EyeSight Gets Its Hands On $4.2 Million For Gesture Control Technology
If the Kinect and the Wii popularized the idea of gestures controlling machines, the rise of startups working in the area will take the tech… Read more »
The Latest Chinese Export: Tencent's QQ Mobile Browser, Via GetJar
We’ve observed a lot of western companies looking to cash in on the explosive growth of China’s mobile population by taking their products i… Read more »
The Mythical Facebook Phone Surfaces, Still A Long Way From Best Buy
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Facebook really is working on its own mobile phone, according to a report from AllThingsD, after years of speculation about such a project.… Read more »
MPA: Majority Of Digital Magazine Readers Want In-App, E-Commerce Features
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Although advertising is the strongest part of print magazine publishers’ revenues streams, that area has been weakening for some time. In it… Read more »
McAfee: Android Biggest Malware Target Today, Yet Symbian Still Tops It
With 550,000 activations per day, and 200 million activations to-date, Android is fast shaping up to be the world’s biggest OS, but that gro… Read more »
Update: No Flash Yet On Android Ice Cream Sandwich, But Does It Matter?
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Today we either saw the first effects of Adobe’s decision to stop developing Flash for mobile, or another example of why it has not gotten v… Read more »
Twilight 'Breaking Dawn' Viewers Set Fandango Mobile Ticketing Record
The latest installment of the Twilight movies, Breaking Dawn, enjoyed one of the top-grossing opening weekends of all time (for some inexpli… Read more »
Doubling Down: Why An Amazon Bet On A Smartphone Faces Longer Odds
While the jury is definitely still out on the Kindle Fire, is Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) thinking more broadly about mobile? If the company is inte… Read more »
Food52 Takes Crowdsourced Cooking Content Into Apps
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Food52, the cooking site founded by New York Times food writer Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, is moving into apps just a couple weeks aft… Read more »
One More Step For Apple In China: It's Now Accepting App Payments In Yuan
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China has become an increasingly important part of Apple’s empire, and today it looks like the company has taken one more step to growing th… Read more »
Mobile Reviewers Like The Looks Of Android's Ice Cream Sandwich
The mobile world got its first close look at Google’s new version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, as well as its first vehicle, the Samsung… Read more »
Apple Expands 'App Store' Lawsuit Against Amazon
The hype surrounding the Kindle Fire appears to have caught Apple’s attention. The iPad maker cited Amazon’s gadget and added a new claim in… Read more »
Google Closes Register For Checkout, Moving Users To Google Wallet
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has decided to fold Google Checkout into its newly launched Google Wallet, in what fits right in with the pare-down-and-… Read more »
Barnes & Noble Bullish, Even On Drastically Shrinking Print Market
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Speaking at Liberty Media’s annual investor meeting this afternoon, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) CEO William Lynch said the company expects th… Read more »
Citi Analysts Believe Amazon Will Release Smartphone For 2012 Holidays
Is Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) planning to release a Kindle smartphone by Christmas next year? Citigroup analysts Mark Mahaney and Kevin Chang say y… Read more »
Has The Kindle Fire Already Fragmented Android Tablets?
Amazon’s Kindle Fire was easily the most anticipated Android-based tablet launched in 2011, and could wind up outselling all other contender… Read more »
Longreads Founder Partners With Read It Later
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Longreads founder Mark Armstrong is bringing his long-form journalism curation skills to Read It Later, where he is signing on as editorial… Read more »
Updated: Google Music Launches, Songs For Sale And Free Cloud Storage
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Google’s take on online music services evolved Tuesday with the launch of Google Music, a free service that will let users upload 20,000 son… Read more »
Samsung Selling A 'New' Galaxy Tab 10.1N In Germany: Is It Less iPad-Like?
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If at first you don’t succeed, just tweak the edge a little? Samsung has redesigned its Galaxy Tab device in hopes of getting around an inju… Read more »
Miramax Is The Latest To Ink A Deal With Netflix For UK Launch
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is picking up some more momentum for its UK and Ireland launch, scheduled for early next year. The streaming video comp… Read more »
Orange Will Bring Three New, Cheap 'Facebook Phones' To Europe And Africa
Remember the “Facebook phones” launched by HTC and INQ earlier this year that gave users a hotlink to the social network and integrated the… Read more »
Intel Dangles $100 Million To Create Intel-Friendly Mobile Startups
Intel (NSDQ: INTC) has had trouble getting its chips into the types of mobile devices that are transforming the computing experience, and it… Read more »
Mobile Consolidation As Velti Buys MIG For Up To $54 Million
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Some big consolidation is afoot in mobile marketing and technology services with San Francisco-based Velti buying London’s UK market-leading… Read more »
Netflix Targets Kindle Fire, Nook Owners With Redesigned Android Tablet App
In a year during which it has shown no fear of dancing to the beat of a different drummer, Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) once again bucked the conven… Read more »
How Low Will They Go? Average Smartphone Price Falls Again In U.S.
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. smartphone buyers paid less than $200 for their devices during the third quarter, according to a recent study publ… Read more »
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Adds iPad 'Digital Combo'; Site Still Free
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Some newspapers have added paywalls to their websites while their apps remain free, but the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is trying the oppos… Read more »
Apple Launches iTunes Match, But Puts Temporary Hold On New Subscriptions
It took a little longer than expected, but Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) launched iTunes Match Monday with the release of a new version of iTunes just… Read more »
Reviewers May Find Faults, But Developers Say Kindle Fire Is Big Big Big
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The Kindle Fire tablet may not be all reviewers’ cup of tea, but Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) seems to have gotten one thing just right: it’s picked… Read more »
Kindle Fire, First Reviews: Hot Gadget Or Just Another Lukewarm Tablet?
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A new day, and a new device to challenge Apple’s iPad in the market for tablets. Read more »
AOL Has A Profitable Mobile Business, But It's Not Because Of Apps Or Ads
AOL (NYSE: AOL) has banked a lot of its fortunes on selling advertising around a group of high-traffic web properties. But just as it still… Read more »
Mobile Ad Firm 4INFO Names Tim Jenkins CEO. Zaw Thet Now 'Chief Evangelist'
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So a changing of the guard at mobile ad company 4INFO, which announced a funding round of $14 million just last month: Zaw Thet, the company… Read more »
Kindle Fire Will Have Hulu Plus App, Too
When Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) announced the new Nook Tablet on Monday, it appeared to have an app-vantage over the Kindle Fire: Hulu Plus.… Read more »
Why Video Apps Are Key For Consumer Electronics Makers This Holiday Season
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It’s no secret that consumer electronics makers have long relied on content to help sell their devices. After all, people buy devices becaus… Read more »
By Selling Stake In LMK, Hearst Sharpens Its Focus As A Tech Incubator
Hearst’s sale of a majority stake in its niche entertainment topics site/app collection LMK to digital holding company Black Ocean may not h… Read more »
Amazon Buys Voice-To-Text Startup Yap. What Do You Think Of That, Siri?
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Apple’s use of the Siri voice assistant in the iPhone 4S has been one of the most-talked about features on the new device, but Apple (NSDQ:… Read more »
Shopping App Shopkick Adds 1,000 Old Navy Stores To Its Network
A big bump in business for bricks-and-mortar mobile shopping app Shopkick: the company has signed a significant deal with Old Navy clothing… Read more »
Updated: Flash In The Pan: Adobe Confirms End Of Mobile Flash And 750 Jobs
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Update: Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) how now posted an item on its own blog confirming that it will stop developing Flash for mobile devices, and will… Read more »
Mobile Startup Funding: Strangeloop $10 Million; Urban Airship $15 Million
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What will be the most-used medium for consuming mobile content in the future: the web or apps? It’s a question that gets hotly debated, and… Read more »
Groupon, Yelp Sued Over Mobile Commerce Patent
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Investors are not the only ones who see Groupon (NSDQ: GRPN) as a money maker these days. In a lawsuit filed today, a California company is… Read more »
Google Expands DoubleClick Inventory From Mobile Web To Apps
Now that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has been making strong inroads into consolidating its hold on the PC-based display marketplace through its Doub… Read more »
