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• US investigates as ‘phantom’ cab rides appear on hacked British Uber accounts

  23-05-2015 20:21
  
  Speculation that account credentials of customers using the taxi app were sold on ‘dark web’ Continue reading...
  
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• FBI investigates as ‘phantom’ cab rides appear on hacked British Uber accounts

  23-05-2015 20:21
  
  Speculation that account credentials of of customers using the taxi app were sold on ‘dark web’ Continue reading...
  
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• Successful user experiences may rely more on psychology than design

  23-05-2015 18:31 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  User experience, or UX, is just as much driven by psychology as it is good design or interactions.
  
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• Aukey Quick Charge 2.0 wall and portable chargers top off your new phones quickly

  23-05-2015 16:02 via zdnet.com.feedsportal.com
  
  Battery life is important and with more phones launching with integrated batteries, it's important to get those phones charged up quickly. Aukey makes a couple inexpensive solutions for rapid charging.
  
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• Inflame: Will porn do for VR what it did for VHS, DVD and… the internet?

  23-05-2015 16:00
  
  It's the classic technology seller. Porn. It made people want VHS then DVD players, the internet and HD displays, also driving image and video compression and the sale of smartphones – if you believe the salespeople.But can three-dimensional, fully immersive pornography sell VR headsets to the masses?Just think. You could look around. Underneath. Up. At the thing you're not supposed to be looking at, you sicko. The possibilities are endless and, according to the maker of Facebook's Oculus Rift
  
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• Dog-eyed view: the camera that takes a photo whenever your dog gets excited - video

  23-05-2015 14:16
  
  A new gadget has been developed that straps a camera to your dog's chest, monitors its heart rate and takes a picture whenever it's excited. The product comprises the camera, a specially designed camera case, and a heart-rate monitor strap that communicates with the case via Bluetooth to cause the shutter to trigger when the dog's heartbeat increases Continue reading...
  
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• Week in Gaming: The unlikely but possible return of Shenmue - and why you should never cheat a zombie

  23-05-2015 13:43
  
  The best thing about E3 is watching it from the comfort of your own sofa, in your pants, surrounded by the cheesy dust of whichever crisp brand is your favourite, with the option to shut off the TV and go to sleep whenever you choose. The worst thing about it is the no man's land of news that occurs up to three weeks before, when the game developers start to become more secretive than a spy with a secret, and publishers deny everything, no matter how innocuous ("are you coming to dinner ton
  
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• Android app support could be about to give Firefox OS a boost

  23-05-2015 12:54
  
  CNET has seen an email from Mozilla Chief Executive Chris Beard that sets out some of the non-profit's new targets for Firefox OS. In particular, it sounds like the organisation's $25 smartphones could be abandoned.These super-budget smartphones are aimed primarily at developing nations but Beard says they haven't seen "sufficient traction" so far. "We will not pursue all parts of the [$25 phone] program," he writes in the email.Under a new initiative called Ignite, Mozilla wants to focus on com
  
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• Starbucks gift card hack was 'fraud'

  23-05-2015 12:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A hacker reporting a security hole in Starbucks' website criticises the company's handling of the matter.
  
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• Innovators: Great tech innovators: Gabe Newell

  23-05-2015 11:01
  
  Age: 52Company: ValveBest known for: PC gaming, Half Life, Steam, Steam Machine Quote: "I'm not sure we're all going to put down our game controllers and pick up touch screens - which is a reasonable view, I'm just not sure I buy into it."In terms of gaming on the PC, Gabe Newell can lay claim to being one of the most influential figures of the 21st century, but his influence in tech is creeping beyond the traditional Windows platforms into consoles and other hardware. A 52-year-old fo
  
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• New benchmarks tell us even more about the OnePlus Two

  23-05-2015 10:40
  
  It's not easy trying to develop a flagship smartphone in secret, particularly when testing it out in the real world can leave all kinds of clues on the web. Benchmarking tests spilled some details about the OnePlus Two a couple of days ago, and now we have a fresh set to pore over.Chinese site Ludashi has the new specs, which point to a device codenamed A2003 - it has a 1920 x 1080 pixel full HD screen, 3GB of RAM and a Snapdragon 810 processor to keep everything running smoothly.Those internal
  
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• Opinion: Apple must placate angry developers – or slide towards obscurity

  23-05-2015 09:37
  
  Introduction and searching issuesThe words 'Apple' and 'developer problems' are not often used together. Ever since the App Store debuted in 2008, Apple has had strong developer ties, handing over cheques for billions of dollars per quarter in exchange for best-in-class apps on their iOS and OS X devices.'iOS First,' the idea that apps are made for iOS before Android, has become a common mantra amongst developers who believe that Apple's control of its ecosystem – there are, at any one time, o
  
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• Screen time v play time: what tech leaders won't let their own kids do

  23-05-2015 08:30
  
  Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive designed some of the world’s most desirable tech – but imposed strict limits on their own children using it. What rules do others set? Continue reading...
  
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• The schoolboy who ran up a £3,000 bill through Google Play

  23-05-2015 08:00
  
  Penny Wrinch handed her debit card details to her ‘technically savvy’ son Nick, but an error left her with financial difficulties Continue reading...
  
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• On the road: Mazda 2 – car review

  23-05-2015 07:00
  
  ‘It occupies this curious space between mischief and seriousness, as though it were designed for a trainee mobster’ Continue reading...
  
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• Amazon to begin paying corporation tax on UK retail sales

  23-05-2015 01:32
  
  From the start of this month the online retailer has started booking its sales through the UK, meaning resulting profits will be taxed by HMRC Continue reading...
  
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• The thrill is gone, but iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 may be more stable

  23-05-2015 00:39
  
  iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 won’t fall far from Apple’s existing tree, as the iPhone, iPad and Mac software updates will reportedly skip flashiness for more stability. It should come as no surprise that the iPhone’s newest operating system won’t boast a plethora of features as past releases have. Both iOS 7 and iOS 8 were plagued with performance and stability issues over multiple releases and Apple looks to beef up iOS 9’s stability, rather than its wow factor. However, according to 9to5Mac,
  
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