July 29, 2015
Vector Plans Developer Platform For Its ‘Affordable Luxury’ Smartwatch
Back in March the Vector — a smartwatch with an e-ink LCD screen — made its debut in a number of reviews in the tech press. Of note…
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July 29, 2015
Subway Teams Up With PayPal On Mobile Payments
Ordering your food or beverages by smartphone and then paying for it via an app is quickly becoming the new normal. Starbucks already allows for this across thousands of…
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VR Chat Room AltspaceVR Raises $10.3M To Sell Virtual Events
Pay-Per-Virtual Reality could become a thing thanks to AltspaceVR. The VR chat room and communication platform just raised $10.3 million to give us a digital place where we…
Read articleJuly 28, 2015
A Week In, Casey Neistat’s New App Beme Has 1.1M Videos Shared
Launched about a week ago, Beme is a new video-sharing app built by viral filmmaker Casey Neistat and Matt Hackett, former VP of Engineering at Tumblr and Hacker-in-Residence…
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Report: Recent App Store Algorithm Change Points To Crackdown On “Keyword Stuffing”
Last week, we noted a recent change to the App Store’s algorithm, which appeared to have more heavily impacted iPad app developers, and ultimately resulted in ranking changes…
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Google Search Now Shows You When Local Businesses Are Busiest
Google Search got a small, but notable, update today that focuses on helping users determine when it’s the best time to visit a nearby business. After performing a…
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Twitter’s Periscope Now Lets You Mute Users, Watch Live On Mac Via iOS 8 Handoff
One of the biggest problems with the Twitter-owned live streaming app Periscope from day one has been its notification system. While push notifications are a useful way to…
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Pandora’s “Sponsored Listening” Ad Format Exits Beta, Offering Mobile App Users An Hour Of Uninterrupted Listening
Following the arrival of stronger-than-expected earnings last week, radio service Pandora this morning announced the expansion of its “Sponsored Listening” ad product, which is now being made available…
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HotelTonight And Lyft Can Now Be Expensed by 30M Employees Via Concur
Concur, the travel management and expense toolset that was purchased about a year ago by SAP, announced that it is partnering with HotelTonight and Lyft to allow employees to…
Read articleJuly 24, 2015
Does Ringly Have A Place In An Apple Watch World?
The first thing I thought when I opened my Ringly box was that it smelled. Bad. Like electronics that had caught on fire and were then put out…
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