The Irish communications regulator, ComReg, has issued a warning to Irish businesses about PBX hacking. Apparently Irish businesses are being targetted by hackers who are then able to abuse business phone systems to make phone calls and run up massive bills. Comreg report that they’ve had over 16 cases reported to them in the last […]
Dropbox has announced the acquisition of Mailbox. Mailbox view the acquisition as being a way for them to grow faster. Mailbox launched recently and has garnered a lot of media attention, so being “snapped up” so quickly is interesting. You might have expected someone else to get them, as Damien Mulley commented: Woah Dropbox buys […]
It’s not often that Ireland and the UK are ahead of the US when it comes to “social” features. However in the case of Netflix Irish users have been able to share (or torment) their viewing habits with their social network since the service launched last year. This is now launching in the US and […]
Music streaming service Deezer are launching an API for developers, but with an added twist. Developers will not only be able to integrate their apps with Deezer, but they’ll also get paid for referrals they generate. Deezer CEO Axel Dauchez said: “Music streaming isn’t about giving people access to soulless databases of songs – we […]
Evernote appear to have been the target of an attempted hack. As a result of the issue they’ve unilaterally reset all user passwords, though apart from a post on their blog, which is currently unreachable, they don’t appear to have informed users of the change. You can reset your password via the Evernote site.
Pinterest has been contacting users of the social network who may have been affected by the ZenDesk security breach. The security breach affected 3 of Zendesk’s clients and Pinterest was one of them. The other two were Twitter and Tumblr. Text below: We recently learned that the vendor we use to answer support requests and […]
A new look at email from Mailbox app. Their tag line is “Put email in it’s place”, and with the first look that really seems to be the case. Email is broken, and this app may be the solution to fix it. Side note : It’s not an app that you can use straight away, […]
Online photo sharing site 500px has launched a special offer in conjunction with Klout. Using your Klout “score” you can either signup or upgrade your 500px account and get a discount. The offer was launched several months ago, but I only came across it today! (thanks to Paul) Bottom line – the higher your Klout […]
Remember the Instagram debacle? While the company may have listened to users’ outrage (and there was a lot of that.. ) they’ve still made changes to their terms of service, although the changes are much less drastic than the originally planned ones. In an email sent to users of the service today the company underlines […]
If you’re an iPhone 5 user then you might be using the “do not disturb” feature. (If you aren’t then you should – it’s really handy) The feature basically allows you to turn of certain types of notifications during specific hours while still allowing important calls etc., to get through. But it’s broken. According to […]
