WikiLeaks claims to have CIA hacking war chest

WikiLeaks says the archive appears to have been circulated among former government hackers and contractors, one of whom provided WikiLeaks with portions of it. The website says the CIA hacking division involved “more than 5,000 registered users and had produced more than a thousand hacking systems, trojans, viruses, and other ‘weaponized’ malware.”

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Apart from launching the nostalgia-inducing Nokia 3310 , HMD Global also took the wraps off three new Nokia-branded Android smartphones — Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and the Nokia 6 . Priced at 139 Euros , the Nokia 3 is the most affordable Android smartphone in HMD Global ‘s new lineup.

Magistrate judge denies boilerplate warrant request for forced fingerprint unlocking of iPhones

Federal agents who want to search a premises for electronic devices haven’t justified a request to force people there to provide fingerprints or thumbprints to unlock iPhones and iPads, a federal magistrate judge in Chicago has ruled. U.S. Magistrate Judge M. David Weisman ruled on Feb. 16 when considering the government’s search warrant application in a child pornography case.

Atari Announces RollerCoaster Tycoon Toucha Available Now On iPhone, iPad, iPod touch

Following the success of RollerCoaster TycoonA 4 Mobile a , which has garnered over 18 million downloads and 295 million sessions globally, comes the latest entry of the beloved RCT series, where players can design, customize and share their greatest park creations in full 3D with friends from around the world. RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch has already received early acclaim and is now featured as one of the App Store’s ‘New games we love.’

Is This the Next Industry Amazon Wants to Conquer?

The e-commerce titan is setting its eyes on the payment platforms space, where it faces fierce competition from the likes of Apple Pay and PayPal. Can it succeed? issued a press release with a bold headline: “More than 33 Million Customers Have Used Amazon Payments to Make a Purchase.”

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Google Assistant, the company’s smart voice-controlled service, has reportedly trickled to non-Pixel smartphones ahead of an official roll out. The digital assistant is Google’s answer to Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa, and was introduced first with the Google Pixel smartphones, which were launched in October last year.

Apple TV Could Still Be a Major Opportunity, if Apple Can Execute

The tech giant’s hiring of a new exec from Amazon comes as pay-TV streaming apps and a burgeoning smart home market spell new opportunities. The TV has long been Apple’s white whale, a giant digital content and communications platform that has captured its imagination for at least a decade, but one which it has only established a modest presence for through a line of streaming set-top boxes.

I Wish Apple Loved Books

I’ve joked that if Eddie Cue loved reading the way he clearly loves music, then iBooks, the iBookstore, and iBooks Author would be amazing. Not only aren’t they amazing, they aren’t even good.

Report: Security Flaw Lets Hackers Snoop on 76 iPhone Apps

HTTPS encryption is good , but it won’t protect you from the sort of man-in-the-middle attack that security researchers said this week can affect dozens of popular iPhone and iPad apps. The attack derives its man-in-the-middle moniker from the fact that hackers can exploit it by routing your Internet traffic through their servers first before it arrives on the open Web.

How Self-Service Technology is Enhancing the Guest Experience.

At hotels around the world, the friendly face of a concierge who remembers your name could soon be replaced by technology that aims to do just the same and when it comes to a great hotel stay, that personalized touch is often the defining feature. At the Aloft hotels in Boston and Santa Clara, guests can perfect their room’s temperature not by ringing down to housekeeping, but by telling the in-room iPad to “cool the room”.

Evernote vs Apple Notes

Mac Stories has a nice rundown of the new Evernote 8 and how it compares to Apple’s Notes: Mac Stories: Evernote’s features have remained largely the same, but the implementation and organization of those features is greatly improved in version 8. The app doesn’t feel bogged down by extra tools; rather than getting in the way of creating or viewing notes, Evernote’s tools enhance those tasks. I recently tried getting into One Note without much success.

Apple Predicts Services Boom as Sales Rise

Apple brought an end to its sequence of quarterly sales declines thanks to strong interest in its recently launched iPhone 7 handset during the October-to-December quarter. The gadget maker also reported double-digit growth from services and said it expects to double the size of that business in the next four years.

Super Mario Run hits 78m downloads

Of that 78m, around 4m went on to pay its one-time unlock fee – a good but not amazing conversion rate of around five per cent. The company’s mascot jogged onto iPhone and iPad on 15th December last year – and was quickly downloaded 40m times in just four days.

Want to buy a ‘smart’ hair brush? Read this first

Cybersecurity experts say many of the internet-connected products increasingly turning up on store shelves are insecure, giving malicious hackers new ways of attacking consumers – and the entire internet. Your new fridge might include a virtual assistant that tells you it’s time to buy milk.

Apple breaks iPhone sales record video – CNET

In this week’s wrap-up, Apple is out of its slump and the maker of Snapchat is finally going public. The tech world’s most important stories of the day include Uber’s CEO leaving Trump’s council, Snap filing for IPO and Mozilla… The tech world’s biggest stories include ZeniMax’s $500M award in its Oculus suit, AT&T bringing 5G to two cities and Snap’s… The most important tech stories of the day include Apple’s record-breaking iPhone sales and Walmart’s latest answer to Amazon… Today in tech news, Razer acquires Nextbit, Dropbox’s online productivity tool leaves a long beta and Fitbit cuts 110 jobs.

The Smartphone Society

Today in this blog we are heading to discuss about accessibility and possibility of VoIP over Android. A Broadcast Receiver is an Android aspect that allows you to join up for software or system events.