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Google Contacts begins letting users backup and sync locally stored contacts

Abhay V — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 19:06:01 +0000

Google Contacts is receiving the ability to backup and sync contacts that are stored locally on the phone, that are not synced with a Google account. The update seems to be a server-side change. Read more...

Facebook introduces 'legacy contact' to manage your account after you die

Usama Jawad — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:40:01 +0000

If you wondered what happened to your Facebook account after your death, thankfully Facebook now has the answer for you, it will allow your personally chosen heir to manage the account. Read more...

Lavabit, Silent Circle close over governmental pressures

Paul Ferson — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 08:58:31 +0000

Two supposedly secure email services, Silent Email and Lavabit, closed within a matter of hours of each other, with concerns about government pressure over 'high-profile' users of the services. Read more...

Facebook charges $100 to send a message, apparently

Paul Ferson — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 19:32:26 +0000

Talent agent Micah Johnson was able to screencap some very unusual activity from Facebook. The social network wanted to charge $100 to deliver a message as part of a new counter-spam initiative. Read more...

VoIP Adoption in Contact Centers to Soar

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 23:16:28 +0000

Contact centers will dramatically increase the adoption of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology over the next few years, the Yankee Group projects. This long-awaited development will be driven in some part by related growth... Read more...

Contact Box 1.5

Sat, 28 May 2005 11:58:03 +0000

Contact Box is a well designed, freeware piece of software that aims to help people manage their contact information. "Isaac Software is pleased to announce Contact 1.5, the only contact manager designed... Read more...

Space signal studied for alien contact thanks to SETI@Home

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 16:51:55 +0000

England (Reuters) -- An unexplained radio signal from deep space could -- just might be -- contact from an alien civilization, New Scientist magazine reported on Thursday. The signal, coming from a point between the... Read more...

NASA loses contact with Mars rover

Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:46:39 +0000

Uh oh! "NASA scientists say they have lost contact with the robot rover Spirit on Mars and are unsure what caused the problem. Spirit project manager Pete Theisinger told a news briefing that... Read more...

MSN Contact List Disclosure flaw

Steven Parker — Mon, 11 Feb 2002 11:19:32 +0000

Thanks Jon for sending this one in. Taken from a post bugtraq by Tom Micklovitch (dated Feb 8th): Exploit: Register an account for MSN messenger, make some contact email addresses, leave... Read more...