Wickr, a startup that provides encrypted messaging, is now licensing its security technology to other application vendors. The two-year-old San Francisco company said Wednesday that it’s selling a range of security tools to other app makers and social media companies, as concerns over government surveillance, cyberattacks and data tracking run high. Wickr’s own service is designed to encrypt people’s messages on their mobile devices, and keep the messages scrambled as they pass through the company’s servers. Wickr says it does not hold the keys to decrypt people’s messages, so even if law enforcement or the government come knocking, Wickr claims it can’t hand anything over.
Motorola's Jim Wicks describes the inspiration for the smartwatch's circular display, but dangles very few tidbits of specificity about the new device.
Small business owners often believe their companies are immune to cybercrime. After all, why would criminals bother with guppies when they can net a The problem for small business owners is consumer grade security programs aren’t robust enough to protect a business infrastructure, but most smaller companies don’t have the IT resources to manage a business-class solution.
Electronic Arts said Wednesday that the Xbox 360 version of the hit game EA said in a “I’ve been playing the game a lot, and it is fantastic,” Patrick Söderlund, the executive vice president of EA Studios, wrote. “But we see a few things that can be made even better, so we’re giving Bluepoint a little more time to do just that and deliver an epic
Using Marmalade Technologies’ Juice tool, iOS developers can recompile their games to run on Android. The goal with Juice is to make the process of bringing games to Google’s Play store and Amazon’s App Store as painless as possible, according to Marmalade. With Juice, iOS developers can continue to use Apple’s Xcode IDE and Objective-C along with all the iOS APIs they are familiar with and still create games that can run natively on Android. To convert a game, developers first have to install the Marmalade SDK, which includes Juice, and open Marmalade’s Hub front-end management system, according to
The Verge reports that Twitter’s end-to-end encryption for DMs is done—for now. Why are social networks dragging their feet on security measures?
Anyone who wants to see how convoluted Microsoft licensing can be should check out the company’s For example, an October
Microsoft-owned Skype promised last July that it would make its mobile experiences less battery intensive, and now it's making good on that promise for Android users. The latest But to get to this point, Skype says it had to make a few sacrifices. One key change is that notifications for messages in group chats are turned off by default. If you participate in a lot of group chats on Skype you can turn this feature back on by going to Skype's
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The rumors were true: Sony is bringing a virtual reality headset to the PlayStation 4. And it works even if you wear glasses.
So an SSD with a 6Gbps SATA 3.0 interface just isn’t fast enough for you. You speed freak. I kid. Faster is always better when it comes to storage, and until loads are instantaneous, you’ll never hear the phrase “it’s fast enough” escape my lips. That’s why I poached Plextor’s M6e SSD to kick around on my home system. After it set records during a reconnoiter by PCWorld’s esteemed test center, that is. The Plextor M6e is an M.2 SSD mounted on a x2 PCIe 2.0 card.
Your old phones and tablets don’t have to become e-waste. They can do real work as repurposed sidekicks for your PC. Think of them as bonus touchscreen displays and you’ll begin to see the possibilities. They just need to be plugged in, wiped of unneeded apps and notifications, and they’re ready to serve as desktop companions. Here are some of the best ways to reuse that old tech. Air Display can turn your tablet into a true second screen for your PC or Mac.
Google's smartwatch OS looks breathtaking, but there's still a path for Samsung's Gear devices to capture the public's imagination.
U.S. civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson is to lead a delegation to Hewlett-Packard’s annual meeting of shareholders on Wednesday to highlight underrepresentation of African-Americans in Silicon Valley companies. “Technology is supposed to be about inclusion, but sadly, patterns of exclusion remains the order of the day,” Jackson has written in letters to top Silicon Valley technology companies, including Apple, Twitter, Facebook, HP and Google, according to a
Rectangular screens are so...square. Buttons? We've moved beyond that. See this and more in Android Police's SDK teardown.
Die neue Google-Oberfläche namens Android Wear soll auf Uhren und anderen Kleinstgeräten zum Einsatz kommen. Damit ist der Weg frei für Smartwatches unterschiedlichster Hersteller.
NSA-Enthüller Edward Snowden trat in Vancouver auf - via ferngesteuertem Roboter, Kamera und Mikrofon. Interviewt wurde er unter anderem von Tim Berners-Lee.
Von gleichgültig bis verständnislos: Die Reaktionen auf den offiziellen Launch der Xbox One im September fallen im Playstation-Land Schweiz unterschiedlich aus.
«Far Cry»-Entwickler Crytek bringt mit «The Collectables» sein erstes iOS-Game auf den Markt. Der Titel soll ohne versteckten Zahlungszwang gratis spielbar sein - und Spass machen.
Schweizer Datenschützer konnten bei Microsoft Änderungen durchsetzen, die das Benützen des Cloud-Dienstes unbedenklich machen würden. Bei Streitigkeiten gilt nun Schweizer Recht.
Auf der Game Developers Conference haben Google und Microsoft angekündigt, iOS- und Android-Spieler zusammenbringen zu wollen.
Das farbenfrohe Plastik-iPhone 5c verkauft sich schlechter als erwartet. Deshalb bietet der Handy-Gigant aus Cupertino das vermeintliche Trend-Phone jetzt günstiger an.
Der Vorschuss-Lorbeeren für «Titanfall» waren viele. Doch wird der Online-Shooter den Erwartungen auch gerecht?
Ein neues Buch offenbart, dass der verstorbene Apple-Chef Steve Jobs nie einen iTV auf den Markt bringen wollte. Seine Begründung: Fernsehen sei ein schreckliches Geschäft.
Bye-bye altes iPad: Apple hat das in die Jahre gekommene iPad 2 durch ein iPad mit Retina-Display ersetzt. Für den gleichen Preis bekommen die Kunden nun deutlich mehr Leistung.
Lianen, Wurzeln, Büsche - überall: Google Street View verwandelt jede Stadt in einen postapokalyptischen Dschungel. Ein Hack für den Kartendienst macht es möglich.
Seit die Schweiz beim Launch der Xbox One im November 2013 nicht berücksichtigt wurde, warten die Fans hierzulande auf einen Erscheinungstermin. Jetzt ist er bekannt.
Das neuste Update von Apples mobilem Betriebssystem beschleunigt vieles - auch das Entleeren der Batterie. Einige beklagen sich, dass ihr Akku nur noch drei Stunden hält.
Heute telefonieren rund zwei Millionen Swisscom-Kunden analog. Bis 2017 sollen alle Kunden auf die Internettelefonie umgestellt sein.