More launch delays for Samsung’s Android-alternative smartphone OS
Samsung has suffered another setback in its quest to offer the world an alternative to Android, having failed to launch the first smartphone running its Tizen mobile OS as planned.…
Microsoft wants to lure biz users with fondleable Windows 8.1 ‘Apportals’
Custom Start Screens lump enterprise apps and data in one place
Microsoft is once again trying to convince businesses to get on board with its touch-centric computing vision, with the introduction of a new tool called Windows Apportals.…
LibreSSL crypto library leaps from OpenBSD to Linux, OS X, more
First cross-platform version of cleaned-up OpenSSL fork
The OpenBSD project has released the first portable version of LibreSSL, the team’s OpenSSL fork – meaning it can be built for operating systems other than OpenBSD.…
Use apps anonymously? We’ll help make that happen – Amazon techie
Web giant flashes new mobile backend at software makers, talks to The Reg
Mobile is the new cloud! we imagine a swivel-eyed CIO shouting on the street, while clutching 10 phones to his or her chest.…
Bezos house ‘on FIRE’: Amazon in-app kiddy megabuck charge storm
FTC prepares boot for firm’s ass in lawsuit
The US Federal Trade Commission (FCC) has filed a lawsuit against mighty online etailer Amazon, claiming the business’s in-app purchase system wrongly charged consumers millions of dollars.…
Dodgy Google, Yahoo! SSL certs nuked in Windows – finally
Tools for snooping on google.com, gmail.com and yahoo.com users knackered
One week after Google spotted an SSL certificate issuer dishing out certs that could be used to impersonate Google and Yahoo! websites, Microsoft has taken action to block the illicit certificates from being used on its software.…
Samsung rebrands store as Galaxy Apps, eyes up Google Play customers
More of the same
Samsung has changed the name of its apps store from “Samsung Apps” to “Samsung Galaxy Apps”, which essentially competes against Google’s Play.…
I’ve got 99 problems, but Facebook ain’t one
If you’re havin’ Zuck problems, I feel bad for you son
A marketing campaign to convince Facebookers to quit the free content ad network for 99 days has failed to thrill, even though many netizens expressed outrage at the company’s recent, highly questionable emoto-furtle study.…
Has Apple got a hit on its hands? OS X Yosemite 4X more popular than Mavericks
Big Data crunching? Nope. Big advertising spinning
Four times as many developers are using Apple’s OS X Yosemite as its predecessor Mavericks, we’re told.…
YES, you CAN install paid-for apps on Android Wear – if devs rebuild them
Google Play crypto glitch means extra work for coders
Google has published a workaround that allows paid-for apps to be installed on Android Wear devices, but it’s hardly straightforward and it’s nothing device owners can do themselves.…