November 11, 2015
Group Social App Heaps Comes To The US
Heaps, an app that helps friend groups connect with other groups and find parties, is expanding beyond its home country of Denmark by launching in Los Angeles. The…
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November 10, 2015
Instagram Is Ready To Print Money With New Marketing Partner Program
Reflected in our glazed-over eyes, pretty images dance with ads in between. If that sounds like television, you’ll understand why marketers are so excited about Instagram’s coming of…
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Twitter Sees 6% Increase In “Like” Activity After First Week Of Hearts
Speaking at the Open Mobile Summit in San Francisco today, Twitter’s SVP of Product, Kevin Weil, shared with the crowd that the new hearts aren’t stopping activity. In…
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Slew Of New Virtual Reality Titles Available Alongside Samsung Gear VR
As we reported earlier, you can now pre-order your Samsung Gear VR. It’s a device that’s going to unlock virtual reality for a lot of consumers, even though…
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Meet The LucidCam, The Future Of Consumer VR
Trying to wade through the noise and hype that surrounds VR can be overwhelming, but there are clear real-world uses that make the future of the technology exciting.…
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Google Acquires Fly Labs To Join Its Google Photos Team
Today, Google acquired Fly Labs to join its Google Photos team. The company aimed to help people edit videos and photos and it sported 3 million downloads over…
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Layoffs Hit Gumroad As The E-Commerce Startup Restructures
San Francisco startup Gumroad, which lets people sell products directly to consumers by way of quick and simple links, has been in the process of laying off most…
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Google Calendar For The Web Gets A Trash Can
You set up a meeting, drop it into Google Calendar. Then someone says “let’s do it another time” and you delete it. Then they say they’re available again.…
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Lytro Introduces ‘Immerge’ For Cinematic Virtual Reality
Camera maker Lytro is hopping into virtual reality. Today, it announced a product called “Immerge” which the company describes as “world’s first professional light field solution for cinematic…
Read articleNovember 4, 2015
Facebook Hits 8 Billion Daily Video Views, Doubling From 4 Billion In April
Facebook video viewership is growing by leaps and bounds. It now sees 8 billion average daily video views from 500 million users. That’s up from just 4 billion…
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