Yahoo’s Aviate launcher now up for download

Following Yahoo’s purchase of Aviate, the “self-organizing” home screen is now available for download for all Android users. The app is designed to show you apps and information you need at the time these are required. This means your navigation apps will be brought to your attention when you’re commuting or you’ll get the news in the morning. You can also access your contacts by swiping home from the home screen as well as get commute time estimates based on the weather. If you want to try this out for yourself, you can download it here.

Source: Engadget

Around 300,000 sites are still at risk against Heartbleed

Your favorite social networks and other popular services might have already patched the vulnerability caused by the Heartbleed bug but there is still a significant chunk of the internet that is still at risk. According to Robert Graham of Errata Security, there are 309,197 systems that are still at risk at the beginning of May. When Heartbleed was discovered in April, Graham discovered that 615,268 websites were at risk. While there are a large number of sites that have been able to patch the vulnerability, there is still that huge number that may or may not even deal with the issue. Graham refused to name the sites because he doesn’t want to make it easier on hackers to get into these systems.

Source: Slate

Mozilla develops open-source streaming dongle

Mozilla is set to take on Chromecast and Roku with an open source version of a streaming dongle. GigaOM got to play around with the unnamed Firefox OS-powered device. It looks like it carries a lot of the capabilities of its competitors but it will be more open for tinkering by developers. Mozilla hasn’t said when they plan on releasing this device but we will wait for its arrival.

Swedish students develop concept to help you understand sign language without understanding signing

Students from Berghs School of Communication in Stockholm, Sweden want to help the deaf and the mute communicate with those around them better with a concept app and device. The concept imagines an app called Google Gesture to help translate sign language in real-time. The app will work with two arm bands that will be placed near the middle of the forearms. A process called electromyography will used to analyze the movements of the person signing. The signs will be interpreted by Google Gesture from a tablet or smartphone and speak this to the listener.

Source: SlashGear