Twitter drops TweetDeck’s Windows app, stops support by April

Twitter is looking to “enhance” the user experience of TweetDeck and has opted to stop support for its Windows app starting April 15^th. In conjunction with that, Twitter’s encouraging users to just head to the browser to use the app. And if they’re signed into Twitter or even its analytics website, you’ll be automatically be logged into TweetDeck. Some users will already be seeing this change but Twitter is currently working on making it available to everyone. For users, who are wary of making the change, Twitter is reminding its users that they can pin the site to your task bar via Chrome (Customize and control > More Tools > Add to task bar).

Source: Twitter | Via: SlashGear

Locker helps wipe your smartphone if you lose it

It’s an unfortunate incident when you lose your phone and definitely more devastating when it gets stolen. But sometimes what makes that more harrowing is losing the data on said device and giving others access to your personal information. A new Android app can help you avoid this fiasco. Locker from Zygote Labs will give you a specific number of times you can unlock your device. If you exceed said number of tries, the data and content of your device will be wiped. You’ll get a warning when there are just four attempts or less left when you try to unlock your Android phone. A new update was released recently to support Norwegian and Finnish languages. The app is open source so anyone interested in helping develop the app or just explore it more can do so through the GitHub repository.

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

Apple reportedly hired Amazon exec to lead corporate security operation

Rumour has it Apple has managed poach Amazon’s vice president of information security days ahead of its meeting with U.S. prosecutors in court over a highly contentious encryption battle over an iPhone connected to the San Bernardino terror attack. Reuters via Fortune reports George Stathakopoulus has been working for Apple for about a week already to head its corporate security operation. It’s said he’s reporting to CFO Luca Maestri. He is supposedly responsible for securing corporate computers used to design and create products and software. He’s also working on systems storing sensitive customer data.

There’s no confirmation yet if he’s been hired and his LinkedIn page still lists Amazon as his employer. But according to Fortune, a reporter called Apple’s switchboard and asked to speak with Stathakopoulus and was then connected to a person who answered, “George’s office.”

Source: Apple Insider

Nike unveils production version of its self-tying shoes

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Sorry to disappoint Back to the Future fans but the self-tying shoes Nike outs for mass production isn’t like the 2015 Air Mag (a.k.a. the literal incarnation of Marty McFly’s famous sneakers). What the sports brand introduced is a more practical (and yes, we have to admit a bit boring) version of it. Called the HyperAdapt 1.0, these new running sneakers, as advertised, will tie the laces on its own once you put them on. While it seems like we’re taking away an important rite of passage for kids (learning to tie laces), these shoes are meant to take the worry away from runners of loosening laces while they pound the pavement. You will need to charge the sneakers though every two weeks.

Tiffany Beers, a Nike senior innovator who worked as the lead on the sneaker, said they started working on the shoe’s technology about 10 years ago but fellow designer Tinker Hatfield had the idea or “vision” for it when he worked on it for Back to the Future II. But they had to wait for the technology to evolve and for motors to become small enough. Their team sourced servo motors, which is similar to the ones used in small train engines and helicopter wings, and studied the transportation industry’s engineering feats to develop their motor. To adjust the fit of the shoes or release the foot, there’s a small plus-minus buttons on the side. And while it has been tested in water, Beers doesn’t recommend these be taken out in a rainstorm. The HyperAdapt will be available to Nike+ app members in three colorways starting in the 2016 holiday season. There’s no retail price for it yet.

Source: HuffPost Sports