Here s what s going on in tech on Tuesday…
–A vulnerability in Qualcomm technology potentially exposes up to 900 million Android smartphones to hackers. It s described as giving someone the keys to your house, then holding the door open for them while they make off with the jewels. —Twitter is opening up the ability to create Moments to influencers and brands, and soon plans to let everyone curate Moments for the social-media site. It s part of Twitter s ongoing efforts to improve its user numbers.–Starting Tuesday, Facebook is implementing software to block ad-blocking software on the desktop version of its social network.–And more from Facebook… The company is testing a new wifi service in India called Express Wifi that will let phone owners there purchase data from local internet service providers. As such, it isn t free, like the old Free Basics program.–Monster Worldwide, once the site to go to online for job searches and career information, has agreed to sell itself to human-resources company Randstand for $429 million.–The Olympics are not just a sports battleground, as social media companies like Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat are using the Games as an arena to show off new features for users, especially mobile ones.–While Apple prepares for an event next month focusing on the iPhone, where does the iPad stand in the company s overall scheme of things?–Amazon says it will stream three of its upcoming pilot shows over its Twitch video-streaming platform that specializes in video games.Photo: Photo: A woman uses an Android smartphone in Brussels on Wednesday, April 20, 2016. (AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
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