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Twitter’s Periscope Allows Live Stream Replays   Twitter on Thursday unveiled Periscope, the live-streaming app developed by a company it acquired earlier this year, reportedly for just under US$100 million. It’s a big bet for an app that’s in a genre that already has matured, but Twitter is counting on the mobile world’s appetite for

BlackBerry, IBM, Samsung Come Together on High-Price, High-Security Tablet   BlackBerry subsidiary Secusmart on Monday introduced the SecuTablet, a high-security tablet based on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5, at the CeBIT 2015 trade show in Dusseldorf, Germany. Developed in collaboration with IBM, the tablet targets national and international public sector markets and enterprises. IBM

Windows Hello Waves Off Passwords   A new feature in Windows 10 addresses a common frustration among gadget lovers: the inconvenience and insecurity of passwords. A biometric system like Windows Hello has security and usability advantages over conventional passwords, noted the FIDO Alliance’s Brett McDowell. “Just imagine logging into your device by looking at it

The Futility of the Strong Password Solution   Considering the user rebellion against Twitch’s stronger-password requirements, it appears likely that many also rejected the company’s advice to change their identical or similar passwords on other sites. That could put them at serious risk. “If hackers capture an email and associated password, they can use that

Google’s Inbox email app adds support for custom Snooze times One of the most useful features in Google’s new Inbox email client is the ability to set Snooze times for when you want to save some email to read for later. Google’s now making the tool a little more versatile. Previously, you could only assign