Apple Pay’s biggest competitor backed by major retailers has been hacked before it even launched. Retailers like Walmart, BestBuy, Gap, and CVS are waging a war against Apple Pay with their own mobile wallet solution, CurrentC, but the pending doom of their QR-code solution is looking even more obvious now, as the company just alerted customers that they’ve been hacked. http://www.mcx.com/blog/1028-email-incident-report/ 10/28 Email Incident Report | MCX www.mcx.com 10/28 Email Incident Report Within the last 36 hours, we learned that unauthorized third parties obtained the e-mail addresses of some of our CurrentC pilot program participants and individuals who had expressed interest in the app....

Apple Pay’s biggest competitor backed by major retailers has been hacked before it even launched. Retailers like Walmart, BestBuy, Gap, and CVS are waging a war against Apple Pay with their own mobile wallet solution, CurrentC, but the pending doom of their QR-code solution is looking even more obvious now, as the company just alerted customers that they’ve been hacked. http://www.mcx.com/blog/1028-email-incident-report/ 10/28 Email Incident Report | MCX www.mcx.com 10/28 Email Incident Report Within the last 36 hours, we learned that unauthorized third parties obtained the e-mail addresses of some of our CurrentC pilot program participants and individuals who had expressed interest in the app....

Apple started HealthKit, and Google has Google Fit. Samsung has Gear Fit. And now Microsoft took the wraps off a long-expected wearable that will plug into a new Microsoft Health fitness tracking service - Microsoft Band for $199.

Apple started HealthKit, and Google has Google Fit. Samsung has Gear Fit. And now Microsoft took the wraps off a long-expected wearable that will plug into a new Microsoft Health fitness tracking service - Microsoft Band for $199.

Seen $10,000 in cache? :P

Seen $10,000 in cache? :P

Google Hangouts now lets you make free one-minute international calls in 25 countries (including the United States, India, etc.) However, you’ll need to have some calling credit in your Google account (that you can add with your credit card) to get your first minute free, as you’ll be charged for the duration of your call beyond that first minute. https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/3204856?&ref_topic=3187124 Buy calling credit for phone calls - Hangouts Help support.google.com...

Google Hangouts now lets you make free one-minute international calls in 25 countries (including the United States, India, etc.) However, you’ll need to have some calling credit in your Google account (that you can add with your credit card) to get your first minute free, as you’ll be charged for the duration of your call beyond that first minute. https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/3204856?&ref_topic=3187124 Buy calling credit for phone calls - Hangouts Help support.google.com...

FBI created fake Seattle Times news story in scheme to implant spyware on bomb-threat suspect’s computer. The tactic worked when the story appeared in the suspect’s MySpace feed, leading to the arrest of a 15-year-old who had been threatening to blow up a high school near Olympia. The only problem - The Seattle Times had no idea that the FBI created this fake URL. Ethical or not? http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2024888170_fbinewspaper1xml.html FBI created phony Seattle Times story to find bomb-threat suspect...

FBI created fake Seattle Times news story in scheme to implant spyware on bomb-threat suspect’s computer. The tactic worked when the story appeared in the suspect’s MySpace feed, leading to the arrest of a 15-year-old who had been threatening to blow up a high school near Olympia. The only problem - The Seattle Times had no idea that the FBI created this fake URL. Ethical or not? http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2024888170_fbinewspaper1xml.html FBI created phony Seattle Times story to find bomb-threat suspect...