TecQ Wrap: Android Marshmallow, Ashley Madison Hack and More
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1. The Sweetest Thing: New Android 6.0 is Officially a Marshmallow!
Google officially released the name of their next version of the Android Operating system. Android 6.0 or Android M stands for Marshmallow.
True to tradition, Google revealed the version name for the upcoming sixth version of Android with a new statue in front of its Mountain View, CA HQ.
Read the story here.
2. Are You Smart Enough for Your Smartphone?
As phones get thinner and smarter, people seem to get fatter – and more foolish. The unfortunate and uncomfortable truth is that technology is usually only as good as its user.
To employ an analog metaphor in a digital age, you can lead a horse to the water but you can’t make him drink. Just as a book whose covers are too far apart is intimidating to read, smartphones today pack in far more than what users bother to do with them.
Ashish Bhatia, Technology Columnist asks the big question: Are you outsmarted by your smartphone? Read his views here.
3. Everything You Need to Know About the Ashley Madison Hack
Though mired in controversy, Ashley Madison is a dating site with a difference. Well, to begin with, it helps facilitate adultery and cheating.
The ‘dating service’ site that boasts of ‘38,920,000 anonymous members’ was hacked last month by a group named Impact Team. The hackers stole data which reportedly included names and payment information, pictures and sexually explicit chat logs.
Following the site owner’s – Avid Life Media (ALM) – refusal to shut it down, the hackers released nearly 10 GB (compressed file size) of data.
Not so anonymous now, huh?
The Quint answers– What did Impact Team (the Hackers) want? Read the full story here.
4. Life Without Google Would be Pretty Darn Boring
The Quint’s very own quirky Namita Handa Jolly, has a confession to make – she is a Google bhakt. You might call her a loser, but she has no qualms in saying that Google bails her out of any fix.
Google went public on August 19, 2004 and it changed our lives forever.
Can we even recall how our lives were before the all-knowing search engine made an appearance?
Probably not. So how will it be if Google would disappear from our lives now? If you go by the search engine itself, it would be pretty darn boring.
Read here what will happen if Google faced an apocalypse.
5. Five Reasons to Download The Quint App On Your Android Smartphone
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