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Ransomware “Dorkbot,” which has previously attacked both Twitter and Facebook, through messages that use social engineering tactics lead users into clicking on links has not infected Skype according to  reports from Trend Micro and other security firms, as well as from a  forum thread on Skype.com. Affected users receive messages from friends in their Skype contact lists with some variation on [...]

Pinterest’s image based advertising has caught on with consumers and marketers alike, add to that its growing user base, it only makes sense for other Social Networks to jump on the bandwagon, especially for Facebook which as a publicly traded company will be eager to add a potential revenue stream. Facebook has joined the club by offering some brands the option to post product images with buttons [...]

After last week reports that Apple’s manufacturing vendors  had started off production of a smaller iPad, which has been dubbed the  ‘iPad mini’,the Wall Street Journal which has reported the initial story is now reporting Apple has ordered more than 10 million units for the last quarter of this year. Source of the numbers are said to  comes from Asian component suppliers to Apple.”Some component [...]

iPhone 5  hasn’t been without its share of problems,  the flaws with Maps on iOS 6 and user complaints about the iPhone 5 been more prone to scratching compared to earlier models were well known, some reviewers and users had expressed concerns about the purple flare in certain images taken with the iPhone 5. Apple posted a support document which  it is a regular problem in digital cameras [...]

Earlier this year Mozilla had announced that it would be developing a Metro-style version of Firefox for Windows 8. Today, Mozilla has invited users to test the preview version of Metro-style version of Firefox for Windows 8, for users running the RTM of Windows 8, it supports Firefox Sync, Windows 8 gestures and Charms. “The preview includes a new Metro style Firefox Start page, support for [...]

Facebook now has a billion users,  Mark Zuckerberg announced the milestone on his Facebook profile. “This morning, there are more than one billion people using Facebook actively each month. If you’re reading this: thank you for giving me and my little team the honour of serving you,” Zuckerberg posted. “Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing [...]

Apple’s suppliers have already started  production of the smaller version of iPad according to Wall Street Journal reports. “The smaller tablet will have a 7.85-inch liquid-crystal display with a lower resolution than the latest iPad, which was released in March, two of the people said. The screen on the current iPad measures 9.7 inches diagonally, a size that hasn’t changed since the [...]

iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 users who upgraded to iOS 6 are complaining about  the quickly draining batteries, even on standby some users have complained that the charge is dropping almost 50% in few hours. Apple Support Boards   are innundated with users complaning about the mess “Used my 4S the same as every other work day. Usually come home with about 60 percent. Came home today with 17 percent.” [...]

If you believed that Twitter’s popularity was waning down, you may be just right – Facebook’s owned Instagram had garnered more app users attention than Twitter. According to a ComScore study reported by AllThingsD last month U.S. mobile users “visited Instagram from their smartphones more frequently and for longer periods of time than they visited Twitter”. Mark Zuckerberg [...]

Google today updated Gmail for iOS, which now supports the iPhone 5′s 4-inch display. Instead of seeing black bars at the top and bottom of the app, Gmail users on iPhone 5 will now be able to see a bit more of their inboxes on their iphones now. Gmail app for iOS has come a along way since the first app which recieved a lukewarm reception last November, let’s hope that Google will release [...]