Is your new ‘smart’ TV spying on you? This and other technical tidbits (including imaginary tweets from the Pope)

Published 12:01 am Thursday, December 13, 2012

Security hole in Samsung smart TVs could let hackers spy on you.

A Maltese computer security firm says Samsung “smart” TVs can be hacked. If a webcam is on the TV, hackers can watch you: http://betabeat.com/2012/12/security-hole-in-samsung-smart-tvs-could-let-hackers-spy-on-you/

The Pope’s Tweets

Tweets from the Pope — as imagined by the New Yorker last summer: http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2011/07/25/110725sh_shouts_rudnick

Google’s release of a new maps app for the iPhone . . .

. . . And how it hurts Nokia: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/how-googles-maps-app-for-iphone-hurts-nokia/