The Khronos Group make a number of announcements regarding OpenGL today at SIGGRAPH 2014. On top of a number of industry implementations of OpenGL ES 3.1, the group announced the release of OpenGL 4.5. Khronos also unveiled a new project called the Next Generation OpenGL Initiation, in turn asking for participation in the project to […]
Google recently made it possible to connect Google Voice phone calls through Hangouts on the web. When using Google Voice in a desktop browser, the phone tool now lists Hangouts as an option when making calls. Googler Alex Wiesen explained that it works even if the user isn’t using Hangouts in Gmail, and it doesn’t […]
Visa today announced Visa Cloud Payment Solutions, a tool that device makers can use to add mobile payments capabilities to their hardware. Visa claims the Cloud Payment Solution will reduce fraud because it replaces the standard 16-digit credit card number with a digital token. The token can be built securely into smartphones, tablets, wearables, and […]
Less than a month since Twitter began testing a “buy now” button on the social media service, Facebook has jumped into the arena to offer its own “buy” button. The new feature is being tested with a small number of businesses as a way to drive commerce directly to those involved, without requiring people to […]
A cross-site scripting (XSS) attack was discovered in Tweetdeck earlier today causing a wave of commotion on the Internet as small pop-ups appeared in browsers. Tweetdeck had not been stripping Javascript code from tweets, allowing a chunk of code to force the pop-ups. While no data has been reported as stolen as a result of the vulnerability, leaving it open […]
Comcast is preparing to start encrypting customer e-mails, after a Google transparency report noted a lack of protection on e-mails from its domain. The company claims it is will soon start testing encryption on outbound customer e-mails, advising to the Wall Street Journal that it will take place “within a matter of weeks,” and it […]
PC security and anti-virus vendor Avast experienced a data theft over the weekend, with the losses coming in at nearly 200,000 accounts potentially at risk. Stolen are user’s nicknames, user names, email addresses, and hashed passwords. The company has issued a blog post informing users of the breach, and the forums have been temporarily shut […]
Google today added a feature to the desktop browser-based version of Gmail that simplifies the process of sharing photos stored on Android smartphones. The new Insert Photo button is able to tap into images that have been automatically uploaded and/or backed up to Google+. The photos are listed in reverse chronological order, beginning with the […]
Twitter said users will soon have access to a redesigned Twitter experience on the web. Twitter announced the redesign earlier this year, but is just now rolling it out. The redesign highlights Best Tweets, which are those that have seen a lot of activity, and allows users to pin their favorite tweet to the top […]
Apple has made some improvements to iWork for iCloud, according to pop-up messages. All three web apps in the suite — Pages, Numbers, and Keynote — have been given better support for Retina displays, a new editor tab, and upgraded sharing functions. The latter let people set shared documents as view-only, and open documents directly […]
