In this series we round up the technology-based articles from around the web that have caught our eye in the last week. Have something we should know about? Send us a note!
Living Social hacked
Amazon's daily deal site, Living Social, suffered a massive cyber attack targeting customer data on Friday, April 26, according to an email sent to employee's by CEO Tim O'Shaughnessy and obtained by AllThingsD.com. Over 50 million customers were impacted by the breach which included customer names, emails, birth dates and encrypted passwords.
Source: AllThingsD
Microsoft to unveil next Xbox at May 21st event
Microsoft has sent out press invites to an event at the Xbox Campus in Redmond, CA. in which they plan to unveil the next version of the Xbox media console with delivery by the holiday's. A livestream of the event will be broadcast on Xbox.com, Xbox Live, and broadcast on Spike TV in the US and Canada.
Source: TheNextWeb
Apple's WWDC 2013 announced for June 10-14
Apple World Wide Developers Conference is scheduled to run June 10 through 14th at the Moscone West in San Francisco. Apple SVP Phil Schiller promised developers they will be seeing new versions of iOS and OSX during the conference. Tickets went on sale on April 25 and sold out within minutes.
Source: The Verge
Pizza Hut launches Xbox 360 app
Apple's Tim Cook hints at new product category in the fall
Apple CEO Tim Cook hinted at "the potential of exciting new product categories," at Apple's Q2 investor call on April 23rd with the announcement of new products to come in the fall. Cook declined to specify exactly what product categories are in the works, but rumors of a smart watch continue to prevail.
Amazon's daily deal site, Living Social, suffered a massive cyber attack targeting customer data on Friday, April 26, according to an email sent to employee's by CEO Tim O'Shaughnessy and obtained by AllThingsD.com. Over 50 million customers were impacted by the breach which included customer names, emails, birth dates and encrypted passwords.
Source: AllThingsD
Microsoft to unveil next Xbox at May 21st event
Microsoft has sent out press invites to an event at the Xbox Campus in Redmond, CA. in which they plan to unveil the next version of the Xbox media console with delivery by the holiday's. A livestream of the event will be broadcast on Xbox.com, Xbox Live, and broadcast on Spike TV in the US and Canada.
Source: TheNextWeb
Apple's WWDC 2013 announced for June 10-14
Apple World Wide Developers Conference is scheduled to run June 10 through 14th at the Moscone West in San Francisco. Apple SVP Phil Schiller promised developers they will be seeing new versions of iOS and OSX during the conference. Tickets went on sale on April 25 and sold out within minutes.
Source: The Verge
Pizza Hut launches Xbox 360 app
Gaming and pizza go well together, right? Well, now you can place an order for pizza right from your Xbox 360. Microsoft and Pizza Hut have teamed up to launch an app available on Xbox Live that will allow users to place orders from the chains menu through their Xbox console.
Source: Polygon
Logitech FabricSkin Keyboard Folio for iPad
Source: James Kendrick via ZDnetSource: Polygon
Logitech FabricSkin Keyboard Folio for iPad
For those of you who are fans of the Touch Cover for the Microsoft Surface, Logitech has made available for pre-order the FabricSkin Keyboard for the iPad. The folio-style case has a keyboard pressed into the fabric similar to the Touch Cover, and has magnets to hold the iPad in place while you type. It's available for pre-order for $149.99 (ouch!) [LINK to Logitech]
Apple's Tim Cook hints at new product category in the fall
Apple CEO Tim Cook hinted at "the potential of exciting new product categories," at Apple's Q2 investor call on April 23rd with the announcement of new products to come in the fall. Cook declined to specify exactly what product categories are in the works, but rumors of a smart watch continue to prevail.
Source: The Verge
Leaked 8-inch Acer tablet hints at Windows 8 in new sizes
French-based blog Minimachines.net got a hold of leaked images purportedly showing images of an 8-inch Acer tablet running Windows 8. The Acer Iconia W3-810 sports a 1.8GHz Intel Atom processor, and photos show various accessories that include a keyboard dock. As of this writing, Acer has asked Minimachines to remove the images, but you can see a few here.
Source: The Verge, Tabletguide.nl, Minimachines.net
TweetDeck AIR, TweetDeck for Android and iOS to go dark May 7
The folks behind TweetDeck announced they will be stopping development on their AIR, Android, and iOS based apps and removing them from their respective app stores on May 7. They'll be focusing their efforts on "doubling down on the TweetDeck web experience," as more users move to using TweetDeck on their computers and the official Twitter mobile app.
Source: CNet, TweetDeck
Roundup of Samsung Galaxy S4 reviews
The Samsung Galaxy S4 started to roll out to carriers last week. Here is a roundup of reviews of Samsung's newest flagship
TweetDeck AIR, TweetDeck for Android and iOS to go dark May 7
The folks behind TweetDeck announced they will be stopping development on their AIR, Android, and iOS based apps and removing them from their respective app stores on May 7. They'll be focusing their efforts on "doubling down on the TweetDeck web experience," as more users move to using TweetDeck on their computers and the official Twitter mobile app.
Source: CNet, TweetDeck
Roundup of Samsung Galaxy S4 reviews
The Samsung Galaxy S4 started to roll out to carriers last week. Here is a roundup of reviews of Samsung's newest flagship
Computer World (JR Raphael)
Wall Street Journal (Walt Mossberg)
The Verge (David Pierce):
"The One is refined, quiet, comfortable, beautiful, and above all simply pleasant. I love using that phone, in a way I haven't experienced with anything since the iPhone 5. That's why, when my contract is up in June, I'll probably be casting my lot with HTC instead of Samsung."
Engadget (Brad Molen):
"If you're considering a move from an older Samsung device, the GS4 is absolutely the handset you want. Your learning curve will be minimal thanks to TouchWiz's consistent UI, and besides, it's generally a great smartphone -- heck, the phone itself is the best Samsung handset we've used to date"
Androidcentral (Alex Dobie):
Engadget (Brad Molen):
"If you're considering a move from an older Samsung device, the GS4 is absolutely the handset you want. Your learning curve will be minimal thanks to TouchWiz's consistent UI, and besides, it's generally a great smartphone -- heck, the phone itself is the best Samsung handset we've used to date"
Androidcentral (Alex Dobie):
"... it’s hard to pin down exactly what it is about the Galaxy S4 that leaves us a little underwhelmed. Maybe the excessive pre-release hype left us expecting more than the incremental upgrade that we got."
Gigaom (Kevin Tofel):
Gigaom (Kevin Tofel):
"Would I recommend the Samsung Galaxy S 4? Yes, without hesitation. It’s speedy, runs all day on a single charge, and has a wonderful display."
Odds and Ends
Isn't this the cutest thing you've ever seen? A photographer uses a quadrocopter to fly in an engagement ring for the soon to be groom who has led his bride to believe they are doing a photo shoot. See what happens next. And yes, it's ok to cry.
Source: CNet
Odds and Ends
Isn't this the cutest thing you've ever seen? A photographer uses a quadrocopter to fly in an engagement ring for the soon to be groom who has led his bride to believe they are doing a photo shoot. See what happens next. And yes, it's ok to cry.
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