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Google Reader’s demise is coming soon, and Digg is stepping up to fill the void. Digg Reader (version 1) will be out by June 26th for the web and iOS and it will focus on power users. Originally said to be coming in the second half of 2013, the announcement of Google Reader closing shop accelerated Digg’s efforts to get Digg Reader on the market. With their focus on power users, Digg says their alternative will have the following: Easy migration and onboarding from Google Reader. A clean reading experience that gets out of the way and puts the focus…
The folks at Parallels have announced that Parallels Desktop 8 now supports OS X Mavericks. The engineering team has posted two guides to the Parallels website that shows Mavericks users how to install the operating system within a Parallels virtual environment as well as how to start Parallels Desktop on Macs running OS X Mavericks. These guides are available free of charge. Installing the developer preview of OS X Mavericks within a virtual machine is much less riskier than doing an install over OS X Mountain Lion. This is due to the fact that Mavericks is still in beta, so…
Don’t worry gamers, the Xbox One will not have DRM covered games or require an active internet connection after all. Microsoft has released a statement that retracts these requirements, and ensures that you can lend, sell, or gift your old games without having to go through Microsoft. The company has also said that both physical games on a disk and digital games from the Marketplace can be played offline and that the system will not have to connect to the internet every 24-hours to play them. Via the Xbox News site: An internet connection will not be required to play…
Apple has posted videos of all 2013 WWDC sessions to the Apple developer portal. These videos are available free of charge to all registered Apple developers and can be streamed via Safari or be downloaded to your desktop for later viewing. The videos cover everything from accessibility in both iOS and OS X to testing your apps in Xcode 5. These videos will be extremely helpful for developers who need to update their applications for iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks. Many design changes will have to be made to existing apps for use in iOS 7, so it will…
Strapped for cash? If you’re good enough with code, perhaps you can make some good money digging up bugs for Microsoft. The company is now offering up to $100,000 bounties for anyone that discovers and reports significant vulnerabilities and exploitation techniques in their Windows 8.1 Preview build. “Friends, hackers, researchers! Want to help us protect customers, making some of our most popular products better? And earn money doing so? Step right up…” Microsoft has revealed its new “Microsoft Security Bounty Programs” that offers people a wide range of cash incentives to help crack down on bugs within its Windows 8.1…
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