Facebook is making a move on “Moves”, a fitness tracking app produced by Finland-based ProtoGeo. According to the popular social network, it’s in the process of attaining ProtoGeo, a Helsinki-based company, that has created the Android and iOS activity tracking app known as Moves. The app works by using current technology seen in smartphones like […]
Sony has issued a recall of its Vaio Fit 11A laptop in response to three reports of the overheating of its Panasonic battery, which caused partial burns on the PC. Three separate incidents – two in March (19 and 30) and one in April (8) – have led Sony to make the decision to stop […]
The security problem that “Heartbleed” affects isn’t just tied to websites. It could also affect the networking equipment, connecting homes and businesses to the World Wide Web. It’s not yet known how extensive the damage Heartbleed has caused, but it’s a defect for security technology with many websites and equipment makers. This defect puts at […]
Chrysler has issued a recall for more than 870,000 SUVs of a brake issue. According to the company, corrosion could make the brakes more difficult to use on the following vehicles: 2011 to 2014 Dodge Durango and Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs. The company said the issue stems from the crimp joints inside the brake boosters. […]
Wal-Mart Stores has sued Visa over its “swipe fees”, saying the credit card company conspired with banks to fix processing fee prices retailers are charged with. The largest retailer in the world has accused Visa for charging extremely high card swipe fees and has said the price fixing Visa id cost the company nearly $5 […]
McDonald’s, trying to keep its breakfast crowd from going to its rising competitors, will offer free McCafe coffees at participating U.S. locations between March 31 and April 13 during its normal breakfast hours. The world’s largest fast food hamburger chain made the announcement after Taco Bell unveiled its ad promoting its breakfast menus, which has […]
General Motors has expanded its recall on ignition switches to include an additional 824,000 vehicles sold in the United States between 2008 and 2011. Up until recently, the recall involved various models – Chevy Cobalt and HHR, Saturn Ion and Sky, and the Pontiac G5 and Solstice through 2007. The company is including all vehicles, […]
The U.S. Department of Justice federal prosecutors were ready to charge Toyota with wire fraud for the sale of thousands of vehicles from late 2009 to early 2010 because the company’s engineers were aware of the defective accelerator pedals. Why are they not prosecuting Toyota now? The company settled with the justice department for $1.2 […]
WhatsApp CEO Jay Koum is speaking out about what he deems as inaccurate information about the company’s user data policies and how they would change now that Facebook purchased it for $19 billion. Koum used the company blog in giving users some peace of mind regarding their privacy. In it, he said the company would […]
Another retailer is letting people know that they too suffered a security breach. Denton, Texas-based Sally Beauty, one of the largest retailers of professional beauty products in the world, said it found a breach on March 5, which affected less than 25,000 debit and credit card accounts. The company said it was working alongside a […]