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SecurEnvoy's NFC tech could make your Apple Watch your password

“There are only three ways to identify a person, namely: something you know such as a password or PIN; something you own such as a credit card or mobile phone; and something you are such as a fingerprint or retinal scan. The idea behind two-factor authentication is to bring two of these methods together to introduce a much stronger level of security.”

So tells us SecurEnvoy co-founder Andy Kemshall, whose company is one of the leading lights in this particular area of digital security. The idea is simple: if one of the methods is compromised – say, somebody pinches your credit card – the remaining method will prevent it from being used, and protect you long enough to take action.

SecurEnvoy makes two-factor verification systems for mobile technology, with its OneSwipe system allowing you to use a simple PIN/mobile device combination to unlock apps and login to sites on your computer; there’s no need to key in a long password. At the moment, the mobile device displays a one-time QR code on its screen, which can then be read by the computer’s webcam – but very soon SecurEnvoy promises to make the process even simpler.

Yep, you’ve guessed it: NFC. Why go through the bother of pointing your phone at your laptop’s camera when you can simply enter a PIN then tap the two together to authenticate? Of course, you’ll need a PC with its own NFC chip for this to work, otherwise you’ll be back to using the QR code/webcam method.

The company is first bringing the NFC technology to Windows 10 phones, tablets and laptops – but other devices are on the horizon. Android phones and tablets are getting the NFC flavour of OneSwipe later this year, as well as iOS devices if and when Apple opens up its NFC chips for third-party app use; and beyond that Kemshall tells us that there are big plans for smartwatches, including the Apple Watch: “Most smartwatches work on the basis of an extension of the app that runs on the corresponding smartphone, and SecurEnvoy will be leveraging these standard extensions to include the largest possible number of wearable devices. We’ll be leveraging a combination of NFC if the watch supports it, or a QR code displayed on the watch interface or a simple six digit code, again, pushed to the watch’s interface.”

So there you have it: in addition to keeping you constantly updated with notifications, tracking your heart-rate and, er, telling you the time, your smartwatch will also be able to log you in to your online banking service, Facebook or authenticate app purchases.

NFC OneSwipe is currently in prototype, but will be demoed at the RSA conference, which takes place next week in San Francisco. Expect more news concerning a release date then.

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iPhone 7 will be made from the same fancy aluminium as the Apple Watch, says rumour mill

The iPhone 7 could very well land with a body forged from 7000 series aluminium – the same material that’sS used in the Apple Watch Sport and bicycles.

If Taiwan’s Economic Daily News is correct, this means that the next iPhone’s metal body will be 60 percent stronger than the metal currently used in its phones, thanks to Apple’s metal alloy mixing tweaks.

Despite its increased toughness and resistance to scratches, this aluminium alloy is also only one-third the density of steel, making it lighter too.

It will also presumably be blasted with minuscule zirconia beads, which is the process that gives off the Apple Watch Sport’s silky smooth uniform satin finish.

The iPhone 7 is reportedly going to land with everything from Force Touch sensors to dual cameras for DSLR-like photo capturing, but as always, we’ll have to wait for the big launch day later this year for the full lowdown. Stay tuned.

[via GSMArena]

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If you, like us, take lots of photos using your iPhone on your travels around the globe, you might be interested to know that you can find out where you took those photos later using the Photos app in iOS 7. Here’s how to see your photo locations.

The first thing to note is that your device will only keep location data for your photographs if you let it. You need to make sure that Location Services for your iPhone’s camera are turned on. To check, go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services and then make sure the Camera slider is green.

You’ll also want to make sure that Location Services as a whole are turned on while you’re out and about taking photos.

From now on, your iPhone will tag any photos you take with a location. In order to see those locations, open the Photos app. You can see locations in Moments, Collections or Years view of the app. The location will be listed just above each batch of photographs, as shown in the screenshots above and below.

If you then tap that location, you’ll be taken to a map view, where you can see an overview of the locations you’ve been to. Pinch to zoom in for a more accurate picture of your travels.

Turn your iPhone into landscape orientation for a bigger picture of where you’ve been.

So there you have it, that’s how you can find out where a photograph on your iPhone was taken.

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Apple promises extra-special treatment if you buy its extra-expensive Watch

Apple may have made jaws drop when it announced the price of its gold Watch Edition. But with great spendiness comes great privileges, and rumour has it those buying the company’s top-of-the-range wearable are set for special treatment when shopping for it.

If you’re buying the gold watch, supposedly you won’t have to queue for assistance. There’ll even be a private area for gold Watch buyers to ooh-and-aah over their prospective purchase – and if they’re too busy on launch day, there’s two years of access to a dedicated phone support line.

It’s like having a (super-expensive) Swiss watch

If you get the regular steel watch, you can also opt for virtual assistance from an Apple Store worker, who’ll use video chat to teach you how to use the device. But if you can only afford a Watch Sport? Too bad. Don’t expect service any better than what you’d get for buying an iPhone.

Apple buyers already get plenty of flak for apparently having more money than sense, so if Apple wants to cater to the extra-special watch-buying demographic who would probably pay someone else to queue up for it, why not? Next year, there’ll probably an Apple Watch Titanium edition that’ll be delivered on the wings of Apple drones.

[Source: Engadget]

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Apple working with Trent Reznor to refine new music service

Apple’s buying of Beats always seemed like its way of shoring up its iTunes offering, seeing as streaming is beating out traditional means of music distribution. And now we’re starting to get a clearer picture of how an Apple-branded streaming service might look.

The latest news from the New York Times confirms some of the rumours that have been circulating, with an extra piece of juicy information: former Nine Inch Nails frontman (and latterly film score maestro) Trent Reznor has had a hand in the Beats redesign.

Not cheaper, sorry

Apple has reportedly tried to negotiate a lower subscription fee, but will instead be forced to offer up something similar to its competition. So expect to pay around US$10 a month for the privilege of streaming music from Apple.

It seems that Apple could debut the service in a coming iOS update and Jimmy Iovine, the co-founder of Beats, is giving his input on fine-tuning iTunes Radio.

There have been no leaks so far about the actual interface or what features the new service will have. We’ll just have to see if this new rebranded Beats will be the next Spotify. Or merely the next Ping.

[Source: New York Times]

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If the LG G4 ends up looking like this, then we'll definitely want one

Look at your phone. Now look back at the screen. Tell us which handset you think looks prettier.

Unless you’re rocking an iPhone 6 or have manged to somehow nab a Samsung Galaxy S6 or HTC One M9, then we’d bet money on the above G4 render out-classing your smartphone.

A concept video showing off a render (read: an interpretation based on leaks) of the LG G4 has been created by Croatian designer Ivo Marić, and has been shared by French site Nowhereelse.fr.

Marić has taken leaked render images, also picked up by the French site, and turned them into a video showing us what the final product could look like. And boy, do we like what we see.

The G4 appears to take the curved design of its G Flex 2 cousin, along with minimal bezels and an aluminium frame. The rear looks like it’s covered in classy leather (hopefully genuine, unlike the Note 4‘s faux-leather rear), confirming previous rumours that the G4 will miss out on all metal build. This would likely mean that it’ll retain a removable battery and microSD slot, which is good news for power users let down by the lack of both options in Samsung’s new flagships.

Where the video differs from the leaked images, is in the camera department. Previous images have depicted a familiar looking camera with a circular lens, while the video shows a protruding, square-sensor camera instead. Artistic license? Perhaps, but it still looks good to us.

The LG G4 is expected to arrive with a 5.3in 3K screen, Snapdragon 810 processor with 3GB of RAM and a 16MP camera. A release date is even more unclear, but “it may release in April.”

As ever, we’ll bring you the latest G4 news as and when we hear it.

[Nowhereelse.fr, @ivoluiranje]