Shine gives up on mobile network ad-block threats, wants to play nice

 So much for sticking “nuclear weapons” in carriers’ dumb pipes. Shine, last year’s enfant terrible of…

Security researchers announce “first practical” SHA-1 collision attack

 Security researchers at the CWI institute in Amsterdam working with a team from Google Research say…

Toymail adds an app store for its cuddly mobiles for kids

 Internet of Things startup Toymail, which sells connected plush toys to parents of younger kids who…

Don’t trust Facebook’s shifting line on controversy

 Would you tell Facebook you’re happy to see all the bared flesh it can show you?…

Windows 10 privacy settings still worrying European watchdogs

 European Union data protection authorities continue to have privacy-related concerns about Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system,…

Facebook on course to be the WeChat of the West, says Gartner

 It’s the beginning of the end for smartphone apps as we have known and tapped on…

Verbling adds native apps to expand access to its marketplace of language tutors

 YC-backed Verbling, a language learning business that’s been active for around five years, has finally launched…

Google inks third carrier, Telenor, to its Android RCS messaging play

 Another mobile carrier, Telenor, has partnered with Google to roll out a next-gen SMS tech —…