If your company uses WhatsApp to communicate among its team or with customers, you might want to evaluate your other options as the popular end-to-end encrypted messaging service has endured some security issues this year. Most recently is a vulnerability that could allow a hacker to deliver a malicious message to a group chat that […]
Corporate executives and rank-and-file employees aren’t the only ones utilizing video conferencing systems during the holiday season as family obligations and traveling pull us out of the office. That technology has even found its way into healthcare, helping patients and doctors connect from far away. This Christmas, telehealth technology is even helping some jolly old […]
Big Tech is joining together to solve some of the industry’s challenges when it comes to smart homes. Amazon, Apple, Google and the Zigbee Alliance on Thursday announced a new working group that plans to develop and promote the adoption of a new, royalty-free connectivity standard — centered around security — to increase compatibility among […]
Amazon is making major headway on its plan to bring high-speed internet to most of the world, and the tech giant is now securing real estate for that project. On Thursday, the company said it’s building a research and development facility in Redmond, Wash. to serve as the headquarters of Project Kuiper, Amazon’s new initiative […]
Google has updated its Messages app to make it more like iMessage on iOS, but has also made messaging on Android more secure. Along with its Rich Communication Services that brought the ability to chat over Wi-Fi or mobile data, read receipts and better group chat capabilities, Google has rolled out two new features to […]
As if holding your data hostage for large sums of money wasn’t bad enough, cybercriminals are now starting to publish data stolen from those victims who don’t pay up after ransomware attacks. According to internet security journalist Brian Krebs, several well-known hacker groups have signaled that they plan to start publishing the kidnapped data on […]
Cloud-based connectivity firm LogMeIn has agreed to be acquired by a group of tech-focused private equity firm in an all-cash transaction valued at $4.3 billion. The Boston-based company is now part of Francisco Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital — private equity firms that led the transaction that is expected to close in the middle of […]
If you’re a Chrome user has have updated to Chrome 79, there are a few things you might want to know regarding a newly-discovered Google Chrome bug and the threat of data loss. That’s especially true if you’re using an Android platform, according to Forbes. The publication, citing other tech websites, said Chrome 79 has […]
Telecommunications providers have been telling us for a while now that 5G networks would be coming soon. Many of them said we would start to see these new ultra-fast networks roll out toward the end of this year. So far, they’ve been pretty accurate. Here’s a rundown on what network carriers have launched 5G networks […]
Starting Monday, Microsoft has opened the Microsoft Edge Addons store for submissions for all developers, the company announced in a blog post. The store will be where users can find extensions for the new Microsoft Edge, which is expected to be generally available on Jan. 15. Extension submissions can already be submitted by vising the […]
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