Russia’s dual-screen YotaPhone ‘kind of gimmicky’
Washington – A Russian company has developed a dual screen smartphone called the YotaPhone. The phone comes with all the features, but on the backside it has an electronic ‘paper’ screen — the kind you find on e-readers. Dan Ackerman, senior editor for CNET, explained on... read more »
eBay likely to launch own virtual currency
Washington – Online commerce site eBay’s PayPal has reportedly filed a patent application that hints to a possible launch of its own virtual currency. The patent application proposes secure tokens that would let people buy products without creating a payment provider account. According to... read more »
NSA racing to build `mother of all encryption breaker` quantum computer
Washington – The US’ National Security Agency is reportedly aiming to build a quantum computer that could break any and every type of encryption used to protect banking, medical, business and government records around the world. Documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden have... read more »
Snapchat unapologetic for 4.6mn user phone number leak fiasco
Washington – Snapchat is reportedly not sorry for the recent breach of data of around 4.6million of its users that exposed their phone numbers and usernames. The auto-destruct, photo-sharing service instead said that it would release a new version of its app to let members opt out of the... read more »
