“We wrote up Google’s spectacular Star Wars themes for apps yesterday, but today, another disturbance in the Force has been felt, originating from the folks down in Mountain View.”
Californian firm in dispute with health minister seeks ‘price-fixing’ reform
“An executive of a Californian company embroiled in a legal dispute with health minister Sussan Ley over private health rebates for a surgical device hopes a roundtable in Sydney on Thursday will spark reforms that experts say could save as much as $700 million a year.”
How the NSA can break trillions of encrypted Web and VPN connections
“For years, privacy advocates have pushed developers of websites, virtual private network apps, and other cryptographic software to adopt the Diffie-Hellman cryptographic key exchange as a defense against surveillance from the US National Security Agency and other state-sponsored spies.”
T-Mobile Says The Nexus 5X And 6P Won’t Have Band 12 LTE Support (For Now)
“Taking a look at the spec sheet for the new Nexus phones, you might notice that the LTE section lists band 12. However, this is by no means a guarantee of actual support anymore.”
A Closer Look At The Design Of Hangouts 4.0
“Nearly two months after we first saw the in-progress Hangouts 4.0 update, we were starting to worry it would never make its official appearance on the Play Store. But recently our collective wish was granted and Hangouts got a big update.”
20 Google Search Tips You Need to Learn
“It’s easy to take the common Google search for granted. But if you take just a moment to really think about it, you might appreciate it for what it truly is: crazy superhero magic!”
SanDisk announces the Connect Wireless Stick, a personal Wi-Fi media server/USB flash drive
“MILPITAS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), a global leader in flash storage solutions, today expanded its mobile storage portfolio with a new wireless mobile flash drive, the SanDisk Connect™ Wireless Stick.”
Woman unknowingly tosses a first-gen Apple computer worth $200,000 at a recycling center
“A recycling center in Silicon Valley is looking for a mystery woman who unknowingly dropped off a rare, first-generation Apple computer that fetched $200,000 at a private auction.”