November 11, 2014
LG Just Combined Tamagotchis With Smartphones
Remember Tamagotchis? If you have forgotten, and are quite pleased by that progress like myself, than I deeply apologize for bringing you today’s news. LG has created a…
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November 11, 2014
Microsoft’s New $199 Bundle Includes Skype Unlimited, Xbox Live Gold And Office 365
Microsoft has a new bundle that’s actually a pretty great deal – the software giant is offering one year of Office 365 Home, Skype Unlimited World and Skype…
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IroFit Scores $600K Seed Round For “Internet-Free” Mobile Payment Tech Targeting Emerging Markets
In a sea of ‘me too’ mobile payment startups/dongles à la Square, Finnish startup IroFit actually looks like it has an interesting proposition. The soon-to-launch Helsinki company offers a…
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Microsoft’s New Lumia 535 Costs $140 And Is Its First Non-Nokia Smartphone
Microsoft teased the imminent arrival of the first non-Nokia Lumia last week, and now it has unveiled the Lumia 535, a budget device priced at €110 (that’s just…
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Instagram Launches A People Discovery Tab To Fill Your Feed With Fresh Creators
Your friends may not be the best photographers, so Instagram today launched a second “People” Explore tab that highlights great Instagrammers and three of their recent pics. Instagram…
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Google’s Chromebooks Rule Schools As IDC Pegs Them As Top Sellers In K-12
Google’s Chrome OS may be a long-term sleeper hit thanks to a growing user population among U.S. students – IDC’s new figures for tablets and laptop sales in…
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Facebook Now Has 1.1B Messaging App Users After Messenger Hits 500M
Another billion-user milestone for Facebook: The company now has over 1 billion messaging users, after today announcing that it has passed 500 million monthly active users for Messenger,…
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SimplePrints Brings A Fast Photo Book Maker To Android
Outside of industry behemoths like Shutterfly, very few photo book makers are able to grow beyond a niche audience. San Francisco-based SimplePrints is hoping to buck that trend,…
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Daily Deals Site Groupon Debuts A New App, Getaways, For Travel And Hotel Offers
Daily deals site Groupon says that travel is its fastest growing business category, and today it is launching a new mobile app that it hopes will help it…
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Here’s How To De-Register iMessage If You’ve Switched Platforms With Apple’s New Tool
Apple has added a new tool to its website for removing phone numbers from iMessage registration, even if you no longer have the iPhone in question and can’t…
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