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Security researcher examines MacKeeper, says sensitive data for more than 13 million accounts easily accessed

And yet more reasons have surfaced as to why you’d want to punch the entire staff of MacKeeper in their heads. A security researcher claims that extremely poor security has allowed him to access sensitive data for more than 13 million MacKeeper accounts. White-hat researcher Chris Vickery, who has previously exposed data breaches at MLB, […]

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TapTapSee app allows visually impaired users to browse, save photographs

This could be really interesting. Image Searcher, Inc. and Net Ideas, LLC have brought out TapTapSee, a mobile camera application designed specifically for the blind and visually impaired iOS users. The app utilizes the iDevice’s camera and VoiceOver functions to photograph objects and identify them out loud for the user. The App allows users to […]

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Some users report email-based issues after iOS 9 update

A bug fix may be in order. Since its release on September 16th, a number of iOS 9 users have reported having trouble opening emails with attachments. There’s currently a 22 page thread on the Apple discussion forums covering the issue, which currently has more than 200 replies from users who are all experiencing the […]

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Rumor: Apple to revamp Genius Bar, workshops, associated web sites on Tuesday, August 25th

The Genius Bar and its associated web site might be getting revamped in the new future. A rumor has stated that Apple will begin changing the Genius Bar and its corresponding web site as of Tuesday, August 25th. Through these changes, Apple reportedly plans to move Genius Bar online appointments pages from their separate “Concierge” […]

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This is Nifty: QuickShot

The mighty Jason O’Grady threw this out there as a cool thing worth looking into. He might have a point. QuickShot allows you to manage, view and share screenshots taken within OS X, making your images immediately draggable from your menubar.