As we approach the holiday season, this week’s Apple Pay promotion helps you prepare. Apple is offering 75% off cards from Snapfish when you checkout with Apple Pay. For those unfamiliar, Snapfish is a web-based photo sharing and printing platform. When you checkout via the iOS app with Apple Pay, and use promo cod PAYFASTER, you’ll secure 75 % off all cards. The promo runs from now through November 20....
Motorola’s latest flagship — the new Moto X — is a major upgrade over its predecessor. Motorola has fixed nearly all the gripes that most users had with the original Moto X by including a faster quad-core processor, a bigger and higher resolution screen and more. The only gripe with the new Moto X is its battery size, which has only increased by a mere 100mAh. Check out the full tech specs comparison of the Moto X’s to see how the new variant stacks up to its predecessor....
Two leaked pictures show off what could be the next version of Motorola’s Android ar smartwatch. In one picture, from well-known Motorola facebook page hellomotoHK, a smaller model is on a wrist next to the current Moto 360. This would be a wise move to appeal to a wider variety of potential customers, since not all wrists are created equal. HellomotoHK has a mixed track record, but the photo looks legit jibes well with other rumors we’ve heard about the Moto 360 lately....
That said, some will have more challenges than others operating in this social space, and this almost always includes organizations in highly regulated or compliant verticals. When you’re working in an industry that’s driven by strict regulations and legislation, a single wayward tweet could be enough to get you into irreversible financial and legal trouble—in the medical space, one HIPAA violation can result in fines as much as $1.5 million....
Last week Netflix reported a drop in its US subscribers ahead of new streaming service launches from Apple, Disney, and HBO. Now NBCUniversal has shared that its new streaming service will launch in April 2020 and will become the home of The Office after the show’s deal with Netflix ends. NBCUniversal CEO, Steve Burke, detailed in the company’s earnings call that its upcoming streaming service will launch in April (via The Verge)....
NCIS, one of the longest-running crime dramas on television has seen its share of heinous crimes and villains. This military drama is built around a team of investigators from various backgrounds using their expertise to help the team solve crimes against Naval, Army, Marine, Air Force, and Coast Guard personnel. Led by their unflappable team leader Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the NCIS team has had different iterations in its 16 years on the air....
If you find yourself crunching numbers to make your budget work, you’ve probably thought of switching to Netflix’s ad-supported streaming tier. While you still get access to most content, you’ll have to sit through several advertising breaks. The additional viewing tier became available earlier this month. Saving money is great, but it has a significant compatibility problem. Before making the switch, read what you must know about the cheaper streaming tier....
Is the iPhone 8 really sturdy as Apple says? JerryRigEverything, a well-known Youtuber, received the new iPhone 8 and as is common, the first thing he did was put it to the test in terms of endurance. Youtuber used a specific set of tools to do the “endurance test.” According to the tech giant Apple, the glass that is part of the new iPhones is the toughest ever placed on a smartphone....
One thing remains constant, however – cybercriminals almost always use ransomware to extort money from their victims. It’s a big profit generating scheme, after all, and why mess with a tried and tested formula? Lock files then demand payment, rinse and repeat, it’s as simple as that. But once in a while, we encounter a rare strain of ransomware that defies all logic and common sense. In a weird twist, this newly discovered ransomware doesn’t ask for money at all....
A new report from The Information claims that Huawei is making the next Nexus handset with Google. This report corroborates with previous reports that we have heard about the upcoming Nexus handset. The report from The Information is scarce on the details about this Huawei made Nexus handset, and only says that the handset will launch later this fall — which is usually when Nexus devices are launched. Huawei has been trying to leave a mark in the US market since the last few quarters, and a Nexus handset will help it make serious inroads in one of the largest smartphone markets of the world....
The Nexus 9 was officially unveiled on October 15, and now the reviews are starting to trickle in. The friendly roundup will hopefully give some indicator if the Android 5.0 Lollipop-equipped tablet from HTC is a safe purchase. The HTC-branded tablet, the nine-inch Nexus 9, is the manufacturer’s return to the Nexus brand, and it does so triumphantly with a brand new device running a clean install of Google’s newest version of their mobile platform, Android....
“The Weekly Progress Report (Build) is currently being reviewed by NBN Co for any impacts of the global equipment and component shortage on the NBN HFC network. Publishing of the next Weekly Progress Report (Build) will resume as soon as possible,” the company said in an update on its report page. Curiously, the report does not break down its numbers by technology – only whether a connection is fixed brownfields, fixed greenfields, satellite, or wireless....
Very Special Agent Anthony “Tony” DiNozzo, played by Michael Weatherly, was a staple of the crime drama NCIS for the first thirteen seasons of the show. He was well known for his goofy nature, for being somewhat of a womanizer, and for his near-constant stream of movie references. Tony generally maintained close relationships with his colleagues, though his family life for a time was strained. He tended to be more interested in snooping around in other people’s lives, but he also was fairly open about his personal life, with the exception of his relationship with his father for the first seven seasons....
While useful, Find My can be exploited by crooks and stalkers to locate people. All they need to do is leave an AirTag on someone else’s person and follow the signal later. Apple introduced security updates to address this issue. Tap or click here for our report. Notify When Left Behind alerts were introduced with iOS 15 to tell you when you’ve been separated from your Apple devices. This is different from Find My alerts, as we’ll explain below....
They can be disguised as anything really. From receipts, delivery notices and invoices to eBooks and application forms, the trickery knows no bounds. If you fall for a malicious PDF, the consequences can be severe. You and your organization can be infected with ransomware. Your files and data can be stolen. Hackers can install keyloggers, spying software, web hijackers and even take complete control of your computer. Why are PDFs so popular with cybercriminals?...
Optimus Player is a new media player designed just for macOS that includes some compelling features. The clean and simple app offers users AirPlay 2 (in beta), multi-touch gestures, support for over 250 file formats, and more. Optimus Player launched just this week and is built on top of the FFmpeg software libraries. That means the media player works with over 250 file formats and more than 400 codecs. Optimus Player also features greater color accuracy than media players like VLC....
Disney is reportedly unimpressed with the upcoming X-Men spin-off The New Mutants. The Josh Boone-directed film is the final Fox X-Men movie yet to be released by Disney. It will introduce a whole new group of mutants in what is said to be the first horror-driven X-Men film. Despite the movie having a star-studded cast and a competent director, The New Mutants has had a lot of setbacks ever since it was announced back in 2015....
YouTube and Facebook are working to ensure the removal of all copies of head-mounted camera footage apparently live-streamed by the gunman in two mass shootings in New Zealand. Forty-nine people were killed, and at least 20 more wounded, in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand … The BBC reports that the footage was live-streamed on Facebook, with copies subsequently uploaded to YouTube. New Zealand Police tweeted today that they are working to have the footage removed....
Dish Network’s Blockbuster on October 1 delivered a tasty alternative for miserable Netflix customers. It’s called Blockbuster Movie Pass — hyped up as, execs say, “the most comprehensive TV entertainment programming package ever delivered by a multichannel pay TV provider.” Quite a promise. Here’s the offering: Over 100,000 titles available on DVDStream thousands of movies to your TV or PCUnlimited movies, TV shows and games by mailUnlimited in-store exchangesPlus over 20 great entertainment channels....
New images from the Arrow spinoff backdoor pilot, “Green Arrow & The Canaries,” reveal a character who may have connections to Huntress. The spinoff series will follow Oliver Queen’s daughter Mia, played by Katherine McNamara (Shadowhunters), who is back in 2040 and now the Green Arrow protecting Star City. The show will be female-centric, and will bring Mia together with Laurel Lance (Katie Cassidy) and Dinah Drake (Juliana Harkavy). Though it’s not confirmed, the title of the series is highly suggested to be the same as the episode title: Green Arrow and the Canaries....
