Category: Articles
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‘Exposure’ of millions of Android app users due to misconfigured cloud integrations
Misconfigured cloud provider integrations in Android apps can reveal millions of users’ personal information, including locations, images, and passwords. Following a study of 23 Android applications, Check Point Testing (CPR), the research arm of cybersecurity provider Check Point Software Technologies, found that mobile developers had not been following best practices when configuring and incorporating third-party cloud providers into their apps in the last few months. CPR reportedly…
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Well-Known Android Apps Put Users’ Data at Risk
Many popular Android applications, according to Check Point Research, put your personal data at danger owing to inadequately protected third-party services. The research details a number of security problems affecting 23 distinct Google Play apps, each with a download count ranging from 50,000 to 10 million. The majority of the infringing apps employ unprotected real-time databases and cloud storage services…
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RSS feeds are coming back to Google Chrome
In Google Chrome, keeping up with the latest news from your favorite websites is about to get a whole lot simpler, as the search engine is trying out a new “Follow” option. The function, which is based on the free RSS web standard, was created to make having the newest and greatest content from your favorite websites directly in Chrome…
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Update: New Memories and a Locked Folder have been added to Google Photos, as well as Cinematic Moments previews
At today’s Google I/O developer conference, which was virtually webcast this year owing to COVID, Google unveiled a variety of changes to its Google Photos service, which is used by over a billion people. Among other upgrades, the firm is introducing Locked Folders, new sorts of photo “Memories” for remembering about past events, and a new tool…
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Who’s Calling on Your Android Phone Can Now Be Heard
The Google Phone app will now read out the caller ID for incoming phone calls, meaning you won’t have to look at your phone to figure out who’s calling. The new functionality is available for all Android phones that use the Google Phone service to make phone calls around the world. Caller ID announcements do not seem…
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How do I get the May 2021 (21H1) update for Windows 10?
The May 2021 (21H1) update for Windows 10 is Microsoft’s first major upgrade of the year, and it’s available for download right now on your PC or laptop. This is a free update, as it always is, and it meets Microsoft’s annual schedule with two big Windows 10 updates. Later this year, Windows 10 21H2…
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Do you want to download your Google Photos?
Do you want to save all of your Google Photos and videos? Although uploading media to Google’s photo backup site is easy, moving all of your photos off the cloud and onto a hard drive can be more difficult. What’s the point of downloading any of your Google Photos? Having a copy of your library isn’t…
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For more users, Microsoft also released a 64-bit version of OneDrive for Windows 10
Following a small delay, the 64-bit version of Microsoft’s cloud storage solution OneDrive is now being rolled out to more customers. The tech giant explained in a message posted in its admin centre that OneDrive will be quietly upgraded to the latest 64-bit version on users’ systems soon, saying: “We are making a 64-bit version of the OneDrive sync client…
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How to Combine Several Gmail Accounts?
Now you don’t need to juggle multiple email accounts when you can combine them into one. Each Gmail account has its own email address, contacts, and calendar. You’ve tried juggling both accounts and now want to combine them into a larger, more stable account. What are the alternatives? While Google does not have a way to combine two…
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Automatically Caption your Instagram Stories Now!!!
Instagram Stories also has a “captions sticker” that instantly transcribes the audio into subtitles without the use of third-party software. This is a useful option for both producers and viewers, since live-captioned videos are more available to those with hearing impairments and others who choose to watch videos without music. The new caption stickers, unlike…