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ICYMI: Last Week on the Web | Feb 1 2019
By | Feb 1, 2019 at 11:49 am
It's only been the traditional seven days long, and yet this week has managed to pack a heck of a tech news in. We look at the stories that have caught our eye this week.
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Verizon Study Identifies Mobile Security Risk to Businesses
By | Mar 15, 2019 at 12:22 pm
A new study from mobile giant Verizon has shown that the phone in your pocket is magnet to hackers and scammers, showing an increase in the number of attacks on mobile devices. We explain why data hacks and security attacks are becoming riskier on mobile devices in the workplace
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Hackers Could View Outlook.com Accounts for Months
By | Apr 16, 2019 at 9:26 am
Microsoft's Outlook.com email service was compromised earlier this year, the software company has recently revealed. As a result, hackers were able to access some Outlook users' private information for a months-long period.
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Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe – Review
By | Mar 14, 2019 at 1:06 pm
Zucked is partly a story of Roger McNamee’s realization of Facebook’s ills, and partly a manifesto for a better internet. The book charts McNamee’s journey from Facebook optimist and investor, to concerned citizen and finally to privacy activist calling for Facebook's ...
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Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram Integration: What You Need to Know
By | Mar 11, 2019 at 9:42 am
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced plans to combine functionality across the company's three massively popular messaging apps – Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram. Here's what you need to know about Facebook's biggest new development in years.
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ExpressVPN Announces New Features for Apps
By | Apr 10, 2019 at 8:55 am
Today, ExpressVPN announced that it had updated its popular Android, iOS and Windows VPN apps with a selection of new features designed to make protecting your privacy and hiding your identity online even easier. These include split tunneling and easier location selection.
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Opera Browser Update Includes Crypto Wallet, Web 3.0 Compatibility and Dark Mode
By | Apr 9, 2019 at 3:01 am
The Opera browser has unveiled loads of new features including a built-in cryptocurrency wallet, support for Web 3.0 applications, and a new dark mode. With the browser already packing a built-in VPN, it's a genuine Chrome competitor that's well worth a free tryout.
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Apple Fixing Group FaceTime Bug That Lets Callers Snoop On You
By | Jan 29, 2019 at 7:31 am
Users of Apple FaceTime have uncovered a serious privacy issue this week, with the ability to listen in and even potentially watch another person using the Group FaceTime service, without their knowledge. Apple has removed the feature from its devices while it races to find a fix
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New YouTube Scam Targets Victims with Identity Fraud
By | Jan 28, 2019 at 11:04 am
Influencers and content creators on YouTube are big business, commanding millions in branding deals and attracting legions of devoted fans. It was just a matter of time before a scammer had the idea to get in on the action. Recently, that has taken the form of a phishing scam.
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LastPass Raises Prices on Premium Plan to $36
By | Feb 12, 2019 at 5:52 pm
Industry-leading password manager LastPass has raised prices on its premium plan, taking it from $24 per year to $36 per year for new users, with existing users due a price rise upon renewal. The new price point puts LastPass more closely in line with rival services
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German Anti-Monopoly Regulator Blocks Facebook from Combining App Data
By | Feb 7, 2019 at 3:06 pm
In a major blow to Facebook's ambitions to more closely interknit its Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram apps, a German regulator has ruled that the social media giant must seek users' explicit consent before combining their data across its various apps.
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Study Reveals Security Risk of Remote Working
By | Mar 29, 2019 at 6:29 am
The benefits of remote work are great, but we can't ignore the changing security practices that come alongside the shift. More than one in three organizations have dealt with a security incident due to an unsecured remote worker, according to an OpenVPN study.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Four Ways to Fix the Internet
By | Apr 2, 2019 at 6:53 am
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making a new push for regulation across Europe and the US, and it's the biggest evolution in his public views on the matter we've seen yet. Zuckerberg explained it all in a Washington Post op-ed over the weekend. Here's the rundown on his thoughts.
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EU Approves Internet Copyright Law – What It Means for Memes
By | Mar 27, 2019 at 12:26 pm
The EU has passed the Copyright Directive, a contentious piece of legislation that updates and overhauls online copyright laws in Europe. What does that mean for parody, quotations, and memes? Take a look at what the new law means for your online experience.
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Google Shares Online Tips and Tools for Internet Safety
By | Feb 6, 2019 at 10:56 am
This past Monday was Internet Safety Day, and to celebrate, Google is dedicating the week to producing a series of articles on its blog, aimed at protecting users with advice and tools. We check the advice Google gives for staying safe online and protecting your accounts