Apple’s Ping music-focused social networking service may be little more than 48 hours old, but it already boasts over a million users. The Mac and iPod maker announced that Ping topped the million mark late Friday afternoon. Ping lets iTunes 10 users follow artists and bands, as well as see what iTunes Store music...
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Computerworld – With the launch of Facebook Places, users need to figure out if this service is a cool new tool or an overbearing feature best avoided. The social networking site’s new location-based feature, dubbed Places, was unveiled last week. The smartphone-based service is designed to let users tell their friends where they are,...
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Facebook on Friday afternoon was investigating what appeared to be a new spam scheme that results in users getting messages from friends over Facebook chat that have malicious links. The messages say “LOL is this you?” and are accompanied by a link that looks like it leads to a video on Facebook, one victim...
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ITunes accounts linked to Paypal have been targeted in a scam with a number of users complaining that they have been cleaned out. Apple and Paypal refused to discuss the details of the incident. Experts told the BBC that victims had most likely fallen for an e-mail scam, rather than being targeted via a...
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Apple has released a security update to its Mac OS X operating system, fixing a number of critical security issues in the software. The update, released early Tuesday afternoon, Pacific time, fixes 13 bugs in various OS X components, including core components such as Apple Type Services and CFNetwork. It’s Apple’s fifth OS X...
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