Viber was seriously hacked

A couple of days ago, an instant messaging service that supports voice Viber has been hacked a hacker organizations. According to the Business Insider, took responsibility for the attack on the previously unknown group Syrian Electronic Army. Service developers claim that Viber user data is not in danger, but the experts on this subject have an opinion.

Hacking was quite unusual – attackers changed the description of the application in the store App Store. Within a few minutes on the page Viber instead of the usual text is other information: “We created this app to keep track of you. Please download it! “.

The safety of the modern messenger recently raised many times before. Conspiracy theorists believe that Viber, and WhatsApp almost daily correspondence sent to their users in a variety of secret organizations. With the advent of new data on the PRISM these rumors ceased to be something incomprehensible.

So not long ago, one of the founders of the torrent tracker The Pirate Bay has launched a campaign to raise funds to build the most secure instant messenger for iOS and Android . Developers have collected the required amount in just a couple of days. Do users really so concerned about the confidentiality of messages?

Audience Viber is now more than 200 million people daily service handles about three billion messages. Although most of our customers does not care who and what they are being watched, many of the themes are not transferable to third parties. The fact that no one is in the business correspondence such messengers – a serious error.

The creators of the service, in turn, blame their woes Apple. Here’s what they wrote immediately after the break-account:

We could not turn off the cracker on our part, since iTunes does not provide such an opportunity. Hopefully, Apple will solve this problem soon.

Probably Syrian hackers have chosen Viber is no accident. Representatives of various organizations of the country have been trying to convince others that the service is a potential threat, as has been the free transfer of personal information to outsiders. But they themselves are not shy to distribute e-mail addresses and passwords of employees Viber.

Personally, I really like Viber. For two months he replaces Skype for iPhone, which does not work even in the fourth beta version of iOS 7.

Viber was seriously hacked

In iOS 7 found a fingerprint sensor

We have built, built, and finally built. Yesterday’s release of the fourth beta version of iOS 7 has made ​​it clear that it would be killer-feature of the new generation iPhone.

Bit by bit dismantling the new version of iOS 7 , savvy users have found in it a folder called «BiometricKitUI». You and that’s enough to say with certainty that one of the future generations of the iPhone, and most likely in the next, there will be a fingerprint sensor.

According to sources close to the process of developing next-generation iPhone, the user interface for the fingerprint sensor is ready. Its introduction in iOS 7 is proof that Apple is testing the sensor on the new smartphone with installed iOS 7.

Furthermore, 9to5mac reported that according to all the same source, the system would focus on unlocking device. This information is somewhat at odds with previous assumptions about the fact that Apple will be able to use the fingerprint sensor for ease of payment or authorization for various resources or applications. However, the same is reasonable to assume that Apple will release the API for the sensor, work on which will have to lead a third-party application developers. How can they implement it in their job applications, we can only guess.

In addition, we must not forget the budget version of iPhone , which is also due in October this year, presumably at a press conference with the iPhone 5S . We can not exclude the fact that Apple will not leave without a new smartphone fingerprint sensor, which can be called the main stimulus to the acquisition of the budget version of the smartphone after its value.

In iOS 7 found a fingerprint sensor

Apple iBooks promotes among its employees

During the announcement of its new operating system OS X 10.9 Apple has also introduced some new programs for the Mac, which “moved» c iOS. In the Mavericks users will welcome the iBooks app is available for easy reading books on the computer and synchronize with iCloud. In this regard, the corporation plans to launch next week a special promotion iBooks Discovery for training employees of retail stores, “the book” issue.

In particular, Apple is going to give their employees free access to the store iBooks Store, where they can learn without unnecessary obstacles to the proposed content. According to 9to5Mac, many employees have become the owners of OS X Mavericks , although install on their iOS gadgets 7 they still strictly forbidden . Having free access to the masterpieces of world literature, they not only become a great read, but also be able to better navigate the range of shops.

It is difficult to say how iBooks for Mac will be in demand among users. Read long texts on the computer is often very problematic: someone begin to tear his eyes, while others are asleep and do in front of a laptop. Especially evident on the screen Retina – easy and fun to read, but read Jules Verne’s unlikely to succeed.

Previously, Apple has already conducted such large-scale programs. Then the company allowed employees Apple Store to download for free some of the most popular applications. With their help, most consultants can demonstrate gaming capabilities of the iPhone and iPad.

Still, when it comes to choosing a gadget for reading books and magazines, buyers prefer tablets. In my iBooks library on the iPad mini more than 70 books – read them on the device a pleasure. In my view, the 10-inch plates are more suitable for gaming purposes, or watching movies, as due to the large weight to hold the device in one hand and a long time is not possible.

As Tim Cook said at a recent conference on the quarterly results of Apple , OS X Mavericks release this fall. Developers are already available version of DP4 .

And you will use iBooks to Mac? Or not going to carry your library with smart phones and tablets?

Apple iBooks promotes among its employees

In Android 4.3 adds support for analog functions TRIM

One of the common complaints about the operation of the first tablet Nexus 7 has been complaining about slow performance built-in storage after a long period of use of the device. So, after buying the Nexus 7 flash memory runs fast enough, but after a series of installations and remove applications, add and delete data felt a certain decrease in responsiveness of the store.

Members hoped that this annoying feature will be fixed in the new version of the tablet Nexus 7 (2013). However, it appears that Google has gone ahead and improved the work of internal storage for all your mobile devices Nexus. This has been achieved by the introduction of the new OS Android 4.3, which adds support functions fstrim – analogue of TRIM in computer drives.

The fact that the flash memory has some features work. For example, if you write on it a 3 GB file, and then delete it, the first available storage size is reduced to 3 GB, and then increase by the same amount. But in fact, when deleting a file only appropriate memory will be marked as free. The data itself is not deleted. As a result, the next data is saved in these cells the controller will first purify them, and then write new information into them, which causes a drop in the storage performance. Moreover, the more data is written and deleted, the more noticeable decrease in performance is because fewer cells remain unused. Function fstrim, as TRIM, eliminates this problem. During idle drive it performs automatic cleaning of the memory cells are labeled free but still contains the previous data. Thus, the next write cycle data cell will not have to perform the procedure of purification.

Automatically activating the cleaning procedure memories to a number of conditions. Thus, the mobile device must be inactive for at least 1 hour battery level must be at least 80% (or at least 30% in the battery), the previous running background cleaning was carried out not less than 24 hours ago. Only when all these conditions function is activated fstrim. In theory, it should be triggered every 24 hours, but in reality it will be less likely to start because of the additional conditions related to the level of battery charge.

In Android 4.3 adds support for analog functions TRIM

ASUS abandoned the Windows RT

Chairman of the Board of Directors of ASUS Jonney Shih (Jonney Shih) said that in the near future, the company has no plans to release mobile devices running Windows RT.

The reason for this decision lies on the surface – Users still need applications that they are familiar with from the time of running Windows XP, which, unfortunately, can not offer Windows RT.

“The future of Windows RT looks very doubtful – Johnny Shih said in an interview resource All Things D , citing poor sales of mobile devices running this OS. – Release of Windows RT-devices is the biggest mistake in the history of ASUS”.

It is worth noting that most first-tier manufacturers have provided a fiasco and decided to skip the product software giant, and those who managed to release Windows RT-unit rushed to replace them. For example, the Chinese company Lenovo has replaced the transformer ultrabook IdeaPad Yoga 11 11S model running Windows 8.

Mr. Shi also could not get past the Windows 8 stating that an application that allows you to change the “Start”, is one of the most popular.

ASUS abandoned the Windows RT

BMW has officially unveiled its first electric car

In an attempt to compete with the company Tesla Motors, the main innovator in the market of electric vehicles, BMW has officially unveiled its electric debut, won the commercial name i3. According to BMW, the new product is “the world’s first premium electric vehicle.” Parts of the body and chassis of the BMW i3 are made of carbon fiber, which allowed not only to reduce the weight of the car, but refuse to stand between the doors.

The power plant is a 170-hp electric motor (125 kW), which is located under the boot floor, and drives the rear wheels. Peak torque is 250 Nm. The electric motor is powered by a battery capacity of 22 kWh, which is enough for 130 – 160 kilometers.

From 0 to 100 km / h BMW i3 electric car accelerates in 7 seconds. Top speed in this case is 150 km / h According to BMW, it is limited in order to improve the energy efficiency of an electric vehicle. Weight BMW i3 is only 1195 kg.

In the middle of the BMW i3 is a comfortable place to accommodate four passengers. In the new media system is also implemented Connected Drive, equipped with a slot for SIM-card and speech recognition.

In Europe, the BMW i3 electric car will be available in November of this year, the cost will be about 40 thousand dollars.

BMW has announced that the sale will also soon appear modification i3, which in addition to an electric motor will get two-cylinder engine capacity of 650 cm3 and a power of 34 HP, which will increase the power reserve of at least two times. The cost of a hybrid version of the BMW i3 will be about 45 thousand dollars.

It is worth noting that BMW i3 has spent a lot of effort and resources, and even created a unit that will deal exclusively with the development of applications for electric vehicles.

BMW has officially unveiled its first electric car

The protective glass Gorilla Glass NBT - Corning enters the notebook market

The company Corning, which is known to most as a manufacturer of protective glass Gorilla Glass for tablets and smartphones, has decided to enter a new market and officially unveiled the glass for laptops with touch screen Gorilla Glass NBT. Senior vice president of Corning James Steiner (James Steiner) reported that the glass Gorilla Glass NBT is 8-10 times more resistant to scratches than those used in most laptops soda-lime glass. He also said that the cost of Gorilla Glass NBT is only 1-2 per cent of the retail price of a laptop.

A pioneer in the emerging market of laptops that are protected by glass Gorilla Glass NBT, will be the American company Dell. She first showed a desire to use Gorilla Glass NBT in new models of laptops, which will be available this autumn.

Recall that not long ago introduced the Corning glass for cars and for the foreseeable future is going to release the glass with anti-bacterial coating.

The protective glass Gorilla Glass NBT - Corning enters the notebook market