Purple Palace got selective hearing, much?
Yahoo! has finally developed a Flickr app for Apple’s iPad – but the move has upset Microsoft Windows’ fans who have accused the Purple Palace of having “selective hearing” about its userbase.…
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Apple releases MEGA security patch round for OS X, Server and iTunes
Brings POODLE to heel
While the world+dog was distracted by all the shiny new iThings Tim Cook was showing off on Thursday, Apple quietly puMPED out patches for 150 CVE-issued bugs in its server and desktop operating systems and the iTunes media player.…
Sign off my IT project or I’ll PHONE your MUM
Honestly, it’s a piece of piss
Something for the Weekend, Sir? When you have to go, you have to go. And when you do, don’t rush it otherwise you can end up with damp socks… as my father-in-law discovered during a hurried slash-and-dash in a not-so-lonely lay-by one night.…
Ploppr: The #VultureTRENDING App of the Now
This organic crowd sourced viro- social fertiliser just got REAL
#VultureTRENDING We here at #VultureTRENDING are quite literally shitting in our pants with excitement over the latest app startup to take the internet by storm – Ploppr!…
Flesh-flapping, image-zapping app Snapchat NOW slapped with ads
Time for users to HIT self-destruct button permanently?
Snapchat has begun serving up adverts to its willy-waving, boob-jiggling users in the US.…
Careless Whisper? Anonymous messaging app accused of stalking users, blabbing to Feds
Startup denies outing peeps posting witty gags
The makers of Whisper have denied claims that the anonymous messaging app is secretly tracking the whereabouts of its privacy-conscious users.…
HP to shutter webOS cloud services
When is a brick not a brick? When nobody cares, says HP
HP has announced it will shut down webOS cloud services on January 15th, 2015.…
Facebook doubles ad-hacking bounty
Small security snafus snuffed, try the tiny and technical
Facebook has doubled the cash it will pay out to folks who report holes in its advertising code.…
Torvalds CONFESSES: ‘I’m pretty good at alienating devs’
Admits to ‘a metric ****load’ of mistakes during work with Linux collaborators
Linux Lord Linus Torvalds has admitted that his tendency to use strong language has alienated other members of the Linux community.…
Google offers sweet new SDK to let Android devs join ‘Lollipop’ guild
Includes Android 5.0 system images for Nexus kit
Android 5.0 “Lollipop” won’t ship to the public for a couple more weeks, but Google has tossed developers a bone by releasing the final SDK and system images for select Nexus devices ahead of launch.…