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Apple Reaches Highest-Ever U.S. Smartphone Sales Share At 53.3%; Android Consolidates In Europe
Dec 21, 11:11AM
Apple's shares, as you may have seen, have been sliding in the market on the back of strong competition from Android device makers. Today, some new figures on recent smartphone sales will give the market both encouraging and discouraging food for thought on that matter as we dive into the final weekend of sales before Christmas.Buy Me A Pie! Gets Bump Support — iOS Users Can Now Bash Phones Together To Share Grocery Lists
Dec 21, 11:03AM
Buy Me A Pie!, the cloud-powered grocery list maker for iOS, has released a nifty - and, potentially, relationship saving -- update for its app which adds support for Bump, so that users can now sync their shopping lists simply by bumping their iPhones together. The idea is to make it even easier for households to collaborate on and share grocery shopping duties.Nokia And RIM Bury The Patent Hatchet, Nokia Wins Payment Award From RIM
Dec 21, 8:27AM
Perhaps because there is not really any use in wasting energy fighting down rather than up the competition chain, today the beleaguered handset maker Nokia announced that it has settled all of its patent disputes with the equally challenged BlackBerry maker RIM. Nokia had different claims against RIM, and it looks like RIM is coming out the net loser here: Nokia says that it is getting a one-off, as well as ongoing, payments from the Canadian company. It is not making any payments to RIM. They are not disclosing the financial terms of those payments.App Maker Callaway Digital Arts Teams Up With Hasbro, Makes Totally Tubular Mr. Potato Head App
Dec 21, 6:57AM
Lifestyle and children's iPad app maker Callaway Digital Arts has partnered with toy manufacturing giant Hasbro for a series of apps. Their first joint project is the Mr. Potato Head app, which is now available for iOS and is sure to delight children aged 2 to 6 (and nostalgic parents). The iconic character, created 60 years ago, was chosen to be the star of his own app because the spud's interchangeable parts and outfits "make a delightful touch-based mobile app that promotes imagination-driven free-play," says Callaway Digital Arts CEO Rex Ishibashi.Senate Passes Netflix-Backed Revision Of Privacy Law, Paving Way For Facebook Sharing
Dec 21, 6:46AM
The U.S. Senate has passed legislation that will make it easier for Netflix users to share what movies they have watched with their Facebook friends. The new legislation has already been passed by the House of Representatives, so it just needs the president's signature before you start seeing updates about your friends' Netflix habits popping up in your Facebook newsfeed. Netflix already enables users in more than 40 countries and territories to share the titles of films and TV shows on the social networking site.Instagram Gets iOS & Android Update With Facebook Single Sign-On, New Filter And Album Uploading Option
Dec 21, 4:20AM
Instagram just released a new version of its iOS app which allows people to login through Facebook's iOS 6 single sign-on integrations. It also adds a new filter called Mayfair, and returns the ability to share photos from any album on your iPhone instead of just the main camera roll, which many users missed after it disappeared from the app's last update. Users can now sign in directly with their FB account, while the Mayfair filter adds a cool lavender cast, lightens the center of the photo and has subtle vignetting (Instagram really seems to be into purple lately, as evidenced by Mayfair and Willow, last week's new filter).Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Tech Hints That Its Next Stop Is Hong Kong As It Seeks To Become "China's Apple"
Dec 21, 2:35AM
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, which has been referred to as "the Apple of China," strongly hinted at an expansion into Hong Kong on its official Twitter account. Though the tweet was cryptically worded, attached is a graphic featuring the company's latest model, the Xiaomi Mi2, with specs listed in traditional Chinese characters (which is used in Hong Kong, but not mainland China), Hong Kong floral emblem the Bauhinia flower and a silhouette of the Hong Kong islands and peninsulas.Lessons Learned From Instagram's Ad Policy Fiasco
Dec 21, 2:16AM
Instagram's back-and-forth on its advertising policy is a case study in tech PR blundering. It demonstrates the need for clear explanations of terms of services changes. It also raises the question of whether apps should update their terms to cover future monetization strategies as early as they know what these money-makers look like, or if they should notify users right before the ads go live.Red Hat Acquires ManageIQ To Beef Up Hybrid Cloud Capabilities
Dec 21, 1:51AM
Red Hat today acquired ManageIQ for its IT management software. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ManageIQ is in the data center automation and virtualization business. Data center automation is essentially retrofitting a data center so it can have a degree of elasticity and integrate with public clouds. This means developing methods for managing virtualized servers with infrastructures that spread out over thousands of servers.Leadbolt Customizes Mobile Ads To Match The User Lifecycle
Dec 21, 1:37AM
Leadbolt is one of those startups that's been flying under the radar for a while (more than two years in fact), but now it's ready to talk about what its founders describe as a smarter, more innovative approach to mobile advertising. According to CEO Dale Carr, most mobile ad companies are just trying to import ideas the existing online ad world: "I.e., they're putting banners on a smaller screen and saying that's mobile advertising." There are other companies experimenting with different ad formats, but with Leadbolt, it's not about any one type of ad. Instead, the company delivers a mix of ads that are specifically targeted based on how long someone has been using the app.Instagram Reverts To Original Ad Terms After Outcry, Says It Needs To Figure Out Ad Program First
Dec 21, 1:05AM
Following the controversy over recently-unveiled changes to its terms of service, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom just announced via blog post that the advertising-related section of the TOS has reverted to "the original version that has been in effect since we launched the service in October 2010." The Facebook-owned photo service had already hinted that this was coming, with Systrom saying that the team was listening to user concerns and that there would be changes to the TOS to make it clear that "it is not our intention to sell your photos."Koding Raises $7.25 Million More, Matrix Partners' Josh Hannah Joins The Board
Dec 21, 1:01AM
Koding, a startup that provides browser-based tools to help developers code and collaborate together, has raised $7.5 million in Series B Funding, according to an SEC filing. Along with the funding, Matrix Partners general partner has joined the board, suggesting that the firm has led the round.Google Launches New Experimental Search Features For Tracking Your Online Purchases, Reservations & Events From Gmail
Dec 21, 12:37AM
Google has long been running a number of experimental Search and Gmail field trials anybody can sign up for and today it's launching a few nifty new search features for searching your Gmail inbox from Google.com on the desktop and your iOS or Android phone. Previously, Google already let you find you flights by using the [my flights] search operator, but now you can also use queries like [my purchases] to find your latest Amazon acquisitions and track they packages they are coming in.Gift Guide: ThinkGeek iCade 8-Bitty Wireless Game Controller
Dec 20, 11:10PM
ThinkGeek's iCade 8-Bitty wireless gaming controller is pretty adorable, though limited. It has a retro feel, eliciting nostalgia for Super Nintendo, and hooks up easily with both iOS and Android devices. The games, however, are limited to various emulators like Atari's Greatest Hits and Pac Man. These are great games and appeal to just about anyone, but the retro controller supports exactly what you'd expect: old games, not new ones.TechCrunch Goes To Athens On January 4th To Meet Up With Greek Geeks
Dec 20, 11:02PM
When I left Athens, Greece, over a decade ago, startups were definitely not cool. In fact, there were no tech startups at all. Since then a lot has changed. Tech entrepreneurship has become a global thing and, inspired by cultural influences like The Social Network in addition to more serious factors, hackers all over the world want to build the next big thing. Despite the Greek government-debt crisis and the high unemployment rate, tech-savvy Greek folks are following the global trends and forging ahead to create their own jobs by founding promising early stage ventures. Tech entrepreneurship has become a legitimate career option for many of Greece's ambitious youth; perhaps they can contribute into turning the economy in a few years time?Overstock May Take On Amazon (And Google) With A New Locker Delivery System
Dec 20, 10:43PM
Lockers are the new black in e-commerce. Amazon recently debuted a Lockers delivery program, which allows customers to have their deliveries sent to nearby lockers. The service is especially helpful for consumers who aren't at home to receive deliveries. And Google just acquired BufferBox, a service that provides a locker delivery service, for $25 million. E-commerce company Overstock is eyeing the locker space, as well.Chitika: iOS 6 Spike Likely Due To iPhone In China, Not Google Maps, As U.S. Growth Remains Flat
Dec 20, 9:50PM
While a study this week from MoPub suggested that iOS 6 adoption indeed did see a spike coinciding with the introduction of Google Maps, Chitika has a new, longer-term look at adoption in the U.S. that suggests a different explanation for MoPub's results. Culling data from millions of impressions across its mobile ad network, Chitika found that over a six day period beginning December 11f through December 17, iOS 6 impressions remained flat, just as in their initial study.Weotta Improves Its Activity-Planning App With Time And Place Filters, Plus Facebook Integration
Dec 20, 9:37PM
I was already pretty impressed with activity-recommenation startup Weotta, but the app got a lot better with its latest update. It still includes the core Weotta experience — bringing up a "stack" of things you can can do right now, near your current location (at the moment, the app is recommending a bunch of lunch spots near my apartment). If there's something you like, you can swipe down to save it. With everything else, you can swipe up or across to show that you're not interested, and the next items in the stack will be tailored based on your interests (so if I keep rejecting lunch recommendations, the app should figure out that I'm not interested in food).Group Photo-Sharing App Tracks Continues Cross-Platform Push With Support For iPad And Android Tablets
Dec 20, 9:30PM
Mobile photo-sharing app Tracks is today continuing its cross-platform expansion efforts, after arriving on Android earlier this fall and on Windows 8 and Windows 8 RT (yes, RT!) just a couple of weeks ago. Today, the company is going after the majority of the tablet market with the launch of Tracks for iPad and Android tablets.RIM Reports Fiscal Q3 2013 Results: Net Loss Of $114 Million On $2.7 Billion In Revenue, 6.9 Million BlackBerrys Shipped
Dec 20, 9:22PM
RIM has just released its fiscal Q3 2013 earnings report, and once against its quarterly results managed to squeak by analysts' grim forecasts. RIM reported a net GAAP loss of $114 million (equivalent to $0.22 per share) on revenues of $2.7 billion this time around, while the general consensus leading up to the release was that the company would lose $0.35 per share on $2.66 billion in revenues.If at any time you'd like to stop receiving these messages, just send an email to feeds_feedburner_com_techcrunch+unsubscribe-hmdtechnology=gmail.com@mail.feed2email.net.
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