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Scientists Discover A Completely New Human Species In China
A weird piece of latest news suggests that we may have to make an addition to our family tree, and a new lineage in the human species might have been found. Fossils that were discovered in 1979 in west China have been completely analyzed now and scientists believe that they are from an undiscovered human race that could be 11500- 14500 years old, just before the dawn of agriculture era.
Fossils belonging...
LoopHole Discovered In iOS, Android And BlackBerry Smartphone Browsers — A Disaster Waiting To Happen
Recently the battlefield for Malware, Spyware and Trojan attacks has taken a paradigm shift. Earlier it was PC’s that were fervently targeted by hackers all around the world but with changing times and advanced technology in smartphones they are now tempted to venture into the handheld device’s arena. With most people now leaving their PC’s alone and using smartphones more and more...
Malpractice Of Stealing Contact Information By Major iPhone Apps Exposed
Recently, iPhone app ‘Path’ got caught for storing encrypted user data and uploading address books of its users to the server. The developers later apologized. This murky journaling application is not the rare exception. As a matter of fact, stealing data has become an industry standard.
Reputed and widely used apps like Facebook, Twitter,Yelp, Foursquare and even Instagram are the ones...
Better Sleep Today Makes For Better Memory Later
Do you have bad sleeping habits? Working late nights, partying with friends or just lying awake in bed staring at the ceiling ? Then you may need to reconsider them and have a proper sleep as suggested by latest research that has found bad sleeping habits to become the cause of memory loss at a later stage in life.
A study conducted by Yo-El Ju, a MD at Washington University School of Medicine in...
iPhone Facetime Bug Shows Names On Locked Phones, Even With Security Settings
Earlier this week Canadian tech writer and consultant Ade Barkah stumbled upon a shocking security loophole present in the iOS 5.0.1, Apple’s latest operating system. According to Barkah this security breach let’s complete strangers probe into your iPhone’s contact list and make Facetime calls even if the phone is enabled with highest security settings such as immediate pass code and voice dial...
Siri Accounts For Almost 25% Of Wolfram Alpha Queries
According to a latest report published today, almost 25% of Wolfram Alpha queries comes from Apple’s personal assistant Siri. WA is knowledge base search engine used by Siri to answer questions like “What planes are flying overhead”. Considering Siri is just over 4 months old, this is quite an achievement.
Created by a renowned software designer and entrepreneur, Dr. Stephen...
New Malware Attack May Have Infected Millions Of Android Users
Now, there has been a scare spread across all Android users. New malicious codes are said to hit more than five million Android phone users across the world, creating a threat to there security.
According to Symantec, there are thirteen applications, coming from three different developers, that collect data and run a few activities within the phone and the worst part is-the user does not even get...
Interesting Facts About Apple’s Billions [INFOGRAPHIC]
Its not hidden from anyone that Apple Inc. is making huge profits. Every time you see their quarterly reports, you would always find an increased revenue figure. Ever wondered how do they do this?
As per the recent quarterly report released, the profit figure of Apple Inc. is shown to be $13.6 billion. In an interview, the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, said that they are quite fascinated with the outstanding...
Next Xbox Will Be Six Times As Powerful As Xbox 360 [REPORT]
For all the gamers out there, this one is for you!! According to latest reports, the next generation Xbox will be 6 times more powerful than Xbox 360 and is expected to go on sale at the end of next year.
The sources have also confirmed that Xbox 720 will have a Radeon HD6000 graphics processor instead of AMD’s 7000 series which was previously reported. This chip is expected to yield 6 times...
Apple Has Spent 100 Million+ Dollars On Android War
The never-ending war on Android has cost Apple more than $100 million, according to latest estimates. While a huge chunk of that money was spent (read wasted) in claims against HTC.
Newsweek reporter Dan Lyons mentioned these figures in a blog post. He said,
A person close to the situation tells me there’s a rumor going around among the lawyers that Apple spent $100 million just on its first set...