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Mobile Content is King: Google Play Media Sales Kick Off a New Era
This week Google officially announced that the Android Market is out and Google Play is in. Yes, you read that right, the Android Market is now known as Google Play – a digital entertainment destination where you can find, enjoy and share your favorite music, movies, books and apps on the web and on your ...
GDC Recap Day 2 – PC Gaming is Back with a Vengeance
It’s time for another Game Developer Conference round up to see what’s new in the gaming world. Yesterday, we featured what happened on Day 1 of the event. Click here to read more on that. Today is the 3rd day of the event but lets look at some of the highlights at GDC Day 2. ...
The Launch of Google Play, Apple’s Catalogs, and an iPad Reveal?
Today’s mobile round up includes Google Play, the next Nexus device, Apple’s big reveal and more. Google Google officially launched Google Play – the new Google hub that features Android Market, Google Music and the Google eBookstore. It’s a cloud-based service, quite similar to the Market in function, but organized for Google’s longterm marketplace goals. ...
Ready For SXSW 2012? Here’s a Guide for Startups and Kids
South By Southwest is a company that organizes conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events such as the über popular SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco. Starting March 9 until March 18, Austin, Texas will be jumping as SXSW officially starts on Friday. SXSWInteractive will be on March 9-13, SXSWFilm will be ...
Apple Battles Kodak and Core, But Agrees to Meet with Senator Schumer
Today’s mobile round up includes Apple’s latest patent battles against Core and Kodak, Apple and Google agreeing to meet with a senator, and the rise of fake Android antivirus apps. Core Wireless vs. Apple Core Wireless, the company acquired by Canada’s Mosaid Technologies (which has an existing patent licensing deal with Microsoft), filed a complaint ...
GDC 2012 Day 1 Recap – Google Pushes Games in the Browser
Gamers rejoice! The Game Developer Conference kicked off yesterday and it will push on until March 9th, Friday, at the Moscone Center in San Franisco, California. The expo runs from March 7 through March 9. The GDC is the largest annual gathering of professional video game developers, focusing on learning, inspiration, and networking. The event ...
King of Pop’s Catalog Hacked in 2011 PSN Breach
The April 2011 hack on Sony’s PlayStation Network and Qriocity (now known as Sony Entertainment Network Music Unlimited) not only left PSN subscribers without service for a month, but hackers may have also stolen some 50,000 music files, most of which are from the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Back in 2010, after the death ...
Square, Verifone and the Girl Scouts Up the Ante on Mobile Payments
Mobile payments is really kicking off this year, especially in light of Square’s latest app for the iPad, centering on new payments services ana analytics. What started as a payment service offered by a handful of tech startups has since expanded to incorporate banks, mobile operators, credit card networks, payments startups, tech companies, and now, ...
Anonymous vs. Zeus: an Attack on Hackers
When you hear the word “Anonymous,” what comes to your mind? The movie about the “real story” behind William Shakespeare? A group or hackers? Or do you think of them as hackitivists? People have different perceptions about Anonymous the group, but would you ever think of Anonymous as a victim? In a recent post from ...
FTC Probe On Apple as they Reach 25 Billion App Downloads
Today’s mobile roundup features a Democrat senator’s request for FTC probe on Apple and Google, Apple reaching 25 billion apps download, poison apps, and more. FTC Probe U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is requesting the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Apple Inc. and Google Inc. regarding the applications on their mobile systems that steal private photos ...