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Google+ Now Lets You Share Your Circles With Others

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The guys over at Google+ have been busy lately, and now they have just made it possible for you to share circles with your friends or other users. If you ever had circles based on hobbies or interests that you think would also be of interest to your friends, now you can share the joy (or maybe unhappiness if your circle consists of people you would rather avoid).

And fret not, the names of the circles will not be revealed, so even if you gave the circle some goofy or less than savory name, the secret stays with you.

MySQL Website Hacked

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The website MySQL.com has been hacked and is now being used to target users with malware. At present, visitors to the sit are hit with a Java script injection attack which in turn starts a chain of events leading to the sneaky installation of malware on the user’s machine. And all this happens by just typing in the url in your browser. No download of the relational database managing software is necessary to compromise your computer.

For now the exact identity of the culprit is unknown but a Russian hacker, offering to sell root access to MySQL.com for US$3000, is suspected.

PayPal Processed US$3650 Per Second in Q2 2011

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So everyone shops online these days, for something, and must have come across this payment platform called PayPal.

In an article found at TechCrunch, eBay owned “crown jewel”, PayPal has reported that it processed US$3650 in Total Payment Value every second in Q2 2011.

TechCrunch also went on to estimate how much PayPal processed in a day — about US$315.3 million. Now that’s a lot of money.

PayPal doesn’t only help eBay with online payments, it’s also the standard used throughout most of the Internet.

It even made the jump into mobile, and is seeing about $US10 million of transactions in a day.

According to TechCrunch, it also seems that PayPal also has many other plans up its sleeves.

And lastly, here’s a stat from TechCrunch to remind you why PayPal is raking in cash while sitting quietly in the background, processing your online payments — its Total Payment Volume represented almost 18% of global e-commerce.

Eight and Ten-Inch Motorola Tablets Leaked

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Leaked images unveiled two upcoming Motorola tablets in eight and ten-inch form factors.

According to SlashGear, both tablets are said to be equipped with 4G LTE and are likely to come in Wi-Fi models as well. The tablets run on Android 3.2 and sport sleek designs that are about 9.3mm thin.

As quad-core processors are coming to Android tablets by end of the year, would these Motorola tablets be sporting the more powerful processors? We will only know when Motorola makes an official announcement on the devices.

LG, Philips & Sharp to Develop Common Smart TV App SDK

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We know that the smartphone industry is amassed with an eclectic mix of operating systems. More diverse, perhaps, is the television industry where every TV manufacturer is responsible for engineering a unique Smart TV platform for their own HDTV offerings. Unification is on the way though, for LG, Sharp and Philips have come together to create a standardized SDK (Software Development Kit) for a multi-platform app system.

In other words, developers can now develop applications compatible with all three brands’ Smart TV platforms via the beta SDK. Currently, TV app developers devote a lot time developing and testing their applications on a range of Smart TV software. Streamlining this tedious process with a multi-platform app system would ensure developers can channel their time and resources into development efforts instead of testing their products on various platforms.

Mr Havis Kwon, President and CEO of LG Electronics Home Entertainment company, believes that this alliance represents a significant milestone in the nascent beginnings of Internet-enabled Smart TVs. He also mentioned that a prominent step has been taken towards the creation of an app market. And he hopes it will be as dynamic as the one that exists in the smartphone market through this newfound partnership between the three firms.