Category: Technical
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Popular Android applications that collected Facebook credentials have been removed by Google
Google continues to rush to remove Android applications that violate user privacy. According to Ars Technica, Google has taken nine applications from the Play Store after Dr. Web researchers determined that they were trojans that stole Facebook login credentials. The virus had a total of 5.8 million downloads and posed as popular programmes like “Horoscope Daily” and “Rubbish Cleaner,”…
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Nest has promised to improve the security of its smart home devices
Google has pledged to follow five new safety rules in order to make people feel safer when using its smart home products such as the Nest Hub Max, Chromecast Ultra, and the recently announced Google Wifi Gen 2. A commitment to five years of software and security upgrades, as well as insight into which devices are linked to…
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How to Install the Safari Interface from macOS 12 on macOS 11
Apple’s Safari browser will get a visual makeover as part of the next macOS 12 Monterey update, which will arrive later this year. There are a few options to check out the new browser now, including a method to download it on macOS 11. What changes are coming to Safari in macOS 12? Let’s have a…
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Windows 11 appears to be a problem in need of a solution
We got our first look at Windows 11 this week courtesy to an unplanned breach on a Chinese server. While we may argue the morality and practicality of downloading Windows 11 and checking it out for yourself (for the record, you shouldn’t), one thing is certain: the new version of Windows will appear a lot…
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Adobe help companies with third-party cookies
Why use third-party cookies when first-party data is available As Google Chrome and other browsers prepare to end support for third-party cookies, Adobe announced the next-generation real-time customer data platform (CDP) to help brands activate known and unknown customer data. The company’s real-time CDP allows brands to manage the entire customer profile and run seamlessly…
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How to use a timer to shut down Windows 10
You don’t need fancy apps in Windows 10 to shut down the machine at a specific time, but the buttons on the keyboard are perfectly secure. You normally need to quickly insert the command prompt after the set time period has passed so that the device automatically shuts down, but you can also get an…
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Google Improvements to Search Console
Google floats two improvements to search console designed reports in a more appropriate manner for site owners. It has two new features designed to improve the efficiency of data analysis reports. Website owners can now use these filter data through regular expressions (regex). Regex Membranes Search Console reports now support regular expressions, which will help…
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Google is restricting which applications to see anything that you have built
This change is going to be implemented by May 5th Google will soon make it more difficult for apps on the Play Store to see what that you’ve loaded (via XDA-Developers). As Ars Technica points out, the list of installed applications, as harmless as it can be, will reveal personal characteristics such as romantic interests…
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Major victory for notebooks.
Shipments of notebooks increased by 12.4% to 65.8 million units in 2020 and is not slowing down. The pandemic COVID-19 was a ‘big victory’ for the Asia Pacific notebooks and Lenovo led the pack. An analyst company IDC’s study, the number of notebook shipments increased by 12.4% to 65.8 million units, supplied by high demand…
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YouTube Warning
Before videos are being uploaded all the copyright issues be informed to the creator YouTube has rolled out a new method called “Checks” that informs a creator ahead about their video if it includes copyrighted content and complies with advertising standards. This is an attempt to make the process of uploading a video and collecting…