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Fitbit health trackers can be hacked in just 10 seconds
Fitbit wearables can be hacked in 10 seconds, allowing the intruder to infect any PC connected to it, The Register reports. Fitbit make a series of wearable devices that measure health statistics, such as blood pressure and heart rate. All of the information is...
Thumbtack Raises New Funding at a $1.3 Billion Valuation
Thumbtack, which handles marketing and job listings for professionals like yoga instructors and electricians, has raised $125 million and is now valued at about $1.3 billion. The investment catapults the six-year-old start-up into the ranks of the unicorns, a popular...
FACEBOOK IS FINALLY ROLLING OUT INSTANT ARTICLES TO ALL IPHONES
MONTHS AFTER DEBUTING INSTANT ARTICLES, FACEBOOK IS MAKING THE FEATURE AVAILABLE TO ALL IOS USERS AND INTRODUCING A BETA FOR ANDROID. After months of anticipation, Facebook is at last expanding Instant Articles, its native publishing platform, in a big way. The social...
4 Lessons On Great Logo Design From Siegel+Gale
SIEGEL+GALE'S BRIAN RAFFERTY EXPLAINS WHY THE BEST LOGOS ARE THE SIMPLEST ONES, AND WHY NEW LOGO BACKLASH IS SOMETHING EVERY BRAND SHOULD EXPECT. What makes a logo successful? Ask a dozen different designers, and you'll get a dozen different answers. But how do you...
FBI Issues Warning About New Credit Cards–Then Removes It at the Urging of Banks
Yesterday, the FBI issued an advisory about security risks related to the new chip-enabled credit cards (the new cards that people are receiving that I discussed last week in 9 Things You Should Know About Your New Chip-Enabled Credit Cards). Today, however, the FBI...
The biggest tech deal ever: Dell buys EMC for $67 billion
In the biggest tech deal of all time, Dell announced Monday that it has agreed to buy corporate software, storage and security giant EMC for $67 billion. The deal completes Dell's transformation from a consumer PC business to an IT solutions provider for companies....