Nov 20
IBM’s engineers must have been at a loose end, because they’ve just launched a new site called the IBMblr Fractalizer, which takes any Tumblr and spits it out as a series of fractals.
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Oct 01
Want to embed your Instagram photos directly into your tweets? We show you how to do it.
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Sep 19
Apple finally released iOS 7 yesterday, which left many iOS owners to run into issues just for trying to attempt to download the latest iOS update. If you were one of the lucky ones who were able to update your iOS device to iOS 7, then you know of the tidal wave of apps that issued their own respective updates. While app developers are going iOS 7 update crazy, Tumblr decided now would be a great time to issue an update to its Android application. (more…)
Tumblr Rolls Out Push Notifications To Android App, iOS Update Coming original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Sep 18
A barrage of apps might’ve just gotten an iOS 7 refresh, but there’s one for Android that’s left its iOS counterpart in the dust: Tumblr. The microblogging site’s Android app now boasts push notifications, adding blog follow and comment pings to the mishmash of Facebook and Twitter replies you get. Of course, if you like suspense and would rather see interactions when you’re on the Yahoo-owned site, you can alway turn notifications off via Settings. Despite this notable feature, the new version’s changelog is quite short — the only other item is the activity screen redesign that you can see in the image above. Have fun lording these changes over your iOS-using friends while you can, though — Tumblr says an update for iPhones and iPads is “coming very soon.”
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Aug 22
For the first time in over two years, Yahoo came in at number on on ComScore‘s list of Top 50 US Web Properties. The list, which was just released today, is a bit of a surprise, as Yahoo hasn’t claimed the top position since May 2011. While initial speculation made it seem like the acquisition […]
Aug 21
Samsung’s Android-powered Galaxy Camera
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Jul 31
Let’s not beat around the bush: We all watch porn. OK? OK. And it turns out that while we’re doing that, we’re getting a full view of Ikea’s affordable, easily cleanable, porn-friendly furnishings.
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Jul 17
Tumblr just fessed up to a frankly embarrassing security flaw that exposed millions of users’ passwords. Actually, "embarrassing" might be an understatement in the broader spectrum of screw ups a company like Tumblr could make. "Astonishingly stupid" works, too.
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Jul 17
Tumblr has been forced to rush out a patched version of its iPhone and iPad apps, and has advised all users to change their password, after researchers discovered the apps had been transmitting login credentials in plain text. The new version of the app, released to Apple’s App Store overnight, fixes a flaw where username and password details were transmitted without any encryption; if the user had connected over a public or compromised WiFi network, those credentials could feasibly be “sniffed” by a third-party and stolen.
The security shortcoming was spotted by an iOS app auditor, The Register reports, while in the process of checking which apps were suitable for use on a corporate network. The previous version of the Tumblr app came up clean when it came to what data on the phone it had access to, but a check of the network logs showed that the iOS software wasn’t following best practices when it came to password security.
“The Tumblr iOS app is sending the password over plain text and not over SSL” the researcher said. “This occurs when you first log into the application, although I didn’t check past the initial logon screen.”
The setup differed from Tumblr’s login process on other platforms. On the desktop, for instance, the microblogging service – which was acquired by Yahoo in a $1.1bn deal last May – passes all credentials through an SSL connection.
According to the researcher, attempts to report the flaw to Tumblr’s security team fell on deaf ears. However, since the issue has become higher-profile, Yahoo and Tumblr have finally responded.
“Please know that we take your security very seriously and are tremendously sorry for this lapse and inconvenience” the company said in a statement on the newly updated apps.
The fear is that Tumblr users accessing their accounts in public over unsecured wireless connections could have inadvertently handed over access to anybody sniffing traffic. The advice is to not only change the password on Tumblr now, but on any service where you used the same login credentials.
Tumblr iPhone app fixed after plaintext password goof spotted is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Jul 17
Tumbler Issues Fix For iOS App
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