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Access your files from anywhere with this lifetime license to pCloud storage for $59
Remember Apple's BeatsX Wireless Earphones? They're Almost Here
[Facepalm, Shrug] WhatsApp adds plenty of new emojis from Android 7.1 including professions and gender equality
Sinuous Flow, Gelatinous Form – Paul Prudence’s Mylar Topology
How to use 3D stickers in Snapchat
¿Será la salida a bolsa la solución a Snapchat o la suya es una causa perdida?
Can I put an iPhone in Google Daydream?
Identify Incoming Calls Without Looking at Your iPhone
tinyCam Monitor 7.4 released with 24/7 cloud recording, 50% off sale
SMB Zero-Day affects Windows 8, 10 and Server

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Posted: 03 Feb 2017 07:06 AM PST

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Remember Apple's BeatsX Wireless Earphones? They're Almost Here

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 07:06 AM PST

Like AirPods, Apple's BeatsX wireless earphones were first announced at the company's iPhone 7 event in September. Unlike AirPods, however, they have yet to be released. That could change very soon, according to iStockNow.

Long popular with customers looking for the latest iPhone, iStockNow offers live inventory tracking for key Apple products including AirPods, MacBook, and Apple Watch.

According to the site, Apple's online store is "all ready" for the BeatsX product launch. Additionally, they've noticed "some activity" for the product on BestBuy's U.S. website.

The $149.95 BeatsX wireless headphones feature the Apple W1 chip, which is also found on AirPods. Other features include:

An eight-hour battery with Fast Fuel, which gives you two hours of playback from a five minute charge
RemoteTalk, allowing you to take calls with a built-in mic, play music, adjust volume, and activate Siri
Launching in black and white
Lightning charging

Unlike AirPods, BeatsX earphones use a wire between each bud. They also feature an in-ear design similar to the one found on the company's UrBeats wired headphones.

We'll continue to follow this story and let you know when BeatsX wireless earphones finally launch.

In the meantime, are you planning on buying a pair? Leave your comments below.

Read Apple’s BeatsX Wireless Earbuds Versus the JayBird Freedom

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[Facepalm, Shrug] WhatsApp adds plenty of new emojis from Android 7.1 including professions and gender equality

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 07:06 AM PST

Emojis, there are thousands of them and yet you always seem to be looking for that one emoji that doesn’t exist yet. Did we have to wait this long to have a facepalm or crossed fingers? I guess we did. Anyway, let’s skip the pointless blabber and go straight to the point: WhatsApp has new emojis on Android.

Regardless of which version of Android you’re using, WhatsApp 2.17.44 beta (APK Mirror) has implemented the font images to properly display plenty of new emojis that are found in Unicode 9.0 and Emoji 4.0.

[Facepalm, Shrug] WhatsApp adds plenty of new emojis from Android 7.1 including professions and gender equality was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

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Sinuous Flow, Gelatinous Form – Paul Prudence’s Mylar Topology

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 07:06 AM PST

The Mylar Topology is a new audiovisual performance by the London-based artist Paul Prudence. In it liquid forms ripple along with binaural beats, forming vertebral columns and congealing oil slicks – which dissipate as quickly as they form.

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How to use 3D stickers in Snapchat

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 06:06 AM PST

Add some flair — and moving poop emoji! — to your snaps with 3D stickers.

Updated February 2017: Changed steps to reflect Snapchat’s newest update.

Everyone wants to up their Snapchat game and go for something more than just mouthing along to whatever song came on the radio (sorry, Kylie Jenner!) Snapchat’s new 3D Stickers let you do just that. You can ‘stick’ emoji’s to parts of your moving Snapchat video and then watch in delight — or horror — as that emoji moves along to whatever you’ve stuck it too. A smiley face on a dog, a plane between the fingers, a bug on the head, maybe all three? You’re limited only by your imagination.

How to add 3D stickers to your Snapchat videos

Launch Snapchat from your Home screen.
Tap the Snapchat button.
Record your video– if you want, you can add your favourite lens.
Tap the button in the upper right-hand corner that looks like a small folded napkin to add your emoji.
Adjust the size of your emoji by pinching and zooming to fit your video properly
Tap and hold the emoji you added — the video will pause when you do it right.
Adjust and position the emoji on top of the thing you want it to follow and let go.

It may take a few times to get it right, so try adjusting and readjusting the emoji until it follows the path you want.

If you’re feeling extra creative, try adding more than one 3D sticker to a video. You can transform yourself into a true Snapchat master with just the tap of an emoji. Just think of the possibilities!

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¿Será la salida a bolsa la solución a Snapchat o la suya es una causa perdida?

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 06:06 AM PST

Snapchat

Ya es oficial, Snapchat finalmente saldrá a la bolsa en marzo y podría ser valorada hasta en 25 mil millones de dólares. Ahora que hay documentos públicos que nos hablan de los números de la compañía, pudimos comprobar que Snapchat está por encima de las proyecciones que se hicieron sobre sus ingresos en 2016. Su crecimiento el año pasado ha sido monumental en comparación con el 2015, tanto en usuarios, como en ingresos, pero también en perdidas.

Una gran desaceleración en su crecimiento luego de la llegada de Instagram Stories, una gran dependencia del mercado estadounidense, y la enorme cantidad de dinero que ha tenido que invertir para poder generar ganancias, son todos puntos preocupantes que hacen pensar si salir a la bolsa será beneficioso a la larga.

El problema está en que las cosas no lucen tan bien a futuro para Snap, como para empresas como Facebook y Google cuando estas salieron a la bolsa. Como comentan en Xataka, recuerda más a lo que pasaba con Twitter, quienes han sufrido un camino sumamente tortuoso y siguen sin ganar dinero.

El dinero

Snap espera recaudar unos 3 mil millones de dólares con su salida a la bolsa pero aún sigue trabajando en cómo encontrar la forma de generar ganancias. A pesar del gigantesco crecimiento en comparación con 2015 cuando ingresaron solo 59 millones versus los 404 millones de dólares de 2016, también perdieron 514 millones.

La empresa hizo enormes inversiones en 2016, gastaron 184 millones en desarrollo e investigación, 126 millones en marketing y 165 millones en gastos administrativos. También dependen de la infraestructura de la nube de Google y son el cliente más prominente de la empresa, gastando entre 20 y 30 millones de dólares al año para mantener sus servidores. Snap gasta más de lo que gana, traer esos 404 millones en ganancias le ha costado 451 millones.

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Cuando Google salió a la bolsa en 2014, la empresa ingresaba 389 millones de dólares y tenía beneficios de 63 millones. Cuando LinkedIn salió a la bolsa en 2011 ingresaba 161 millones de dólares y sus beneficios eran de 10 millones. Cuando Facebook salió a la bolsa en 2012 tenía unos alucinantes beneficios de 1.000 millones de dólares, e ingresaban 3.700 millones.

Snapchat necesita dinero para poder seguir creciendo. Con su salida a la bolsa recaudarían 3.000 millones de dólares.

Snap estará llegando con perdidas, sus ingresos en el mercado internacional son una fracción mínima del total, menos de 15 millones en Europa y menos de 6 millones en el resto del mundo para el 2016, mientras que en 2015 no ingresaron nada. Su dependencia de los Estados Unidos es clara.

Si algo es una realidad es que la empresa necesita dinero para poder seguir creciendo. La salida a la bolsa efectivamente traería mucho a los bolsillos de una compañía que cuenta actualmente con más de 1800 empleados, y debe encontrar la manera de reducir gastos o de obtener más ganancias a partir de todo lo que invierte.

Los usuarios

Snapchat Instagram Growth

Los usuarios son la otra parte del problema. Snapchat presentó un crecimiento sumamente acelerado desde sus inicios. A principios de 2014 tenían apenas 46 millones de usuarios activos y para finales de 2016 alcanzaron los 158 millones. Sin embargo, ha habido un parón enorme en la velocidad con la que crecen que coincide justamente con el lanzamiento de Instagram Stories: Snapchat ahora crece 82% menos que antes de que se creara esa función en Instagram.

Mientras en unos meses Instagram Stories consiguió 150 millones de usuarios, en el cuarto trimestre de 2016 los usuarios de Snapchat apenas aumentaron un 3,2%. Los peores números que han tenido. Es claro que la red social que pertenece a Facebook representa su mayor competidor, uno que básicamente ha estado imitando la mayoría de sus funciones populares, y les ha funcionado excesivamente bien.

Snap también considera a Google (incluyendo a YouTube) como uno de sus competidores, y sin embargo continúan dependiendo de ellos para mantener sus servidores. Si estos deciden subir los costos a Snapchat, se enfrentarían a otro nuevo reto financiero en una compañía que ya ha probado ser bastante cara de mantener.

La empresa necesita poner atención al mercado internacional y a los usuarios de Android. Intentar diversificar sus fuentes de ingresos y seguir aumentando el crecimiento de sus usuarios.

La mayoría de los ingresos de Snapchat actualmente provienen de sus usuarios en Norteamerica, cada usuario representa aproximadamente 1 dólar para la empresa. Lo que quiere decir que hay mucho espacio para crecer en el mercado internacional, especialmente si se toman en cuenta los usuarios de Android.

Snapchat se ha enfocado principalmente en desarrollar su app para iOS ya que los usuarios de Apple son los que más tiempo pasan en la red social, pero si tomamos en cuenta que Android es el sistema operativo móvil más usado del mundo, están dejando pasar una oportunidad de oro para capitalizar en un mercado aún mayor.

El 95% de los ingresos de Snapchat provienen de la publicidad, lo que quiere decir que la empresa necesita seguir creciendo su base de usuarios y encontrar nuevos anunciantes si no logra diversificar sus entradas de dinero. Sus gafas Spectacles han sido un intento por esto, Snapchat ha dicho que expandirá su distribución este año pero no ha dado más datos respecto al producto.

Snap es una empresa con mucho potencial que se enfrenta a un gran riesgo con su salida a la bolsa. La misma compañía ha hecho notar a los inversores que han incurridos en perdidas en el pasado y que esperan incurrir en perdidas operativas en el futuro, y quizás nunca puede alcanzar o mantener rentabilidad. Aunque es un lenguaje común para la salida a la bolsa de una startup de este tipo, sigue siendo preocupante, especialmente en las condiciones actuales de la empresa.

En Genbeta | La salida a bolsa de tres grandes empresas tecnológicas: Google, LinkedIn y Facebook

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Can I put an iPhone in Google Daydream?

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 05:43 AM PST

Your iPhone can be used in Daydream View, but there are a few caveats involved.

Daydream View is the newest VR headset made to run off of your smartphone. This means that you may be looking at your trusty iPhone and wondering whether it would work in this headset. While it does work, that only goes so far. Have no fear though, we’ve got all the details for you about how to use your iPhone in Google Daydream!

Have Siri announce calls

If your iPhone is running iOS 10 or later, you can use the feature called Announce Calls, which effectively has Siri, Apple's virtual personal assistant, speaking the name of the contact behind an incoming call. Follow the steps below to turn on this feature and be able to identify incoming calls with a bit of help from Siri.

By default, Announce Calls is set to Never, which means that Siri has no say, so to speak, in the identification of callers.

Choose Always if you want Siri to announce who's calling you no matter what, except of course if your iPhone is on silent mode. Just be mindful that other people might become privy to the identity of a caller if your iPhone is within their earshot, as when you're in a conference room or in a relatively quiet coffee shop. This is the proper option for you if you picture yourself dealing with scenarios like the bathroom situation described at the beginning of this article.

Choose Headphones & Car if you want Siri to identify incoming calls only when your iPhone is connected to an external audio device, particularly your earphones or your car's infotainment system. This is the perfect choice if you just want the advantage of not having to get your iPhone out of your pocket or take your eyes off the road to know who's calling you.

Choose Headphones Only if you want Siri to announce who's calling you only when you're using your iPhone with a pair of earphones. If you don't want the identity of a caller to be spoken aloud and if you don't own a car, then this option is for you. It will serve you well especially when someone rings you up during your run, bike ride, or commute and you're listening to songs or podcasts on your pocketed iPhone.

Whichever of the three options you choose, Siri will speak the name of the contact who's calling you, once and only once, about a second into the ringtone. If the person who's calling is not in your contacts or if there's no caller ID, Siri will simply say, "Unknown caller."

Assign unique ringtones

Enlisting the help of Siri to identify incoming calls is great if you want any and all incoming calls to be announced. But what if you just want to know if the person who's calling is one of only a handful of contacts who matter to you? That is, you'd only be compelled to immediately pick up a call if it's from your mom, your significant other, your kid, your business partner, or your boss. Then one thing you can do is to assign — and then commit to memory — a unique ringtone for each "VIP" caller. Follow the steps below to be able to identify incoming calls via unique ringtones.

After assigning a ringtone to a contact, and unless your iPhone is on silent mode, that ringtone plays instead of the default ringtone whenever that contact calls you up. Ideally, you want the ringtone to be unique to each contact. But if you don't want to remember a bunch of ringtones, you can choose to assign just one ringtone for all of your VIP callers, so that when you hear that ringtone, you'd know that an important person is on the other end.

Create custom vibrations

By design, ringtones, even those that you've specially assigned to specific contacts, do not play on silent mode. Vibrations, however, can be set to play on silent mode, on ring, or even on both. And you can assign custom vibrations to certain contacts to let you know that someone important is calling just by the way your iPhone is vibrating.

First, you need to make sure that vibrations for alerts are enabled on your iPhone by following the steps below.

After making sure that vibrations are enabled, the next thing you have to do is to create custom vibrations by following the steps below.

After creating custom vibrations, what's left for you to do is to assign them to specific contacts. Below are the steps for that.

After assigning a custom vibration to a contact, that vibration plays instead of the default vibration whenever that contact calls you up. Ideally, you want the custom vibration to be unique to each contact. But if you don't want to remember a number of custom vibrations, you can choose to assign just one custom vibration for all of your VIP callers, so that when you feel or hear that custom vibration in your pocket or on your table, you'd know that an important person is calling you.

These are the ways you can more or less identify incoming calls without having to look at your iPhone. Hopefully, with at least one of these methods, you won't ever have to put yourself to the trouble of scrambling to answer what turns out to be a call of little or no importance. Which one works best for you?

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tinyCam Monitor 7.4 released with 24/7 cloud recording, 50% off sale

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 05:43 AM PST

Home security cameras are great, made all the better when there’s a great app to control them with. Accordingly, tinyCam Monitor has just had a major update to version 7.4, with some big features surrounding the cloud in tow.

The talking point here is definitely 24/7 cloud recording. This means that the recordings, which will now take place continuously, will be uploaded to the cloud, and when the quota of 500MB is exceeded, the oldest JPEGs uploaded will be deleted to make way for new footage.

tinyCam Monitor 7.4 released with 24/7 cloud recording, 50% off sale was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

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SMB Zero-Day affects Windows 8, 10 and Server

Posted: 03 Feb 2017 05:42 AM PST

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) published a vulnerability note yesterday about a new zero-day vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows 8, 10 and Server editions.

It reads:

Microsoft Windows contains a memory corruption bug in the handling of SMB traffic, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

Attackers may cause a denial of service attack against affected versions of Windows by causing Windows devices to connect to a malicious SMB share. US-CERT notes that the possibility exists that the vulnerability may be exploited to execute arbitrary code with Windows kernel privileges.

Attacked systems may throw a blue-screen on successful attacks.

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The vulnerability description offers additional information:

Microsoft Windows fails to properly handle traffic from a malicious server. In particular, Windows fails to properly handle a server response that contains too many bytes following the structure defined in the SMB2 TREE_CONNECT Response structure. By connecting to a malicious SMB server, a vulnerable Windows client system may crash (BSOD) in mrxsmb20.sys. It is not clear at this point whether this vulnerability may be exploitable beyond a denial-of-service attack. We have confirmed the crash with fully-patched Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 client systems.

US-CERT confirmed the vulnerability on fully-patched Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 client systems. Bleeping Computer notes that security researcher PythonResponder claimed that it affects Windows Server 2012 and 2016 as well.

While there is no official confirmation of that yet, it seems likely that the Server products are also affected by the vulnerability.

Severity and suggested workarounds

US-CERT classifies the vulnerability with the highest severity rating of 10 using the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS). Factors that play a role in determining the severity of a vulnerability include whether it is remotely exploitable, and how much expertise attackers require to successfully exploit the vulnerability.

Microsoft has not released a security advisory yet, but it is probably only a matter of time before the company publishes a security advisory to inform customers about the vulnerability and mitigation options.

US-CERT recommends to block outbound SMB connections on TCP port 139 and 445, and UDP ports 137 and 138 from the local network to the WAN. to protect Windows devices.

Home user networks may be affected by the vulnerability, but WANs are not that widely used in home environments.

To find out whether your version of Windows has any SMB connections, do the following:

Tap on the Windows-key, type Powershell, hold down the Ctrl and Shift keys, and hit the Enter-Key.
Confirm the UAC prompt that appears.
Run the command Get-SmbConnection.

We will update the article once Microsoft publishes a security advisory for the vulnerability. (via Born City)

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