Tech News Flash: Friday -- May 30, 2014
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The Real Reason Apple Bought Beats: Addiction
Iranians Caught Cyber Snooping on High-Value US Targets
Deepin's Functionality Is a Bit Too Shallow
Getting Away With Privacy Murder
Con Artist Harasses Aussie Apple Customers in Ransomware Attempt
Next on the Open Source Horizon: 3D Printing
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Today's Story Highlights
The Real Reason Apple Bought Beats: Addiction
I get the sense that a good many Apple enthusiasts are confused by its acquisition of Beats Electronics. Sure, many are nodding their heads,
saying that Beats is good for Apple and makes total sense. The
headphones are selling well. With 250,000 paying subscribers, the Beats
Music service is taking off fast, and it can only be elevated by Apple's
global brand and infrastructure.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80529.html
Iranians Caught Cyber Snooping on High-Value US Targets
A cyberespionage campaign with links to Iran for at least three years has been targeting U.S. military and congressional personnel,
journalists and diplomats, as well as U.S. and Israeli defense
contractors and members of the U.S./Israel lobby, according to a report
released Thursday by iSight Partners. The spy ring used more than a
dozen phony identities on online social networks.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80528.html
Deepin's Functionality Is a Bit Too Shallow
Deepin Linux is something totally new. It is an Ubuntu-based distribution built around its own desktop environment called "DDE" or
"Deepin Desktop Environment." The Deepin desktop design is snazzy yet
simple to use. It is one of the first Linux distros to take advantage of
HTML 5 technology. The distro so far is available only in English and
traditional or simplified Chinese.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80523.html
Getting Away With Privacy Murder
Snapchat in May agreed to implement a comprehensive privacy program and be audited for the next 20 years to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission
charges that it had, among other things, lied to users when it said
messages sent through its service would be erased after a designated
period of time. However, Snapchat's privacy violation is infinitesimally
small compared to some others.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80521.html
Con Artist Harasses Aussie Apple Customers in Ransomware Attempt
Apple on Tuesday aimed to calm anxiety among its iCloud users with reassurances that the service hadn't been breached in a ransomware-style
attack. "Apple takes security very seriously and iCloud was not
compromised during this incident," reads a company statement. The
referenced "incident" is a collection of reports on Apple forums by
iPhone users, most of them in Australia.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80516.html
Next on the Open Source Horizon: 3D Printing
3D printing is not yet a mainstream business activity, but the technology has progressed to the point where users can print three-
dimensional objects and manufacture their own prototypes and replacement
parts with relative ease. Three-dimensional printing is much more than a
hobby industry today. Home users can download design files from websites
and print a variety of products for their own use.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80519.html
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