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Microsoft Store Slashes Prices On Apps By As Much As 90%
Microsoft Store Slashes Prices On Apps When Microsoft offered people the opportunity to upgrade to Windows 10 for free, there was an ulterior motive behind it. What? You didn’t think they let us upgrade purely out of the goodness of their hearts, did you? One of the major factors was…
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13 Year Olds Being Treated for “Mobile Phone Addiction”
Children as young as 13 years old are being checked into clinics to help them deal with their mobile phone addiction. There is increasing concern that children today are becoming too reliant on social media and their phones to the point that some believe it may be a degenerative addiction.…
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Mobile Apps Now More Popular Than Watching TV
A new data from analytics firm Flurry revealed that the average American spends up to five hours a day on mobile apps, up 20 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2015, which is a significant leap. The time spent on mobile apps has increased 69 percent year-to-year steadily. Meanwhile…
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Lyft Surges to Top 10 App List after #DeleteUber Campaign
The #DeleteUber campaign raging on social media over the weekend was enough to push Lyft up on the iTunes App store in between Instagram and YouTube while pushing Uber out of the top 10 list for the first time ever. After a Twitter gaffee which many took as Uber taking…
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Synology Announces Eight Pre-Release Applications for Beta Testing
Synology has started a new beta program and this time it isn’t for the DSM operating system itself but rather some of its apps. The new beta program includes eight pre-release beta applications and Synology is inviting beta testers to take part in their latest software development. To show their…
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Future Windows 10 Updates Might Help With The Bloatware
There has been a lot of talk about all the Windows 10 features that you can’t get rid off. Granted, there are some backdoors through the PowerShell or small tools to help you, but Windows 10 itself didn’t offer any function to remove the unwanted parts such as the Groove…
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FTC Warns Apps Could Be Invading Your Privacy
We all love downloading that new app. Be it a game or something more practical for everyday use, we love exploring it and finding out what it does. Seems like some Apps may be returning the favour and not even telling us about it as several apps could be invading…
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“Mod” Platform Launched by Cyanogen
A new feature has been announced by Cyanogen Inc for incorporation in the Marshmallow version of the commercial Android skin Cyanogen OS. The Mod platform intends to build apps directly into the operating system. Microsoft themselves are a large participant in the development of the platform, having developed Skype, Cortana, OneNote,…
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Garmin Unveils The “Quatix 3” Luxury Watch
The humble watch is seen as somewhat old-fashioned compared to the digital life that nearly all consumers live these days, tech companies on the other hand, have been looking to integrate various digital features within so-called smart watches with the aim of marketing the product for the 21st century. Global…
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Google Play Store Set to Hit China in 2016
It has been reported that Google is working tirelessly to re-establish its products in China, with the Google Play Store set to spearhead the effort by as soon as February 2016. It has been a number of years since the internet giant has had a presence in China, since issues…
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Windows 10 Fall Update Removes Apps and Drivers At Will!
Updates are supposed to fix issues or add new features, but it looks like Microsoft is going the other way with their big Fall update for Windows 10. Okay, this is probably not intended but it is what’s happening. The thread about it on Reddit is growing steadily with users…
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Apple Lists Top 25 Apps Affected by XcodeGhost Malware
Apple has revised the XcodeGhost FAQ on its Chinese website and listed the top 25 apps compromised by the malware. These include a number of high profile apps for the Chinese market including a localized version of Angry Birds 2 and WeChat. According to Apple, users must update to the latest version…
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See How Many Popular Apps Failed to Protect Your Password
When using an app developed by a big company, you might think that it is trustworthy and ensures your security and privacy. Well, a recent test proved how easy and vulnerable a lot of popular iOS and Android apps are to crack and have your passwords nabbed. According to security…
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David Cameron Plans to Ban WhatsApp
Since Edward Snowden spilled the beans on how government agencies spy on us, a lot of companies took precautions in preserving users’ privacy when using their apps. But it seems that will be made illegal and such apps look to be banned in the future, at least in the UK,…
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UK Privacy and Apps Under Threat
Let me just jump on my soapbox for a minute with regards to this subject, according to reports, the newly elected Conservative Government wants to again reintroduce the Snoopers Charter, sorry, I mean the new fangled “Investigatory Powers Bill” which if enacted would allow the government and security services for…
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