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Apple Started Bounty Bug Program For Developers
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Apple Started Bounty Bug Program For Developers

Apple Inc said it plans to offer rewards of up to $200,000 (£152,433) to researchers who find critical security bugs in its products, joining dozens of firms that already offer payments for help uncovering flaws in their products. Such rewards are already offered by dozens of firms, including Facebook Inc, Google, Microsoft Corp, Tesla Motors Inc and Yahoo Inc. The program will initially be limited to about two dozen researchers who Apple will invite to help identify hard-to-uncover security bugs in five specific categories. Those researchers have been chosen from the group of experts who have previously helped Apple identify bugs, but have not been compensated for that work, the company said. The most lucrative category, which offers rewards of up to $200,000, is for bugs in Apple's ...
China Tightens Rules For Mobile App Developers
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China Tightens Rules For Mobile App Developers

China has tightened rules for mobile app developers including requiring real-name registration and preserving users' activity logs, the country's internet regulator said on Tuesday, as Beijing looks to strengthen oversight of the growing app market. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said in a statement that mobile app providers would need to fulfill six requirements to help crack down on "unscrupulous" use of their platforms to carry out fraud, distribute pornography and spread malicious rumors. China's government already exercises widespread controls over the internet. It argues tough restrictions are needed to ensure security in the face of rising threats like terrorism, irking some foreign governments and business groups who say that the controls affect trade. Mobile app...
first 5 steps to building your own SaaS application by Mukund Mohan
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first 5 steps to building your own SaaS application by Mukund Mohan

This post is for non-developer founders who want to build a SaaS application. Before writing about 5 steps to make SaaS application it's important to know about "What is Saas?" SAAS, or "Software as a Service" in general refers to a software application which is hosted by a provider on their own servers, but accessible to users across the Internet. In other words when using a SAAS application the data and functionality that create the user experience are being delivered from the provider's servers and not installed locally in the user's own computer or intranet and users could help to keep the cloud protected through saas monitoring tools. SAAS solutions have benefits both for the provider (infrastructure is one place, no need to support many OSs, can upgrade services to all users ...