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Five Best Professional Nameplate SitesFacebook’s content guidelines emphasise that inappropriate pictures uploaded by users will be deleted, but the guidelines for what will be removed aren’t especially clear. Leaked documents used by Facebook moderators highlight obvious candidates for deletion (such as sexual activity) and also some you might not guess at (such as pictures of people that have been Photoshopped). More »
I’ve been giving text messaging a hard time today, noting how I couldn’t get SMS check-in to work and then pointing out the flaws in . But while I can’t claim I’m a manic texter, I suspect reports of texting’s death are somewhat premature. More »
“Payday loans” — emergency sums to tide you over if you’re short while waiting for your salary — are an expensive way to get money. New operator Ferratum offers a technology twist by incorporating the ability to apply for short-term loans via SMS messages, but the rates remain just as painful. More »
Dear Lifehacker, It seems that every day I am waking up to more articles in my news feed about another big company being hacked, with the hackers bringing down services or stealing sensitive information. Why is this happening? Are we currently in the midst of some ‘hacker revolution’ where every man and his dog have decided they want to join ‘anonymous’ or whoever else to fight ‘the man’? Or is a small group of people finding a lot of big holes within the infrastructure of major organisations? Have big companies thought they could get away with providing minimal security on our data all the years, and now it is starting to all fall back on them? I just don’t understand the constant stream of ‘this was hacked’ and ‘this was stolen’. Any insights as to what is currently going on in the digital world? Thanks, Concerned and Confused. More »
Sony held the Australian launch event for the PlayStation Vita on a wobbly barge on Sydney Harbour last night. After wolfing down burgers and a little wine, I had a quick play with Sony’s second attempt to win a decent slice of the handheld gaming market. How did it stack up? More »
iSmoothRun going cheap on iOS, procreate for just 99c on iPad, Transparent Screen PRO discounted on Android, Password Padlock reduced on Windows Phone 7, plus more in today’s app deals roundup. More »
Amaysim’s $39.90 Unlimited SIM deal is a popular choice amongst Lifehacker readers, offering unlimited Australian calls and texts plus 4GB of data. It’s already one of the cheapest mobile plans on the market, but right now you can sign up for the service and pay just $10 for the first month. More »
The ABC offers a lot of iOS apps, but its sole Android offering, the ABC News app, hasn’t been updated since mid-2009. But that is about to change. More »
Some eight months after the device first appeared in Australia, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has finally released version 2.0 of its PlayBook tablet software. The big addition to this release? Native email, calendar and contact apps and the ability to run Android apps that have been optimised for the device. More »
