Google has removed four apps from its Play Store after they were discovered to be carrying a new form of malware dubbed Overseer. Discovered by security firm Lookout Inc., Overseer was found packaged with four apps and once installed could steal a user’s name, phone number, email address and contact history, along with a host ...

Google Inc. has launched new app Google Trips, a combination trip planning and tour guide app for when you are on the go and exploring a new place. The app, which is available on Google’s own Android operating system as well as Apple’s iOS, allows a user to organize their plane tickets and hotel reservations, ...

French Bank BNP Paribas  has signed a partnership agreement with crowdfunding providers Lendosphere, Enerfip and Lumo to enable private companies to issue mini-bonds through a private blockchain. Through a new digital lab, the bank is working on a distributed ledger based on the blockchain powering bitcoin that will be able to maintain a record of ...

The first potential technical problem with Apple, Inc.’s new iPhone 7 has emerged, with some users reporting that the phone will make a hissing sound under heavy usage. According to 512Pixels, which seemed to be the first site to write about it, the sound appears when the phone is under load and comes from the back ...

In an election season where neo-McCarthyism is now acceptable nothing should really come as a surprise but this might: the Democrats believe that Wikileaks is hacking them. In a memo sent by the Association of State Democratic Chairs to members on Wednesday, the group warned those receiving the email to not visit and search the ...

A United States District Court Judge has ruled that the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) use of malware without a warrant to capture details of those viewing child pornography in the infamous “Playpen” case was unconstitutional. Judge David Alan Ezra ruled that the use of malware was considered search under the fourth amendment which is ...

Despite ongoing competition from Apple Inc., Spotify AB continues to thrive with the company announcing Wednesday that it had hit 40 million paying subscribers. The figure is up a full 10 million from when Spotify announced it had hit 30 million paying subscribers in late March, slightly less than 6 months ago. Interestingly, that follows an ...

The future is now, with Uber Technologies, Inc.’s delayed self-driving car trial finally getting under way in Pittsburgh Wednesday. Despite previous reports that the trial would include a fleet of modified Volvo XC90 sport-utility vehicles, Uber instead went with a fleet of modified Ford Fusions that were outfitted with an array of cameras, lasers, radar ...

SAP SE-owned enterprise travel and business expense management firm Concur Technologies has acquired online travel startup Hipmunk Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2010, Hipmunk offers a travel search site that aims to help people book travel faster and more efficiently in differentiating itself by delivering results not just by price but also key ...

The born-again version of the once great social sharing site Digg Inc. has raised a Series C round from Gannett Co. Inc., the parent company of USA Today. Although the amount of the round was not disclosed, Politico reports that it was a seven-figure sum. Digg itself became a standalone company (again) when it spun off ...