News written by Petteri Pyyny (October, 2014)

According to hundreds of Twitter posts, Google Drive and its associated apps, such as Google Docs, are down, globally.

Google hasn't confirmed the outage yet, but its app status monitoring page confirms the outage:

#googledrive is down. *panic mode*

-- Eric Paré (@ericpare) October 27, 2014

Google Drive appears to be down? http://t.co/saynLW0w48 #newellfonda

-- Timothy A. Limbert (@limbert65) October 27, 2014

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Apple released several updates to its product portfolio in yesterday's event. Here's a summary of what's new, what changed and what's important

5K iMac

Apple released an updated 27-inch iMac, boasting a massive 5K resolution (5120 x 2880), with a staggering $2'499 price tag. For two and a half grand, you'll get the 1TB "fusion drive" version with 8GB of memory -- pure SSD options and more memory will cost you more.

"Fusion drive" is Apple's name for hybrid SSD/HDD drives.

Faster Mac Mini

Mac mini, loved by many movie enthusiasts as the perfect HTPC for living room use, hasn't been updated in two years. But yesterday Apple finally gave the low-end Mac a much-needed upgrade. Now the basic model comes with 1.4GHz Intel i5 CPU, 500GB HDD, 4GB RAM and Intel HD 5000 GPU. Priciest option available for Mac mini comes with 2.8GHz CPU, 8GB RAM and 1TB Fusion drive. Prices start from $499.

iPad Air 2

Apple finally brings back version numbers to its iPads - a very much needed change, as identifying different iPad models has basically required one to google for SKU numbers to see which model each one is. As expected, the iPad Air 2 is thinner than its predecessor, at 6.1mm, with 40 percent faster CPU and better camera. Its rear camera is now 8Mpix, but lacks optical image stabilization and other goodies found from iPhone 6 Plus and likewise.

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Rumors started circulating an hour ago that well over 6 million Dropbox accounts have been hacked.

Hackers apparently have stated they'll release the hacked account info for the person who first pays them a specific amount of Bitcoins.

#Dropbox hacked ("surprise...") and hackers will release all 6,937,081 accounts if they get enough BTC.

-- Marko Polojärvi (@markopolojarvi) October 14, 2014

Dropbox has denied the claim and stated that yes, list of insecure accounts is circulating, but that those accounts have been lifted from previous leaks from other sites and tested to work to their respective Dropbox account too (essentially, people using the same username/password combo in multiple services).

#DROPBOX DENIES BEING HACKED: @Dropbox statement @ow http://t.co/jaFBYjrgEo @MarshaCollier pic.twitter.com/2N1ZfrZYHB

-- Uncle Bill (@UBtalkin) October 14, 2014

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