It’s been another action-packed week in the tech world, stuffed full of exciting announcements, spicy rumors and other eyebrow-raising moments. But the weekend is here again, and that means it’s time once more for 7 Days to take your hand and guide you through the labyrinth of the week’s top stories.
We begin this week on a sad note, as Matti Makkonen – often dubbed the ‘father of SMS’ –
passed away at the age of 63. While he didn’t single-handedly invent the technology himself, he is credited with developing the idea of sending text messages via mobile networks. However, Makkonen was always eager to share the credit, both with his colleagues who shared in development of the short message service, and with Nokia, for popularizing text messaging on its early-1990s handsets. networks. However, Makkonen was always eager to share the credit, both with his colleagues who shared in development of the short message service, and with Nokia, for popularizing text messaging on its early-1990s handsets.
The developers of the popular anti-malware program Malwarebytes announced an amnesty program this week, inviting all those who are using its product with a counterfeit key
to claim a genuine key free of charge, in an effort to diminish the risks of using pirated software.
