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Nokia 220 4G and Nokia 105 affordable featurephones unveiled
We get new smartphones frequently these days but every now and a again a new feature phone drops. Today we even got two, as HMD announced a couple of affordable handsets wit 4G connectivity – the Nokia 220 4G and Nokia 105. Nokia 220 4G Nokia 220 4G sticks close to the formula of the…
New THC and CBD infused beverage company, Cann, joins the race to replace booze – TechCrunch
Cann, a Los Angeles-based purveyor of CBD and THC-infused intoxicants, is rolling out its first major distribution through the venture-backed delivery service Eaze as it begins to hit the streets in California. The company founded by two former Bain consultants is the latest to take on the growing market for non-alcoholic intoxicants that use a…
Facebook ends friend data access for Microsoft and Sony, the last 2 of its legacy partners, under FTC deal – TechCrunch
One more consequence of the FTC’s investigation of Facebook, which culminated in a record $5 billion settlement announced today: it’s finally tightening another string in its privacy policy by cutting off access to friend data for Microsoft and Sony, the company announced today. It described having allowed them access up to now as “our mistake”…
Facebook ends friend data access for Microsoft and Sony, the last 2 of its legacy partners, under FTC deal – TechCrunch
One more consequence of the FTC’s investigation of Facebook, which culminated in a record $5 billion settlement announced today: it’s finally tightening another string in its privacy policy by cutting off access to friend data for Microsoft and Sony, the company announced today. It described having allowed them access up to now as “our mistake”…
Adam Nelson joins FirstMark Capital – TechCrunch
Adam Nelson, an early Dropbox employee and partner at Social Capital, has today announced that he’s joined New York-based FirstMark Capital as a partner. Nelson was actually born and raised here in New York City on the Upper East Side and moved out to the West Coast when he attended Stanford for his MBA. It…
Google intros Gallery Go offline photo editor – TechCrunch
At an event this week in Nigeria, Google introduced Gallery Go, a photo management and editing tool designed for offline use. The new offering joins a suite of Google apps created specifically for users in development markets, where solid online connections aren’t always a given. Gallery Go works with devices running Android 8.1 (Oreo) and…
FTC also sues Cambridge Analytica, settles with former CEO and app developer – TechCrunch
As part of the investigation against Facebook’s privacy lapses, the FTC announced today that it is suing Cambridge Analytica. The agency has already agreed to settlement with former Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix as well as app developer Aleksandr Kogan. The Federal Trade Commission described the administrative complaint in a press release. It alleged that…
Android vulnerability lets hackers hijack your phone with malicious videos
If you use a phone running any version of Android between 7.0 and 9.0 (Nougat, Oreo, or Pie), you ought to immediately install the latest security update – or risk getting your handset hijacked by devious video malware. The culprit is a vulnerability in the aforementioned Android versions (CVE-2019-2107), which enables hackers to remotely execute arbitrary…
Siemens Contractor Pleads Guilty to Planting ‘Logic Bomb’ in Spreadsheets
A former Siemens contractor has pledged guilty in federal court Friday to secretly planting code in automated spreadsheets he had created for the company over a decade ago that deliberately crashes the program every few years. David Tinley, a 62-year-old resident of Harrison City, Pennsylvania, was hired by Siemens as a contract employee for Monroeville,…
