GOOGLE SENDS JOB OFFER TO STAR WINDOWS PHONE DEVELOPER

Rudy Huyn has developed some great apps for Windows Phone. Rudy has also worked with Microsoft on an official Windows Phone app as well. Amazingly, Google has sent a job offer to the developer but Microsoft never did. Rudy stated in a tweet: "I’ve already received an offer for a job from Google but never from Microsoft ???? " Rudy has developed 6sec, 9Gag, 6snap, 6cret and 6tag. Some of his are third-party apps are way better than...

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UNLIMITED ONE DRIVE STORAGE FOR OFFICE 365 USERS

Microsoft is giving all of its Office 365 subscribers free unlimited cloud storage space via its OneDrive service. Beginning yesterday, this roll out will continue over the next several months. People will be able to store unlimited data on OneDrive with a minimum Office 365 Personal subscription of $6.99 per month. Microsoft says, "We've started rolling this out today to Office 365 Home, Personal, and University customers" adding that people who want to be one of the first to access the unlimited OneDrive storage can go to a special...

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NOW OPEN APPS FROM YOUR ACTION CENTER VIA QUICKY

Quicky is different than the usual shortcut apps. Read this article and find out how. This is the only app that lets you open other apps from the notification bar. How does it work?Open the app and click on one of the items on the page SOCIAL. This will show a notification in the action center. Swipe down from the top of the screen to open the action center and then click on the notification and it will open the app. The notification will stay in the action center until you swipe it away. You can use it to open the app at any...

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NEW TECHNIQUE HIDES ANDROID MALWARE IN IMAGES

This is the second security flaw that has been detected in Android. (For the first one, read this post). A new technique allows attackers to hide encrypted malicious Android applications inside images. This can be used to evade detection by antivirus products and possibly Google Play’s malware scanner. The attack was developed by a researcher at Fortinet, Axelle Apvrille, and reverse engineer Ange Albertini. It’s based on a technique...

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LUMIA DENIM TO START ROLLING OUT IN 2 WEEKS

NokiaPowerUser has received a tip from one of their trusted sources that Nokia’s firmware update for their Lumia handsets will start rolling out soon. "Lumia Denim may start rolling out in phases to Lumia devices starting last week of October to First week of November. The complete roll-out schedule may stretch to 2 months and it may not be before end of December that it rolls out to all the Lumia devices out there." Nokia's schedule...

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COMPLETE LIST OF FEATURES INCLUDED IN LUMIA DENIM UPDATE

Following are the Nokia exclusive features included in the Denim update. Lumia Camera – Replacing Nokia Camera, Lumia Camera is faster and more intuitive than before to make the best camera experience, even better. Speed – Pocket to capture speeds are superfast, and it only takes milliseconds going from shot to shot. Moment Capture – A long press of the camera button starts 4K-quality video recording at 24 FPS. With each frame at 8.3 megapixels,...

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MANY DROPBOX ACCOUNTS GOT COMPROMISED VIA THIRD PARTY SERVICE

Earlier today, a thread appeared on Reddit offering almost 400 Dropbox usernames and passwords in plain text. with a note that over seven million accounts have been compromised in total. Dropbox has announced on its Blog that it wasn't hacked, and the leaked passwords were stolen from a third party service. “Recent news articles claiming that Dropbox was hacked aren’t true. Your stuff is safe. The usernames and passwords referenced in...

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DROPBOX EXPERIENCED A BUG – USERS’ FILES DELETED

Dropbox has provided reminder not to place trust in cloud storage. Those who rely on Dropbox to store their personal files may have lost some of the data. The service has experienced a bug in desktop apps. The bug was tied to Dropbox's Selective Sync feature, which only download selected folders to local storage. In previous versions of Dropbox's desktop app, the bug could delete files if users restarted or shut down their system while Selective Sync was in progress. Dropbox says the glitch affected a small number of people who...

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BUILD AN ULTIMATE PC SECURITY SUITE FOR FREE

“If you have a PC, you’re a target.” These kinds of statements makes me wonder, do a person really needs to spend money to have protection from the viruses? I used to believe that the answer was yes. Now, after the enough exposure to computers and technology, I can say “NO” is the answer. There are many free (and good) apps that can help you fight viruses and secure your PC from the threats. Today, I am going to tell you about all those...

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BELVEDERE AUTOMATED FILE MANAGER

Belvedere is an automated file manager for Windows, developed by Lifehacker editor Adam Pash. You can create rules to move, copy, delete, or rename files based on their name, extension, size, creation date, and more. It is a great tool for keeping your Desktop and Downloads folder organized and clean. The image below shows the easy-to-use interface of the Belvedere. At the right sides, it shows rules that are set up for a folder. The...

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WHY NOT WINDOWS 9 – SECRET REVEALED

Many of us remember that two versions of Windows that began with the number 9, Windows 95 and Windows 98. To save time, some third-party Windows desktop developers used a quick method to check the version name (not number) of Windows they were installing their application to. Instead of coding apps to check for Windows 95 or Windows 98, developers coded to check for "Windows 9." This made sense at that time since there were only two versions of Windows that had a nine in their name. It was an easier method to find the version of Windows the...

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THE BLOG GOT SOME UPDATES

I wanted to do this for a quiet while. Now, I have finally done that. The Blog got some modification today. It has new design template which is completely different with the previous one. The Blog is best viewed on Chrome. Mobile users might see the old template. Also, if you have noticed, the Blog title has been changed. The Blog is now more centred around the Technology News, Updates and Reviews. But of course, the Blog will continue to help you make your PC experience better by Technical Tips. What's new: Blog title has changed. Feeds are...

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