone that scrambles voice calls, which would thwart government surveillance or eavesdropping by hackers. Signal comes from Open Whisper Systems, which developed RedPhone and TextSecure,...

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Amazon says $9.99 e-books will boost revenue, including for Hachette

Amazon.com believes that pricing ebooks at US$9.99 will boost sales by over 74 percent as the books are highly price-elastic. If customers would buy 100,000 copies of a particular ebook at $14.99, then they would buy 174,000 copies of the same ebook...

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Amazon investing $2 billion more in India as online retail booms

Amazon.com is investing US$2 billion more in India, which is witnessing an online retail boom. The online retailer has been expanding in India, and earlier this week said it was setting up five new fulfillment centers in the country, which will double...

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Using Instagram on public Wi-Fi poses risk of an account hijack, researcher says

A configuration problem in Facebook's popular Instagram application for Apple devices could allow a hacker to hijack a person's account if they're both on the same public Wi-Fi network. Stevie Graham, who describes himself as a "hacker at large" based...

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Rhapsody reaches 2M subscribers, bets on new unRadio service

Rhapsody International, which operates the Rhapsody and Napster music services, said Tuesday it plans to expand in France and Latin America as a result of deals with mobile operators SRF and Telefonica. The streaming music company said it had reached...

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Huawei's smartphones shipments rise on international sales

Huawei Technologies shipped 62 percent more smartphones in the first half of 2014 than the same period last year, with shipments to some countries outside its home market of China doubling or even tripling. It shipped smartphone 34.3 million units,...

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LTE network for US public safety taking it one step at a time

The organizers of the FirstNet LTE public safety network have the frequencies and standards they need to build the system, and they know where the money's coming from. They know how to get there from here, but it won't be a quick trip. FirstNet will...

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Verizon will throttle heaviest LTE data users starting in October

If you have an unlimited data plan with Verizon and use it heavily, here's some bad news: Verizon says it will begin throttling the "top 5 percent" of LTE data users in certain situations starting in October. Under the new new policy, which was announced...

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Until the Tails privacy tool is patched, here's how to stay safe

Vulnerabilities in the Tails operating system could reveal your IP address, but you can avoid trouble by taking a couple of precautions. Tails, a portable operating system that employs a host of privacy-focused components, plans to patch flaws contained...

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Phone unlocking bill clears US House, next step is president's signature

A bill that allows consumers to unlock their cellphones for use on other carriers passed its last hurdle in Congress on Friday, opening the way for it to become law once it is signed by President Obama. Senate Bill 517 overturns a January 2013 decision...

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LTE network for US public safety taking it one step at a time

The organizers of the FirstNet LTE public safety network have the frequencies and standards they need to build the system, and they know where the money's coming from. They know how to get there from here, but it won't be a quick trip. FirstNet will...

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Verizon will throttle heaviest LTE data users starting in October

If you have an unlimited data plan with Verizon and use it heavily, here's some bad news: Verizon says it will begin throttling the "top 5 percent" of LTE data users in certain situations starting in October. Under the new new policy, which was announced...

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'Canvas fingerprinting' tracking is sneaky but easy to halt

A method for tracking users across the Internet called "canvas fingerprinting" is simple to stop, but average Internet users may not know how to do it. A research paper concluded that code used for canvas fingerprinting had been in use earlier this...

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New guide aims to remove the drama of reporting software flaws

Handling a software flaw can be messy, both for a security researcher who found it and for the company it affects. But a new set of guidelines aims to make that interaction less mysterious and confrontational. Large companies such as Facebook, Google...

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Apple faces privacy suit following Chinese TV report

An iPhone user has filed a lawsuit for invasion of privacy against Apple, about a week after a Chinese state broadcaster raised security concerns about the device's location-tracking functions. The U.S. class action lawsuit, filed by a woman named Chen...

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Facebook isn't giving up on search

Facebook reported Wednesday that it now handles an average of more than 1 billion searches a day, but it still has work to do to provide a comprehensive search tool. Early last year, Facebook unveiled an ambitious search project called Graph Search....

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EBay faces class action suit over data breach

EBay faces a class action suit in a U.S. federal court over a security breach earlier this year. The consumer privacy class action lawsuit, filed Wednesday by Collin Green, a citizen of the state of Louisiana, alleged that the security breach was the...

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More AT&T customers switch to paying for their phones

A majority of AT&T's new smartphone customers are now choosing a plan where they pay for their phones over time, helping to drive strong second-quarter financial results, the carrier said. Under the AT&T Next plan, introduced last July, subscribers...

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Seafaring robot shrugs off monster Typhoon Rammasun

It was a storm that would terrify the bravest of mariners, but a California robot swam through it without blinking. The Wave Glider robot has weathered a direct onslaught by Typhoon Rammasun, battling 9-meter waves and gusts up to 216 kilometers per...

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Apple hit with class action lawsuit for alleged labor rule violations

Apple faces in a state court in California a class action suit that its employees were not provided timely meal breaks, rest breaks and final paychecks, according to the lawyer for the employees. The Superior Court of California for the County of San...

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Google has to face US privacy suit over new user data policy

A California court has allowed a privacy class action suit against Google to continue, though only in part. After evaluating each claim of each sub-class in the suit, Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal has allowed two claims of the "Android Application...

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Goodwill Industries investigates suspected payment card breach

Goodwill Industries International said Monday federal authorities are investigating a possible payment card breach at its U.S.-based retail outlets. The nonprofit agency, which sells donated goods to fund employment programs, was notified on Friday,...

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BrandPost: How private NAS beats the public cloud for small business

The public cloud offers extra features like automated offsite backup – but did you know you can get these things and more with a private cloud solution as well? Here's a look at three ways private NAS setups are becoming a preferable option for small...

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Black Hat presentation on TOR suddenly cancelled

A presentation on a low-budget method to unmask users of a popular online privacy tool, TOR, will no longer go ahead at the Black Hat security conference early next month. The talk was nixed by the legal counsel with Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering...

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PCWorld

Things always live fast and die young in the blink-and-you'll-miss world of consumer technology, but the past week was an especially brutal one for a wide range of devices and services. Killed products topped the headlines on an daily basis—many, but...

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PCWorld

Things always live fast and die young in the blink-and-you'll-miss world of consumer technology, but the past week was an especially brutal one for a wide range of devices and services. Killed products topped the headlines on an daily basis—many, but...

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