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Evernote, the popular note-taking app on mobile devices and computers, has been hacked, forcing the company to reset all user passwords.

The California-based company, that allows people to store and organise personal data on an external server, is thought to have about 50 million users, reports The BBC. It said user names, email addresses and encrypted passwords were accessed. But it insisted there was “no evidence” that payment details or stored content was accessed, changed or lost.

Phil Libin's company Evernote is in the business of making memories. Libin, CEO of the Mountain View-based app developer since 2007, took a haphazard mix of "memory augmentation" software developed by Russian American scientist Stepan Pachikov and channeled it into a polished note-taking app that lets users type documents, take photos, save web stories, and record voice memos.

Evernote, the popular multi-platform note taking service, recently shared its thoughts on the future of the company.

Nokia has changed how it handles data after an investigation by IT blogger Guarang K Pandya.

The New York Post has blocked access to its website from the iPad's Safari Web browser in a bid to drive users of Apple's tablet computer to the newspaper's paid application.An iPad user attempting to reach NYPost.com using Safari is met with a page that says "NYPost.com editorial content is now only accessible on the iPad through the New York Post App."The New York Post iPad application costs $1.99 to download from Apple's App Store and gives a user an introductory 30-day subscription to the News Corp.-owned newspaper. A one-month subscription costs $6.99.

The reason it's so fun to pay close attention to the technology industry is that sometimes, a feature or product will surprise you with an advancement that is such a leap, it feels like you have witnessed magic. This just happened to me. I'm working on a profile about a Google executive.