Periodico101: Nov 9, 2016

Nov 9, 2016

Poll results: Which chat app do you use most?

In the past 9 years, phones have slowly transformed from devices for vocal communication to devices for text communication. On paper, this may look like a devolution, a step back, but in reality, a plethora of apps and services have made texting just that much more convenient. Most of the time, the sender knows when their message has been received and / or read, and the recipient can read and reply at their own convenience. Not to mention, it’s all free as it’s done over the Internet, which we are already paying for anyway. And sharing media, such as photos, videos, sound files, et cetera is much … – Source

Poll results: Which chat app do you use most?

Samsung’s foldable phone tipped on track for 2017, detailed patent reveals possible design

It seems that all efforts over at Samsung’s mobile division are now focused on getting the eventual two Galaxy S8 models out of the gate, and getting them right. We were wondering what will happen to the foldable Project Valley model with flexible display and hinge that was rumored for announcement around the MWC expo in the spring of 2017, and, funny enough, a publication appeared that tips it will now appear in the “latter half of the year.”
Given the Note 7 drama, Samsung can be forgiven to put a unique niche model on the backburner, for the sake of outing an appealing … – Source

Samsung’s foldable phone tipped on track for 2017, detailed patent reveals possible design

LG V20 S likely coming soon: expected to be a smaller V20 retaining key features, adding water-protection

The LG V20, a 5.7″ phone with a secondary display and a bunch of power user features, might not be coming to Europe, but speculation has been rampant about a mysterious LG V20 S coming instead.
What will the LG V20 S be, though? Our trusted sources tell us that the LG V20 S is indeed likely to come to international markets including Europe and it will bring some of the key features from the LG V20 such as the Quad DAC and secondary display, but won’t be an all-out flagship.
LG V20 S likely coming to Europe, smaller than the LG V20In … – Source

LG V20 S likely coming soon: expected to be a smaller V20 retaining key features, adding water-protection

Hillary Clinton's devastating loss spells heartbreak for women everywhere

Hillary Rodham Clinton fell painfully short of a historic win in the U.S. presidential election, leaving supporters bereft as their hopes of a woman in the White House were dashed by Donald J. Trump. How did the most experienced and qualified presidential candidate in generations lose to a real estate magnate and reality television star whose understanding of policy seems marginal at best?

SEE ALSO: Hillary Clinton has a message for Pantsuit Nation

Clinton, a lifelong champion for women, children and families, had inspired voters who hoped to usher not just a woman into the White House, but a woman who would push for progressive, female-friendly policies. But Trump’s groundswell of support, particularly from non-college educated white voters, was too much for Clinton to overcome. …

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Hillary Clinton's devastating loss spells heartbreak for women everywhere

Massachusetts just made it legal to possess an insane amount of weed

The results are in: The people of Massachusetts have voted legalize recreational marijuana. And oh boy, did they ever.

Voters in Massachusetts passed Question 4 Tuesday which will regulate and tax marijuana similar to the way the state sells alcohol. With these results, adults age 21 and older will have the right to purchase, possess and consume cannabis in the state. The state is one of five states to include a similar initiative on its ballot this election, and joins Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Washington D.C., which have also regulated and taxed recreational marijuana.

#Breaking: Mass. voters have approved #Question4 legalizing recreational marijuana, the AP projects#Electionnight https://t.co/nJfWSpwDW5 pic.twitter.com/OmQE86KLFm

— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) …

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Massachusetts just made it legal to possess an insane amount of weed

Tim Kaine just melted our hearts with this photo of his daughter

Tim Kaine gets teased for making dad jokes.

Turns out the Democratic vice presidential nominee can make pretty sweet dad tweets, too.

Thinking about my daughter right now. No little girl will ever again have to wonder whether she, too, can be presidentpic.twitter.com/QAJbxQj05L

— Senator Tim Kaine (@timkaine) November 9, 2016

As you can tell from his dark, lustrous hair, this photo of Kaine and his daughter is from a while ago. Annella is all grown up now and attending NYU. The Virginia senator also has two sons, Nat and Woody.

Report: Same cyberattack that crippled Twitter used against Trump and Clinton

Remember the malicious botnet that temporarily brought down a slew of services including Twitter, Spotify and SoundCloud last month? The exploit was used in an effort to take down the campaign websites of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, security researchers say.

Together, Trump and Clinton’s websites were targeted a total of four times between Nov. 6 and Nov. 7, according to analysts at security firm Flashpoint. The attacks were carried out by “unsophisticated actors,” the company says.

SEE ALSO: How an attack on a company you’ve never heard of crushed the internet

None of the attacks were successful in bringing down either candidate’s site and Flashpoint notes the botnet — the result of a …

More about Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Cybersecurity, Apps And Software, and Tech – Source

Report: Same cyberattack that crippled Twitter used against Trump and Clinton

Google stops AdSense attack that forced banking trojan on Android phones

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Google has shut down an operation that combined malicious AdSense advertisements with a zeroday attack exploiting Chrome for Android to force devices to download banking fraud malware.

Over a two-month span, the campaign downloaded the Banker.AndroidOS.Svpeng banking trojan on about 318,000 devices monitored by Kaspersky Lab, researchers from the Moscow-based anti-malware provider reported in a blog post published Monday. While the malicious installation files weren’t automatically executed, they carried names such as last-browser-update.apk and WhatsApp.apk that were designed to trick targets into manually installing them. Kaspersky privately reported the scam to Google, and engineers from the search company put an end to the campaign, although the timing of those two events wasn’t immediately clear.

“So far, those behind Svpeng have limited their attacks to smartphone users in Russia,” Kaspersky Lab researchers Nikita Buchka and Anton Kivva wrote in Monday’s post. “However, next time they push their ‘adverts’ on AdSense they may well choose to attack users in other countries; we have seen similar cases in the past. After all, what could be more convenient than exploiting the most popular advertising platform to download their malicious creations to hundreds of thousands of mobile devices?”

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Google stops AdSense attack that forced banking trojan on Android phones

Baby iguana fleeing killer snakes makes best chase video ever - CNET

Mischievous viewers have reset the animal chase scene to Benny Hill theme song, Indiana Jones music and more. – Source

Baby iguana fleeing killer snakes makes best chase video ever - CNET

Google Maps urges users to vote with its new polling place finder

Google has been working throughout this election to make voting information more accessible, and today that continues with an integration in Google Maps that will help users find their polling place. When you launch Google Maps on web or mobile and prepare to type into the search box, a banner pops up at the top of the screen which reads, “Find your Polling Place.” Clicking on… Read More

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Google Maps urges users to vote with its new polling place finder