Hello everyone, it’s Tuesday once again and
it’s time for another weekly roundup of the latest news and features about
gadgets and technology from around the globe. In this week’s edition of Tech Tuesdays
on TFL, we’ll be talking about another hacker attack on a popular cloud service
and two redesigns of web old timers.
Dropped
Box gets Hacked
A bomb gets dropped into popular cloud
service Drop Box as the company confirmed that usernames and passwords from
their system were apparently stolen. According to their investigation, the stolen
account information from other websites who were previously attacked (like
Linkedin, Last.fm, etc) was the source of the leak.
Fortunately, after a number of their users
started emailing Drop Box about them receiving spam emails in email addresses
that were used only for Drop Box, the company has already taken measures to
mitigate the security breach. Furthermore, the company has added improvements
to the way they handle user’s sensitive information, such as two-factor
authentication, a new page to enable users to examine all active logins to
their account and in some cases, even requiring some users to change their
passwords.
Goodbye
Hotmail, Hello Outlook
Microsoft’s free web-based email service
has just been revamped and rebranded last week. The once cluttered interface of
Hotmail is now replaced with a clean and minimalist look that’s in line with
the design features of Windows 8. The service will now take on the name of
Outlook which is also the name of the email client found on Windows OS.
In addition, Outlook.com will now have
integration with social media sites. Ads will also be minimized and will become
more targeted just like Gmail. According to reports, almost one million people
has signed up just 6 hours after the service went live. You can already sign up
for an account through this link, and if you’re a Hotmail user, just select
“Upgrade to Outlook” under settings.
Digg
is Dug from its Grave
Social news website Digg has been revived
just 6 weeks after it closes due to a decline in popularity and visitors over
the years. According to its new owners Betaworks and new CEO John Borthwick, Digg’s
old platform was too expensive to run, and hence, they wanted to build the new
site from the ground up.
And to make this possible they made Digg V4
to go back in startup mode and develop a completely new and modern platform in
which the site will build on. The site’s voting algorithms were also taken out.
Users will still be able to use their Facebook-based accounts on Digg V4 and
they will still be able to retrieve most of the data that they’ve put into the
site in the past.
Aside from Facebook, the new algorithms
will now look at signals from Twitter. Moreover, the new site has close integration
with the iPhone app enabling iPhone users to save a story and read it straight
from their phones. The new Digg 4 also stresses that they plan to take the site
mainstream but will likely to continue to be biased towards science and
technology news.
And that’s a wrap for this week’s edition
of Tech Tuesdays on TFL. Tune in again next week for your weekly dose of news
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