Dozens of iOS Apps Vulnerable to WiFi Snooping

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

Google's self-driving cars leave the test track

Google’s self-driving cars are all set to hit public roads this summer as the company moves to the next stage of testing. The prototype cars will begin roving through Mountain View neighborhoods at a maximum speed of 25 miles per hour and will incorporate a removable steering wheel, accelerator pedal, and brake pedal so a human driver can take over if necessary.
Aside from uncovering challenges that are unique to a fully self-driving vehicle, like what to do in case of congestion, Google says it’s looking forward to learning how the community perceives and interacts with the vehicles.
Going forward the goal is for the vehicles to be completely autonomous with no manual controls whatsoever. That’ still a ways off as the technology gets ready for primetime and legislation as well as public perception is worked out.

Can LG's Hot G4 Smoke the Competition

LG on Tuesday unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the G4. The official launch followed weeks of leaks about the device's design and features.

The G4 has an f1.8 aperture lens; a new IPS Quantum display, which is generally seen in the latest TVs; a body curved in LG's "Slim Arc" design; and six genuine leather color options, the company confirmed.

Its rear 16-MP camera has a manual mode and comes with a color spectrum sensor that improves color accuracy -- a smartphone technology first, according to LG. It has an 8-MP front camera.

The G4 has a new, human-centric user interface, UX 4.0. It runs Android Lollipop.

Xiaomi's Mi 4i Spreads in Asia

Chinese wunderkind smartphone manufacturerXiaomi is taking its flagship Mi 4i smartphone to Hong Kong and Singapore, with availability slated for next Tuesday. Designed especially for emerging markets, the Mi 4i has been wildly successful in India, where it launched two weeks ago and reportedly sold 40,000 units in less than 15 seconds.

The Mi 4i is the first Xiaomi phone to run Android 5.0, aka "Lollipop," albeit with MIUI 6, Xiaomi's custom skin for the OS.

The device has a 5-inch, 1920 x 1080 Corning OGS Sunlight display with a 178-degree viewing angle.

It runs on an eight-core 64-bit 1.75 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor; has 16 GB of flash memory; and includes 4G dual Micro-SIM cards that support 2G, 3G and 4G.

The Mi 4i also has a 13-MP Sony/Samsung rear camera, a two-ten flash, a "torch" function for shooting in the dark, a 5-MP front camera, and a 4.5V 3120 mAh rapid-charging battery claimed to last up to one and a half days.

youtube and Netfliex more likley to be telivision

u hear a lot lately about how much YouTube and Netflix compete more and more directly with television, and even want to become more likethe iconic medium. And there’s more than a little truth to that, not least because TV remains the most lucrative advertising medium out there.

UK 'biggest online university course'

A UK online university service is claiming to have a course with a record number of students.

FutureLearn says it has 370,000 students enrolled for a British Council course preparing for an English language test.

This so-called Mooc - a "massive open online course" - has its biggest audience in the Middle East.

Google's Map Maker suspended

Google is suspending a service that allowed members of the public to contribute to its maps, following vandalism.

Map Maker allowed users to draw features, adding roads, rivers, green spaces and local businesses.

But some edits, such as an image of its Android mascot urinating on an Apple logo, were not as welcome.

Google said that the shutdown is "temporary" but admitted that it will take more than a few days to fix.

Last month, it was forced to apologise for the Android graffiti but since then, several other Map Maker hacks have been spotted.

The service had relied on a mixture of Google reviewers and trusted users to moderate Map Maker contributions, a system which, the search giant now admits, has not been adequate