02Apr 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Now LinkedIn email addresses exposed

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The email addresses of LinkedIn users can easily be exposed via a web browser add-on tool, it has been revealed. Sell Hack is available as a free extension to the Chrome browser that, once installed, will pop up a "hack in" button on LinkedIn profiles. Users can then find the email address associated with the account even if they are not connected. LinkedIn said it was taking legal action over the plug-in and advised users to uninstall it. Sell Hack insisted that the the tool was created for marketing professionals and that all data is publicly available. On its website it said: "We just do the heavy lifting and complicated computing to save you time, We aren't doing anything malicious to LinkedIn." But the social network for professionals did not…
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31Mar 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Internet access via Facebook drones

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The Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg  has announced to connect the two-thirds of the world that has no net access, using drones, satellites and lasers.It will put it in direct competition with Google, which is planning to deliver net access via balloons.Both of the net giants want to extend their audiences, especially in the developing world. Details about Facebook's plan were scant but it will include a fleet of solar-powered drones as well as low-earth orbit and geosynchronous satellites. Invisible, infrared laser beams could also be used to boost the speed of the net connections.Last year Facebook and other technology companies launched internet.org to help bring net access to the huge swathes of the globe that are still not connected. Aerospace experts: The social network has already teamed up with telecoms…
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29Mar 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Joomla! Framework changes to LGPL

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The board of Open Source Matters (OSM) has voted to approve the request submitted by the Joomla! Production Leadership Team (PLT) to change the license of the Joomla Framework from GPL v2+ to LGPL v2.1+. It is important to understand that this license change applies only to the Joomla Framework, and does not affect the GPL v2+ license for the Joomla Content Management System (CMS). This decision by OSM was the final step in a process that started early last year, when the PLT first initiated a public email list discussion and then conducted a survey aimed at the Joomla developer community. When the results of that survey indicated strong support for that potential license change, the PLT requested that OSM research legal issues regarding this potential change for the…
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28Mar 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Microsoft Office is now available for iPad

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Microsoft has finally started offering an iPad edition of its Office software suite.It was announced at the first launch event hosted by Satya Nadella since he became chief executive of the firm. Three separate productivity apps are available - Word, Excel and Powerpoint - each of which has been optimised for touch-based controls.Within hours of the launch, Word became the most downloaded application for iPads in Apple's app store.The Excel and Powerpoint apps were the third and fourth most popular free app downloads, respectively, in the store.The popularity shows that customers are interested in accessing Microsoft's signature Office products in their new, easier to use incarnation, compared with the web-based alternatives provided before. Mr Nadella said that the announcement was part of a strategy to empower people "to be productive…
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27Mar 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Facebook buys virtual reality gaming firm “Oculus”

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Facebook has bought the virtual reality technology firm Oculus VR for $2bn [£1.2bn], it revealed on Tuesday. In a surprise announcement, the social networking company said it had paid $400m in cash and the rest in more than 23m shares, currently worth $1.6bn [£970m], plus an additional $300m pegged to future performance. A detailed company statement said that Facebook recognised how Oculus had built a solid following among game developers, but that virtual reality technology would expand to other industries from communications and entertainment to education and media. "Mobile is the platform of today, and now we're also getting ready for the platforms of tomorrow," said Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. "Oculus has the chance to create the most social platform ever, and change the way we work, play…
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15Jan 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Snapchat hacked, 4.6 million usernames and linked phone numbers published

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[caption id="attachment_742" align="alignnone" width="585"] Snapchat hacked[/caption] Details of 4.6 million users of the popular mobile photo-sharing service Snapchat have been leaked, if a new website called SnapchatDB! is to be believed. A new website called SnapchatDB! is now live with tagline, "Bringing 4.6 million users' information to your fingertips..." The site is said to be made by a team of hackers who have posted downloadable 4.6 million usernames and phone numbers of Snapchat users. As of now, the leaked database on the SnapchatDB! site has listed downloadable phone numbers with the last two digits obfuscated. However, the site by the anonymous hackers clearly said that, "For now, we have censored the last two digits of the phone numbers in order to minimize spam and abuse. Feel free to contact us…
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15Jan 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Growth of mobile banking in India has been below expectations: RBI

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The Reserve Bank has expressed its disappointment over the lower-than-expected spread of mobile banking in the country, saying the awareness levels of this tool has been wanting. "Though mobile banking channel has the potential to be one of the key tools for achieving financial inclusion, the growth and acceptance of mobile banking as a channel of accessing banking service has been below expectations," the central bank said in its half-yearly financial stability report released earlier this week. The report listed a slew of reasons for the poor show, such as low levels of awareness and acceptance, inability of banks to seed the mobile number with the account number, incompatible handsets, absence of collaboration and revenue sharing models between banks and mobile operators, and absence of USSD channels for mobile banking…
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15Jan 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Twitter co-founder unveils social answers app, Jelly for Android and iOS

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Twitter co-founder Biz Stone on Tuesday took the wraps off a smartphone application that invites people to tap into their online social networks for answers about things they see. Jelly, available free for Apple gadgets or mobile devices powered by Google-backed Android software, let people reach out virtually to friends, or friends of friends, when interested in finding out more about where one is or what is happening around them at a given moment. "Say you're walking along and you spot something unusual," said a blog post at the Jelly website. "You want to know what it is so you launch Jelly, take a picture, circle it with your finger, and type 'What's this?' " Jelly queries are submitted to friends who also have the application, and notifications pop-up when…
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15Jan 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Bangalore-based Little Eye Labs is Facebook’s first Indian acquisition

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[caption id="attachment_733" align="alignnone" width="585"] Bangalore-based Little Eye Labs[/caption] Facebook's acquisition of Little Eye Labs, a Bangalore-based start-up has been rumoured for a while. The startup, which builds mobile app analysis tools for app developers and testers, announced on Wednesday that the acquisition had been completed. According to the post titled 'transition' on the website of Little Eye Labs, after the acquisition, the Little Eye Labs team will work closely with Facebook to improve their mobile development and take it to a new level. The startup also jubilantly declared: "This is Facebook's first acquisition of an Indian company, and we are happy to become part of such an incredible team." Interestingly, the entire Little Eye Labs team will move to Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, from where they can "leverage Facebook's…
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15Jan 2014 by Startbit Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No Comments

Vodafone India opens its billing and messaging APIs to third-party developers

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[caption id="attachment_730" align="alignnone" width="585"] Vodafone India opens its billing and messaging APIs[/caption] Vodafone India has launched the Vodafone Developer Platform that will allow third-party developers to tap its billing and message APIs, amongst other resources. Opening up of the billing API means that developers will be able to offer in-app purchases that can be billed to a Vodafone India customer's monthly bill or account balance for postpaid and prepaid customers respectively. Speaking about the initiative, Vivek Mathur, Chief Operating Officer, Vodafone India said, "With the growth of smartphones and mobile internet, people are increasingly showing more interest in mobile apps and content services. To strengthen the ecosystem for app developers & content service providers and partner with them, we have launched the Vodafone Developer Platform. We expect the developer community…
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