September 23, 2014
Selfie Lets You Share Yourself 24 Seconds At A Time
A year ago, “selfie” had just been added to the Oxford Dictionaries Online. At the same time, we were just discovering Selfie.com, a mysterious landing page for a…
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September 23, 2014
Branch Metrics Raises $3 Million From NEA For More Intelligent Deep Links That Make Apps Work Like The Web
Palo Alto-based Branch Metrics has just raised $3 million from NEA and others to address a series of challenges affecting the mobile app ecosystem today. The company has…
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Finland’s Jolla Takes Its Sailfish-Powered Smartphone To India, Via Snapdeal
Jolla, the Finnish smartphone startup that used the MeeGo open source OS as a jumping off point for its own Android-app compatible Sailfish OS — and which last…
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iOS 8 Adoption At 46% After Five Days, Says Apple
The latest official iOS 8 adoption stat comes courtesy of Apple, which has added a note to its App Store Distribution page for developers revealing that the proportion…
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Apple Plans To Shut Down Beats Music
Apple will discontinue the streaming music service Beats Music it acquired in May, according to five sources, including several prominent employees at Apple and Beats. Many engineers from…
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Tiggly, An iPad Learning Toy For Babies And Toddlers, Raises Series A
Tiggly, an educational app designed for iPad’s youngest users – babies! (oh, and toddlers, too) – has raised a Series A round of funding led by Habermaass GmbH,…
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Launcher Adds Shortcuts To Favorite Apps And Common Actions To iOS 8’s Notification Center
A new iOS application called Launcher is taking advantage of iOS 8’s expanded feature set in a unique way. With the updated version of Apple’s mobile operating system, developers can now…
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Telenav Copies Foursquare’s Swarm With New Social App, HopOver
Telenav’s name tends to be associated with mapping and personal navigation, but today the company is trying its hand at something a little more social with the launch…
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Notion’s Connected Sensors Aim To Serve You All Sorts Of Home Alerts
The march of sensors into our homes to furnish and flesh out the concept of the automated ‘smart home’ continues apace, rallied by the advent of device certification…
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Skype Gets An iOS 8-Friendly Update With Interactive Notifications
Microsoft’s Skype messenger got a major update for iOS 8 today, which includes all-new interactive notifications that take advantage of what Apple has made possible with its latest…
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