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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! [telecom]
Hope everyone here has a wonderful holiday! Here is a holday greeting from Western Union, in Life magazine dated Nov 25, 1946, pg 151: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that...
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iPhones Secretly Send Call History to Apple, Security Firm Says [telecom]
iPhones Secretly Send Call History to Apple, Security Firm Says By Kim Zetter APPLE EMERGED AS a guardian of user privacy this year after fighting FBI demands to help crack into [alleged] San...
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Chinese company installed secret backdoor on hundreds of thousands of phones [telecom]
Chinese company installed secret backdoor on hundreds of thousands of phones In "mistake," AdUps collected data from BLU Android phones in US. By Sean Gallagher Security firm Kryptowire has uncovered...
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Xiaomi Mi Mix review - This is what the future of smartphones looks like [telecom]
Xiaomi elegantly solves a lot of problems to create a more screen-centric smartphone. By Ron Amadeo Smartphone design has stagnated. If you're using Apple as a measuring stick for the industry, we're...
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Apple will fix iPhone 6 Pluses with touchscreen problems, but it will cost you [telecom]
Apple will fix iPhone 6 Pluses with touchscreen problems, but it will cost you By Andrew Cunningham If you've been having touchscreen problems with your iPhone 6 Plus, Apple has a fix for you if...
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Verizon acquires SocialRadar to buff up MapQuest's location data [telecom]
By Frederic Lardinois We got word earlier today that Verizon had acquired SocialRadar, a mapping startup founded by Blackboard co-founder Michael Chasen that promises to provide its users with far...
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Why Your Next iPhone Won't be Ceramic [telecom]
Why Your Next iPhone Won't be Ceramic A few weeks ago, a post on Quora set the Apple echo chamber on fire by theorizing that the next iteration of the iPhone would ditch machined aluminum for ceramic....
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Biggest Spike in Traffic Deaths in 50 Years? Blame Apps [telecom]
Biggest Spike in Traffic Deaths in 50 Years? Blame Apps Highway deaths have surged in the last two years, and experts put much of the blame on in-car use of smartphones and dashboard apps. By Neal E....
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Secret Backdoor in Some U.S. Phones Sent Data to China, Analysts Say [telecom]
Secret Backdoor in Some U.S. Phones Sent Data to China, Analysts Say By Matt Apuzzo and Michael S. Schmidt WASHINGTON - For about $50, you can get a smartphone with a high-definition display, fast...
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Phone scammers targeted in bill passed by House [telecom]
The Newark (NJ) Star Ledger reported that scammers who disguise their caller-ID would be committing a crime per a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. It now goes to the Senate. full...
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iOS WebView Problem Allows Attackers to Initiate Phone Calls [telecom]
iOS WebView Problem Allows Attackers to Initiate Phone Calls by Michael Mimoso iOS developers who have embedded Apple's WebView into mobile apps need to be aware of an exploitable issue that could...
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OAuth 2.0 Hack Exposes 1 Billion Mobile Apps to Account Hijacking [telecom]
OAuth 2.0 Hack Exposes 1 Billion Mobile Apps to Account Hijacking by Michael Mimoso Third-party applications that allow single sign-on via Facebook and Google and support the OAuth 2.0 protocol, are...
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Where Cellphones Are Lifelines, Start-Ups Spy Opportunities [telecom]
About a billion people in the developing world have basic smartphones, and for many of them, it's their only computer and communication device. Now some start-ups are emerging to exploit the...
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A 10-Digit Key Code to Your Private Life: Your Cellphone Number [telecom]
A 10-Digit Key Code to Your Private Life: Your Cellphone Number By Steve Lohr A mobile number can be even more valuable than a Social Security number, since it's tied to so many databases and...
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AT&T to limit video quality by default - even on unlimited data plans [telecom]
AT&T to limit video quality by default, even on unlimited data plans Cellular customers can opt out of "Stream Saver," which limits video to 480p. By Jon Brodkin AT&T today said it will begin limiting...
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