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Marketplace For Event Venues ‘Eventup’ Brings In 1.8M From Lightbank, NEA And More
techcrunch.com
Like an Airbnb but for events spaces, Eventup is announcing a $1.8 million seed round today, with financing led by Eric Lefkofsky’s Lightbank and followed on by NEA, Crosscut Ventures, New World Ventures and others including LA-based incubator Science. While startups like Venuetastic have the bars part of the events...
FreedomPop turns your iPod Touch into an iPhone with free 4G
venturebeat.com
Apple’s iPod Touch does just about everything the more expensive and contract-bound iPhone does — except for the ability to tap into mobile data networks. FreedomPop, the startup that aims to offer free 4G service across a variety of devices, hopes to make the iPod Touch even more useful...
The rumor regarding a project named ‘Samsung Facebook’ is groundless
global.samsungtomorrow.com
There have been inquiries and a few articles claiming that Samsung Electronics is going to offer a Facebook-like service, being developed under a code-name called ‘Samsung Facebook.’ However this is not true and the rumor is groundless. ‘Family Story’ has been available since February 2012 on Samsung Smart TVs,...
One Way Apple Makes Sure It Gets Favorable Reviews From David Pogue (AAPL)
www.businessinsider.com
For the most part, Apple has an adversarial relationship with the press. It doesn't answer to inquiries, and it doesn't make its executives available for interviews or comments unless it's a major issue. However, there are exceptions to Apple's treatment of the press. Namely, Walt Mossberg and David Pogue...
Apple pulls cloned games from App Store
venturebeat.com
A developer that sells apps in Apple’s ubiquitous App Store goes by the name Anton Sinelnikov. Pulling up his apps today shows a much thinner selection than yesterday, according to website VideoGameWriters. Nine apps are left on sale from this particular seller, down from 68 previously. The reason? Cloned apps....
iPad '4G' claims face UK scrutiny
www.bbc.co.uk
Apple is facing inquiries over "4G" advertising of the latest iPad in the UK, the BBC understands....
MagicPlan 2.0 Arrives: Create Instant Floor Plans Using Your iPhone Or iPad’s Camera
techcrunch.com
Augmented reality isn’t always totally pointless. Sorry if you think it’s hugely useful to see an augmented view of tweets around you just by holding up your phone, but I like to find slightly more advanced applications using the technology. One such app, MagicPlan, fits that description. From the two-year...
Google's Peter Birch: 'committed' to bringing all of Maps' features to iOS, other platforms
www.engadget.com
There was a Google event today, but you'd hardly know it based on the Q&A session. Question and question was hurled at Peter Birch, Product Manager for Google Earth desktop, mobile, and API, surrounding Apple. With discussion around Apple's desire to introduce a mapping system of its own in...
FreedomPop Aims to Turn an iPod Touch into an iPhone, with a 4G Add-On
allthingsd.com
Wireless start-up FreedomPop is announcing plans on Tuesday to start selling an add-on that effectively gives an iPod touch many of the capabilities of an iPhone. The $99 add-on adds wireless data capabilities to a third-generation or fourth-generation iPod, also enabling calling through various Voice-over-IP services, such as Skype. “It’s...
Groupon's Mason on Strategy, Investment and (Finally) a Way to Stop Those Pole-Dancing Offers
allthingsd.com
Groupon’s CEO Andrew Mason is known for his sense of humor, but during the company’s first earnings call today, it was all business. Of course you knew at least a little bit would slip through. In response to an analyst who asked about the company’s ability to tailor deals to...
Hootsuite Is Raising $50M At A $500M Valuation
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It was just over a month ago that social media management platform HootSuite picked up $20 million in a secondary investment round that valued the company at $200 million. Now we have heard from multiple sources that the company is looking to better than double that: HootSuite is in the...
Samsung: No, we aren’t building a ‘Samsung Facebook’ social network
thenextweb.com
Reports that Samsung is building its own social network — codenamed ‘ Samsung Facebook’ — have been officially denied by the company, which said rumours were “not true” and “groundless.” Colour us extremely surprised. Yesterday, the Korea Times reported that Samsung was to make “a foray into the social network...
Download bots were the “well-known secret” of the app ecosystem
www.insidemobileapps.com
It’s remarkable how widely-known the phenomenon of fraudulent download bots was throughout the iOS developer community. Essentially, bots or automated programs have been used for well over a year to download apps until they reach the top of the charts where they can be seen by real users. Most every...
Twitter outage Thursday morning frustrate users
gigaom.com
Twitter appeared to be experiencing a widespread outage on Thursday morning, users discovered, taking their complaints to other sites around the web while waiting for the company to respond. The company has not yet responded to our inquiries for comment on the service disruption, nor has it updated the...
Apple may be finally cracking down on bots after warning to developers
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Apple issued a warning to developers last night reminding them that using third-party advertising services guaranteeing top rankings could result in the loss of their developer membership. In a note entitled, “Adhering to Guidelines on Third-Party Marketing Services” last night, Apple reiterated: “Once you build a great app, you want...
Daily Report: Europeans Rethink Their Google Inquiries
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European privacy regulators said Wednesday that they were considering reopening their inquiries into Google's collection of personal e-mails and Web searches for its Street View service, reports Kevin J. O'Brien in Thursday's New York Times. The move came after revelations that collecting the Internet data had not been a lone...
South Korea's FTC reportedly raids Google again over lack of cooperation
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Google might be in trouble for how it handled an earlier raid by South Korean officials over antitrust concerns. Insiders claimed to AllThingsD that the country's Fair Trade Commission stormed Google's Seoul offices again on May 28th after the company allegedly stonewalled the investigation in suspicious ways. Among the...
Samsung hints no major products at MWC with no event planned
www.electronista.com
Samsung has hinted that any products shown at Mobile World Congress may be low-profile after it stated Wednesday that it had no plans for a special event at the Barcelona show. The company didn't rule out any "exciting new products" in a response to PCMag inquiries, but it hinted that...
You Don't Own What You Buy, Part 15,332: Cisco Forces Questionable New Firmware On Routers
www.techdirt.com
One of the things that we keep learning in a connected, digital age, is that what you think you "bought" you often don't really own. Companies who sell you products seem to feel a certain freedom to unilaterally change the terms of what purchased. I'm reminded of Sony removing key...
Notch answers Q&A thread on Reddit, talks Minecraft, game development, and the gender of his beard
venturebeat.com
Markus Persson, also known as “Notch,” is the developer and creator of Minecraft. The open-world sandbox game focuses on building, crafting, and mining within a randomly generated virtual world, and versions of it are available on an array of devices: PC, Android, iOS, and Xbox 360. Persson took to...
Sometimes You Just Need To Go With Your Gut In Data Analysis
searchengineland.com
It is difficult to understand why statisticians commonly limit their inquiries to Averages, and do not revel in more comprehensive views. Their souls seem as dull to the charm of variety as that of the native of one of our flat English counties, whose retrospect of Switzerland was that, if...
Congressmen Send Inquiries to 33 App Developers Over Privacy Practices
www.macrumors.com
Representatives Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) and G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) have sent letters to thirty-three app developers with a number of questions about their information collection and use practices. This follows on a letter from the Congressmen sent to Apple requesting information on the company's data collection policies it imposes on...
Google trademarks Showy for software that turns a device into a remote control
fusible.com
Tweet Late last month, Google registered the domain name GoogleShowy.com. With such generic words in the name there was not much to go on. But now, Google has filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office revealing more details as to what “Showy” will be when it’s finally...
Say What You Want About Him, But JCPenney CEO Ron Johnson Isn't Afraid Of Anybody
www.businessinsider.com
JCPenney CEO Ron Johnson has been eviscerated by analysts, the media, shoppers, his own employees and anyone else who has anything to say about JCPenney. What we've learned over the past few months is that Johnson doesn't care. Not one bit. He's not afraid of putting his reputation on the...
Twitter's Tony Wang: 'We are the free speech wing of the free speech party'
www.guardian.co.uk
Social networking site's general manager says it takes a neutral view on posted messagesThe general manager of Twitter in the UK has said that the social network sees itself as "the free speech wing of the free speech party".Speaking at the Guardian Changing Media Summit on Thursday, Tony Wang said...
With EU approval, Google's Motorola acquisition nearly complete
arstechnica.com
Google today received regulatory approval for its acquisition of Motorola Mobility from European Union officials, and is expected to gain approval from the US Justice Department this week. "We have approved the acquisition... because upon careful examination, this transaction does not itself raise competition issues," EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin...
Samsung: Of course we’re not building our own Facebook
venturebeat.com
South Korean technology giant Samsung said today that rumors saying it was building a Facebook-like social networking service were ‘groundless.’ Rumors started flying yesterday about the prospect of Samsung creating its own social network after the Korea Times published a report with unnamed sources. It sounded awfully fishy to...
Comcast asks judge to throw out anti-piracy subpoenas meant to 'shake down' users
www.theverge.com
Comcast has signalled that it's tired of being asked to give up names when users are accused of copyright infringement. In a recent case, the US ISP was asked to provide subscriber information for IP addresses by four adult video companies; it's now asking an Illinois District Court to...
LinkedIn: Now With Intent Signals for Recruiters, Courtesy of HireSignals
pandodaily.com
No sooner does a professional worker get laid off or start think about looking for a new job than can they be expected to utter the phrase, “Time to update my LinkedIn profile.” The professional social network has become the official playing field of job seekers and recruiters alike. Unfortunately,...
Samsung denies rumors that it is prepping a Facebook competitor
www.bgr.com
It looks like Galaxy smartphone users eagerly awaiting a Sambook social network have a long wait ahead, as the South Korea-based consumer electronics giant on Thursday denied rumors that it is working on its own social network to compete with Facebook. “There have been inquiries and a few articles claiming...
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