Mobile Apps

Apple Worker Texts Himself Customer’s Intimate Photo

Naked selfie warning, as Californian woman says she will take legal action against former Apple staffer

5 years ago

Smartphone App Can Quickly Locate Drone Pilots

Smartphone app can “remotely identify airborne drones” as well as pinpointing the location of its pilot

5 years ago

Facebook iOS App Bug Turns On Camera

Privacy alert. Facebook users complain that the social network's iOS app turns on the cameras found on Apple iPads and…

5 years ago

Drone Pilots Risk £1,000 Fine If Not Registered

£1,000 fine if drone pilots, including kids, don't register, pass a theory test and get a £9-a-year licence

5 years ago

WhatsApp Sues NSO For ‘Advanced’ Surveillance Hack Claim

Facebook division files lawsuit against NSO Group, because of alleged surveillance tool exploit

5 years ago

Three Network Crash Causes ‘Intermittent’ Outages

Mobile operator Three has admitted it is experiencing “technical difficulties” in widespread outage

5 years ago

UK Government Drops Controversial Porn Age Checks

Long standing plan to introduce age checks on porn websites has been dropped by the British government

5 years ago

Twitter Clarifies Rules After Call For Trump Ban

Platform says not in the public interest to remove politicians' tweets, after Democrat pressure to ban politicians' tweets

5 years ago

Official Chinese App Allows Backdoor Access To Phones, Warns Cure 53

Security vendor finds heavily promoted Chinese app contains code to allow state monitoring of phones

5 years ago

Apple Removes Hong Kong Police-Tracking App

App violated rules says Apple, as it allowed protesters in Hong Kong to ambush police

5 years ago

Intelligence Agencies Warn Of Flaw With VPN Products

Both the US NSA and UK NCSC warn hackers are actively exploiting vulnerabilities in VPN products

5 years ago

End of iTunes Road For Apple Mac Users

Where is my music? Goodbye iTunes, after latest Catalina update for Apple Mac users

5 years ago

Twitter Slowly Recovers After Global Outage

Global outage “just about fixed” but problems are still ongoing after significant disruption

5 years ago

Huawei Mate 30 Cut Off From Google Apps

Goodbye Youtube and Gmail. Bootleg access to Google apps is shut down as US blacklisting bites

5 years ago

Kik Messenger Developers To Close Popular Messaging App

Used by millions around the world, Kik Messenger is closing down as developers want to concentrate Kin cryptocurrency

5 years ago

AI Powered Mei Messaging App Arrives On iOS

Crush Analyser. Messaging app that includes an AI assistant to improve personal relationships, arrives on iOS

5 years ago

Wunderlist Founder Offers To Buy App Back From Microsoft

'Don't kill it, rather let me buy it back', founder of task app Wunderlist pleads with Microsoft

5 years ago

Bluetooth Messaging App Bridgefy Grows Amid Hong Kong Protests

Going offline. Protesters in Hong Kong are reportedly using a Bluetooth-based messaging app to communicate

5 years ago

Social Media Apps Pose Biggest Enterprise Threat – Survey

Gigamon survey finds biggest threat to enterprise security is not from hackers, but rather social media apps

5 years ago

Facebook Threads App To Take On Snapchat

Development of new Threats app to give social networking giant ability to ramp up pressure on Snapchat

5 years ago

Google Announces End Of Dessert Names For Android

No more internal codenames like Jellybean, Lollipop or Marshmellow for Android releases, Google confirms

5 years ago

Facebook Breakup Would Be Difficult If Services Are Integrated – FTC

Plans to integrate WhatsApp and Instrgram brands could make it more difficult to breakup Facebook, FTC boss admits

5 years ago

MPs Urge Consideration Of Hands Free Phone Ban For Drivers

Government urged to consider tougher restrictions on using hands-free phones whilst driving

5 years ago

WhatsApp Flaw Unpatched For Over A Year, Says Check Point

Facebook was told about WhatsApp flaw over a year ago, but the vulnerability remain exploitable today

5 years ago

Apple Faces Russian Probe After Kaspersky Complaint

Russian watchdog investigates Apple, after it declined to approve Kaspersky Lab’s Safe Kid app

5 years ago

Microsoft Staff Listen To Some Translated Skype Calls – Report

Another day, another privacy scare, as Microsoft contractors sometimes listen to translated Skype calls

5 years ago

Apple Profits Slide Again, As Wearables, Services Grow

iPhone slowdown. Revenues from wearables and services helped offset another slump in iPhone sales during last quarter

5 years ago

Google Faces Play Store Challenge From Tinder – Report

Dating app is latest to challenge app store fees, with payment system that entirely avoids Google Play store

5 years ago

Skype To Lose SMS Connect Feature In August

Ability of Android users to receive and respond to SMS messages in Skype to be phased out next month

5 years ago

FaceApp Faces Call For Security Probe

Paranoid or sensible? US Senator demands probe of app that ages people's faces, over Russian connection

5 years ago