Hasta La Gadget!

Smoke goes up. Lights fade. The crowd roars. It’s 2003, and the Dave Matthews Band is about to perform what would go on to become the theme song for security processes the world over a decade later. Weird visualizations aside, it sure seems as if two-step authentication has become all the rage these days. With Google implementing the process in 2011, both Apple and Dropbox have followed, and Evernote has made clear that it’s going to join the fray as soon as feasible. Now, leaked imagery is demonstrating that Microsoft might not be far behind, with a two-step verification process evidently planned for its online services.

As you’d expect, the process should work pretty simply once it’s instituted — you’ll need to enable two-step on your account, and then use an app on your mobile device to retrieve randomized keys when logging into a computer that’s not on your trusted device list. Notably, the process isn’t expected to work with linked accounts, and while a Windows Phone app appears to already be floating about, there’s no word on whether Android, BlackBerry or iOS users will receive the same courtesy. Till then, keep your passwords guarded. And, of course, watch the video embedded after the break.

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Source: LiveSide, Windows Phone Store

BlackBerry fans waiting for an opportunity to blend the BlackBerry 10 OS with a more familiar QWERTY form factor may know exactly how long they have left, at least north of the border. MobileSyrup received this pic tonight of what is purported to be an internal Rogers document, which lists the launch date for the BlackBerry Q10 as April 30th. A few other phones appear on the list as well, revealing the Canadian carrier will be offering the Nokia Lumia 520 and a couple of Doro’s PhoneEasy models. If this date holds up it’s a lot more specific than what we’d heard before — hopefully we’re not left waiting much longer for US release information.

Update: Rogers is going on the record for many more Q10 details… except the ship date. It tells us that the smartphone will cost $200 on a 3-year contract, and that Rogers will be the first (but not only) Canadian carrier with the white edition. The Q10 will also be one of the few Rogers smartphones to supplement the usual AWS-based LTE frequencies with the 2,600MHz band, the other notable example being the LG Optimus G. The more eager among us can reserve the Q10 today.

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Source: Mobile Syrup, Rogers

Facebook announced Facebook Home just a few days ago with an expected release on April 12. Unfortunately for Facebook, Facebook Home was leaked earlier this morning by MoDaCo which most likely resulted in a number of curious Android users to download the leaked version in order to see what it’s all about prior to its release. Even more unfortunate is the fact that those of you who already have Facebook Home will now be out of luck as Facebook has killed the leaked build from accessing the service.

MoDaCo’s founder Paul O’Brien reports the leaked version of Facebook Home is no longer accessible as he believes Facebook made a server-side change, causing Android users who installed the leaked version to be met with a black screen. A number of beta testers for Facebook Home also report they’re being met with a black screen when they attempt to access the service. O’Brien has followed up by saying he has implemented a “dirty fix,” but has not decided to make the fix public yet. Considering how quick to the trigger Facebook was today, we think that’s probably the best course in this situation.

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Facebook Home’s making its official debut on the HTC First and a handful of big-hitting Android handsets this Friday, but MoDaCo has come across a trio of APKs which offer an early taste. The leaked APKs have been stripped from a pre-release HTC First ROM, with MoDaCo noting they’re “rather buggy” and not fully functional — Chat Heads doesn’t work, for example. You’ll need a handset with a max screen res of 1,280 x 768 and must be able to remove the current Android Facebook app, as the newer APKs won’t install otherwise. MoDaCo lists a workaround for phones that have Facebook baked into the ROM, but it’ll still need to be rooted. Hit up the source link if you’ve got the side-loading skills and feel like giving Facebook Home a preliminary poking.

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Source: MoDaCo

No matter how hard companies try and keep secrets, when it comes to trade show floors there’s always the risk that someone will snap a picture and steal their thunder. The latest casualty is Blackmagic, which will be announcing both a Pocket Cinema Camera and this, its Production Camera 4K. We’re fairly sure that this will sit above its Cinema Camera, offering a bigger Super 35 sensor, global shutter and Thunderbolt connector alongside the SSD recorder, touchscreen LCD and EF lens mount we found on last year’s model. When the company gets around to announcing the hardware properly, it’ll be available for $3,995 — low enough to make even the most ardent of DSLR fans think twice.

[Image Credit: Danielo Garcia]

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Via: 43 Rumors, Mu-43

Source: Danielo Garcia (Twitter)