Facebook and Instagram appeared to be down for at least 40 minutes due to a technical outage. Lizard Squad, a hacking group, is reportedly behind the attack.
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Be My Eyes App Lets You Help Blind People See
A wise man once said, ‘‘blindness is a curse which devoids a man of some of the greatest gifts in life.’’ Maybe not so anymore as a brilliant new app developed by a nonprofit startup in Denmark seeks to correct this very deformity.
A California Based Firm Invents A Hoverboard
The world received a pleasant jolt last year when a California based firm invented a new technology, one which has turned our flying fantasies into reality, a flying hover board. Rated as one of the 25 best inventions of 2014, this flying machine has the ability to float over the ground over conductive material such as copper and aluminum.
You Can Now Use WhatsApp On Your Computer
The arrival of WhatsApp was no doubt a breath of fresh air for regular mobile users as for the first time, there could be an exchange of messages, phones and even videos and that too for free. Its features like sending free SMS, images, and videos, ability to share our real-time location with friends and its availability to all Mobile platforms like Android, Windows phone, Symbian, Blackberry, and iOS only make this brilliant new application too great to be resisted.
‘123456’ retains its position as being the worst yet a widely used password
The need to maintain a strong, long and secretive password increases as technology begins to take root in all spheres of work life.
Samsung’s Galaxy S6 will have a curved display on both sides
The coming of the Samsung S6 is eagerly awaited throughout the world. Hoped to be a flagship product or a phone with an edge that will prove to be a game changer in the android market and the final nail in the coffin of Apple’s dominance, S6 certainly has a lot of expectations attached to it.
How To Hire A Hacker – It’s easier than you might think
There might have been a time when hacking was considered an immoral disease plaguing the world of technology but with rise of a new breed of hackers that might no longer be the case; as slowly hacking evolves from an immorality to a crime and to finally a complete profession.
Instagram Update Finally Lets You Edit Captions
Instagram just launched a major new update that lets you edit captions on uploaded photos.
This means that any misspelt hashtags and thumb-slip emojis can now be changed without deleting the photo and re-uploading it.
Google adds 7 new countries to list of supported Play Store Merchants
Google has extended the availability of its Play Store Merchant accounts by adding Pakistan, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Puerto Rico, Qatar, and Venezuela.
What are the two blue ticks in WhatsApp?
An update of WhatsApp means you will start to see some blue tick in messages. Here we explain why and what they mean.
So far, there has been no way to know whether a message sent through WhatsApp has been read by the recipient. But that is about to change with a new version that includes gray and blue ticks.