en-na-hotdailynews: 2014-11-11 Namibia Technology

Obama calls for strict Web rules, throwing FCC chair 'under the bus'  Livemint
President Barack Obama is taking his most forceful stance yet on the debate over treating Web traffic equally, a concept known as Net neutrality. Photo: AFP. Washington: US President Barack Obama's call for strict open-Internet rules contradicts his appointed ...

Obama backs net neutrality plan   Aljazeera.com
A Free and Open Internet: What You Need to Know About Net Neutrality   The White House (blog)
InternetNZ supports Obama's plan for net neutrality   The National Business Review (subscription)
Christianity Daily
Washington Times
Houston Chronicle
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Apple devices vulnerable to cyber attacks: FireEye  The Australian Financial Review
Cybersecurity firm FireEye said iPhones and iPads are vulnerable to a bug that lets hackers access devices by persuading users to install malicious apps with tainted text messages, emails and links. Photo: Bloomberg. Jim Finkle. Researchers have warned ...

Apple iOS bug makes most devices vulnerable to 'masque attack', experts warn   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Apple forging more enterprise-focused partnerships with other companies   AppAdvice
Apple Insider on Why We Shouldn't Be Afraid of iOS Malware   VPN Creative
Cult of Mac
The Sun Daily
Los Angeles Times
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Apple makes it easier to switch to Android with iMessage deregistration tool  Sydney Morning Herald
This post was originally published on Mashable. It's not uncommon for iPhone users to make the switch to Android — in fact, Google recently published guidelines to make that changeover easier for users. But one recurring complaint of Android adopters has ...

Apple Releases Web Tool for iPhone Switchers   New York Times (blog)
Apple issues iMessage purgatory escape tool   Computerworld
Apple releases tool to fix iMessage purgatory   Christian Science Monitor
Huffington Post
Irish Examiner
PC Magazine
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'Darkhotel' targets CEOs using hotel Wi-Fi  Herald Sun
Corporate executives travelling abroad in luxury hotels are the targets of a new 'Darkhotel' espionage campaign, according to a new report from security research firm Kaspersky. Kaspersky Lab experts said they have researched the 'Darkhotel' espionage ...

Hackers target top execs via Asian hotels' Wi-Fi   AsiaOne
Darkhotel malware 'spying on bosses'   Stuff.co.nz
Hackers target CEOs in 'Darkhotel' scheme   Bangkok Post
Businessweek
The Globe and Mail
ABC News
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Messenger a huge hit: Facebook says half a billion people are using the app  Firstpost
Social networking site Facebook said its messaging service is being used by more than half a billion people, few months after it was separated from the main Facebook app. Facebook said in April, that users would need to download a separate app for ...

Facebook Messenger now used by more than 500M people   CNET
Half a billion people now use Facebook Messenger, despite initial backlash   Daily Digest
Messenger reaches half a billion users, but not by choice   Techday NZ
NEWS.com.au
Capital Wired
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Elaborate iPhone proposal falls flat  NEWS.com.au
SOME choose flowers, others go with a sizeable diamond ring, but one Chinese man bought 99 iPhones as part of his marriage proposal. But the Guangzhou computer programmer was left red-faced and severely out of pocket when his squeeze turned him ...

This Man Bought 99 iPhones, Spent over $80000 to Propose to His Girlfriend ...   Us Magazine
Man spends $100k on 99 iPhone proposal and she says no   Whitsunday Times
Man confesses his love with 99 iPhone 6s   inSing.com News
CNN
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AT&T drops plans to do in-flight Wi-Fi  Computerworld
AT&T has reversed itself on in-flight Wi-Fi, dropping a plan announced just months ago that would have seen the carrier launch services on airliners next year. The entry of a telecommunications giant like AT&T might have reshaped the in-flight wireless ...

AT&T cancels plans to offer in-flight Wi-Fi service   Los Angeles Times
AT&T grounds in-flight wireless before it even takes off   CNET
AT&T scraps plans for in-flight high-speed internet service   Reuters

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