Mellisa Tolentino
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Got a Mac? You’re Probably Infected. Here’s What You Need
On Wednesday, Russian anti-virus vendor Doctor Web published an article stating that 550,000 Macs were infected with BackDoor.Flashback.39 – a Trojan that targets an unpatched JavaScript codes (CVE-2011-3544, CVE-2008-5353 and CVE-2012-0507) vulnerabilities within Mac operating system. The report was later updated in Dr. Web’s Twitter account stating that more than 600,000 Macs were compromised and ...
3D, Geospatial Tags are the Way of the Future: Where Conference 2012
At the O’Reilly Where Conference: The Art and Business of Location, the venue where emerging tech meets anxious investors, Facebook project manager Josh Williams addressed app developers interested in exploiting location-based opportunities. Williams, the former CEO and founder of Gowalla (acquired by Facebook last December), stated that adding a tagging feature to mobile apps would ...
iPhone Users Turn Elitists Over Instagram App, Google Glasses Sneak Peek
Today’s mobile roundup features Google’s Project Glass, Apple users outraged by Instagram for Android, and more. Google’s Project Glass Sneakpeek In February, reports surfaced that Google was secretly working on heads-up display glasses, which are capable of streaming information right before your eyes. It was reported that Google aimed to make it available in the ...
Online Video Gets Richer With YouTube-Paramount Deal and More
More and more companies are spicing things up in the online video streaming sector. Now you can watch your favorite movies or TV shows online when you want, not when they want you to. Let’s look at some of the developments in the online video sector that recently went down. YouTube partners with Paramount Pictures ...
After SEC Probe, Groupon Sued by Bitter Shareholder
Just yesterday we reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting a probe on Groupon, the daily deals company that recently went public, due to their last minute revisions on their financial report. The SEC may launch a formal investigation of the matter. Now Groupon faces legal action as shareholders raise concerns over the daily ...
Facebook Slaps Yahoo With Countersuit, Patent Wars Continue
In retaliation to Yahoo! Inc. filing a lawsuit for infringing 10-20 patents in March, social networking giant Facebook Inc. filed a countersuit alleging Yahoo is guilty of patent infringement as well. Facebook argues that Yahoo infringed their patents covering display advertising, content personalization and photo sharing which accounted for almost 80% or $4 billion of ...
Sony Executive Shakeup Continues with Kunimasa Suzuki as New Mobile President and CEO
Today’s mobile roundup features Sony’s new leader, Apple’s new patents, and a new quad-band LTE USB modem. Meet Sony’s new President and CEO Sony Mobile Communications announced that effective May 16, 2012, Bert Nordberg will no longer serve as the company’s President and CEO but will serve as Chairman of Sony Mobile Communications’ board. Kunimasa ...
Square Gets Bolder With Two Google Execs On the Team
Executive shakeups in Silicon Valley is nothing new. It was just hours ago we reported that Pinterest CEO Paul Sciarra is leaving the company to work for Andreessen Horowitz as an entrepreneur-in-residence, to be replaced by co-founder Ben Silbermann. And now reports surface that two Google execs abandoned the search giant for Square, the startup that ...
BlackBerry Mobile Fusion Manages iOS, Android for Business
Ontario-based Research In Motion officially launched the highly-anticipated BlackBerry Mobile Fusion – the company’s next-generation mobile device management (MDM) solution for enterprise customers. Its ability to manage rival devices including iOS and Android marks another way in which RIM hopes cross-platform support will make it a more inviting service provider. BlackBerry Mobile Fusion is built ...
Is China Involved in Cyber Espionage? Luckycat Trojan Strikes Hard
Once again, China is in the middle of hacking incidents that use malware to acquire sensitive information from various industries in several countries. Researchers now believe that China is involved in “cyber espionage” or cyber spying. Symantec’s Luckycat Symantec, the largest maker of security software for computers, recently published a document regarding “Luckycat”–an operation that ...
