TechCruuse

Dozens of applications for Apple's mobile devices are vulnerable to WiFi snoopers, a security researcher reported this week. Will Strafach, CEO of the Sudo Security Group, identified 76 popular iOS apps available at Apple's App Store that were vulnerable to wireless eavesdroppers, even though the connections were supposed to be protected by encryption. There have been 18 million downloads of the vulnerable apps, he said. Strafach categorized 33 of the vulnerable apps as "low risk." Potentially intercepted information included partially sensitive analytics data about a device and partially sensitive personal data, such as an email address or login credentials. VivaVideo, Snap Upload for Snapchat, Volify, Loops Live, Private Browser, Aman Bank, FirstBank, VPN One Click Professional, and AutoLotto: Powerball, MegaMillions Lottery Tickets are some of the apps he assigned to the low-risk category. Riskier Apps Strafach categorized another 24 iOS apps as ...

Apple poked a hornet's nest when it removed the standard headphone jack from the iPhone 7. It may do it again by replacing the Lightning port with USB-C in the next iPhone. The Lightning port, introduced in 2012, is used to charge and connect accessories to the iPhone, but Apple plans to swap it for USB-C, which the company has been introducing into its computer lines, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. "It would be a bold step for Apple, because it would mean Apple would be dependent on the advance of the USB-C standard for any innovations they may want to make around physical connectors," said IHS Markit Senior Director Ian Fogg. In the past, Apple chose to use its own home-brewed connectors for the iPhone -- first its dock connector, then Lightning. "Both of them allowed Apple to innovate more quickly than the industry because they weren't dependent on standards," Fogg told TechNewsWorld, "and it enabled them to have a business model...

Although it’s been around for years now, Apple’s Siri voice assistant still catches flak for its failures to respond correctly to basic commands, surface relevant information and for misunderstanding users often. But earlier this month, it rose to the occasion when a four-year-old needed help in an emergency. Little Roman, a resident of the Kenley district in Croydon in the UK, found his mother lying motionless on the floor in their home on March 7. When he was unable to wake her, he found her iPhone, pressed her thumb to the home button to invoke Siri and asked for help. You can hear the audio from Roman’s call below. Roman was connected to an operator at emergency services (the number to call in the UK is 999), who took note of the situation and dispatched officers and paramedics to his address within 13 minutes of receiving the call as well as his location. The team was able to give Roman’s mother life-saving first aid and take her to the hospital after she ...

After last year’s lackluster G5, I was really hoping LG would hit it out of the park this year. It’s one of the few brands that’s continued to cater to people who care about durability and power-user features. And for a while, I thought it might just succeed: I marveled at the miniscule bezels on the LG G6, allowing a huge screen to fit in a small body. And then Samsung announced the S8 Don’t get me wrong: The G6 is probably LG’s best ever phone, with a metal and glass design, a great dual camera setup, and that stunning display. I still think it’ll sell much better than the G5. But the S8 took its most noteworthy feature – trimming the bezels to oblivion – and cranked it up a notch. Not only that, it also has more powerful specs, sports unique features in the form of Bixby and DeX, and looks way prettier to boot. LG is partly to blame here. It took a gamble and decided to get a head start by releasing the G6 about a month before the S8, yet with leaks and rumo...

Motorola defined the budget segment with the Moto G. We have seen four generations of the handsets improving year on year and this time the company has quickly launched an update to the most popular budget series. The Moto G5 and G5 Plus were  announced at MWC  (Mobile World Congress) 2017 and just last month, the Lenovo owned company got the G5 Plus to India. It is probably the most important Moto G as it is the first time we see Moto launching a metal phone in the budget price segment. But, is it as good as its competition? Let us find out. Build and Design: 7.5/10 This is the most premium looking Moto G ever. Almost every smartphone coming at this price range features a metal design, and it was high time that Moto did the same. The past four generations saw Motorola using a plastic build, but this time Moto has finally gone for a metal uni-body design. The G5 Plus takes some of the design cues of the most recent Moto Z smartphones. It has a ...

Finally, an update that actually gives you storage space back.  Apple launched its latest software update, iOS 10.3, on Monday. The update comes with new features like "Find My AirPods," but users seem to be noticing an added bonus: It's allegedly freeing up their storage space.  Follow Atanas   @atanastsekov Wow, iOS 10.3 gave me 3 gigs of storage  # ios103 9:19 AM - 28 Mar 2017  ·  Stratford, London     157 157 Retweets     423 423 likes  Follow Jonny   @jonnymmxvi On iOS 10.2 I had 215GB and now on iOS 10.3 with APFS I have 220GB of free storage! That's amazing!!!!!! 11:00 AM - 28 Mar 2017     96 96 Retweets     272 272 likes  Follow Rei Todoroki   @ReiTodoroki Wow! iOS 10.3 decreased the amount of storage space I was taking up. 3:27 AM - 28 Mar 2017     9...

No more leaks, guys. Samsung's next flagship phones, the Galaxy S8 and S8+, are  officially  official. It's easy to look at the Galaxy S8 as just another annual phone release. The phone's definitely prettier, the screen's larger, and there's the very interesting Bixby AI assistant onboard. But it's not just another phone launch.  The Galaxy S8, which launches on April 21, is Samsung's first major phone launch since the Galaxy Note 7 explosions that ultimately ended with two global recalls and the device's discontinuation. The Galaxy S8 will be judged not only by how it competes with the iPhone 7, but its ability or inability to restore consumer trust in Samsung. Ten years after Apple unveiled the iPhone and and ushered in an era of touchscreen-equipped pocket computers, it's difficult to get excited for any new version of an established smartphone. At the end of the day, phones are phones (even if they d...