Monday, 18 June 2012

TweetGif hacked, 10,000 Twitter accounts released by Anonymous

Members of the collective Anonymous have attacked TweetGif service, which allows sharing on the microblogging site animated Gif. By exploiting a security flaw SQL, Anonymous has once again delivered a show of force by accessing the database of the site, collecting no fewer than 10,000 Twitter accounts. Announced on behalf of the group of hackers, the attack took place on the night of Monday to Tuesday.

Saturday, 16 June 2012

Facebook could launch its App Center this week

The site Business Insider reports that the Facebook App Center could emerge this week. This equivalent of Facebook by the Apple App Store would be to encourage developers to create applications dedicated to the site.

Business Insider quotes an anonymous source, but "directly informed by Facebook of this service," which explains that this service will be available "in the coming days." Facebook has not made any comment about this possibility, but the site had already announced some time ago that an outflow during the month of May for this service was possible.

The gel that turns the screen of the iPhone keyboard

Despite a worldwide hit, the iPhone and its touch screen still does not satisfy everyone. Researchers have designed a rather special gel that can turn the touch screen of the iPhone screen to physical keys. To be more precise, this substance affixed to the 3.5-inch touch-sensitive surface, detects the virtual keys and highlights when they appear.

Apple wants to ban the Galaxy S3

The patent war is not over, here's further proof. Apple went to the court in San Jose, California, accusing the Samsung patent for the Galaxy S3. Demand for the Apple brand? The ban on the marketing of the latest smartphone from Korean manufacturer in the United States!

What if Google bought up Twitter?

A few weeks after the IPO of Facebook, a social networking is at the center of attention. According to the U.S. site BusinessInsider, Google could buy Twitter in the coming months, the second top social network in the world. An analysis that follows, in particular the catastrophic introduction of Facebook Nasdaq, confirming the lack of success of attempts to monetization of social networks and enterprises of the Net in general.