June 9, 2015
June, A Countertop Smart Oven, Launches With A $1,495 Price Tag
What happens when you put a bunch of people who have worked at Apple, GoPro, Path, Google, and so on, in a room and ask them to design…
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June 9, 2015
Lost Item Tracker Tile Locates $3 Million More In Series A Funding From Khosla Ventures
Tile, the square-shaped lost item tracker that attaches to everything from bikes to bags to key chains and more and then helps you locate those items if lost…
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eBay Brings Its Online Marketplace To The Apple Watch
Ebay today is launching its first attempt at building a smartwatch experience for users of the Apple Watch with the debut of a new app that allows both…
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MapQuest Confirms It’s Using Mapbox To Overhaul Its Product
AOL-owned MapQuest has confirmed a big product and brand overhaul for its mapping product, including a partnership with developer mapping platform Mapbox to improve the product’s performance. We…
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Apple’s WWDC Keynote In 90 Seconds
Apple had a lot to announce at its Worldwide Developer Conference this morning, and it was easy to miss big news as it happened during the two-hour-plus keynote.…
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Apple Revives Ping As “Connect,” Letting Artists Share A Feed Of Music, Videos And Social Media
Apple wants to be the way you socially connect to musicians, not Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, or Spotify. As a tab in its new Apple Music on-demand streaming service,…
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Apple Announces iOS 9
It’s pretty much tradition for Apple to announce a new version of iOS at WWDC. For the past few months, rumor had it that Apple was taking a…
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Yep, Apple Maps Will Include Transit Directions In iOS 9
With the update to iOS 9, iPhone users will find transit directions in Apple Maps. So yes, city-dwellers, we can finally stop complaining about this. “Yes, it’s transit,”…
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Xprize Launches $7M Competition For Mobile Apps That Improve Adult Literacy
Xprize may be best known for its efforts in space travel, but it’s also working to solve social problems here on Earth. The foundation announced a $15 million competition last…
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Why I Cautiously Support the App Store Change
There are very good reasons for Apple’s recent change to the App Store’s listings, especially for games, as the charts had become over-dominated by incumbents at the expense…
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