Google promises Chrome hackers $1m in rewards
Google’s offering $1 million in bounty payments to hackers managing to come up with a fully-functional exploit of Chrome. The company may not be expecting to pay out. Over the last six years, Pwn2Own contestants at the CanSecWest conference have cracked both Internet Explorer and Safari, while Chrome has remained intact. This year, however, Google’s More...
850,000 Android devices activated daily
The latest daily Android activation numbers are sure to make your head spin. The head of Google’s mobile division Andy Rubin announced at the Mobile World Congress in Spain this week that there are 850,000 More...
Proview sues Apple on its home turf
Chinese firm Proview, which claims it owns the iPad name in the country, has taken its case to the US by filing a suit in a California court. Proview claims that Apple acted deceptively in buying the trademark, More...
New software turns Android phone into Ubuntu hardware
There is a new trend in smartphones in turning them into computers, and now a new program is bringing the same kind of operating system that real PCs use. Right now, smartphones that have the ability to dock into More...
Facebook profiles predict job success
Next time you’re hiring, forget personality tests – just check out the applicant’s Facebook profile instead. It’s not just a good way of evaluating candidates, it seems, it’s actually More...
LG Optimus 3D Max phone coming soon
LG has confirmed that it is working on a successor to its Optimus 3D smartphone, one of the first glasses-free 3D phones on the market. If we brought up the idea of 3D phones, you’d probably say something More...
Apple MacBook Air refresh gets detailed
Apple is reportedly preparing to refresh its MacBook Air lineup, which was last updated in July of 2011. Although a specific timeline for the long-awaited refresh has not yet been confirmed, AppleInsider tells us More...
Blackberry Playbook 2.0 OS is now live
Research in Motion has just launched what it hopes will be a jolt to its fledgling Playbook tablet device. The company has rolled out the latest software update for the device, bringing with it a bunch of new features, More...
Google tricks IE privacy settings too, says Microsoft
Following last week’s revelation that Google was bypassing privacy settings in Apple’s Safari browser, Microsoft’s accused it of doing the same thing with Internet Explorer. In a blog post, Dean More...
Apple eyes September launch for sixth-gen iPhone
Apple is reportedly eyeing a September or October launch for its sixth-generation iPhone. According to the Japanese-based Macotakara, Cupertino is intent on keeping its recently introduced fall smartphone cycle More...