Popular work communications app Slack on Friday admitted to having faced a four day long security breach attack in February. “We were recently able to confirm that there was unauthorized access to…
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BlackBerry market share declines at home as Canadians opt for Apple, Samsung
comScore’s annual 2015 Canada Digital Future in Focus report has been released and to no one’s surprise BlackBerry’s market share is declining in the home turf as more and more uses opt…
Northern Ireland secondary schools to get free MinecraftEdu
Students of Northern Ireland secondary schools will get access to educational version of Mojang’s popular world building game ‘Minecraft’ for free. As part of a joint initiative put together by the annual…
Google’s appeal to block privacy breach lawsuit rejected by court
Google has lost a bid to block a lawsuit brought in by three Brits on grounds of privacy breach. The plaintiffs, Judith Vidal-Hall, Robert Hann and Marc Bradshaw, accused Google of bypassing…
Microsoft acquires Liveloop; says it will enable it to ‘reinvent productivity’
Microsoft has acquired San Francisco-based startup LiveLoop for an undisclosed amount – a development it says will enable it to reinvent productivity. Announcing the acquisition, Microsoft in a statement said “We are…
Canadian smartphone market: Apple pegged as leader by comScore
comScore’s annual 2015 Canada Digital Future in Focus report reveals that Canadians prefer mobile devices to desktops while browsing the web and viewing online videos indicating that the use of smartphones and…
Chrome crowned as most popular web browser in the US by federal government
The US federal government has crowned Google’s Chrome as the most popular web browser in the US based on the data from its Digital Analytics Program (DAP) over the course of last…
Sony drops PlayStation TV UK price to £45
Sony has reportedly slashed prices of the PlayStation TV down to £45 from the original £84.99 RRP. “Starting from 27th March, PS TV will offer even greater value for money when it…
Facebook successfully completes trials of solar-powered drones in UK
Facebook on Thursday confirmed its solar-powered “Aquila” drone has successfully completed its first test flight over the UK. The test flights are part of Facebook’s Internet.org initiative which aims to bring online…
Yahoo, Microsoft extend search alliance re-negotiation deadline by 30 days
Tech giants Yahoo and Microsoft have mutually agreed to extend re-negotiation deadline of the search deal between the two by 30 days. The partnership deal, which was agreed in 2010 by Yahoo’s…
Canadians spending 36.3 hours on the web monthly; top browsing charts globally
A new study by analytics firm comScore has revealed that Canadians spend far more time per month browsing the world wide web than any other in the world – an average of…
Apple has three new iPhones in pipeline for 2015, new report claims
Recent rumors suggest Apple could unveil three new iPhone models in September this year. The DigiTimes reports that Apple’s 2015 iPhone lineup will include the iPhone 6S, the iPhone 6S Plus, and…
WhatsApp voice calling feature to land on iOS soon
WhatsApp voice calling feature will land on iOS devices in a couple of weeks’ time. The news was confirmed by WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton at the 2015 Facebook F8 developers’ conference in…
HCSEC UK clears Huawei of all security threat allegations
China-based telecom giant Huawei has been cleared of all allegations of it being a threat to Britain’s national security. Huawei’s products have been widely used in the UK for over a decade…
Facebook’s ‘On This Day’ feature will take users down the memory lane
Facebook has rolled out a new feature dubbed “On This Day” which will allow users to recall previous “memories” that were logged onto the social networking website on a given date. The…