September 9, 2015
Apple releases iPad Pro, new Apple TV and iPhone 6S handsets
Apple has unveiled a larger iPad tablet, a TV box with its own app store and new iPhones that can detect how firmly their screens are being pressed. The firm suggested the iPad Pro was suited to work tasks, video games and both editing and watching…
September 7, 2015
Porn app took secret photos of users
A malicious Android app that held people to ransom has been found by US security firm Zscaler. Adult Player appeared to offer pornography, but secretly took pictures of users with the phone's front-facing camera. It then locked the user's device and…
September 4, 2015
Apple puts TCI on its main page
TCI is placed on the main page as Apple displays the country’s name and location in its new iOS 9 Preview. The multinational technology company known for its series of iPods, iPhones, iPads, and personal computers has highlighted the TCI for it’s…
September 3, 2015
UK Match.com site hit by malicious adverts
Malicious adverts have been found on the UK version of the Match.com dating website. Anyone caught out by the booby-trapped ads could fall victim to ransomware, said security company Malwarebytes, which spotted the cyber-threat. The malicious ads…
September 1, 2015
Android Wear smartwatches to work with iPhones
Google has made its Android Wear operating system compatible with Apple's iOS mobile platform. It means users will be able to pair Android-powered smartwatches with iPhones for the first time. The move greatly increases the potential market for the…
August 31, 2015
Facebook Tackles Video Theft
Facebook has announced measures to tackle video piracy on its website. The company said new video matching technology would alert selected content creators if their videos were reposted to Facebook without permission. In August, YouTube star Hank…
August 27, 2015
Facebook Calls Show Positive Feedback
Digital assistants like Apple's Siri, Microsoft's Cortana and Google Now all share one key thing in common: the more they know about you, the more useful they become. And so that's presumably why Facebook has just launched its own digital assistant,…
August 26, 2015
Ashley Madison “Full Delete” Option
New details have emerged about the actions taken by hacked infidelity dating site Ashley Madison after users paid to delete their data. The Register news site has published a report in which it suggests that a variety of personal data was removed…
August 25, 2015
Samsung suffers from a design flaw
Some early adopters of a new Samsung phone have said the device's stylus suffers from a design flaw. The S-Pen stylus for Galaxy Note 5 models can be stored within the body of the phone, but when inserted upside down it appears to snag on an…
August 24, 2015
Deaths Over Ashley Madison
Two individuals associated with the leak of Ashley Madison customer details are reported to have taken their lives, according to police in Canada. The police in Toronto gave no further information about the deaths. Ashley Madison's Canadian parent…