Americans spent more time using smartphone and tablet applications in 2014 than they did mobile and desktop web combined. With nearly four billion smartphones projected to be in use by 2020, the platform shift to mobile is well underway. Read Mor...
Daily Archives: January 28, 2016
Slidejoy, a startup that rewards users for putting news and advertising on their Android lockscreens, has unveiled a more comprehensive newsreading experience.
Co-founder Sanghoon Kwak led the development of the new Trends feature, and he said th...
Lockscreen App Slidejoy Gets A Newsy New Feature
Both Bank Of America and Wells Fargo are working on integrating Apple Pay into their ATMs, according to a source familiar with the teams on the projects. Engineers at both companies have been placed on multi-month assignments to build the Apple Pay options. I’ve confirmed the identity of at least one engineer who publicly lists themselves as a Bank Of America employee. Wells… Read MoreApple Pay Is Coming To ATMs From Bank Of America ...
Get read for a whole lot of first-person video in your News Feed.
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Facebook Livestreaming Opens Up to Everyone With an iPhone
Apple has acquired education-technology startup LearnSprout, Bloomberg reported a bit ago and we have just confirmed. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. LearnSprout is a three-year-old, San Francisco-based software startup whose online data insights help K-12 educators track students’ performances. The company had raised $4.7 million from investors across two rounds, including… Read MoreApple Acquires Education Startup LearnSprout
Wael Ghonim is an activist who helped spark the Egyptian Revolution, a wave of protests and demonstrations in Egypt that were part of the Arab Spring, and which helped overthrow the long-reigning Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak. Ghonim, who worked for Google at the time, used social media to unite Egyptians and create the movement in his country and was jailed for it. Thanks to social media… Read MoreInside Parlio: Egyptian Activist Wael Ghonim’s New Platform For Social ...
Get ready for the big Live streaming showdown. Finally we’ll see who’s approach wins: Twitter and Periscope with a separate app and replays that can only be watched for 24 hours, or Facebook Live with its feature integrated into the popular social network and allowing replays to live on permanently. After 5 months of tweaks and slow rollouts, today Facebook is opening its Live… Read MoreFacebook Takes On Periscope By Giving Live Streaming To All ...
Well, you miiiiiiight want to get a new one.
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Your Apple AC Adapter Might Have Been Recalled
Well, you miiiiiiight want to get a new one.
The post Your Apple AC Adapter Might Have Been Recalled appeared first on WIRED.
Your Apple AC Adapter Might Have Been Recalled
Snapchat is ready to colonize the web with profile URLs that deeplink into its app and let you instantly follow someone. That makes it simple to add friends and celebrities so you fill your feed with content that keeps you coming back. By swiping down from the Snapchat camera to the profile screen, hitting ‘Add Friends’, and then selecting ‘Share Username’, you can… Read More