Day: October 12, 2018

Pro-Privacy Search Engine DuckDuckGo Hits 30 Million Daily Searches, Up 50% In a Year

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Some nice momentum for privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo which has just announced it’s hit 30 million daily searches a year after reaching 20 million — a year-on-year increase of 50%. Hitting the first 10 million daily searches took the search engine a full seven years, and then…


12 Free, Ready-to-Use Security Tools

There’s no excuse for not knowing your exposure. These free tools can help you analyze what your company is up against and point ways to developing a more thorough security program. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Samsung: Our foldable phone will be a tablet that fits in your pocket

Samsung mobile boss DJ Koh is convinced we need a foldable phone. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Here’s what photos from the Pixel 3 camera look like – CNET

Come check out some photos we took with the Pixel 3! …read more Source:: CNet


HP Ink CEO: That $550m Apogee buy was to stop rivals slurping it

Oh, and we need A3 sales skillz Canalys Channels Forum 2018 Spending $550m on Apogee was as much a defensive measure to stop rivals buying the print services dealer as it was to beef up its place in the copier market, HP Inc chief Dion Weisler has said.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


300,000 BT pensioners await Court of Appeal pension scheme ruling

RPI or CPI? A percentage point really can make all the difference Can UK telco giant BT move its pension scheme increases off the RPI inflation measure and onto CPI? Earlier this year the High Court said no, but now the telco and 300,000 of its pensioners are awaiting the Court of Appeal’s verdict on…


Banco do Brasil launches financial transactions via WhatsApp

The phased implementation sees the automation of 11 services through the messaging platform. …read more Source:: ZDNet


You Should Not Try These Taser NERF Darts

For most of us, a good part of our childhood involved running around someone’s backyard (or inside the house) trying to score hits with a toy NERF gun. The fun level was high and the risk of personal injury was low. Now that we’re all mostly adults, it’s probably time to take our NERF game…


Tesla orders eligible for full tax credit until Oct. 15 – Roadshow

Time’s running out if you want a $7,500 federal tax credit on a Model S, Model X or Model 3. …read more Source:: CNet


Pixel 3 vs. Pixel 2 vs. Pixel: Every spec, compared – CNET

Google’s latest phone comes with top-tier features, but here’s how it stacks up to previous versions. …read more Source:: CNet