You probably won’t see the Wallet Cracker app in the Android Market anytime soon. That’s not because it doesn’t work; it actually works perfectly, which is the problem.
In a video posted by security firm Zvelo, the program …
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Will Google’s Insanely-Fast Kansas City Network Shame U.S. ISPs?
Google’s highly-anticipated plan to build an ultra-fast city broadband network kicked into gear Monday with the search giant’s announcement that it will begin laying miles of fiber-optic cable across Kansas City, Kansas and …
Facebook to Start Running Mobile Ads as Early as March
Last week, Facebook revealed that half of its 850 million users log in to the company’s mobile products. The amount of money made on those users? Zilch, because Facebook doesn’t run ads on its mobile apps.
Funny thing about …
Uh-oh, Moto: Refurb ‘Xoom’ Tablets Sold with Previous Owner Data Intact
Motorola recently provided 6,200 “Xoom” Android tablets to daily deals site W00t.com and of those 6,200 tablets, about 100 of them “may not have been completely cleared of the original owner’s data prior to resale,” the company …
EFF Launches ‘MegaRetrieval’ Site for Megaupload Users
With just two weeks before everything stored on Megaupload potentially gets deleted, help is at hand for those who can’t access legitimate, legal files stored in the now-frozen cloud service. The Electronic Frontier Foundation …
Amazon Merchant Offers Free Kindle Fire Cases for Five-Star Reviews
Looking for a discount on Amazon? Try a little underhanded quid pro quo with a shady merchant.
The New York Times has the story of a merchant named VIP Deals that was selling a Kindle Fire case worth $59.99 for under $10. Each …
Will the World Ever See Fair Trade iPads?
On weekend mornings, I have a routine. I wake up, shuffle down my street to pick up an everything bagel with butter, and stop at my favorite coffee shop for a caffeine fix. It’s one of those hip places Louis C.K. jokes about — …
#fail: Hashtag Revolts Show Marketing Doesn’t Work on Social Media
I admit that it’s rare for me to say, “You have to feel sorry for McDonald’s” and actually mean it, but after watching the failure of their recent attempt to turn Twitter to their marketing advantage, you actually do have to feel …
Consumers to Tech Companies: Please, Stop the Flood of New Gadgets
In a new survey, nearly half of consumers (48%) “feel high-tech manufacturers bring new products to market faster than people need them.”
Want to Use Spotify? You’ll Need a Facebook Account First
This may not end well. In order to sign up for popular streaming music service, Spotify, you’ll now need to be a Facebook member first. That’s right, you’ll need a Facebook account in order to use Spotify.
Here’s one Spotify employee’s answer to the question, “Can you sign up for Spotify without Facebook?”:
“Hey Guys thanks for your
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‘Spam King’ Sanford Wallace Could Face 16 Years in Prison
Sanford Wallace’s claim to fame as the Spam King dates back to the late ’90s, when his company, Cyber Promotions, became notorious for sending unsolicited junk emails to the masses.
Flash forward to 2011, and Wallace is now facing criminal charges for allegedly sending over 27 million spam messages through illegally phished Facebook …
Study Saying Piracy Actually Helps Sell Movies Suppressed?
It’s the report that, literally, people didn’t want you to see. A study on the effects of movie piracy sites on their users and the industry at large has been reportedly been locked away “in the poison cupboard” because it suggested that conventional wisdom had it all wrong—pirates actually ended up spending more money on movie …
