Wednesday, 26 February 2014

Mastercard and Syniverse protect against card fraud with phone geolocation

Transactions will only be approved when a card holder and their phone are in the same place
 
Mastercard and roaming infrastructure company Syniverse have come up with a way to protect credit card transactions abroad with help from a phone's location.

WhatsApp no threat to BBM: Blackberry bod says pretender's buyout will HELP ailing firm

MWC 2014 You could forgive BlackBerry for being grumpy after Facebook acquired WhatsApp for £16bn. After all, WhatsApp is a very obvious knock-off of BlackBerry's BBM. But for years BlackBerry kept BBM locked inside BlackBerry phones - and only last year opened it up as a real cross platform OTT messaging app.

Did BlackBerry kick itself to sleep at night?

Monday, 3 February 2014

14-Year-Old Girl Has Second-Degree Burns after iPhone 5 Catches Fire

iPhone 5S
A 14-year-old girl suffered second-degree burns last week after the iPhone in her back pocket caught on fire.

The Kennebunk, Maine middle school student had received the device as a gift two months before, Apple Insider reported via the Portland Press Herald. She was in her first class of the day when the green iPhone 5 in her pocket began to smoke.

Mastermind: How Google is Planning to Make Your Brain Irrelevant

google brainPeople who have been monitoring these things would have realized by now that Google is buying like crazy – the company is sealing deals with several startups at once in a preemptory bid to be the biggest winner in whatever happens in the future of technology.

Hotels Company Hacked, Exposing Consumer Credit Card Info

Marriott hotel ChicagoThe credit and debit card information of thousands of guests who stayed at certain Marriott hotels in 2013 has been stolen, according to security blogger Brian Krebs.

At 10 Years Old, Facebook Copes With Growing Pains

Mark Zuckerberg Facebook Portrait Illustration

As Facebook celebrates its 10th anniversary, the world's biggest social network is finding its path as a maturing company, adapting to an aging user base.
The company created in a Harvard dorm room in 2004 has established itself as a phenomenon, securing its place in the world of the technology giants.
"Facebook has made the world much smaller, much more interactive," said Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry.
"Facebook started the social revolution but it may not be able to control it."