New Military Grade Password Security Device Now Available To The Public (it’s virtually impenetrable!)

New Bluetooth password encryption device is budget friendly .

Do you ever worry about your bank, retirement, or social media accounts getting hacked? Did you know that 1 in 4 people experienced identity theft last year? And that with millions of attempted hacks each day, it’s just a matter of time before you’re next?

If you’re worried about your accounts being hacked, your identity being stolen, and you’re sick and tired of thinking up the next impossible-to-remember password, then get a load of our most recent discovery.

John McAfee, founder of McAfee Antivirus and Leading Online Security Expert, says about this powerful little device...

What is It?

It's called Everykey. It’s a tiny bluetooth device that provides virtually impenetrable password security for all your online accounts and Bluetooth devices. In fact, the highest levels of the military use the very same technology to protect their top secret documents!

What Does It Do?

Where to begin!? This powerful little device is like your own personal digital master key. It truly is the future of access control!

1. It automatically creates incredibly complex, impossible-to-remember passwords for Bluetooth devices and any password protected website you can’t afford to have hacked and exposed.
2. It uses military grade AES 128-bit encryption to guard those complex passwords – rendering hackers and identity thieves virtually powerless.
3. It automatically logs you into devices and websites when you’re nearby. When you walk away, it automatically logs you out and locks them down for you!

What Else Can It Do?

Well, unlike other products that are limited in capability, Everykey works with both Bluetooth accessed devices and password protected websites.

AND unlike other similar devices or website password management programs, Everykey doesn’t make you logout of one account just to log in to another. It conveniently works with multiple devices like your phone and websites, simultaneously...

Now you can move in and out of your devices and password protected websites as easy as you do the rooms in your own home!

What If I Lose My Everykey?

No problem. Simply shut it down! If your Everykey gets lost, misplaced, or is stolen, you can instantly lock it down right from your phone using their app or you can call Everykey directly and have them freeze it for you.

But here’s the thing, the Everykey device itself doesn’t store your passwords. They’re safely stored on Everykey’s secure server. So even if you lose, misplace, or have your Everykey stolen, it’s totally useless in anyone’s hands except yours!

What Else Does It Work With?

Everykey is future ready! It was designed to work with Bluetooth enabled devices like your car, house, lights and more. Plus, their Software Development Kit lets third party developers create new applications for Everykey. So the possibilities are endless.

How Much Does It Cost?

Honestly, this powerful little device should cost at least $150...but you can get your own Everykey for only 65.00!

When you consider the potential for significant financial loss, reputation ruined, and just the unnerving feeling of being violated by having your personal information exposed, 65.00 is peanuts compared to all of that!

Source: http://dailylifetech.com/2016/everykey/1/1?engsec=60

This weird trick can free up gigabytes of space on your iPhone

Whoa! This unusual (and risk-free) hack can free up hundreds of megabytes, or maybe even a couple gigabytes.

It seems like iPhone storage is always at a premium, especially if you have an entry-level model with just 16GB (an economic necessity for many an iPhone owner). It's the rare user who doesn't know the pain of trying to download a new app or snap a few more photos and seeing the dreaded "not enough storage" message.

You've probably heard all the usual "free up space" tips, but I'm willing to bet you haven't heard this one. It's an honest-to-goodness magic trick, one that may fill you with joy while simultaneously making you a little mad at Apple.

Your iPhone doesn't need to be jailbroken, and this doesn't void your warranty or involve any kind of risk. Try it, and see what happens. Here's the drill:

Step 1: Tap the Settings app and then tap General > About to see how much storage is available. Note that as the "before" number.

Step 2: Open the iTunes Store app, head to movies, and find any really large title. "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" is a good choice at 6.83GB. (You just need to find a movie that requires more space to download than you have available on your phone.) Tap the Rent button twice, keeping in mind you won't actually end up renting it (and therefore won't be charged anything).

Step 3: Once you see the message that there's not enough space available to download your rental, tap Settings. Then navigate back to General > About and you should see a couple hundred megabytes' worth of additional available storage -- possibly even more.

Step 4: Repeat the process! (That is, go back to the iTunes Store app and try renting the movie again.) Each time, you should wind up with another chunk of freed-up storage. Keep going until you either have too much free space (meaning you'd actually be able to download the movie) or the available space stops rising.

What. The. Heck? It's not immediately clear why this works, but it does. I just tested it on an iPhone 5c (running iOS 9.1, just for the record) that had 4GB of available space. Result after the first attempted rental: 4.4GB.

Alas, that was as far as I got. Repeated attempts yielded no more space. But if you check the Reddit thread devoted to this topic, you'll see that many users tacked on hundreds of megabytes numerous times, and some were able to reclaim gigabytes of space. The best news of all: There doesn't appear to be a downside to this. It's not like iOS is secretly wiping out your photos or something.

Instead, it's probably clearing out caches that shouldn't be full in the first place -- suggesting this is a storage issue (if not outright bug) Apple should investigate.

Let's crowdsource it a little further. Once you've tried the trick, hit the comments with your results!

Source: https://www.cnet.com/how-to/out-of-space-on-your-iphone-try-this-magic-trick-to-free-up-more/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0h&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5815af8b04d301364f7ac2c3&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

The best Android alternative to the Apple iPad Mini 4

Huawei MediaPad M3 review:

THE GOOD The Huawei MediaPad M3 has a stylish and sturdy aluminum design. The HD screen is sharp and the fingerprint sensor is fast. It has dual Harman-Kardon speakers that are crazy-loud.

THE BAD Audio sounds tinny at maximum volume.

THE BOTTOM LINE The Huawei MediaPad M3 is the best small and stylish Android alternative to the Apple iPad Mini 4.

The Huawei MediaPad M3 is like a louder, more affordable Apple iPad Mini 4, that runs Android.

The stylish, aluminum-clad tablet bears a striking resemblance to the iPad Mini 4 in design, and its performance is just as powerful, however the Huawei tablet has better speakers and cheaper pricing -- for both Wi-Fi only and LTE models. It will hit the US in December for $299. AU and UK pricing has yet to be announced.

Sight and sound

• 8.4-inch screen2,
• 560x1,600-pixel resolution IPS screen
• 359 ppi
• Harman Kardon speakers

Tablets are great for media consumption (aka watching hella amounts of Netflix), so it's no surprise that the very literally named MediaPad M3 is one of the best binge-watch-friendly models around. Its got a satisfyingly sharp screen (so streaming HD content looks great) and houses Harman Kardon-tuned speakers on its top and bottom edges (or left and right, if holding horizontally).

The speakers are surprisingly loud, crisp and clear; dialogue in movies was always at the forefront and vocals in music sounded appropriately accentuated. Additionally, with the speakers on each end of the Huawei MediaPad M3, it makes for a more immersive listening experience (even though the iPad Mini 4 also has two speakers, they're both located on the same side of the tablet). The downsides to the Huawei tablet's speakers are the same ones that plague all tablets: audio is tinny at maximum volume and seriously, where's the bass?

Supremely sleek

Let's be real: all tablets kind of look the same and how one feels in your hands can many times be the deciding factor. (I mean, it's meant to be a handheld device after all.)

The Huawei tablet's sleek, aluminum design manages to feel solid and lightweight at the same time. With respect to the Google Pixel C, it's one of the most posh Android models available. In comparison to the iPad Mini 4, the difference in dimensions are slight. In my opinion, both successfully balance the sleek and solid sweet spot that all tablets should aspire to.

Smooth operator

• Android 6.0 Marshmallow
• Huawei HiSilicon Kirin octa-core processor
• 32GB, 64GB internal storage
• 4GB RAM
• Nano-SIM card slot
• MicroSD card slot, with up to 128GB card support

The Huawei MediaPad M3 isn't all beauty and no brains; its performance is as graceful as its design (yes, I equate brains with performance when it comes to tablets). The tablet outperformed the iPad Mini 4 and Samsung Galaxy S2 8.0 in 3DMark, making it one of the fastest Android tablets for gaming.

Big games like Hearthstone launch quickly, however loading times for levels in games like N.O.V.A. 3 and Dead Trigger 2 take around 20 to 30 seconds.

This is average for a tablet with the Huawei's specs and despite the small wait, it's a perfectly playable tablet. To find a model with faster loading speeds, you'll have to upgrade to a speed demon like the iPad Pro 9.7.

Like all high-end tablets these days, the Huawei MediaPad M3 has a fingerprint reader for extra security, which pleasantly recognized my fingerprint quickly and consistently. Battery life will last you a good work day as it lasted an average of 10 hours while continuously running a downloaded movie. It's not the longest tablet battery life I've come across (though it is a bit longer than the iPad Mini 4's), but that's pretty good for its size.

On the LTE model, you can take a SIM from any carrier (including Google Fi), pop it in and use it like a phone. Obnoxious? Yes, but for sure useful. The LTE model's price varies by country, however in comparison to LTE versions of the iPad Mini 4 (which doesn't work with Google Fi), the Huawei tablet is still more affordable. At the time of posting, Huawei has yet to share full pricing details. We'll update the review as soon as we have that information.

To iPad, or not to iPad?

Aside from the Harman Kardon speakers, the biggest difference between the Huawei MediaPad M3 and the Apple iPad Mini 4 is their operating systems. Android gets a bad rep for its perceived inferiority to iOS (thanks to a smaller app store and the unfortunate fact that apps sometimes debut on iOS before Android), but the availability gap in apps is closing and the Google Play Store is still full of more great apps than you'll ever have time to use.

Increasingly, the real reason to pick one operating system over another is more preference -- as well as how much you've invested in iOS apps along with iTunes music and movies. If the media content you want to consume is tied to iTunes, stick with the iPad. If not, the small and solid Huawei MediaPad M3 is one of the best Android alternatives to the high-end Apple iPad Mini 4.

Source: https://www.cnet.com/products/huawei-mediapad-m3/review/

Microsoft Boosts Edge Browser Security

Windows Defender Application Guard isolates the browser, making Windows 10 Enterprise PCs harder to hack.

Microsoft is giving its Edge browser a security boost with Windows Defender Application Guard for Windows 10 Enterprise.

Other browsers use software-based sandboxes to stay segregated from sensitive areas of the PC, but they "still provide a pathway for malware and vulnerability exploits," Senior Vice President Yusuf Mehdi wrote in a blog post.

Redmond's system uses virtualization-based security technology to protect its browser against malware, viruses, vulnerabilities, and zero-day attacks. A hardware-based container isolates Edge to prevent malicious code from spreading across a corporate network. Even if an untrusted site successfully loads malware, Mehdi explained, it "is unable to reach beyond the isolated container." Close out of the browser, and "any malware is erased, preventing further attacks."

"This level of protection has never been more important, as the majority of attacks start in the browser," Mehdi said.

The program will be available to Windows Insiders in the coming months and roll out more broadly next year.

In March, Microsoft announced Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection, which helps enterprises detect, investigate, and respond to attacks. Redmond this week introduced the ability to share intelligence across WDATP and Office 365. Plus, Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection will be extended to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for Business.

The news comes as Microsoft announced Windows 10 is now running on 400 million active devices. That's up from the 300 million counted in early May, helped along by the free OS upgrade available at the time to those on Windows 7 and 8.1.

Chrome 55 Promises Big Memory Boost

Some popular websites could consume half as much memory 

as they currently do in Chrome.

Google's Chrome Web browser has long been plagued by power and battery-management problems, but its next major release might hog fewer PC resources thanks to improved JavaScript handling.

Set for release on Dec. 6, Chrome 55 will take advantage of an update to JavaScript that reduces the memory footprint of major websites like The New York Times, Reddit, and YouTube, according to Engadget. Those and other similar sites will consume 50 percent less RAM than they do in the current stable version of Chrome.

One of biggest JavaScript improvements is reducing background memory consumption. Chrome pre-loads websites in the background, but often doesn't release the memory it uses to do so once the loading is complete.

Using a memory visualization tool, programmers working on the V8 according to a blog post. "By immediately freeing the zone after compilation, we reduced the lifetime of zones significantly which resulted in reduced average and peak memory usage."

JavaScript project discovered that "the background parser would keep an entire zone alive long after the code was already compiled,"

Eliminating JavaScript's background memory consumption will build on Google's earlier efforts to streamline Chrome's background loading. Last fall, Google announced it had trained Chrome to identify when a webpage isn't busy, and use that free time to clean up unused memory.

In June, Microsoft claimed that its Edge browser is more power-efficient than Chrome. Redmond said that Chrome used up a laptop's battery three hours sooner than Edge did in a test of wireless movie streaming.

Independent tests have also confirmed Chrome's reputation as a memory hog. Firefox came in first in PCMag's recent memory test, nearly halving Chrome's memory usage.

How Clean Up Windows 10 With the Refresh Windows Tool

Microsoft's Refresh Windows tool can rid your Windows 10 PC of junkware and return it to a clean, pristine state.

One of the problems of buying a new PC is that it typically comes loaded with junkware—usually trial or limited pieces of software that you don't want or don't need. And that software can slow down your computer and chew up memory.

You can try to uninstall each piece of junkware to clean up your PC. But that takes time and can still leave files, Registry entries, and other unwanted stuff behind. Instead, you can return your Windows 10 computer to a pristine state via a free software tool offered by Microsoft.

Microsoft's Refresh Windows tool purges all applications that don't come built into Windows 10 by installing a fresh copy of the operating system. That includes all third-party software, including unwanted junkware. It also includes software you may want to keep, such as Microsoft Office, so you'll need to make sure you have the necessary media to reinstall such programs. Further, your Windows settings are reset to their default options. Finally, the tool can keep your documents and other personal files intact or remove them completely.

To access this tool in Windows 10, click on the Start button > Settings > the category for Update & security. From the Update & security window, click on the setting in the left pane for Recovery. Then click on the link in the right pane under "More recovery options" that reads: Learn how to start fresh with a clean installation of Windows.

That link brings you to a webpage with information on the Refresh Windows tool along with a button for downloading it.

Since the tool is accessible via a webpage, you can save time by simply launching your browser and directly opening this page. Click on the "download tool now" button to save the software on your PC. Then run the tool to install it.

The second screen asks you if you want to get rid of your apps and settings and keep your personal files or get rid of everything. Unless you want a totally clean machine, you'll most likely want to retain your personal files, so choose the option to "Keep personal files only" and then click the Start button.

The tool then downloads and installs Windows 10 from scratch. You'll want to take a nice, loooong coffee break as this process takes awhile to complete.

Finally, Windows delivers you to the Lock screen and then the sign-in screen. Log in as you normally would.

Windows will now set itself up. After the setup completes, you'll see that Windows 10 has reverted to a clean state with none of the junkware that plagued it before.

Of course, you'll have to reinstall any software or apps and restablish any customized settings to bring Windows back to the way you want it. That's why the best time to run the Refresh Windows tool, at least on a brand new PC, is as soon as you get it home and take it out of the box. That means less work for you and a PC unburdened by junkware.

Apple iOS 10.1 now available, bringing Portrait mode to iPhone 7 Plus

If you're an iPhone 7 Plus owner, one of the most interesting camera features is finally available to try.

iOS 10.1 has arrived for download. On a whole, 10.1 offers a lot of small bug fixes. But it also brings Portrait mode to the iPhone 7 Plus camera. The depth of field effect turns photos of people taken at a certain range into pictures that look, in some ways, like a shot taken with a DSLR.

How to update:
Go to Settings > General > Software Update and begin the download. Make sure you have at least a couple of gigabytes free on your phone's storage. Remember to back up your iPhone via iCloud or your computer first, and keep your iPhone plugged in and charging to be safe. Or, update via iTunes.

The effect is still in beta, according to Apple, but it's added as a new mode in Apple's Camera app on the iPhone. I've been using it over the weekend, and it has its quirks. The "bokeh" effect uses both the wide-angle and telephoto lenses to simulate the blurred-background effect common in DSLR cameras. Check out our guide on getting the most out of Portrait mode.

You'll see right away that Portrait mode zooms in closer than the normal wide-angle lens. It also requires that the subject be a certain distance from the phone in order for it to work, and the lighting can't be too dim.

But when it works, it blurs the background to create a depth-of-field effect that feels similar to bokeh. Portrait mode is best used with people or animals, not inanimate objects.

The Camera app saves a version of the photo with and without the Portrait mode effect applied by default. You have to be in Portrait mode to make the effect work: it can't be applied to other photos afterwards.