November 13, 2014
Calendar App Sunrise Showcases Where iOS 8 Widgets Shine
Sunrise has been one of my favorite mobile apps for years now. But the brand new 3.0 update for iOS, combined with iOS 8, makes it one of…
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November 13, 2014
SwiftKey Eyes The Far East With Beta Launch Of Chinese On Android
Predictive keyboard maker SwiftKey, which is backed by investors including Index and Accel, has finally launched a Chinese beta of its software on the Android platform. This follows the launch…
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Scopely Raises $35M For Its Mobile Gaming Platform
Scopely, a Los Angeles startup that’s built a platform for distributing and monetizing mobile games, is announcing that it has raised $35 million in Series A funding. Co-founder…
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Korean Internet Giant Daum Kakao Launches Its Own Mobile Payment Platform
Daum Kakao, one of the largest Internet companies in South Korea, has launched a mobile payment platform called BankWalletKakao as it addresses concerns about its ability to grow…
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Oculus Mobile SDK Goes Live For VR Developers
Oculus VR has been working with Samsung to make mobile virtual reality a reality, and just today Samsung detailed launch information for the Gear VR Innovator Edition for…
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Google Starts Rolling Out Android 5.0 For Older Nexus Devices
Good news! After a few delays caused by last second battery bugs, Google is now rolling out Android 5.0 (aka Lollipop) to many of its previously released Nexus…
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Investors Fav Twitter’s Instant Timeline Onboarding And Retention Fix, Shares Soar 7%
Wall Street wants more Twitter users, so when the company revealed a powerful way to gain and keep them on its analyst call, investors boosted its share…
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Android 5.0 Lollipop Review: Smartphone Edition
Google’s new Nexus 6 is officially available, and along with that comes Android 5.0 Lollipop. The latest version of Google’s mobile OS has already been accessible to those…
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Twitter Will Onboard Users With “Instant Timeline”, Inject Top Tweets From “While You Were Away”
Twitter has 500 million logged out users it’s trying to squeeze value out of, but now it has a plan to fix its growth problem, which is really…
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Location Technology Startup SocialRadar Buys Gridskippr, Rolls Out SDK
SocialRadar, the location-based social app created by former Blackboard co-founder and CEO Michael Chasen and backed by $12.8 million, is announcing the acquisition of Baltimore-based Gridskippr, a targeted…
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