Daily Geek Report: 07-10-2012

Hello and happy Tuesday to all!

I’d first off like to say, I just watched a movie last night.. Movie by the name of Kick-Ass.
If you haven’t seen it.. Best Buy… Blu-Ray… $7… Do it.. Do it NOW! Awesome awesome awesome awesome!

On with today’s news!

Google is in trouble a bit with the FTC (Federal Trade Commission). Google written code that installs Cookies on users devices who use Safari with out the users permissions. The code was only present on certain sites that contained Google advertisements. The code came from the development of Google Plus. Safari blocked the +1 button on all 3rd party based sites. Safari by default doesn’t allow cookies with out user consent. To get around it Google’s code made Safari think that the person was submitting a form to Google. Sneaky Sneaks. Once around, Google then had the door open to add cookies and track the users web browsing habits with out them knowing. Google and FTC are close to reaching a settlement price. And it’s sounding like it’s in the upwards of 22 million dollars which would be the FTC’s largest fine ever handed out.

Black Ops 2 is about 4 months away (seems like FOREVER….) Activision announced today that the man who created/composed the theme song for COD: Black Ops 2 was none other than the man himself… Trent Reznor(Nine Inch Nails). This isn’t Reznor’s first rodeo. He’s done work for “The Social Network”, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, as well as a few older PC games, Quake and Doom 3. Pretty cool, gives me high hopes for the game sound track! I’ll be in line 11:00pm November 12th. 🙂

Google came out today and announced that they have updated Google+ for iOS to give full support to the iPad community finally!. It’s very similar to Android now, where everything is fully integrated, hangouts, instant photo upload, and it’s retina display ready! Go download it and give us your review!

That’s all for today’s news. Have a great Tuesday!
-Bleed Geek

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