October 22, 2014
iPad Mini 3 Review: Apple’s Small Tablet Stays Mostly The Same
Apple’s iPad mini 3 is one of two new tablets launched last week at a special event in Cupertino, and it is definitely the one that got the…
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October 21, 2014
On The Heels Of Apple Pay, Jumio Launches A Card-Scanning Mobile Checkout Product For Retailers’ iOS And Android Apps
Computer vision startup Jumio, best known for its payment card and ID-scanning technologies which allow end users to hold up their cards to a mobile device’s camera to…
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Yelp Strikes Hotel Bookings Partnership With Hipmunk
Yelp has partnered with Hipmunk to allow people to book hotels within the business review platform. While this is not the first time Yelp has offered a way…
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Vine’s Stars Are The Best Part, And Now You Can Follow Whole Channels Of Them
Vine has just released a minor update to the app that not only beautifies the platform for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, but adds some new…
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Nokia Brings Its HERE Maps App To All Supported Android Phones
This August, Nokia, the Finnish company that remains after selling its handset business to Microsoft, rolled out new versions of its HERE mapping product to Samsung smartphones, powered…
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Mobile Marketing Company Fiksu Takes On $10M In Debt Funding From Silicon Valley Bank
Mobile marketing and ad tech company Fiksu announced this morning $10 million in debt funding from Silicon Valley Bank, after a year which saw it hiring 100 new…
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Microsoft Drops Nokia Name, Sticks With ‘Lumia’ For Windows Phones
After a long and complicated relationship that first involved just a close partnership with Nokia handling hardware duties, and then Microsoft acquiring Nokia’s phone-making business during what appeared…
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Apple Patent Hints Remote Unlocking And Trunk Operation Possible For Future CarPlay
Apple has secured a new patent that suggests it may add more features and capabilities to its automotive software in the future. The patent, published by the USPTO…
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Magic Leap Secures $542M Led By Google For “Lightweight Wearable” Tech That Merges Physical And Digital Worlds
It’s rare that a company can stay relatively secretive while raising a huge amount of funding, but Florida’s Magic Leap has managed that. The startup, led by CEO…
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Addresses The iPad’s Continued Lack Of Sales Growth
During today’s earnings call for Apple’s fiscal Q4 2014, CEO Tim Cook took time to address the iPad’s performance at length. Cook referred to a lot of the…
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