Mozilla has announced a range of new features in the Aurora channel including Firefox accounts, an update to its Sync feature and feature that allows users to further customise their browsers. Firefox…
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Chromecast to get Rdio, Beats Music apps
Chromecast will soon get more apps including the likes of Rdio and Beats Music as both companies have announced through Twitter that they are currently developing their Chromecast-compatible apps that will stream…
Firefox for Windows 8 beta arrives
Mozilla has finally announced beta version of Firefox for Windows 8. The easy to use Firefox beta has been optimised for Windows 8 user interface thanks to its tile-based Firefox start screen…
Windows XP retirement to affect British government bodies says Labour
Microsoft XP is retiring on April 8 and this will not only affect individuals and corporations using the nearly 14 year old operating system, but Britain’s public-sector bodies will be at an…
Critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player patched
Adobe has released an out-of-band emergency update to its Flash Player to patch a critical vulnerability (CVE-2014-0497) which, if unpatched, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely on a victim system…
BBM for Android, iOS updated with ‘find friends’ feature
BlackBerry has updated its BBM app for Android and iOS with a feature called “Find Friends on BBM”. This friend finding feature will remove the need to share PINs for adding a…
Mozilla bringing Firefox launcher to Android in collaboration with EverythingMe
Mozilla teased its Firefox launcher for Android, which it is developing in collaboration with EverythingMe, at the InContext Conference. Firefox launcher of Android will be utilising EverythingMe’s context-sensitive app search and presenting…
LG Optimus G Pro getting Android 4.4 KitKat in Q2 2014
LG India has confirmed that LG Optimus G Pro will be receiving the Android 4.4 KitKat update in second quarter of 2014. The confirmation comes in the form of a direct message…
Path for Android gets video
Path has updated its Android app to version 3.4 and has blessed it with video recording and sharing features – 3 years after it initially rolled out the feature for its iOS…
Google Maps update for iOS new brings with it faster route alerts
Google has rolled out an update for Google Maps on iOS adding a new ‘faster route’ feature this week. This new feature will notify the users in navigation mode when a faster…
Firefox 27 released; gets simultaneous social API services, SPDY 3.1 and TLS 1.2 support
Mozilla has announced Firefox 27 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android operating systems with features such as simultaneous Social API notifications, SPDY3.1 support, and more language options on Android. Support for Google’s…
Symantec: Retail POS at increased attack risk after Windows XP EOL
Symantec has warned that retail point-of-sale (POS) systems, which run on Windows XP embedded or even Windows XP professional in some instances are at an increased risk of attacks after the operating…
Kaspersky backpedals on Facebook SMS claims
Kaspersky is backpedaled on its earlier statements wherein it claimed that Facebook was intentionally reading users’ SMS and other confidential information. In an emailed statement to various media outlets, Kaspersky denied being…
Chromecast SDK no more a preview; available to all developers
The Google Chromecast Software Development Kit (SDK) is now available to all app developers enabling them to create their own applications for the streaming media stick. Cast SDK will allow developers to…
Things to do to stay secure post Windows XP end of life
Windows XP April 8, 2014 deadline is just over two months away and there are still over 29 percent systems running the operating system. If you are using one of these systems,…