Mellisa Tolentino
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Over 200,000 Swedish Login Details at Risk Due to Hacking Incident
So we’ve been hearing a lot hacking news this year and it’s only getting worse. Large corporations like Sony fell victim to hackers which led to a lot of accounts in the Sony PlayStation Network became compromised. After that, it’s like everyone is getting hacked from news groups, payment services, law enforcement databases, porn sites, ...
Green Expansion Is the Key to Facebook’s Arctic Datacenter
These days, with the boom in mobile computing, companies need to accommodate the growth of data generated, especially when almost every company now offers some sort of cloud service. But when it comes to datacenters it’s not just about building a facility, it’s all about building a green facility that won’t bring harm to the ...
Dropbox for Teams is Good for Business
File sharing and storage in the cloud is probably a top priority for businesses and consumers today, especially now that most companies are allowing use of personal devices in the workplace. Everyone wants their office files available anytime of the day, even when they are out of the office. And this is what cloud services ...
RIM Faces Class Action Lawsuit over Network Outage
BlackBerry subscribers suffered a 4-day service outage a couple of weeks ago. The incident led to a mob of angry customers as most of them are from the business sector. The outage cost both end users and RIM a lot of money, but now RIM is facing a class action lawsuit from its North American ...
Sony To Acquire Ericsson’s Shares for $1.5B
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB is the joint venture of Sony Corp. and Ericsson AB. For 10 years, the two companies brought some pretty cool, mostly musically inclined phones to the market. But the demand in the market nowadays calls for smartphones, and this is where Sony wants to focus. In the 10 year partnership, ...
Chrome 15 Released, Now Even More App-ealing
We can’t deny the fact that apps have been making our lives easier, and even more fun. This love for apps is what pushed Google into making the latest Chrome release to be more app-philic. The latest update has a revamped New Tab Page that separates the Most Visited, Recently Closed and Apps into sections, ...
Slide to Unlock Apple’s New Patent Weapon
Apple has been protecting their patents by bringing culprits to court. And we all know that Apple’s crosshairs are aimed squarely on of devices using the Android platform. It’s no longer a mystery why Apple is in hot pursuit of these patent pirates; the late Steve Jobs wants to destroy them for copying iOS features. Apple and ...
Amazon’s Shares Down, Hopes To Comeback with Kindle Fire
Amazon launched the Kindle Fire tablet in the hopes to muscle in on another one of Apple’s territories. Nevertheless, their shares have plummeted this past quarter, leaving Amazon grasping for a solution to address their broadening market position. The Kindle Fire sells for only $199, way below Apple’s iPad price. This is good for consumers but ...
Of Smartphones and Prosthesis, Nokia is On a Roll
So what does a high-end smartphone, a low-end feature-smartphone, and a prosthetics arm have in common? Nokia, the Finnish phone maker who used to be popular in the mobile industry. In the past weeks, we hardly hear about Nokia. Mobile news is always about Apple, Android, and even RIM’s downfall. The last I remember, Nokia ...
Lookout Mobile Security, Now for all Android Tablets
A new variant of the DroidKungFu Android Trojan has been uncovered, presenting itself as a legitimate app update in order to sneak its way onto your phone. It’s the first time a Trojan has used this exploit in order to gain access to devices. Brought to the public’s attention by Lookout Mobile Security last week, ...