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Mozilla, Google, and Apple block Kazakhstan's spy-certificate
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Mozilla, Google, and Apple are blocking a root certificate Kazakhstan ISPs were forced to install to spy on citizens.
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Red Alert
Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram — down, down, down
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All of Facebook — including Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp — appear to be having major server problems at the moment. So no, you're not alone!
More like RIP
Twitter finally details new API, screws third-party apps — again
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Twitter has finally announced details for it’s new Account Activity API, which replaces the Streaming API third-party clients have relied on up until now — and the news isn’t good.
RIP
Favstar Destroyer: Twitter API hostility claims another service
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Favstar, a popular service for seeing which of your tweets were the most loved and discovering other popular tweets, will be shutting down on June 19, 2018. Because, Twitter.
#EFAIL vulnerability: What PGP and S/MIME users need to do right now
Security researchers will be publishing what they claim are critical vulnerabilities in PGP/GPG and S/MIME email encryption on May 15. In the meantime, EFF advises you disable PGP email clients. GPUPG offers different advice.
Grand Hack Uber
Uber covered up a hack that compromised 57 million accounts
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Uber was hacked. 50 million rider accounts were accessed. 7 million driver accounts as well. And Uber paid $100,000 to cover it all up.
Anti-social
Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are down. Are you affected?
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Facebook and its related networks, Instagram and Whatsapp, experienced an outage that prevented some users from accessing either the entire service or some functionality within the service.
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Everything Build 2016 — All our coverage!
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We're live at Microsoft Build 2016! Here's all our coverage so check it out now and check back often!
Want!
Slack planning voice and video chat for 2016
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Slack plans to roll out voice and video chat this year, making the popular messaging company even more competitive with incumbents like Microsoft's Skype and Google's Hangouts.
Down and downer
Facebook and Instagram offline
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Update: Both social networks are now functional again. If you can't access them in your region just yet, hold tight. Services are being restored. Facebook and Instagram, the popular social network and it's photo-centric sub-division, are currently experiencing a denial of service attack that's affecting access for some users. If you've been trying to check your feeds and you've been...
Must Read!
Mobile Nations podcast changes and updates
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We're going to be making some changes to the podcasts we do here at Mobile Nations — Android Central, CrackBerry, Connectedly, iMore, and Windows Phone Central. That'll no doubt excite some people and upset others, but our single, unwavering goal is to make better shows that you'll enjoy even more. We want to respect your time and your interests, we want to stay focused and stay...
Social Security
Facebook buying PrivateCore
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Facebook, the world's biggest social network, is buying online security company PrivateCore for an undisclosed amount of money. It's almost certainly not Instagram or Oculus levels of cash, never mind the tens of billions thrown at Whatsapp, but it will, apparently, help Facebook secure all of the data — the personal, private social data that all of us who use Facebook choose to share...
The TV Show 11: Doctor Sorry. So sorry...
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The TV Show is like app or game reviews for television episodes. Whether you're watching on the Xbox in your living room or streaming to your Windows Phone, Surface, or desktop or tablet PC, follow along for the week of TV that was. On this episode Dave and Rene talk Doctor Who season 4, marrying the Doctor's daughter, thinking through your anti-life plans, the end of the beginning of...
Review 17: Godzilla, Pacific Rim, and Kaiju!
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Review is like app or game coverage but for movie series, television shows, comic books, and other geeky entertainment. It's great stuff you can watch and enjoy on your Windows Phone, Surface, tablet or desktop PC, or Xbox ! On this week's episode Dave, Georgia, and Rene are joined by Peter Cohen and Anthony Casella to talk Kaiju — giant Japanese monster movies! From Godzilla to...
The TV Show 10: 24 finale, Farscape 1, Doctor Who 3
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The TV Show is like app or game reviews for television episodes. Whether you're watching in your living room on your Xbox or streaming to your Windows Phone, Surface, or Windows Tablet or PC, follow along for the week of TV that was. On this episode Dave and Rene are joined by Dave's ex-girlfriend, Ashley Williams to talk 24 finale, Fascape season 1, and — sorry, really, so sorry! —...
The TV Show podcast episode 9: 24 hour 11, The Leftovers 2, Doctor Who season 2
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The TV Show is like app or game reviews for television episodes. Whether you're watching on the console in your living room on your Xbox or streaming to your Windows Phone, Surface, or Windows PC, follow along for the week of TV that was. On this episode Dave and Rene try to figure out what the hell happened in the penultimate 24, what the hell's happening in The Leftovers, if anything...
ZEN & TECH 69: Facebook, social experiments, and what you need to know!
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ZEN & TECH is Mobile Nations' lifestyle podcast where we work on centering our inner geeks and using technology to help reduce stress and live better connected lives. In today's episode, Georgia and Rene talk about the recently reported Facebook psychology experiments, how social affects our moods, and how to handle online anxiety...
Review 15: X-Men
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Review is like app or game coverage but for movie series, television shows, comic books, and other geeky entertainment. It's great stuff you can watch and enjoy on your phone, tablet, or connected TV! On this week's episode Clayton Morris joins Georgia, Guy, Dave, and Rene to talk X-Men. From the original comics to the animated shows to Bryan Singer's movies, Brett Ratner's something...
ZEN & TECH 68: Top 10 fitness don'ts!
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ZEN & TECH is Mobile Nations' lifestyle podcast where we work on centering our inner geeks and using technology to help reduce stress and live better, connected lives. In today's episode, in honor of #mobilefit, Georgia and Rene talk about how to avoid the most common fitness failures, including overtraining, self-sabotage, procrastination, and more! Support Z&T: Go to...
Review 14: The Amazing Spider-Man
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Review is like app or game coverage but for movie series, television shows, comic books, and other geeky entertainment. It's great stuff you can watch and enjoy on your Windows Phone, Surface, Windows PC, or Xbox! On this week's episode Georgia, Guy, Dave, and Rene talk about Spider-Man, from the comics to the cartoons, the Sam Raimi trilogy to the current Mark Webb films, including the...