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Tag Archives: Mobile
Change this setting to stop Siri spilling your selfies!
A Siri-ous bug affecting iOS 9 could let a crook skip your passcode, and get at your photos… …and access your contacts, and send bogus messages in your name. Here’s how to fix it.
Cyberbullying is worse than face-to-face bullying, teens say
After all, cyberbullying can happen around the clock, it’s relentless, and it’s driven by crowd behaviour.
After iOS 9 launches, Ad blockers top the App Store chart
Users lost no time in blockading their iPhones against adverts after Apple gave them the chance in the launch of iOS 9.
Sexting teens banned from using their phones for a year
The two teens accused of sexually exploiting themselves have copped pleas and agreed not to own one of the devil’s gadgets that got them into trouble.
Apple watchOS 2 on hold (but iOS 9 on fire!)
Apple’s mobile update week has gone both ways…
Google fixes an Android Lollipop lockscreen bypass bug – how bad was it?
The exploit worked by entering an extremely long string of characters into the password field while the camera is open, causing the device to crash and return to the homescreen.
Snapchat, less ghostly than ever, now lets you pay to replay snaps
The paid replay option only allows you to replay any given snap once, but that’s still one more time than you might expect for an image that’s supposed to “disappear” after it’s viewed.
Google found guilty of violating antitrust laws
Yandex – the “Google of Russia” – has prevailed in getting the country’s antimonopoly watchdog agency to rule that Google has abused its dominant position in the market with Android.
Smartwatch sensors can be used to eavesdrop on the keys you’re typing
Researchers have shown that a smartwatch’s motion sensors can be used to detect what keys you’re pressing with your left hand and thus guess at the words you’re typing.