Twitter has been having a rather distinctive attitude towards app developers lately, having even banned 3 UberMedia-owned mobile apps from using its APIs. The main reason for doing so is the apps being out of line with the [updated] terms and conditions stipulated by Twitter, namely privacy issues (…), trademark infringement, and changing the content ...

Android Market Security Tool, the security update Google pushed out at the beginning of this month to repair the damage done by Android.Rootcager, has been compromised, and a fake version is making its way through third party marketplaces for Chinese users in particular. Google is still undergoing analysis of the application and Symantec notes that ...

Go Android is the offspring of Scoreloop that was conceived in January this year, and revealed today with the aim of helping top iOS developers bring their hit games to Android, despite operational, legal and financial barriers that interfere on porting games from one platform to another. The program is a partnership actually, featuring Scoreloop ...

Angry Birds has recently passed 30 million downloads on Android, placing it among the most successful games in recent times and in mobile gaming as well. So it did not take Accel Partners and Atomico Ventures too much to decide to fund Rovio, creators of Angry Birds, with $42 million, a notable sum in the ...

Facebook will drop out its FBML application starting today, the 10th of March, replacing it with iFrames. It could certainly stand as a point of frustration for businesses with a Facebook presence, but the changes have also fostered an opportunity for the service industry to address these business-oriented needs around social media marketing.  In order ...

There’s a new player in the business communications service domain, with the debut of Push2Call, an innovative, cloud-based voice widget which enables businesses to receive calls from web visitors around the globe for free. InVox, or the Intelligent Voice,  offers business clients a series of  advanced features such as speech recognition, multiple extensions for departments ...

Starting today, EMC, distributors and resellers will be able to offer the two new systems, EMC VNXe and VNX unified storage solutions. The series is aimed at serving small and medium-sized businesses, and is offered primarily through EMC partners, being the world’s simplest unified storage system, providing the ability to deploy storage for hundreds of ...

StumbleUpon is continuing its rise back to the top of its social media game, with a hefty round of funding.  Accel Partners, August Capital, DAG Ventures, First Round Capital and Sherpalo Ventures will fund the social bookmarking site with $17 million in a series B round, after having received $1.5 million in angel funding in ...

The FCC has unveiled plans of connecting students from over 20 schools and libraries to wireless internet at school/library and at home as well. The program is called ‘Learning On-the-Go’ and complements Obama Administration’s National Broadband Plan and National Education Technology Plan. Learning On-the-Go will bridge the gap between students with possibilities that have internet ...

Google has added a new feature to their mobile search, namely the instant previews, that were added to their web service not too long ago, as part of their bigger shift to instant search interaction and results. Adding instant features to the mobile search process has been another important push for Google as they are ...