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Daily Archives: March 10, 2016
Wikipedia today launched an upgraded version of its iOS application aimed at helping users better discover content matching their own interests, including both articles and images. In addition, the app has been optimized for Apple’s newer OS and latest iPhones (6s and 6s Plus) with support for 3D Touch and Spotlight Search integrations. This is the latest in a series of efforts from… Read MoreWikipedia’s new iOS app focuses on discovery, personalization
WIRED will be reporting all the announcements as they happen on Monday. The post Apple's Spring 2016 Event Will Be Held on Monday, March 21 appeared first on WIRED.
Apple’s Spring 2016 Event Will Be Held on Monday, March ...
Apple has just issued for its next press event on Apple Campus in Cupertino. The event is going to happen on March 21. As usual, Apple wrote a cryptic message on its invites. “Let us loop you in,” the invite says. Read MoreApple sends out invites for March 21 event, likely for ...
Here’s a simple-but-handy-sounding update to Jukely — a standby list. For those of you who haven’t tried it, Jukely offers access to an unlimited number of concerts for $25 per month. (Some caveats: You can only be on one guest list at a time, and you have to pay extra if you want to bring a friend.) The goal is to make it easy for members to discover up-and-coming bands and… Read MoreNow you can get on the standby list with concert ...
Do you sometimes get the feeling that you’re having a looooooong text conversation to accomplish some fairly simple planning? I’ve certainly had tedious back-and-forths where I’m trying to figure out when to meet with someone, and then where, and so on. That’s the problem that a startup called Cola is looking to solve. I first wrote about the company in November, when… Read MoreCola launches its app for smarter, more interactive text messages
“This is so fast it feels like cheating” students tell Volley. The education startup’s app lets students point their phone’s camera at a textbook page or piece of homework, and instantly see resources about key facts and tricky parts, prerequisites, and links to snippets of online classes or study guides that could help. But rather than manually cobble this info… Read MoreZuckerberg Education Ventures backs learning assistant camera app Volley
You might have noticed something puzzling if you’ve been keeping an eye on the crowdfunding space: A large number of seemingly promising crowdfunded hardware startups fail to deliver. The list of high-profile stumbles includes Zano, Kreyos and Jolla, to name a few. Then there are campaigns like the Skarp Razor, which is almost certain to not meet backer expectations — assuming… Read More3 pitfalls that can sink any crowdfunded hardware startup
Up All Night, a startup aiming to give your nightlife a boost, is announcing that it has raised $500,000 in seed funding. More exciting than the amount of the funding is who’s involved: Grammy-nominated musician Kaskade, Nihal Mehta of ENIAC Ventures, former Square CTO Bob Lee and Vijay Chattha, founder of marketing agency VSC. The founding team should know events and music pretty… Read MoreUp All Night gets you into concerts and exclusive events ...
In situations where you might not feel threatened enough to call the police, but where you do want to reach out to a friend and say ‘something’s not right here’, freshly launched app Guardian Circle has your back. The idea is simple: you add your friends & local contacts to an alert list on the app. If something happens, you can send out an alert with various degrees… Read More