FBI successfully hacks iPhone without Apple's help, drops case

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The question now is how the FBI managed to break into an iPhone as well as leaving many to wonder if there are vulnerabilities in the iPhone that can be exploited by the FBI or any other hacker.

FBI investigators have managed to hack the iPhone 5c which figured in their investigation of the San Bernandino shooting, the bureau did so without Apple's help.

In a filing submitted earlier the FBI said that they successfully accessed the data” on the phone. ”The government … therefore no longer requires the assistance from Apple Inc. mandated by the Court’s Order” that would have required Apple to engineers to bypass basic security measures that come installed on its iPhone 5c.

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Beyond Ink is the Swiss Knife of smart pens

Beyond Ink Pen - Smart Pen from beyondinkpen on Vimeo.

Beyond Ink's Pen is a multifunctional writing instrument that can be used as a trusty rollerball, a stylus for mobile devices, a 16GB USB drive for digital storage and it is also a 1000 mAh backup battery for your smartphone. All of this in a pocketable supersized pen that still remains true to the basic functionality of a writing instrument but with many useful and thoughful extras.

"There will always be a need for a nice pen, but there are no rules saying they can’t evolve like everything else,” said Emanuel Daniel, founder of Canadian startup Beyond Ink. “We set out to create the perfect hybrid of style and substance, and I think once people try it, there will be no going back.”

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AirDroid's new Backup feature allows Android users to backup photos on a PC

 AirDroid isone of the most popular mobile apps for managing Android devices remotely. The app is gradually rolling out a new update (Android client v3.2.1) with a new feature called Backup. Backup allows the user to backup all the photos in the camera album on the phone to a computer via local network. 

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Panasonic donates 50,000 Solar Lanterns under Its "100 Thousand Solar Lanterns Project"

 More than 1.2 billion people* worldwide still live without access to electricity. Lack of electric lighting severely impacts health, education, income-generation and safety at nighttime.

Panasonic Corporation's "100 Thousand Solar Lanterns Project" has passed its halfway mark with the cumulative number of solar lanterns donated exceeding 50,000 on March 10, 2016. This project began in February 2013 with a donation of 3,000 units to Myanmar, followed by donations to other areas in Asia and Africa without access to electricity.

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