Apple unveils new and improved MacBook

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Apple dunked its MacBook into a pot of rose gold paint and gave its guts a few upgrades too.


On Tuesday, Apple released a set of updates to its ultra-thin and light laptop line, including an extra hour of battery life, newer processors, better graphics card, and faster flash storage.

The starting $1,299 model for the 12-inch MacBook now comes with the latest 1.1 GHz Intel Core m3 processor and 256 GB of flash storage. The $1,599 version comes with a faster 1.2 GHz Intel Core m5 processor and 512 GB of flash storage.

The MacBook now has up to 11 hours of battery life, which is an hour more than that of the 11-inch Macbook Air and an hour less than that of the 13-inch MacBook Air.


But Apple (AAPL, Tech30) didn't neglect its MacBook Air, giving the 13-inch model a boost in memory. The new MacBook Air start with 8 GB of memory, making it comparable to the new MacBook.

Apple started selling the new MacBooks through its website on Tuesday and said they will be in Apple's physical stores and other retail stores on Wednesday.


The company unveiled its redesigned laptops last year, touting their slim profile, fanless construction, Force Touch trackpad, and universal USB-C port.


The body of the MacBook is tapered like the body of the MacBook Air. But the new MacBook is thinner and lighter than the MacBook Air. The MacBook is not as powerful as the MacBook Air, however, and it carries a heftier price tag. Buy Men's Shoes Online

Intel To Cut Off 107,300 Staff Members Globally

Tech giant Intel will cut up to 12,000 people from its staff globally, or about 11% of its workforce, the company announced Tuesday. As of the end of last year, Intel employed about 107,300 staff members. Intel said most of the employees affected by the layoffs will be notified in the next 60 days, while some of the cuts may happen through mid-2017. Intel (INTC, Tech30) is and has been the largest computer chipmaker in the world. The company bet heavily on the stability of the PC business years ago, and its microprocessors have dominated the PC industry. But the company has failed to replicate that success across mobile devices that have now replaced traditional desktops and laptops. Nearly 60% of Intel's sales and profits came from its microprocessor and chip business, which means that any changes to the PC business have a big impact on Intel's bottom line. The company says it expects to save $750 million this year and $1.4 billion by the middle of next year from the job cuts and related expense reductions. At the same time, Intel said it plans to invest more in "growing" areas of its business, such as convertible laptop-tablet devices, as well as gaming. Intel also said it wants to invest more in its data center and Internet of Things businesses. Shares of Intel were down about 3% on the report. The company reported $13.7 billion in sales last quarter, up 7% from last year, and profits of $2 billion, up 3%. Sales in Intel's microprocessor and chip division rose 2% to $7.5 billion over last year, but dipped 14% from last quarter. The Internet of Things group reported 22% growth to $651 million, while the data center division logged a 9% increase to $4 billion. Buy Men's Shoes Online

Online Scams To Avoid

Scammers have been worming their way into giant social media networks to trick people into giving over their personal and financial information.
Over the past year, the number of phishing attempts on social media networks like Facebook (FB, Tech30), Twitter (TWTR, Tech30), Instagram and LinkedIn (LNKD, Tech30) has exploded 150%, experts at security firm Proofpoint (PFPT) say.

That's because fraudsters can use social media to target hundreds of thousands of people at once, but also blend in with the crowd. They mimic users and their activities, and they take advantage of the way people use social media to deal with business problems.

Here are five of the most cleverly cloaked scams on social media right now, according to Proofpoint:

1. Fake customer service accounts on Twitter
Online criminals set up fake customer service accounts to phish for bank login and password information and other sensitive data. These imposter accounts look very similar to that of real businesses, but are often one character off -- or they include an extra underscore or other keyboard character.
When someone tweets at their bank or example, scam artists will intercept the conversation, and reply to that message with what seems like an authentic answer.

2. Fake comments on popular posts
A popular news story or social media post might generate a lot of comments. Fraudsters like to take advantage of that large audience by adding their own comments with links to other buzzy headlines that lead to credit card phishing scams.

3. Fake live-stream videos
As more media companies start streaming their shows and movies online, scammers are jumping on the bandwagon.
They do things like comment on the Facebook page of a sports team with a link that leads people to believe they can watch a free live stream of a game. But the links lead to a fake website that asks for personal information in order to start the video, which very often doesn't exist.

4. Fake online discounts
Fake online discounts work similarly to fake customer service accounts. Schemers will set up social media accounts that look like legit businesses, then pretend to offer a real promotion. In reality, they want to trick people into giving up their personal information.

5. Fake online surveys and contests
These tactics have been around for years and are designed to get answers to personal questions that fraudsters can mine and sell later. But criminals embed them into social media posts that often look legit because there's a normal looking profile picture and link, thanks to URL shorteners.

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HP Introduces World's Thinnest Laptop

HP has unveiled its new Spectre, the new titleholder for "world's thinnest laptop."
At four-tenths of an inch thick, and weighing a little less than two and a half pounds, it's thinner and lighter than the 13-inch MacBook Air. (It weighs slightly more than the new MacBook and
Lenovo Yoga 900S ).

HP gave its new portable computer a copper sheen to appeal to anyone who loves gold gadgets or devices that look like jewelry.

The guts of the new Spectre are meant to attract people who care about power: The Spectre boasts an Intel Core i7 processor, 8 GB of memory, and about 10 hours of battery life. And for music lovers, HP tapped Bang & Olufsen to give its laptop cred in the audio department.

HP describes the Spectre as being "more artisan than manufactured" in a promo video.
"It looks as if a craftsman made just one of those," the narrator says.

Spectre is meant to compete with other high end laptops -- and its $1,170 price tag is proof.

HP is in need of a catalyst for its slumping PC division. In the last three months of 2015, HP reported a 11% slump in laptop sales and a 14% slip in desktop sales.

Smartphones and 2-in-1 tablet-laptop devices have put pressure on PCs. People are also holding on to their older computers rather than upgrading.

HP hopes the Spectre can spark a turnaround.

Pre-orders for the new Spectre are available at HP and Best Buy beginning on April 25.

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Facebook Reveal 360 degrees surround virtual Camera

Facebook has revealed a high-end virtual reality camera rig that captures 360-degree footage in 3D.
The firm said the Surround 360 can record up to two hours of footage at 60 frames per second. It added that each of its 17 lenses could capture footage in 8K super hi-vision resolution.
The equipment poses a challenge to Nokia's $60,000 (£42,000) Ozo VR camera and similar professional-quality equipment from GoPro, Jaunt and others.

However, Facebook said it did not intend to manufacture the Surround 360, but would rather publish its specifications on the Github website "this summer" for others to make use of.
Facebook stands to benefit if it spurs on the creation of 360-degree videos that can be viewed on its Oculus VR headsets or via its social network.
The firm's chief product officer Christopher Cox unveiled the machine at the firm's F8 conference in San Francisco.