Lenovo invests in cyber security start-up to end passwords
Nok Nok? Who’s there? Usually someone with a terribly easy to guess password, a cyber criminal’s dream. But perhaps not for long. Lenovo, the Chinese PC and phone manufacturer, has invested in Nok Nok...
View ArticleFlickr co-founder launches Findery app to be the “Google of where”
A Flickr co-founder has been quietly compiling a map of the world’s stories in an attempt to transform location-based apps from drab star-based ratings and recommendations into a lively map packed...
View ArticleFacebook Paper: a new era in Silicon Valley design
By Hannah Kuchler and Tim Bradshaw Facebook unveiled the sleek, unfolding pages of its Paper app last month to appreciative oohs and aahs from reviewers, marking a new era for the social network as...
View ArticleFacebook: Silicon Valley united to improve cyber security after Snowden
Facebook’s chief security officer said on Tuesday the social network has united with its Silicon Valley competitors to improve cyber security, after a recent report suggested the National Security...
View ArticleAs it happened: Facebook buys virtual reality company Oculus VR
Facebook has just spent $2bn on start-up Oculus VR, in a bet that virtual reality headsets will be the next big social platform after smartphones. The world's largest social network thinks virtual...
View ArticleTwitter’s redesign takes a page from Facebook
Twitter unveiled the first sign of its much awaited new design on Tuesday, to a near-universal reaction that it looked just like Facebook.Read more
View ArticleNew York police latest to fail at Twitter
First it was McDonalds and their #McDstories, which became more about animal cruelty than burgers with friends, then it was #AskJPM Q&A session which was cancelled after it became more about...
View ArticleNew feature helps Facebook grow ears
Facebook has unveiled a new feature which allows it to takeover a smartphone’s microphone to identify and track what songs a user is listening to and what TV programmes people are watching.Read more
View ArticleSamsung launches new digital healthcare platform… sort of
It is the week before a major Apple announcement, and like a scrooge before Christmas, Samsung tried to spoil its rival’s party on Wednesday.Read more
View ArticleSlingshot, Facebook’s new, more awkward Snapchat
Facebook has finally launched its latest answer to Snapchat, releasing Slingshot after Poke, its previous attempt at ephemeral messaging was withdrawn from the app store in May. The world’s largest...
View ArticleThe Wild West of Wearables
Even if employees are happy with their bosses’ using wearables to track their days – and possibly nights – they risk seeing that sensitive data fall into the hands of hackers. Information on how...
View ArticleWhy are we waiting? Twitter investor Chris Sacca gets impatient
Chris Sacca, an early Twitter investor who has long been the most outspoken shareholder on the company’s user growth troubles, is now calling for Dorsey to be made its permanent chief executive. @jack...
View ArticleTen days that made Jack Dorsey
Ten days can be a long time. There were the Ten Days that Shook the World in the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Ten Tragic Days during the Mexican Revolution of 1913, and: who can forget? The ten days...
View Article#techFT – Israel and the cyber arms race
The military looms large in Israel’s cyber security scene, but that could be changing. Apple is trying to shift the focus to its growing services revenues as iPhone sales are set to decline. #techFT is...
View ArticleGoogle I/O 2016: Live blog
Google's biggest event of the year included the latest on its plans for virtual reality, artificial intelligence and messaging - key battlegrounds in the future of computing. Coverage here of the...
View ArticleHackers expose holes in road for smarter cars
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