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Developers need not tinker with tedious email protocols anymore. They can just plunk in this bit of code to their apps, and poof, integration with a slew of email providers. Today a startup called Inbox announced the release today of an application programming interface (API) to handle email send...
http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/07/inbox-email-api/
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In the latest cautionary tale involving the so-called internet of things, white-hat hackers have devised an attack against network-connected lightbulbs that exposes Wi-Fi passwords to anyone in proximity to one of the LED devices. The attack works against LIFX smart lightbulbs, which can be turne...
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-07/08/crypto-weakness-lightbulbs
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Source: http://gizmodo.com/the-site-that-tells-you-if-sites-are-down-is-down-1601208511
Downforeveryoneorjustme.com is the site we all use to figure out if sites are actually down or not. But right now, that site appears to be down. I think? Is it really down? Or is it just me? I can't tell.
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/07/lg-g3-and-g-watch-reach-att/
Sprint and T-Mobile may have been the first big US carriers to announce launch plans for LG's G3 smartphone, but they won't be the first to actually carry it. AT&T has revealed that both the G3 and the Android Wear-based G Watch will reach its stores on July 11th, with online orders beginning on the 8th. In both cases, pricing is par for the course. You'll pay $199 on contract for the G3, or $29 per month in one year's worth of Next installments; the G Watch will cost you $229 up front. The AT&T-native G3 doesn't particularly stand out (unless you really, really like Big Blue's logo), but it may be your best bet if you just have to get a quad HD-capable Android phone as quickly as possible.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wearables, Mobile, AT&T, LG
Source: AT&T
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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/07/bank-skimmers-virtually-invisible/
Bank machine skimmers, which swipe your account as you insert your card, have been getting increasingly harder to spot as the years go by; now, it looks like they're just about undetectable. Researchers at the European ATM Security Team have found skimmers that not only fit neatly into a card slot, but do a good job of hiding any other equipment they need to steal your info. One example (shown below) combined a virtually invisible skimmer with a cleverly hidden spy camera that recorded PIN code entries. Another disguised a system that captured card info through audio, and there are now translucent mini-scanners that even a keen eye might miss.
These surreptitious gadgets may not go away for a while, either. While a number of major countries have moved on to chip-based card verification, Americans will still be relying on old-fashioned magnetic stripes for a long time. Until then, there's no guarantee that the ATM you visit will be entirely safe, no matter how good you are at noticing discrepancies. However, you can thwart many camera-equipped skimmers simply by covering the keypad when you enter your PIN -- thieves can't take what they can't see.
[Top image credit: AP Photo/Peter Dejong]
Source: Krebs on Security
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