Recently, Bank of America and Chase announced that their official banking apps would be unpublished from the Windows Phone Store soon, much to the disappointment of Windows Phone users
FLAC stands for ‘Free Lossless Audio Codec’ and can shrink a file to roughly 50-60% of its original size; when decompressed, the file goes back to its original state
Microsoft launched its Tetra Lockscreen app a couple of months ago so Windows Phone users could customize their lockscreen with several features including viewing the calendar events, daily agenda, and personal activity in an intuitive way.
After the Spanish parliament approved some amendments in the Intellectual Property Law which will come in effect on January 1 2015, Google accordingly announced that it would shut down its news department on December 16 2014 in the country, ahead of the new tax laws.
Google has started taking down all Pirate Bay related apps from the Play Store in an effort to restrict the supposed growth of piracy. This rather harsh step seems to show the gradual change in Google’s approach after facing continued criticism regarding access to file-sharing websites and sources which are usually associated with piracy.
Privacy conscious US citizens should get their tin foil hats ready as the Wall Street Journal reports that the US Department of Justice is using two-foot-square data gathering devices attached to Cessna airplanes. These planes reportedly gather data from tens of thousands of mobile devices from criminals and innocents alike, all in a single flight.
Pirate Bay co-founder, Peter Sunde, was convicted by the police back in June after almost two years on the run. Sunde had been on Interpol’s wanted list since 2012 and was one of four men tried in Sweden on charges related to their activities on The Pirate Bay.