Mellisa Tolentino
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Wakoopa Social Shut Down
Wakoopa, the social networking site that monitors the software used by its members, announced last month that they will be shutting down Wakoopa Social. Wakoopa Social was launched in 2007 to make software discovery as social as possible. But in 2010, the Wakoopa team decided to switch their focus on the corporate research community and ...
Google Denies Android Botnet Claims
Today’s mobile news roundup features security experts’ retractions to the Android botnet, Amazon’s preparations to release an iPhone and Android competitor, and Apple getting sued over Siri. No Android botnet Earlier this week, security experts from Microsoft and Sophos posted on their blogs that infected Android devices are spreading spam e-mails, but yesterday retracted their ...
WikiLeaks To Release Boatload Syria Files, E-mails From 2006 to 2012
WikiLeaks, the international not-for-profit organization responsible for publishing documents from whistleblowers, acquired more than 2.4 million e-mails between Syrian politicians, government officials and companies dating from August 2006 until March 2012. The group said that they will soon be releasing the said e-mails soon. In a news conference from London, project analyst Sarah Harrison stated ...
Ouya Building A $99 Hackable Android Game Console
No one really knows what the future holds for Google’s Nexus Q, the black spherical device unveiled during this year’s Google I/O. When it was unveiled, some were left in awe while others had their eyebrows raised, questioning what that black spherical device is and what the hell does it do. Soon, it won’t be ...
Android Devices Spreading Spam Emails, Malware: Pandemic By Year’s End
Android devices are once again under fire from malware but this time it’s even worse – they’re being hijacked by an illegal botnet to send spam emails. Microsoft researcher Terry Zink came across spam samples that sends stock spams – a typical pump and dump variety but what he found interesting was that it contained ...
Apple Wins Patent to Take On Google Glass
When Google unveiled Project Glass, now dubbed Google Glass, they stole the spotlight garnering curiosity as to how the heads-up display gadget would work. Many question if the small panes will be enough for users to enjoy augmented reality capabilities, but the picture soon became clearer. On the first day of this year’s Google I/O developer conference, ...
Smaller iPads Already In Production
Today’s mobile news roundup features Apple’s plan for smaller iPads, DARPA enlisting Invincea to toughen Android security, and a UK judge ruling HTC did not infringe Apple’s patent. Smaller iPads already in production There have been rumors floating around that Apple will be releasing smaller iPads but Apple did not confirm it, stating that they’re ...
Boys Taking Over Pinterest, Spending More Money than Girls
A survey done by Compete revolves around how Pinterest is fueling the interest in online shopping. The data they gathered showed that 25% of the total number of Pinterest users made a purchase because they saw something they like on Pinterest, may it be an item or a service. And out of that 25%, more ...
Google Kills Off More Products, Nexus Pulled From Google Play
Search giant Google Inc. is quite busy today. After being denied of an injunction stay for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the device was pulled out from Google Play. The move is in accordance to the court ruling handed down last week, in favor of Apple Inc., which stated that the Galaxy Nexus is banned from ...
European Parliament Rejects ACTA
The European Parliament overwhelmingly rejected the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement in an all-parliamentary vote. The votes tallied to 478 against, 146 abstentions, and only 39 in favor. ACTA intended to establish an international standards for intellectual property rights across all EU member states and other signing countries, including the United States. The rejection of the act ...