April 6, 2015
FacePay?
What if buying something was as easy as Liking it? You’d probably buy a lot more, and buy it through whoever made it so damn simple. Becoming that…
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April 4, 2015
OnePlus Launches OxygenOS, Its Custom Version Of Android
Smartphone-maker OnePlus just released the initial version of OxygenOS, its forked version of Android Lollipop, optimized for its OnePlus One phone. News that OnePlus was working on the…
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Live Video Is The New Clickbait
The arms race for eyeballs online has a new weapon: live video streaming, a la Meerkat and Periscope. This type of content is innately ephemeral. Blink and you’ll…
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Why Your Favorite Snapchat Apps No Longer Work
Outside of a mobile application’s official product, there tends to exist a broader ecosystem catering the wants and unmet desires of its user community. For Instagram, there are apps…
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Do Something Epic With Everfest’s Festival Finder
No one on their death bed says “all the things I could have owned?!” It’s “all the things I could have done?!” The world is shifting from a…
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Weekends Are The Best Time To Promote Most Apps, Study Finds
According to a new report released today, the best time for mobile application developers to promote or launch a new application across a number of categories tends to be on…
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Microsoft Debuts Office Lens, A Document-Scanning App For iOS And Android
Microsoft today launched Office Lens, a mobile document scanner app that works with OneNote, for iOS and Android smartphones. The app, which allows users to snap photos of…
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HarperCollins Is Taking Aim At Amazon As Contract Lapses
Publisher HarperCollins is trying to go its own way as its contract with Amazon lapses this year. The company, which received the same renewal contract as the other…
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Conceivable’s New App Puts A Fertility Clinic In Your Pocket
For women struggling to conceive, in vitro fertilization can be a successful, but also fairly expensive, option. At approximately $15,000 per cycle, and requiring two cycles on average…
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Check Point Snags Israeli Mobile Security Company Lacoon
Check Point Software Technologies announced it has purchased Lacoon Mobile Security today. Reports surfaced last month that the company was in talks to buy the Israeli company for $80M. No official price was…
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