North Korea’s internet goes down yet again

It’s the second time in less than a week that North Korea’s internet and 3G network goes down. The outage lasted for more than five hours, according to Dyn Research. After losing internet access for over nine hours earlier this week, North Korea issued a statement on Friday blaming the U.S. and President Barack Obama for the outages.

North Korea has been blamed for the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment and the leak of files and emails of studio executives and other Sony employees. But they deny any involvement in the controversy.

Source: Mashable

SoundHound for Android automatically adds searches to Spotify

Ever wondered what song was playing while you were walking around a mall and needed to look it up? Apps like SoundHound will help find that out for you. Now, SoundHound for Android makes it easier for you to listen to these newly discovered songs. The app now automatically adds the songs you look up to a Spotify playlist. All you need to do is connect your SoundHound with your Spotify account.

Source: Android Police | Download: Google Play Store (Free)

SourceCode: Year of hacks continues with PSN and Microsoft's Xbox Live compromised

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

After the massive celebrity photo leak, the Sony hack and now this, Internet services and systems suddenly feel less secure and more vulnerable than ever. The industry really needs to work together to change this perception.

2014 looks to be come one of the most infamous years in terms of high-profile hacks. We've had our share of massive outages and with a few days away from the New Year, a group of hackers called Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility for service outages for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One users during Christmas Day. 

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Whatsapp tipped to get voice call capability

It’s not exactly a new feature but it would seem Whatsapp might be integrating it into its messaging app. Screenshots of what seem to be a new build of the app have surfaced online. It could still be in beta though as it hasn’t appeared on Google Play Store yet. It looks like there are going to be different screens for call logs, ongoing calls, and dialing a voice call. If these leaks are true, we should expect to see this in the first quarter of 2015.

Source: Android World | Via: Android Community