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September 30, 2015
Today, Google announced that it will be adopting a new standard for carrier messaging called Rich Communications Services (RCS), thus eventually moving on from SMS. The company also…
Read articleSeptember 29, 2015
Not everything on Snapchat disappears. As much as the app wants memories to span just 10 seconds and live for just 24 hours, one piece of content doesn’t…
Read articleSeptember 29, 2015
Attention comics fans: Social reading app Wattpad is giving you a new way to connect with your favorite publishers and writers. Well, one publisher and four writers initially…
Read articleSeptember 29, 2015
“Last year if you asked me if I wanted to start something, I would have said ‘fuckkkkk noooooo’” 4chan founder Chris Poole laughs. But he’s changed his tune…
Read articleSeptember 26, 2015
Remember the hotness that was Turntable.fm? It was a one of my favorite apps of a few years ago (2011 to be specific), since it was social and…
Read articleSeptember 24, 2015
Today Oculus gave 1,500 developers at the Oculus Connect 2 conference (as well as those at home via livestream or on Gear VR a chance to watch) a look…
Read articleSeptember 24, 2015
Amino, a startup that’s built 41 different mobile community apps (so far), is announcing that it has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding. I first wrote about the…
Read articleSeptember 23, 2015
Hold up your phone, spin around, and Facebook’s newest News Feed videos will spin with you, showing you every angle of a scene. Today, Facebook announced that its…
Read articleSeptember 22, 2015
Ross Mayfield said that at his new startup Pingpad, “We’re trying to build the next great productivity app.” Mayfield previously worked as director of business development at LinkedIn…
Read articleSeptember 22, 2015
A new version of Periscope popped up on the App Store today that allows viewers to share screenshots that they take during your stream. Additionally a little screenshot…
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