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Why Yahoo Acquired Summly News Reader : Concise + Mobile Smart Apps
Yahoo! just announced that it has acquired Summly, an iPhone app that delivers news about the things you care about at a glance. Though the Summly app will disappear, its features will live on in Yahoo’s mobile experience as founder Nick D’Aloisio and the rest of the Summly team join Yahoo. So how will the ...
Yahoo! Acquires Summly as Gooogle Reader Nears Its End
In today’s mobile and social news roundup: Yahoo! acquires Summly; T-Mobile reveals new flexible pricing plans; Apple acquires Wifislam; Facebook Messenger to get voice features in the UK; Galaxy SIV mini sighting; NOOK to have in-app purchasing soon; Shutterfly sues Kodak for photo app; New Apple patent protects iPhone from drops; and Evernote 5 now ...
Top 3 Smart Devices to Watch Out for in 2013
How many connected devices do you have? According to a report released by market research firm NPD Group, there are now more than 500 million connected devices found in US homes. Of that number, smartphones and tablets are in the lead, which means that as more people become interested in purchasing the latest smartphone or ...
Quick Guide to GDC 2013 : Word Hard, Play Harder
Twenty-five years strong, the Game Developers Conference is back. Though GDC’s 25th edition was commemorated in 2011, the conference has been held yearly since 1988. The conference was usually held once a year, but since 2009 other countries like China have been hosting events of their own. GDC is taking place at the North, South, ...
FCC Chairman to Resign, 2 Spots Vacant on FCC Board
Julius Genachowski, the Chairman for the Federal Communications Commission, announced that he will be leaving his post in the coming weeks. “Over the past four years, we’ve focused the F.C.C. on broadband, wired and wireless, working to drive economic growth and improve the lives of all Americans,” Genachowski told staff members on Friday, according to ...
3 Ways Google’s Android Watch Can Rival Apple’s iWatch
There’s a new comer in the smartwatch race: Google. According to some sources, the search giant’s Android team is working on a smartwatch that would compete with Apple’s iWatch and Samsung’s recently announced Galaxy Altius, or what we previously referred to as the S-Watch. But what will the Google smartwatch have that the other two ...
Android Seems to Think We Need Another Smartwatch in the Mix
In today’s mobile news roundup: Google creating Android smartwatch; Google applies for new Google Glass patents; BlackBerry remains positive for US market; EC monitors Apple for antitrust complaints; Apple strengthens security; and Microsoft’s revamped speech recognition for Windows Phone. Google creating Android smartwatch After Samsung’s revelation that its team is working on a smartwatch that ...
Concurrent Secures $4M to Simplify Big Data Vision
More money being thrown at Big Data solutions. Concurrent, Inc., the enterprise Big Data application platform company, secured $4 million in Series A funding led by True Ventures and Rembrandt Venture Partners. “After our initial investment, we have watched Concurrent grow substantially and lead the Big Data application development market. The promise of its core ...
Shareholder Approval : Only Thing Missing in MetroPCS, T-Mobile Merger
The MetroPCS-T-Mobile merger has jumped a major hurdle when the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. stated that there are no unresolved national-security concerns with the merger and that the review of the deal is over. Which means that the merger is free to go forward. The only remaining obstacle is the approval of ...
Google Keep vs. Evernote and Springpad : No Competition
Google introduced Google Keep this week, a service that allows you to create and access virtual “Post-It” notes in the cloud. Dubbed an Evernote rival, has Google Keep earned the title? Let’s see how Google Keep stacks up against two popular note-taking apps: Evernote and Springpad. The app has been rumored since last year, resurfacing ...