As you probably heard, Facebook recently announced that it is working on a “Dislike” button at last. Well, perhaps not exactly a Dislike button, or perhaps not only a Dislike button, but something beyond just good old “Like”, anyway. And “Dislike” was definitely one of the, errr, likely and well-liked possibilities in Mark Zuckerberg’s recent...

Apple iOS 9 is out. As usual when the left-most number changes, as here from version 8 to version 9, the download is bigger than your typical point release. For example, when we recently updated to 8.4.1, the download was about 50MB; this time, the over-the-air (OTA) update we were offered was 1.2GB. → Because...

Researchers have shown that a smartwatch’s motion sensors can be used to detect what keys you’re pressing with your left hand (or whatever hand the watch is on) and thus guess at the words you’re typing. Their findings suggest that it’s possible for cybercrooks to come up with an app that camouflages itself – for...

The personal details of thousands of Lloyds Bank account holders have gone missing following the suspected theft of a data storage box. The breach affects any customers who made a claim under a Royal Sun Alliance (RSA) emergency home cover policy attached to their £25 a month Lloyds Premier bank account between 2006 and 2012. RSA said...