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Tag Archives: Instant messaging clients

21Sep/20

Trust Payments partners with Wakanda Messenger to empower Africans around the world

September 21, 2020FinanceComputing, Facebook Messenger, Freeware, Instant messaging, Instant messaging clients, IPhone, Kik Messenger, Operating systems, social media, Software, Truphone, Wakandasmbale

Trust Payments, the global unified payments group for global pay-in, pay-out and customer journey technologies, has partnered with social network, messaging and e-commerce startup Wakanda Messenger to provide the payments element for their online marketplace and money remittance service. Wakanda Messenger, developed by Kemit Kingdom, will be widely available on iPhone and Android from 15 October 2020. It has already launched its Beta app in Africa and Europe to a selected audience of 20,000 trial users. Read more

18May/20

WeChat Releases New Report on the QR Code Economy’s Fight Against COVID-19

May 18, 2020EconomyChina, Companies of China, Company: Tencent Holdings, Instant messaging clients, Law/Crime, Mobile payments, Operating systems, Payment systems, QR code, Social Issues, Software, Technology/Internet, Tencent, Tencent Research Institute, Tencent Social Research Institute, Tsinghua University, Tsinghua University's Tsinghua China Data Center, WeChatsmbale

On May 18, Tencent’s WeChat, Tsinghua University’s Tsinghua China Data Center, and the Tencent Social Research Institute jointly released a report entitled “The 2020 Pandemic and the QR Code Economy Report”. The report points out that as an important part of the digital economy, the WeChat QR Code Economy has played an effective role in buffering the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more

08Nov/17

Former Yahoo CEO apologizes for data breach

November 8, 2017SecurityAlibaba Group, Business, Business/Finance, Businesspeople, chief executive, City: Washington, Companies, Company: Altaba, Company: Verizon, Country: United States, Data breach, Email hacking, Equifax, Equifax Inc, Instant messaging clients, Internet, Internet privacy, Internet search engines, Law/Crime, Marissa, Marissa Ann Mayer, Marissa Mayer, Mayer, Oath Inc., Technology, Technology/Internet, United States, Verizon Communications, Verizon Communications Inc, Verizon Media, Washington D.C., World Wide Web, Yahoo!, Yahoo! data breaches, Yahoo! Incsmbale

At a hearing in Washington, D.C.on Wednesday, former Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer apologized for a pair of massive data breaches at the internet company, blaming Russian agents. Continue reading →

17Mar/17

Texting your smart home appliances

March 17, 2017InternetAmazon, Computing, Cross-platform software, GE Appliances, Google, Google Allo, Home appliance, Human geography, Instant messaging, Instant messaging clients, Kamsinah, Major appliance, Online chat, Operating systems, Political geography, Sara Hemrajani, Singapore, social media, Software, Technology/Internet, Text messaging, Toby Ruckert, Unified Inbox, WhatsApp, Worldsmbale

A Singapore firm working with the big tech companies and manufacturers has come up with a service that allows people to text their household appliances. Sara Hemrajani reports. Continue reading →

08Mar/17

WikiLeaks says it has secret CIA hacking tools

March 8, 2017SecurityCentral Intelligence Agency, Communication software, Company: WikiLeaks, Computer security, Cross-platform software, Democratic National Committee cyber attacks, Espionage, Government, Information sensitivity, Instant messaging clients, LANGLEY, National security, News leaks, Open government, Operating systems, Reactions to the United States diplomatic cables leak, Secrecy, Software, Technology/Internet, Telegram, United States, WhatsApp, WikiLeakssmbale

Anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks says it has obtained a secret trove of hacking tools used by the CIA.

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10Jan/17

Yahoo renames itself Altaba

January 10, 2017InternetAlibaba, Alibaba Group, Altaba, Brian Wieser, Business, Business/Finance, Businesspeople, Companies, Company: Verizon, David Filo, Economy, Fred Katayama, Instant messaging clients, Katayama, Marissa, Marissa Mayer, Mayer, pivotal research, Silicon Valley, Technology, Verizon, Verizon Communications, Verizon Media, Women in technology, YAHOO JAPAN, Yahoo!, Yahoo! data breachessmbale

The Silicon Valley pioneer also said CEO Marissa Mayer and some other directors will leave the board after it closes its deal with Verizon. Fred Katayama reports. Continue reading →

15Dec/16

Yahoo discloses new data breach affecting 1 billion accounts

December 15, 2016SecurityAlibaba Group, Breach, Business/Finance, Company: Yahoo, Computing, Digital media, Identity theft in the United States, Instant messaging clients, Password, Software, SUNNYVALE, Technology/Internet, United States, Verizon Communication Inc, Verizon Communications, Verizon Media, World Wide Web, Yahoo!, Yahoo! data breach, Yahoo! data breaches, Yahoo! Mailsmbale

Yahoo says one billion accounts exposed in newly discovered security breach.

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05Oct/16

Yahoo built software to secretly search customer emails for U.S. intelligence: Reuters

October 5, 2016Security2012–13 Stratfor email leak, Alibaba Group, Business/Finance, Digital media, Google, Instant messaging clients, Law/Crime, Mass surveillance, Microsoft, National Security Agency, Outlook.com, Reuters, Software, Technology/Internet, Thomson Reuters, United States, Verizon Media, Webmail, World Wide Web, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Mailsmbale

Yahoo has been secretly scanning millions of its customers’ emails for U.S. intelligence, according to a Reuters investigation.
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22Sep/16

Yahoo to confirm big data breach – Recode

September 22, 2016InternetAlibaba Group, Business/Finance, Company: Google, Company: MANHATTAN, Company: SimpleWan, Company: Skype, Company: Yahoo, Computing, Data breach, Data security, Digital media, Erik Knight, Fred Katayama, Google, Instant messaging clients, Katayama, Marissa Mayer, Max Wolff, Password, Recode, Secure communication, Software, Technology/Internet, The Yahoo, Verizon Communications, Verizon Media, World Wide Web, Yahoo!, Yahoo! data breaches, Yahoo! Voices hacksmbale

Yahoo is expected to confirm that a data breach has exposed several hundred million user accounts, according to Recode. Fred Katayama reports.
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08Aug/16

Inventor builds invisible iPhone screen for covert viewing

August 8, 2016InnovationBismil, Glasses, Goger, Instant messaging clients, IOS, IPhone, Kurdish, Liane Wimhurst, Messages, Nevah, Operating systems, Smartphones, Turkeysmbale

A Kurdish inventor builds a secret screen for the iPhone that enables only the user to see the contents by wearing special glasses. Liane Wimhurst reports. Continue reading →