Friday, April 25, 2014

Article: New iPhone 6 Renderings Highlight Curved Display, Rounded Corners

Following a report from Mac Otakara yesterday claiming the iPhone 6 will feature a curved glass display and an all-aluminum rear shell, French website Nowhereelse.fr [Google Translate] and designer Martin Hajek have partnered up to showcase renders visualizing such a device based off of the recen...

http://www.macrumors.com/2014/04/25/iphone6-renders-curved-display-rounded-corners/

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Article: Play This: Gorgeous Platformer 'Leo's Fortune' Brings Striking Gameplay to iOS

Leo's gold has been stolen, and it's your job to get it back. This sounds like the line from many a cliche video game, as coin-collecting has been around as long as controllers themselves. Yet Leo's Fortune for iOS puts a darker twist on what that gold does to those who possess it. Leo's Fortune ...

http://mashable.com/2014/04/25/play-this-gorgeous-platformer-leos-fortune-brings-a-striking-game-to-ios/

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Article: New algorithms speed secure communications for Chrome on Android

Google has sped up secure Web browsing on Android by taking advantage of something most companies don't have: control over the browser and the Web sites it's visiting. Google added support for faster new encryption algorithms called ChaCha20 and Poly1305 to its Chrome browser, said Elie Bursztein...

http://www.cnet.com/news/new-algorithms-speed-secure-communications-for-chrome-on-android/#ftag=CADf328eec

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drag2share: EE and Three's voicemail systems hacked using number-cloning trick

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/25/ee-three-voicemail-hacking/

With the phone-hacking scandal still playing out in the courts, it should be safe to assume that UK mobile operators have put measures in place protect customers' own voicemail inboxes. Unfortunately, that's only half true. We know thanks to an investigation by The Register, which showed that two of the big four carriers had neglected to close a loophole that allows nefarious third-parties to spoof a customer's phone number and immediately gain access to their voicemails. Those two companies? EE and Three.

Armed with a target's phone number and VoIP calling system, researchers were able to trick both carriers' voicemail systems into believing a call originated from one of their SIMs. Attempts to hack into Vodafone and O2, however, were unsuccessful. Vodafone blocked attempts with PIN requests, while O2's systems always timed out. When pressed about the issue, Three simply pointed to the voicemail security pages on its website and warned users to set a PIN (which isn't enforced by default). EE immediately set about fixing the flaw and sent out an announcement just a few hours later telling customers it had "patched the issues raised in the article." The company said it also plans to run "a full review of all [its] voicemail platforms," to head off any future issues.

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Source: The Register, EE Support Forum

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drag2share: Samsung and Iberia team up to put boarding passes on smartwatches

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/25/iberia-boarding-pass-on-samsung-gear-2-smartwatches-wearables/

You wouldn't instantly associate Iberia with cutting-edge technology, but the Spanish airline is a paragon of modernity. The Madrid-based business already lets you print your own luggage tags, and now it's teamed up with Samsung to bring boarding passes to your smartwatch. A forthcoming update to the Iberia Android app will enable you to cross the skybridge with just a Gear 2 -- assuming, of course, that you've already got a Galaxy S5 (or another compatible device) stashed in your pocket.

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Via: WSJ

Source: Iberia (Translated)

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