Year: 2018

Amazon.com Black Friday Week Deal: All-New Fire HD 8 Kids Edition – Read for info. and Price

Dan Uff November 29, 2018 0

Amazon.com is having a "Cyber Monday Deals Week" and one of the deals is the company's brand new Fire HD 8 Kids Edition for just $89.00 (regularly $129.00).

According to the information:

Up to $144 in savings on Fire HD 8 tablet, 1 year of Amazon FreeTime Unlimited, and a Kid-Proof Case, versus items purchased separately—plus a 2-year worry-free guarantee
Not a toy, a full-featured Fire HD 8 tablet with a vibrant 8” HD display, 32 GB internal storage, up to 10 hours of battery life, a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, and 1.5 GB of RAM. Add a microSD card for up to 400 GB of expandable storage.
The included 1 year of FreeTime Unlimited gives your kids access to over 20,000 popular apps and games, videos, books, Audible books (coming soon), and educational content from PBS Kids, Nickelodeon, Disney, and more. Your subscription will then automatically renew every month starting at just $2.99 per month plus applicable tax. You may cancel at any time by visiting the Amazon Parent Dashboard or contacting Customer Service.
2-year worry-free guarantee: if they break it, return it and we'll replace it for free. No questions asked.
Introducing Spanish language content in FreeTime Unlimited – kids can now enjoy over 1,000 books, movies, and apps in Spanish that include titles and characters like Sesamo, Dora, Diego, Frozen, and more.
Kids can listen to thousands of hours of fun, educational and inspirational Audible books like Beauty and the Beast, The Snow Queen, Peter Pan, Rip Van Winkle, and more – professionally narrated by their favorite characters, authors and celebrities.
Add even more content to your child's profile in FreeTime to give them selected access to apps in your personal library, such as Netflix, YouTube, and Minecraft.
Easy-to-use parental controls allow parents to personalize screen time limits, set educational goals, filter age-appropriate content, and also manage web browsing and content usage. Parental controls can be set on device or online through Amazon Parent Dashboard. Additionally, access all tablet features in the adult profile by entering your passcode.

Get them while supplies last by clicking here.

Report: Apple to enable Apple Watch’s ECG Feature in Next Update

Dan Uff November 29, 2018 0

Back in September, Apple showed off a new feature for its Apple Watch Series 4 that will allow a user to take and monitor their own electrocardiogram (ECG) via the watch, the company stated the addition would be available "later this year."

Within the last few hours, we have been getting reports that the feature will be available in the next update for the watch, which may come out by Christmas or the end of the year.

We'll monitor this and report on any new information as it develops.

Porn Hub Russian Hackers cause Millions of Dollars in Damages

CompuScoop Staff November 28, 2018 2

Alexander J Martin, technology reporter

Cyber criminals based primarily in Russia hijacked ads on Pornhub to infect viewers' computers with malware, causing millions of dollars in damages, according to a US indictment.

The criminals controlled more than 1.7 million infected computers, which were used without their owners' knowledge to secretly load advertisements that they were collecting the revenue from, the US Department Of Justice has said.

Eight men - six from Russia and two from Kazakhstan - have been charged with cyber crimes. Three are awaiting extradition, while the others remain at large.

According to the unsealed indictment, businesses were left paying out more than $29m (£23m) for ads which were never viewed by real human internet users.

Also unsealed were seizure warrants allowing the FBI to take control of 31 internet domains and take information from 89 computer servers to shut down the botnet globally.

Apple’s iTunes Connect announces Holiday Downtime to Developers

Dan Uff November 28, 2018 0

Every year, Apple announces Holiday downtime to its registered developer customers that their employees have time off to enjoy the holidays with their family and friends.

On top of the iTunes Connect page is there annual notice to all registered software developers:

App Store Connect Holiday Schedule: Dec 23–27

Make sure your apps are up to date and ready for the holidays. New apps and app updates will not be accepted December 23 to 27 (Pacific Time), so any releases should be submitted, approved, and scheduled in advance. Other App Store Connect and developer account features will remain available.

Which means that any apps that you may have will not be updated during the said downtime.