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Daily Archives: November 5, 2015
Google’s YouTube app for Android now supports virtual reality (VR) video in combination with its Cardboard VR viewer. VR video takes the 360-degree videos you may already be familiar with a step further by using VR techniques like stereopsis and binocular disparity to give you a stronger feeling of immersion (which is what VR is all about, after all). “VR video gives you a sense… Read MoreYouTube Adds Support For VR Video To Its Android App
Drug store chain Walgreens announced this morning its loyalty program will now be available through Apple Pay – making it the first U.S. retailer to integrate their customer rewards platform with Apple’s mobile payments service. The added support will allow the chain’s over 85 million Balance Rewards members the ability to use Apple Pay at checkout using either their iPhone… Read MoreWalgreens Becomes First Retailer To Integrate Its Loyalty Program With ...
Flying a drone is kind of like driving a car that only has a windshield. You can only look in one direction at a time, and when the drone gets out of visual range, the user is left with a single view through the lens of a camera. Hivemapper, a company that just raised a $3 million Series A led by Spark Capital, is looking to make that a bit safer.
You can think of Hivemapper as a Waze for… Read MoreHivemapper, The Waze For Drones, Lands $3M Seed Led By ...
It’s been a little more than a year since Facebook launched its Local Awareness ads, which allow businesses to target ads at nearby users — the ones who either live within a given distance of their store or were recently nearby. Now it’s improving those ads, particularly for businesses with multiple locations. The company says the ads can now include dynamic ad… Read MoreFacebook’s Local Ad Targeting Gets Smarter
It seems like only yesterday that we were introducing you to 500’s Batch 14, but Summer is gone, the demos have been done, we’ve picked our favs and it’s time to introduce you to the next group going through 500’s accelerator — 500 Startups’ Batch 15. 500 Startups has a thesis of investing in many startups, some that they consider “unsexy,”… Read More500 Startups Introduces Batch 15: Under-Sea Drones, Puppy Treats, ...
Facebook announced this morning a new feature called “Music Stories,” that will allow users to better discover new music or share tracks with their friends. Essentially a new post format for Facebook, Music Stories integrates with Spotify and Apple Music to provide a 30-second preview of the shared song or album that can be played directly on Facebook itself. The music is… Read MoreFacebook Debuts “Music Stories,” A New Way To Discover And ...
Karma, the makers of the pay-as-you-go LTE mobile hotspot that began shipping earlier this summer, announced today a new type of data plan meant to appeal to those who more regularly use their device. Instead of topping off data as you need it, the new “Neverstop” plan, as it’s called, will instead offer users unlimited data for $50 per month. The plan is still available… Read MoreKarma’s Mobile Hotspot Adds “Neverstop,” A $50 Per Month Unlimited ...
A headphone maker finally cracks the Bluetooth code.
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