Category: Apps
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Control Siri and Google Now remotely with this hack
FRANCE- A new hack has been released by a security researching group under the French government, that allows users to control Siri and Google Now remotely. According to a recent report from Wired, a team of researchers working for the French government agency, ANSSI, which handles computer security, and was published by IEEE, have discovered a…
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Google kills Chrome’s notification centre on Mac and Windows
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG)- The search giant announced that it will be killing off the notification centre in its Chrome browser for both Apple’s Mac OS X and Microsoft’s Windows 10. Did you know that Chrome has had a notification center since 2013? If not, then it’s no surprise, you’re probably part of the majority…
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Bell Canada to pay $1 million fine for fake Apple App Store and Google Play reviews
MONTREAL, CANADA- Bell Canada, (NYSE: BLC) The Candian telecommunications giant was caught writing fake reviews for its applications, on Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App Store. Mobile apps are essential providers of services for tech companies nowadays, especially for carriers. Some of them are carefully crafted and some aren’t, the latter usually resulting to poor…
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Meet Notify, Facebook’s real time news app
PALO ALTO, CA- Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) The social networking giant is reportedly working on a real time news application. Facebook seeks to expand its functionalities to something much more than just a social network – the most popular one in the world if it makes any difference. The company has reportedly been working on…
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Apple iOS 9 untethered Jailbreak released
CHINA- Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) A Chinese hacking team has managed to release an untethered iOS 9 jailbreak, despite the struggle due to iOS 9 security wall. Disclaimer: Here at Technology News Extra we do not encourage the use of Jailbreak nor other pieces of software that infringe the respective company’s terms and conditions of…
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Facebook tests video feed to challenge Google’s YouTube
PALO ALTO, CA- Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) The social networking giant is making waves to the video streaming field, that way challenging rival Google’s YouTube video service. Facebook seems to be through an era of changes and major updates that give the users new ways to use their favourite social network. One could even say…
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Apple iOS 9.0.2 to be jailbroken by the end of October
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)- The Cupertino giant’s mobile software, iOS 9, is said to be jailbroken by the end of this month. Apple has already released the first two updates of its new iOS 9 (versions 9.0.1 & 9.0.2) and it’s giving a very hard time to the expert teams, TaiG and Pangu, who strive…
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Starbucks, KFC and Chili’s to work with Apple Pay
CUPERTINO, CA- Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) The Apple Pay system is expanding its branches to KFC, Starbucks and Chili. Apple Pay, the popular service that allows users to make any kind of payment using only their smartphones, strives to expand its network and is now seeking collaboration with Starbucks, KFC and Chili’s. Particularly for Starbucks,…
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ASUS’s Android devices will have Microsoft Office apps preinstalled
TAIPEI, TAIWAN- AsusTek Computer Inc. (NASDAQ: ASUS) The computer giant agreed with Microsoft to offer the Office Suite app selection pre-installed with all of its Android devices. Microsoft puts a lot of weight to making some profitable agreements with Chrome, Android and Linux device manufacturers, thus preventing numerous disputes over the years. Now within the general…
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Jailbreak community struggles to Jailbreak iOS 9.0.2
CUPERTINO, CA- Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) The jailbreak community is struggling to develop a jailbreak method for the new iOS 9. Apple seems to be picking up the pace by releasing one update after the other. The latest update of the iOS 9, the 9.0.2, has arrived and Apple has brought along with it a…