“Nike today announced that it has teamed up with Apple to create a new version of the Apple Watch Nike+, which pairs a Space Gray Apple Watch Series 2 aluminum case with a black and cream Nike band.”
Live TV Streaming Showdown: Sling vs. Playstation Vue vs. DirecTV Now
“Services like Sling, Playstation Vue, and DirecTV Now let you watch live TV over the internet without getting a complicated bundle from your cable company. We took a look at these three services to see how they stack up to each other.”
Snapchat now lets you make QR Snapcodes that open websites
“Facebook gave businesses the Like button connected to their Page, and now Snapchat is giving websites their own QR Snapcodes. With today’s iOS update and Android beta, users can create a unique Snapcode for a website, which will open inside Snapchat when they scan it with the app’s camera.”
Hackers can steal your password by looking at how you tilt your phone
“According to a team of cybersecurity experts at Newcastle University, the way you tilt your phone could be used by hackers to break into your device.”
Apple’s GarageBand, iMovie, and iWork apps are now completely free
“Apple is making its GarageBand, iMovie, and iWork (Pages, Keynote, and Numbers) apps totally free for all Mac OS and iOS customers as of today.”
Microsoft Word 0-day used to push dangerous Dridex malware on millions
“Booby-trapped documents exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word have been sent to millions of people around the world in a blitz aimed at installing Dridex, currently one of the most dangerous bank fraud threats on the Internet.”
How the FBI Took Down Russia’s Spam King—And His Massive Botnet
“One of the world’s most notorious spammers appears to have been tripped up by a basic cybersecurity no-no, according to the FBI: He used the same log-in credentials to both run his criminal enterprise and also log into sites like iTunes.”
AT&T is the latest to roll out Android 7.0 Nougat to Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge Plus
“More Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge Plus phones in the US are getting the promised update to Android 7.0 Nougat. AT&T has started rolling it out to those devices, a few days after Sprint did the same.”
Qualcomm countersuit claims Apple ‘refuses to acknowledge’ the value of its technology
“Apple filed a billion-dollar royalty lawsuit against Qualcomm in January and today the chipmaker hit back with a legal case of its own against the iPhone maker which, it claims, has refused to acknowledge the value of its technology.”
Samsung removes ability to remap Bixby button on the S8 and S8 Plus
“It was only earlier this month that users found a way to remap the dedicated Bixby hardware button on the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus to anything they wanted. Now, even before the two devices have hit consumers’ hands, Samsung have removed this functionality.”
