Tag Archives: application

Microsoft Office App Comes to iPhone [finally!]

18 Jan

Microsoft has finally joined iPhone world with the new OneNote Microsoft Office app.

But OneNote is not a new concept.  Business Insider reports that the application has been around since 2003, available only for desktop computers.  It uses cloud technology where documents and files are stored in “the cloud”, or the Internet, allowing in this way users to access their files at anytime from any device using their Windows Live ID.

For limited time the app can be downloaded at Apple’s App Store for free.


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SPAM ALERT: Facebook Zodiac Sign Survey

16 Jan

Spammers are at it again.  This time in the form of Zodiac sign survey going around on Facebook.  Here is how it all works:

First you will see on your wall a message from one of your friends asking you to take a survey and find your true zodiac sign the way they did:

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If you click on one of the links you will be taken to the following page:

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If you click on it the well-known Facebook third-party authorization screen opens:

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Pressing “Allow” button will authorize the third-party spam application access to all of your personal data and post messages in your name on your and your friends’ wall.  You will be then asked to complete an online survey which, of course, is the way how spammers make money.

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And in case you are wondering if your zodiac sign has changed, the answer is: no, it has not.  Check this CNN article for more details

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