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We’re reporting on the latest trends and hacks in your online security — not all for Windoze machines either. The mobile / smartphone community seems to be suffering most — and we do have a new news in the Macintosh / Apple arena as well. We’ve gotten a slew of new updates before we can even get this report to the web! Here goes :
* Trying to kill undead Pushdo zombies? Hard luck, Trojan is EVOLVING
* Android Malware Makes Up This Week’s Dangerous Apps List
* Indian malware campaign targeting Pakistan uncovered
* Mac users beware, ‘Apple-certified’ malware is here
* In a sea of malware, viruses make a small comeback
* ‘Lame’ Mac malware finds success in spearphishing
* Internet Explorer 10: Best Against Malware
* Music and lights could trigger malware
* Mobile malware increased 58% in 2012
* You’ve got malware
and more . . .

Pixelmator is my most favorite graphic program, so this announcement is good news.  You should checkout Pixelmator on the Mac App Store as well as on the company’s web site.

The Pixelmator Team announced on May 16th, that Pixelmator 2.2 downloads have topped half a million since the previous Thursday, making it the most successful release in the Pixelmator Team’s history. With over 100 new features and improvements, Pixelmator 2.2 Blueberry is available exclusively through the Mac App Store as a free update, or for $14.99 for new customers.   Continue reading »

This article on techradar.com by Craig Grannell gives us the “Top apps for iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S.”   (Note: TechRadar is UK based.) Continue reading »

  iCarMode has announced a 50% price reduction on iCarMode 2.7, for a limited time, starting May 18, 2013. The app enables users to use their iPhone safely while driving. iCarMode contains the major features needed to ease and improve the iPhone-Car experience.   Continue reading »

Anaheim, California – Independent software developer Reggie Ashworth has announced the release and immediate availability of MAS AppDelete Lite 3.2.9, an update to his popular application deletion utility for Mac OS X available via the Mac App Store. With a simple Drag & Drop, AppDelete Lite will uninstall anything along with all of the associated items. Mac users will no longer have to hunt through their system to find and delete these items manually.   Continue reading »

For a number of years we’ve followed, advocated, and reported on all the failed legislation aiming to curb, and protect us from the ever growing cybercrime threat. Now the CISPA legislation has passed the house causing a huge rift between privacy advocates and security advocates. Many think we don’t need it. Others think we need it just different … and yet others think this is just what we need. The world is a changing place.

This is the fourth installment of our new infomanager: “Cybersecurity”
* Want To Destroy Any Hope Of Serious Cybersecurity? Give The DOJ Its Desired Backdoor Wiretaps On All Communications
* Nation’s critical infrastructure cyber defenses weak, DHS tells hearing
* Consistent cybersecurity training a must to meet evolving threats
* California Launches Cybersecurity Task Force – Government Technology
* End-user awareness is the missing link in cyber security
* How a best practices registry could make cloud safer
* Melissa Hathaway on Cybersecurity and the G20
* Defense cybersecurity unit planned in Japan
* Funding DHS Cybersecurity Initiatives
and more . . .

Despite being a sub-optimal experience, iPad users still rely on its virtual keyboard for most of their daily communications. A new App named Vittle from Qrayon, launching worldwide today, seeks to change that. Vittle lets users record short videos using their photos, handwriting, and voice that can be securely shared, or posted online for the whole world.

When the photographer left Los Angeles a few years ago for a five month expedition to Latin America, little did he know that there was no going back. In the following years, the epic adventure now nicknamed “LA2BA” would cover 42,000 miles through 15 countries, providing a vast supply of exceptional photographic opportunities and a rare chance to meet the contrasting cultures of an entire continent. Continue reading »

Bellevue, Washington – Eltima Software has announced the fresh release of their image editor PhotoBulk – version 1.5. It is an easy-to-use bulk image editor for Mac that lets you add text/image watermark, resize, and optimize hundreds and thousands of images in just a couple of clicks.   Continue reading »

iLuv Drawing Vehicles for iPad is a clever app which shows kids step-by-step how to draw 20 different vehicles. Unlike most similar apps, it provides a full complement of flexible, accurate, touch-sensitive tools for young artists, including: pencils, crayons, pattern brushes, paint fills, erasers, backgrounds, stickers, undos, layering, scaling, flipping, rotating, and zooming.

SocialBug Labs, creator of the “Smart Fish” brand of educational apps, announced today the release of its new app, “Smart Fish: Frequent Flyer”, which familiarizes kids with the process of taking a flight. In this educational app, kids go through steps such as packing a suitcase, going through security, boarding a plane and claiming luggage to visit world-famous destinations like Paris, Kyoto, New York and many others.

Every good parent has asked the questions “Where is my child and are they safe?” CHILDTRAC has introduced a GPS Tracking System that gives parents the peace of mind by keeping them in touch with their loved ones. A FREE iPhone app for the parent and an affordable communication and GPS tracking device for the child is all that is needed to feel the Freedom, Security and Certainty that comes with knowing where your loved one is located and that they are safe.

The Marketplace Fairness Act bill was voted on in the Senate on May 6, 2013. By a vote of 69-27, the Senate passed a bill on Monday that would require online retailers to collect and distribute sales taxes according to the tax laws of the fifty states.

Wichita, Kansas – QuickerTek has announced the release of the Quicky Junior 3 USB wireless network adaptor, the third generation in Quicky Junior line. While it’s good to stay current, it’s also good to improve on current designs. The Quicky Junior 3 is improved in both the physical and electronic arenas. Built with a shorter, more compact design and expanding to the ‘a’ spectrum of the 802.11 band, it allows older computer users to use newer access points. Continue reading »