Security researchers demonstrated zero-day exploits against Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox and Adobe Flash Player during the second day of the Pwn2Own hacking competition Thursday, racking up total prizes of $450,000. Check this article from PCWorld.com
Google has cut the price of its paid tiers within Google Drive, lowering the cost barrier for those who’ve been content to coast on top of its free services. Check on this article from PCWorld.com
System cleaning tools and utility suites aren’t just for Windows PCs. A variety of companies make Mac system utilities, with MacKeeper being the most infamous and controversial. There’s now even a version of CCleaner for Mac. But what do these tools do, exactly? And should you use them? Check on this article from MakeUseOf.com
If someone like Apple CEO Tim Cook were to recommend a good website for iPhone app reviews, you would probably pay attention, right? That is what backlinks are all about, and it’s why Google cares so much about them. Check on this article from MakeUseOf.com
The developer of the popular Mac and iOS journal app, Day One, just released a much anticipated update feature called Publish, that allows users to post their journal entries directly to the web and social networks. Check on this article from MakeUseOf.com
Searching on Yahoo will now deliver local business reviews from Yelp, through a partnership that could help Yahoo search compete against Google, or at least make it more useful. Check on this article from PCWorld.com
For this month’s “Patch Tuesday” round of bug fixes, Microsoft has focused on correcting multiple vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE), including one that is already being used in targeted attacks. Get more info from this article on PCWorld.com