A Verizon customer experienced a SIM swapping attack that resulted in unauthorized access to their phone number, according to an account shared on Reddit. The incident raises questions about the effectiveness of security measures at major wireless carriers, despite protections that have been implemented in recent years. According to PhoneArena, the attack occurred when an individual entered a Verizon retail store with a fraudulent identification document and requested to transfer the customer'... Read more →
Android 5.0 Lollipop, the latest version of the Android mobile operating system, was officially announced by Google only roughly a week ago. Alongside the newest iteration of the world's most popular smartphone OS, the tech giant also announced three new Nexus devices, namely the Nexus 6 smartphone, the Nexus 9 tablet, and the Nexus Player media... Read more →
Back in September, Samsung officially announced the new Galaxy Note 4. The device was slated to replace the South Korean phone maker's flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note 3, and is being positioned by the company as a direct competitor to other flagship phones like the iPhone 6, the iPhone 6 Plus, and the LG G3. In the days following the device'... Read more →
Sprint has always been keen on offering more data for its customers compared to its competitors. Indeed, back in August, the carrier had introduced its Family Share Pack and a $60 Unlimited Plan. This time, Sprint is turning its attention to light data consumers. Just today, the carrier announced that it is offering a 1-gigabyte shared data bucket... Read more →
Earlier this year in August, Nokia, the Finland tech company that is left after it sold its cellphone segment to Microsoft, introduced new versions of its Here mapping app, and additionally announced that the navigation app will be made available to Samsung handsets, particularly Galaxy devices powered by both Android and Tizen, as well as other... Read more →
Taiwanese phone maker HTC first introduced the Eye Experience software suite when it unveiled the Desire Eye “selfie” smartphone. Now, users of T-Mobile's HTC One (M8) will be glad to know that the Eye Experience will also be brought to their devices via a new Android 4.4.4 update. The HTC One (M8) was released pre-loaded with Android 4.4.2 whose... Read more →
What is so special about 6-second looping videos? Nothing much, but if they are made by somebody as creative as Zach King or as funny as Jerome Jarre, they can be addictive. No wonder then that Vine, the video-sharing and social network that publishes these very short clips, have gone on to amass 40 million users last year, no doubt drawn by its... Read more →
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