SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook is expanding its support for hardware security keys to iOS and Android devices. The feature, available worldwide starting Thursday, lets you enable two-factor authentication to log into Facebook on a phone or other mobile device using a physical security key. Hardware security keys are a top authentication technique and particularly useful for two-factor authentication because you register them to work
SEATTLE - Amazon has announced an upgraded model of its Echo Frames smart glasses, adding better sound quality, longer battery life, and new colors. Amazon also is offering Echo Frames to buy, as the company transitions the Alexa-equipped glasses from a “Day One Edition” invitation-only device to a full-fledged product. The second-generation Echo Frames will cost $249.99
MOUNTAIN VIEW - Google on Thursday announced that it's expanding its high security features to iOS apps, including Apple Mail, Contacts and Calendar. Google first rolled out the program last October, designed to protect high-risk internet users, like politicians, campaign staffers, business leaders, journalists with confidential sources and people in abusive relationships seeking safety. The protection
DETROIT - The Mobile Technology Association of Michigan Thursday announced its support of a recently launched Michigan user-group focused on Apple’s Swift programming language for iOS developers. The next meeting takes place on February 18. Swift is a new programming language for iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS apps that builds on the best of C
CUPERTINO - 3D Touch is all well and good, but future Apple devices may incorporate advanced haptic technology which lets software simulate textures ranging from the grain of wood surface to the cold feeling of metal. That’s according to a new patent published today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, describing a “Touch Surface
