Sunday, January 22nd, 2012 10:13 am GMT -5 - Twitter
Twitter has been a roll as of late in acquisitions. This Thursday they announced another one, acquiring Summify (a social news aggregation start-up). The Summify team will be headed to San Francisco to join Twitter. Their products will slowly be shut down and be incorporated into Twitter. Summify states its core aggregation product, which summarizes the disparate flows of information Read More
DroidShooting An Android game using augmented reality. Uses the back camera so you can see your own environment as droids fly & you shoot them out of the air. https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.co.questcom.droidshooting Paparazzi This game lets you play a virtual Paparazzi, you sneak pictures of celebrities, till they get agitated and attack you. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.pixelpunch.paparazzi Sky Read More
Microsoft’s quarterly earnings statement didn’t have any big surprises. It was generally good news: record total revenue, growth in many key sectors, big sales in Xbox, 525 million total Windows 7 licenses sold, and they even seem to be losing a little less money in the Online Services area. But all that is a side Read More
The mobile social gaming giant that we all know about (whether we like it or not), Zynga, has made four more acquisitions in mobile gaming. Having already picked up a few iOS and mobile development companies in the past, this could be leading up to something big. This time around, the largest company acquired Read More
Friday, January 20th, 2012 08:51 am GMT -5 - Apple, iOS
Earlier this week Marietta Police made a large narcotics bust at the Autumn View Apartments on Franklin Road outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Their big lead? A stolen iPhone and the Find My iPhone app. A guest in a nearby hotel reported his iPhone stolen and with permission police used the “Find My iPhone App” Read More
The Facebook Messenger app for Windows has been leaked early while the company is testing it with a limited group. The app lets you use Facebook without actually being on Facebook.com. You can chat and message friends, see updates from the ticker and get notifications while your browse other parts of the web. Tweet
There had been some speculation over whether Google would agree to renew the deal with Mozilla, since seeing amazing amount of success with its own browser Chrome. Mozilla revealed in a earning report that it makes 84 percent of its revenue from the agreement with Google. Firefox announced Tuesday that it has renewed it’s deal Read More
It was just a few weeks ago that some people found a security hole on Facebook that allowed them to see a bunch of Mark Zuckerberg‘s private photos, however it seems to have happened again. Friday night a note from Zuckerberg appeared on his 10.4 million subscribers news ticker, which he was commenting on a Read More
Google+ is getting a bunch of updates for the new years. Pump up (or down) the volume! When you view your main stream you will see posts from everyone. The new feature allows you to decide how to give priority to each circle. This way you will never miss your family or friends posts Read More
As Google promised, the Nexus S Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update has been released. The update will be sent out in waves, similar to all the other updates they have done. GSM devices will receive the update first, and the rest later on. The whole process could take around a month for everyone to be Read More
