If you run a popular blog and promote your business through Instagram, an account ban simply isn’t in the plan. For responsible users, the idea of being banned for, say, displaying suicidal content or trying to impersonate someone else might seem like a bad dream or a cruel joke, but it’s quite real for victims of the new wave of so-called ban attacks. Here’s how these attacks … [Read more...] about Ban attacks on Instagram users
Instagram Launches ‘Security Checkup’ to Help Users Recover Hacked Accounts
Instagram earlier this week introduced a new "Security Checkup" feature that aims to keep accounts safe and help users—whose accounts may have been compromised—to recover them. In order to gain access to accounts, users will be prompted to perform a series of steps, which include checking recent login activity, reviewing profile information, and updating contact details such as … [Read more...] about Instagram Launches ‘Security Checkup’ to Help Users Recover Hacked Accounts
Major Instagram App Bug Could’ve Given Hackers Remote Access to Your Phone
Ever wonder how hackers can hack your smartphone remotely? In a report shared with The Hacker News today, Check Point researchers disclosed details about a critical vulnerability in Instagram's Android app that could have allowed remote attackers to take control over a targeted device just by sending victims a specially crafted image. What's more worrisome is that the flaw not … [Read more...] about Major Instagram App Bug Could’ve Given Hackers Remote Access to Your Phone
This Flaw Could Have Allowed Hackers to Hack Any Instagram Account Within 10 Minutes
Watch out! Facebook-owned photo-sharing service has recently patched a critical vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to compromise any Instagram account without requiring any interaction from the targeted users.Instagram is growing quickly—and with the most popular social media network in the world after Facebook, the photo-sharing network absolutely dominates when it … [Read more...] about This Flaw Could Have Allowed Hackers to Hack Any Instagram Account Within 10 Minutes
Pay Once and Use for Lifetime: 10 Social Media Automation Services
Social media is all about being quick and responsive these days. Save your time while working on your digital marketing strategy and take the assistance of some social media automation tools. In this way, you would be able to make the most of your time and resources. Thankfully, there are tons of readily available tools that can help you. Start by bringing a much-needed … [Read more...] about Pay Once and Use for Lifetime: 10 Social Media Automation Services
Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Users’ Passwords in Plaintext
Facebook late last month revealed that the social media company mistakenly stored passwords for "hundreds of millions" of Facebook users in plaintext, including "tens of thousands" passwords of its Instagram users as well.Now it appears that the incident is far worse than first reported. Facebook today quietly updated its March press release, adding that the actual number of … [Read more...] about Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Users’ Passwords in Plaintext
The Top 15 Smartphone Apps
ComScore has released its report on key trends in the U.S. smartphone industry for February 2015. Data from MobiLens and Mobile Metrix determined the top 15 applications by app audience. Facebook ranked as the top smartphone app, reaching 71.2 percent of the app audience, followed by YouTube (56.4 percent), Google Search (52.2 percent) and Google Play (51.4 percent). … [Read more...] about The Top 15 Smartphone Apps
Apple is World’s Second Most Innovative Company
Apple is the second most innovative company in the world, according Fast Company's 2015 rankings. Apple was #14 in the Fast Company's 2014 rankings, while Google placed first. Fast Company attributes Apple's success in 2014 to its different software refinements that make its existing hardware more powerful. Both iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite brought many features to both developers … [Read more...] about Apple is World’s Second Most Innovative Company
Apple Announces Release of WatchKit Software Tools for Developers
After release of iOS 8.2 beta, Apple announced the availability of WatchKit, software that gives developers a set of tools to easily create experiences designed specifically for Apple Watch. “Apple Watch is our most personal device ever, and WatchKit provides the incredible iOS developer community with the tools they need to create exciting new experiences right on … [Read more...] about Apple Announces Release of WatchKit Software Tools for Developers
NSA servers collecting personal data sent by iPhone applications
The U.S. NSA looks for data sent by iPhone apps in order to get personal data on targets, according to a new report from The New York Times and some other news agencies. The secret report noted that the profiles vary depending on which of the ad companies — which include Burstly and Google’s ad services, two of the largest online advertising businesses — compiles them. … [Read more...] about NSA servers collecting personal data sent by iPhone applications