Dropbox rolls out new API for iOS, Android to ease developer workloads
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on 02/06/2013
Excerpt: Dropbox is introducing a new API today intended to make developers' workloads a bit simpler. See also: Box weaving together old, new alliances to build global partner network
The Sync API for iOS and Android is designed to make it easier to manage connectivity, backends, and storage. For example, because the Sync API caches locally, developers can use the tool when working offline. The work is then automatically uploaded and synced with existing progress on an app when brought online. More importantly -- at least for Dropbox -- this API is touted to make it easier for developers to integrate Dropbox's cloud syncing features into their apps.... read the full post.
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FTC issues mobile privacy policy guidelines
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on 02/04/2013
Excerpt: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a new set of guidelines in order to try and secure user privacy in a move that could affect companies including Apple and Microsoft. The FTC's guidelines -- although currently non-binding -- are directed at firms that develop mobile platforms and applications. Published on Friday, the report includes a number of recommendations for mobile platform developers and providers, further highlighting the FTC's focus on trying to secure user privacy as more people in the U. S. turn to smartphones and tablets. "The mobile world is expanding and innovating at breathtaking speed, allowing consumers to do things that would have been hard to imagine only a few years ago," said FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz.... read the full post.
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Hackers target Twitter spammers in massive account data breach
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on 05/08/2012
Excerpt: Twitter is investigating after 55,000 account details — including username and password combinations — were published online. Account details seemingly belonging to spammers were uploaded to Pastebin, a code-sharing site often used by hackers to post the results of their hacking escapades. The accounts were published over five Pastebin pages — one, two, three, four, five. Legitimate users who are on the list are advised to change their passwords immediately. A Twitter spokesperson said the company was looking into the situation. ”We have pushed out password resets to accounts that may have been affected,” they added.... read the full post.
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Excerpt: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a new set of guidelines in order to try and secure user privacy in a move that could affect companies including Apple and Microsoft. The FTC's guidelines -- although currently non-binding -- are directed at firms that develop mobile platforms and applications. Published on Friday, the report includes a number of recommendations for mobile platform developers and providers, further highlighting the FTC's focus on trying to secure user privacy as more people in the U. S. turn to smartphones and tablets. "The mobile world is expanding and innovating at breathtaking speed, allowing consumers to do things that would have been hard to imagine only a few years ago," said FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz.... read the full post.
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