LinkedIn fixes flaw that allowed users to post job opening for Googles CEO position

If you recently came across a job opening for the position of Google CEO on LinkedIn, it’s not because Sundar Pichai has quit. In fact, the job opening was not posted by Google itself. A flaw on LinkedIn allowed someone to post the job opening on Google’s page. The bug allegedly allowed users to post an unofficial job opening on any company’s LinkedIn page.  However, LinkedIn has fixed the bug now.

According to The Next Web, the flaw on LinkedIn was first discovered by Netherlands-based recruiter Michel Rijnders, and he “went on to create job postings for a Chief Executive Officer for Google and LinkedIn at no cost.” This happened despite the fact that creating job postings requires a premium subscription on LinkedIn. However, posting a fraudulent job opening without the company’s knowledge is a violation of its terms and conditions. 

What’s more interesting is that the opening also popped up on Google Search as it avails listing information from different websites, like LinkedIn. 

 

LinkedIn is looking for a Chief Executive Officer. pic.twitter.com/mLlTQnKWi7

— Michel Rijnders (@rijnders) 25 July 2019

 

After Rinjders tweet, Raul Rockwell, LinkedIn’s head of trust and safety, said in a statement that LinkedIn had removed the posting and that they were working to resolve the issue that published his job listings.

In a statement to Adweek, LinkedIn informed that it had patched what appeared to be a bug that accidentally went live as part of the test. Here’s the official statement: “This issue was caused by a bug in our online jobs experience that allowed members to edit the company after a job had already been posted. The issue has now been resolved. Fraudulent job postings are a clear violation of our terms of service. When they are brought to our attention, we quickly move to take them down. While we do allow companies to post on behalf of other companies (such as in the case of recruiting firms), this is only permitted with the knowledge of both parties.

Regarding free job postings, we have not historically had free job postings as part of the LinkedIn experience. However, we’re running a test that allows small and midsized businesses to post a limited number of jobs for free. This member was a part of that test.”

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Jio Saarthi voice-assisted feature launched to help users digitally recharge their phones

Reliance Jio has launched ‘Jio Saarthi,’ an interactive in-app voice-assisted feature that will help users recharge their phones through the MyJio app. The feature is integrated in MyJio app and will help users through the full recharge process, from choosing a plan to making payments. ‘Jio Saarthi’ will help users in Hindi and English languages. The feature will be gradually made available in 12 regional languages. Jio Saarthi talks to the users through the process and helps them locate payments details, including how to find the card number and where to enter it.Jio users who have not done an online recharge till now will be prompted with this new feature.

Reliance Jio has now become the largest telecom provider in India with a subscriber of 331.3 million as of the second quarter of 2019. Is nearest competitor, Vodafone Idea Ltd. indicated a loss in customer base from 334.1 million to 320 million. Earlier this year, Reliance Jio also edged past Bharti Airtel. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), by May end, Jio had added 8.2 million users from April to the end of the month with 323 million wireless customers.

TRAI’s data showed that both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea lost users and in May, apart from Jio, BSNL added subscribers too - about 24,276 of them. As per TRAI, Jio ended May with 322.98 million users. In May, the overall data showed Vodafone Idea had 33.36 percent of the market share, followed by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio with 27.80 percent. Bharti Airtel fell down to number three with 27.58 percent market share, followed by  BSNL and Tata Tele to round off the top five with 9.98 percent and 0.30 percent market share, respectively.

In figures released last week, Jio announced that it took the lead position in the Indian telecom market while Vodafone Idea’s market share declined. Vodafone cited reasons of introduction of ‘service validity vouchers’ in the previous quarters. However, the company said it introduced bigger data bundles at Rs 229 offering unlimited calls, and 2 to 2.5GB data per day. Reliance Jio was launched in 2016 and it started an intense price war between the telecom operators, which also led to a fair amount of consolidation in the market. You can read our detailed report on best prepaid options here.

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Oppos VOOC Flash Charging technology licensed to eight more companies

Fast charging technology in a smartphone is quite desirable as people want more juice in their devices with minimal plug-in time. Oppo’s VOOC charging claims to give a smartphone 0 to 75% charge in just 30 minutes. It's no wonder the company has found success in licensing the technology to other device makers. 

Oppo has announced that it has signed a licence agreement with eight other companies now. This includes product and chipset manufacturers. The agreement is to develop, manufacture, and sell devices that support VOOC Flash Charging. In November 2018, the company had signed a similar agreement with six other companies. 

The eight companies include Anke Innovation Technology Co., Ltd., Angbao Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Hangzhou Shilan Microelectronics Co., Ltd., Lilinda Technology Group Co., Ltd., Ningbo Bull Digital Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Renqing Excellence Investment Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Shishang Exhibition Technology Co., Ltd., and Core Sea Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

Commenting on the licensing agreement, Feng Ying, Director of IP at Oppo, said: “VOOC flash charging technology fully demonstrates OPPO’s technological leadership in the field of fast charging, greatly enhancing the user’s charging experience. We are very pleased to be able to promote the sustainable development of VOOC’s flash-filled ecology through our external licensing. Today, OPPO VOOC flash has 14 excellent industry chain partners. In the future, we will also open the license to more enterprises, vOOC flash-charge technology plus accessories, chips and other areas of development.”

In other Oppo news, the company showcased a smartphone with a ‘waterfall screen’ with 88-degree curved edges. The prototype that Oppo showcased doesn’t have a front camera but it’s likely that the final version will integrate the under-display camera tech as well. The tech is expected to debut in the second-generation Oppo Find X, which could be launched in September at IFA in Berlin. You can read more about the prototype here.

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Apple admits Siri listens to peoples conversations: Report

After Google and Amazon, Apple has now come under the scanner for eavesdropping on users' conversations. A whistleblower who works for Apple, has told The Guardian on the condition of anonymity that the contractors of the iPhone-maker regularly hear confidential Siri recordings like drug deals and recordings of couples making love, as part of their job in providing quality control, or “grading”.  These contractors grade the responses/recordings on the basis of several factors like “whether the activation of the voice assistant was deliberate or accidental, whether the query was something Siri could be expected to help with and whether Siri’s response was appropriate”.

According to the whistleblower, accidental activations were the main reason for the private conversations to be sent to Apple. Apple’s AI-powered virtual assistant Siri is incorporated in several Apple devices, including the Apple HomePod smart speaker and Apple Watch, which are claimed to be the most frequent sources of mistaken recordings. “The regularity of accidental triggers on the watch is incredibly high. The watch can record some snippets that will be 30 seconds – not that long but you can gather a good idea of what’s going on,” the whistleblower was quoted as saying. The whistleblower also said that the recordings were accompanied by user data showing location, contact details, and app data.

Apple does not explicitly disclose in its consumer-facing privacy documentation that “a small proportion of Siri recordings” are sent to contractors globally. Apple says that the data “is used to help Siri and dictation … understand you better and recognise what you say”. “A small portion of Siri requests are analysed to improve Siri and dictation. User requests are not associated with the user’s Apple ID. Siri responses are analysed in secure facilities and all reviewers are under the obligation to adhere to Apple’s strict confidentiality requirements,” Apple was quoted as saying. The company added that the recording is less than 1 percent of daily Siri activations and are typically only a few seconds long.

Virtual assistants can be accidentally activated when they mistakenly hear their wake words -- in Apple’s case it’s “hey Siri”. In its privacy documents, Apple says the Siri data “is not linked to other data that Apple may have from your use of other Apple services”. Further, the recording apparently does not have any name or any information that could be easily linked to other recordings, that is, it is anonymous.

Interestingly, Google was also mired in a similar controversy a few weeks back. It was revealed that Google’s AI assistant, called the Google Assistant, listens to users’ conversations. At that time, Google also gave a similar explanation. “As part of our work to develop speech technology for more languages, we partner with language experts around the world who understand the nuances and accents of a specific language. These language experts review and transcribe a small set of queries to help us better understand those languages. This is a critical part of the process of building speech technology, and is necessary to creating products like the Google Assistant,” Google had said.

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WhatsApp Web could work without phone in future: Reports

WhatsApp, one of the most popular messaging apps in the world, is apparently going to get a major upgrade very soon. According to multiple media outlets, WhatsApp could soon have a web version that works without a smartphone. However, all reports point to a single source, WaBetainfo, whose Twitter page and website no longer seem to carry this information.

According to multiple media outlets, WhatsApp is working on a way for users to use WhatsApp on their desktop browsers without the need for a smartphone. Right now, web.whatsapp.com allows the use of WhatsApp’s services on a desktop browser, but requires that the user have an account on their smartphone. Additionally, the service currently requires users to log on by scanning a QR code on their phones. The goal, it appears, is to free WhatsApp from the smartphone altogether.

It is entirely possible for WhatsApp to be available on browsers without the need for a phone, given that Facebook already has Messenger, which operates the same way. However, with WhatsApp, users register using a phone number and, while there are a number of ways around this problem, it would be interesting to see which route WhatsApp takes. It has for long been known that Facebook would start merging its various services, so we wouldn’t be surprised if it involves a degree of association between users’ phone numbers and email IDs, information that Facebook already collects.

The last two years have been incredibly tumultuous for Facebook and WhatsApp, with the parent company taking the controversial decision to start sharing data from WhatsApp with the main service. There have also been multiple calls by governments and agencies around the world for WhatsApp to provide a back door into its end-to-end encryption, a move that the company has strongly resisted for now.

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Top Esports wins PUBG Mobile Club Open 2019, Indias Team Soul takes 12th place

The finals of the PUBG Mobile Club Open 2019 have concluded. When the dust from the tournament settled, it was Top Esports from China that ended up victorious. The team won $180,000 (approx Rs 1,23,89,00) as well as a snazzy trophy. Teams X Quest F and Elite Gaming took second and third places respectively. The only Indian team in the finals, Team Soul, placed 12th out of a total of 16 teams. However, team member Mortal, won the PMCO Website Fan Favorite Player award.

The fact that Team Soul was able to reach Berlin to participate in the finals is a pretty big deal considering what happened. To recall, Team Soul, TeamIND, and Indian Tigers had qualified to head over to Berlin to take part in the finals, with the latter two scheduled to play in the preliminary rounds in order to earn a chance to play in the finals. However, visas for all three teams were rejected. While Team Soul managed to successfully apply a second time. TeamIND and Indian Tigers had to play their prelim matches from the NODWIN HQ in Delhi.

These three teams got the chance to represent India by winning Spring Split finals in June. Team Soul won the even India leg and secured a place in the finals. TeamIND and Indian Tigers placed second and third and had to take part in prelim matches in order to get a chance to be in the finals. 

We had a chance to chat with Team Soul soon after they had won the India leg. You can check that out here.

 

Here are the final standings! Bigetron stepped up big winning the final match and claiming THREE chicken dinners today, but TES, XQF and Elite took the top three slots with a convincing performance all tournament! #PMCO Global Finals sponsored by Vivo. https://t.co/bPTVSAIkAT pic.twitter.com/o9DTMZUcpZ

— PUBG MOBILE (@PUBGMOBILE) July 28, 2019

 

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Apple Music trial could be shortened from three months to one: Report

Apple appears to be doing everything it can to keep music lovers hooked to its popular music streaming service, Apple Music. In recent times, the Cupertino-based company slashed the monthly subscription rate from Rs 120 to Rs 99 in order to compete more fiercely with the likes of Spotify and  Amazon Prime Music. But its most recent stunt could make new users frown. According to a recent report by MacRumors, Apple could be shortening the trial period for Apple Music from three months to one month.

The company's ad for Apple Music on the Apple Accessories page reads, “50 million songs. Three months on us.” However, MacRumors reports that it recently read a slightly different copy. According to the report, the copy read, “Millions of songs. One month on us.” Do note that, at the time of writing this report, the Apple Music ad on the Apple Accessories page for India still promises three months of free trial and not one.

The ad spotted by MacRumors

It's hard to explain the anomaly in the ad's copy. Either the mention of a one-month trial period is a mistake that was quickly corrected by Apple or the iPod-maker really does mean to shorten the trial period. If the latter happens, it will be the first time Apple shortens its three-month trial period for Apple Music since the launch of the service in June 2015. The following weeks should tell us what Apple decides to do with the duration of the trial period.

Eddy Cue, Apple’s Senior Vice President, noted just last month that Apple Music had crossed 60 million subscribers. According to Apple, the number of takers for Apple Music grew by 10 million in a span of just two months. The iPhone-maker is expected to launch a standalone app for Apple Music on MacOS Catalina, thus retiring iTunes, its longstanding music library software that allows users to sync music and other media with their iPods.

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