Skyfire Raises $8 Milli...

After raising just shy of $23 million over the past 5 years, Skyfire today announced that they’ve raised their second biggest round of funding to date. Coming in at $8 million dollars, this Series C round is being funded by Verizon Investments (as in Verizon Communications’...

Live-Blogging The Googl...

We’re live and listening…. A bunch of the execs are on. You can also follow along here …. Larry Page (paraphrased): Good afternoon everyone. Google had a very strong quarter with revenue up 25% year over year… Looking back, I’m most pleased with our growth...

Brass Monkey Grabs $750...

Six months ago, Brass Monkey had built and released some well-developed software development kits (SDKs) for Android, iOS, and beyond that, simply put, enabled gamers to turn their mobile devices into remote controllers, with support for Flash, Unity3D, and desktop games and apps. The...
Yammer, We Just Can’t Quit You

Yammer, We Just Can’t...

Do you have a product or service you don’t really like, always complain about, yet can’t really stop using? Everyone knows someone who owns a car that always breaks down, or dates a girl that they’re not particularly into but for some reason they haven’t made the...
For The 5th Year In A Row, Apple Wins CES. Before It Starts. Without Showing Up.

For The 5th Year In A R...

Are you ready for CES? I know I am. The PR emails are flowing in and I’m going to respond every single one of them. I can’t wait to hear about Samsung’s social media stuff. And Vizio’s new thingy. I can’t wait to get my hands on that one thing made by those...
Google May Have Violated Its Own Paid Link Policy With Chrome Promo Campaign

Google May Have Violate...

Google appears to have paid bloggers to write about Chrome in a way that violates its own paid link policy, according to Search Engine Land . If Google applied a similar penalty to those it’s doled out to past violators, the Chrome download page would be removed from its search...

Amazon Stops Hiding Com...

Amazon has stopped pretending that a group of e-reading apps it allowed onto its Android Appstore weren’t available on the Kindle Fire . For whatever reason, the company was effectively hiding e-reading apps from companies like Wattpad , Kobo and Bluefire , even though they worked...
Sony Tablet S Review: Slick, But Somewhat Slow

Sony Tablet S Review: S...

Short Version The Sony Tablet S is actually a pretty hot 9.4-inch slate, and doesn’t look like every other Android tablet out there (thank goodness). On the performance side, however, I found myself frustrated on more than one occasion. The design is everything I’ve been...
Junaio And Kreativagentur Thomas Launch AR Scavenger Hunt – Win An iPad

Junaio And Kreativagent...

Another example of creative use of Augmented Reality rears its head in the form of an online scavenger hunt with a chance to win an iPad 2. The team at Metaio who created the Junaio Augmented Reality browser and German creative shop  Kreativagentur Thomas have partnered to create a...
The Top Spiking Tweets Of 2011

The Top Spiking Tweets ...

Which event caused a greater spike in tweets this year, the Japanese earthquake, Steve Jobs’ death, or Beyonce’s pregnancy announcement at the MTV Music Awards? Yup, it was Beyonce. Twitter just released the top tweets per second for the year as part of its ongoing Year in...

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