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Apple, Google remove InstaAgent app after password-stealing malware detected

This is the joy of the war against malware. Both Apple and Google have removed the InstaAgent app from their respective app stores after it was discovered that the app was storing users’ Instagram usernames and passwords in an unencrypted form, before sending them on to unknown servers. InstaAgent, which tied in with Instagram, had […]

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Apple releases iTunes 11.0.5 update

You can’t really argue against a substantial iTunes bug fix. Late Friday, Apple released version 11.0.5 of its iTunes multimedia/jukebox application. The new version, a 196.6 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Corrected an issue with iTunes in the Cloud, where some purchases may download or play unexpected items. iTunes 11.0.5 requires […]

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Google Play Books for iOS updated to 1.6.0, adds textbook rental support

This is kind of nifty. Per AppleInsider, Google on Thursday updated its iBooks-like Google Play Books port, bringing in-app rentals, highlighting and note taking for scanned books, as well as other features to the iOS title. Now at version 1.6.0, Google Play Books for iOS now supports in-app rentals, which allows users to access select […]

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Google to begin offering free Wi-Fi Internet access at all 7,000 U.S. Starbucks locations in August

You may or may not have mixed feelings about Google, but hey, free Wi-Fi access at all Starbucks locations across the U.S. Per 9to5Google, Google has announced that it will soon be supplying WiFi to all Starbucks locations in the United States as a means of advertising its Google Play music service. The offer also […]