T-Mobile has announced its suffered from a data breach earlier this week. Though the problem was quickly contained, as many as 2 million customers might have had some of their personal information stolen in the hack.
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Timehop admits more data was exposed during July 4th breach
Since discovering a data breach on July 4, Timehop has now admitted that more user data was compromised. Both on its blog and through an interview with TechCrunch, the popular app that shows users social content from previous years clarified the extent of the breach which has now been removed.
Timehop hit by a security breach that compromised millions of users, social app says
Timehop was hit with a data breach on July 4 that compromised the personal data for nearly everyone who uses the service. Names and emails were exposed for 21 million users, while 4.7 million also had their phone number breached. Timehop announced the compromise on Saturday, July 7.
Twitter is testing a new Data Saver toggle
Twitter is conducting a test of a brand new Data Saver toggle in its mobile app for iOS.
How to download all your Instagram photos, messages, and data
In this step-by-step tutorial, we'll show you how to download an archive of your Instagram account, including the photos and videos you've uploaded to the service, any archived Stories, comments on your posts, instant messages, and other data.
Instagram’s upcoming feature lets you download your photos, videos and messages
You'll soon be able to download an archive of the content shared on your Instagram account.
Apple rolling out developer tools to let users manage their iCloud data
To help app makers comply with the European Union’s upcoming General Data Protection Regulation, Apple on Friday announced it is providing new tools designed to help developers fulfill data requests made by users in the European Union or around the world.
How to reduce Netflix data usage
Learn how to minimize your Netflix data usage without sacrificing video quality, ensuring smoother streaming and lower bills.
Augment the About page in your iPhone’s Settings app with System Info
If you didn’t already know, you could navigate to Settings → General → About on your iPhone or iPad to discover a plethora of statistics about your device. Nevertheless, Apple limits what you can see and do here.
To change that, iOS developer ARX8x launched a new free jailbreak tweak called System Info. It expands upon the existing out-of-the-box statistics and also adds handy new features to the About page.
Manage your cellular data usage more effectively with Membrane
Anyone without an unlimited data plan knows about the struggle of working inside a carrier's tiny cap allotments. While plenty of App Store apps exist that can help you track data usage, a new jailbreak tweak called Membrane by iOS developer candoizo can take things even further.
Membrane integrates directly with the Cellular preference pane in the Settings app to give you fine-grained control over what apps connect to the internet over a cellular connection, and which ones don’t. It also provides real-time information to keep you alert about how you're using all of your data.
Truphone to bring its Apple SIM data plans to 30+ markets later this year
Truphone announced today that its Apple SIM data plans for cellular iPads are now officially available in Ireland and Portugal following last week's launch in Australia and the Netherlands.
The service is also available in Hong Kong, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom, with an additional 31 countries to follow by the end of 2017.
These plans let iPad owners instantly get online and stay connected via the Truphone network at home and while traveling in 40 countries without international roaming charges.
Truphone is giving customers 100MB of data for free, with a try before you buy offer making it easy for customers to get 4G data directly on their iPad with no obligation to purchase.
To sign up for the service, just tap Settings > Mobile Data > Set Up Mobile Data, select Truphone as your provider and choose a data bucket you need for a month. You can buy more data at any time with a valid Visa or MasterCard in 40 countries.
Two new features are now available, too:
Auto Renew: Automatically purchase a new data plan when the current one expires or is consumed for uninterrupted 4G connectivity, with built-in overspend protection. Top Up Anytime: The freedom to add more data anytime, anywhere without having to wait for your plan to expire. Create an easily-managed queue of data plans to make sure you never run out of data.Apple SIM is built into all cellular iPad Pro models and is compatible with the fifth-generation iPad, first-generation 12.9-inch iPad Pro, iPad mini 4 and iPad Air 2 cellular models.
Weight, size, and battery life: iPhone X vs iPhone 8 vs iPhone 7
Rather than announcing just one new iPhone this year with two different screen sizes, Apple shook things up by announcing an entirely new iPhone X with a 5.8-inch edge-to-edge OLED display alongside their typical 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhone models.
There’s bound to be some confusion about some of the most important specs between the devices, so in this piece, we’ll talk about the differences in weight, dimensions, and battery life as we do every year.