ICICI Bank launches Facebook app to tap mobile banking
The joint ICICI Bank and Facebook app is known as Pockets and its focal feature is known as “Split n Share”. As the name suggest, a customer can split and track group expenses, along with sharing them friends, reports bankingtech.com.
PHP.net compromised to serve malware
On Thursday, Google’s Safe Browsing service began warning visitors to php.net that the website was discovered serving malware. Initially, most people and PHP maintainers thought that it was a false positive
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How Forza 5 and the Xbox One use the cloud to drive machine-learning AI
For months now, Microsoft has been touting how Xbox One games will be able to make use of cloud computing resources to handle certain time-insensitive tasks that aren’t really feasible to calculate on a single local box.
Biz bods, politicos, beware: ‘BOTS are on the loose, and they’re coming for YOU
Businesses and governments in the US, UK, Canada, and India are under assault from a malware-based cybercrime campaign using the Tor anonymizing relay network to hide its authors, say infosec researchers.
Germany accuses US of spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone
The German magazine Der Spiegel reported Wednesday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel strongly suspects her mobile phone has been under American surveillance “for years.”
EU Parliament votes to suspend data sharing deal with US
The European Parliament voted today to suspend a major data sharing agreement with the US following the ongoing scandal over alleged surveillance from the US National Security Agency.
BT moves HR into the cloud with Oracle for 88,000 staff
The multi-million pound contract will see HCM being used globally by BT, covering 88,000 employees.
Young employees don’t care about corporate policies
There’s a growing appetite of Generation Y employees to contravene corporate policies governing use of own devices, personal cloud storage accounts and new technologies such as smart watches, Google Glass and connected cars.
Irish High Court to review Facebook Prism complaint
The Irish High Court is going to review whether the Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s refusal to investigate Facebook’s involvement with the U.S. government surveillance program Prism was lawful.
