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Beautiful WhatsApp Redesign Concept Grooms A $19B Work Horse
Mar 17, 3:16PM
No one would likely describe WhatsApp as a beautiful piece of mobile software – in fact most would probably say quite the opposite. But it doesn’t have to be that way, and one designer has taken it upon himself to envision what might be possible under Facebook, with a look at how the interface and user experience might be made better. Konrad Ziemlewski of Entropii pretty much nails it… Read More
Yes, The Surface 2 With AT&T LTE Is Real, Will Cost $679, And Goes On Sale Tomorrow
Mar 17, 3:00PM
After nearly every dot and tittle had already leaked, Microsoft this morning announced that as expected, the Surface 2 tablet hybrid with AT&T services is real and will cost $679. The price, carrier, and other details were already public knowledge. Some will certainly be disappointed in the lack of carrier diversity, but I’d expect more carriers to be added inside the year. Update: My… Read More
Google Play Games Gets Virtual Gifts, Cross-Platform iOS And Android Multiplayer Support
Mar 17, 1:53PM
Google has announced some new updates for its Google Play Games cross-platform SDK for game devs, and they should make it a lot easier for developers working on titles aimed at iOS, Android and the web to build experiences that span all of the above. First, Google has expanded its multiplayer support to include iOS, which means that turn-based and real-time combat and play can take place on both… Read More
Apple's Upcoming Healthbook Software For iOS 8 Extensively Profiled Amid New Leaks
Mar 17, 1:33PM
Apple is widely expected to launch health-monitoring software for its mobile operating system, possibly as soon as iOS 8, which should make its developer debut at WWDC this June. The software would monitor and track various aspects of a user’s health, and 9to5Mac’s Mark Gurman has a new report out today that details exactly how that might work. Using recreated screenshots based on… Read More
USB2Go Is A Smartphone-Powered Micro USB Dev Board For Building Android Connected Gadgets
Mar 17, 1:07PM
Android developers wanting a quicker and easier way to hack around with hardware should point their eyes at this Kickstarter project -- called USB2Go -- which is aiming to repurpose the micro USB port of your smartphone as a portal for plugging in an ARM Cortex-M3 development board. Read More
Twitch Partners With Gameloft To Stream Live From Mobile Games, Starting With Asphalt 8
Mar 17, 1:00PM
E-sports startup Twitch has spent the last few years building tools that will let developers build live streaming into their games on multiple platforms. After reaching the major gaming consoles, it's now ready to go mobile, by partnering with developer Gameloft to enable live streaming gameplay from popular racing game Asphalt 8. Read More
Gravie Health Insurance Marketplace Raises $10.5 Million Series A From Aberdare Ventures
Mar 17, 1:00PM
Today Gravie, a health insurance marketplace competing with the likes of Zenefits, has closed a $10.5 million Series A round led by Aberdare Ventures, with participation from exiting investor FirstMark Capital. This comes six months after Gravie closed a $2.6 million seed round, bringing the company's total funding to more than $13 million. Gravie is a health insurance marketplace that is… Read More
OpenGL ES 3.1 Brings GPU Computing, New 3D Graphics Features To Mobile
Mar 17, 1:00PM
The Khronos Group, a consortium that includes major media-centric companies like ATI, Intel, NVIDIA and SGI, will release the latest version of the OpenGL ES specs at the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco today. This may sounds like pretty esoteric news, but these specs define the kind of graphics capabilities you will soon see in your favorite mobile apps. All the major mobile… Read More
Apple's Jony Ive Seeks Product Inspiration In Unlikely Places, Heads A Team Of Just 15
Mar 17, 12:47PM
Apple’s design guru Jony Ive sat down with John Aldridge, for Time/The Sunday Times for a lengthy interview and profile, and while the article doesn’t really expose any secrets of the longstanding icon of consumer product creation, it does reveal some oh the particulars of how he does his job. The knighted industrial designer works with what many might find a surprisingly small team… Read More
Tapjoy Says Its New nGen Platform Can Deliver The Right Mobile Ads At The Right Moment
Mar 17, 12:00PM
Mobile advertising company Tapjoy is launching a new platform today that it calls nGen, and CEO Steve Wadsworth told me it reflects a broader transformation at the company. "In a lot of ways, it's a new company," said Wadsworth, who took over at the end of 2012. "We've been rebuilding the senior management team … We have done a lot of things to build the company back up to get this… Read More
LINE's Cheap Voice Service, LINE Call, Now Live For Android Users Of The Messaging App In 8 Markets
Mar 17, 11:38AM
In the ongoing battle for more users and differentiation in the battle between messaging apps, today LINE has launched its newest feature: a flat-rate voice calling service called LINE Call, to expand an already existing feature that let LINE users call each other via the app. The first markets to get the service will be Android users in eight markets -- Columbia, Japan, Mexico, Peru, the… Read More
Just Eat Preps IPO In London, Aiming To Raise £100M
Mar 17, 10:12AM
Online fast food ordering veteran Just Eat, which lets hungry web users in 13 global markets order a food delivery from a range of local takeaways, is preparing to float on the London Stock Exchange. Read More
Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto Denies All Bitcoin Ties In Verified Letter Via Lawyer
Mar 17, 8:09AM
Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto, who Newsweek claimed was "the" Satoshi Nakamoto, credited with the creation of bitcoin, has now issued a statement through his lawyer Ethan Kirschner completely denying his involvement in creating the digital currency. Read More
Video Discovery Startup Boxfish Raises $7 Million From Atlantic Bridge And Samsung
Mar 17, 7:01AM
Boxfish is one of many startups that have popped up over the last several years to help TV viewers better find shows that they'd like to watch. Now looking to extend that technology to a number of consumer electronics manufacturers, cable providers, and third-party app developers, it's raised $7 million in new funding. Read More
On The Eve Of GDC, An M&A Wave Hits the Gaming Industry
Mar 17, 6:50AM
Unity and Applifier, the Kontagent and Playhaven merger, Zynga’s half-billion dollar deal to buy NaturalMotion, Kabam and Phoenix Age. A nice, little consolidation wave is floating through the gaming industry after a relatively quiet year for acquisitions among companies in the U.S. and Europe. What’s changed? It depends on which part of the industry you’re looking at. Half of… Read More
Veronica Mars And The Case Of The Totally Adequate Kickstarter Movie
Mar 17, 5:00AM
On Friday night, I was in a Manhattan movie theater watching Veronica Mars. I'd contributed to the Kickstarter campaign that funded the film's production, so I actually received a download code for the full movie earlier that day. But I didn't want to watch it at home, on a TV. I wanted to see it a theater packed with other fans on opening night. The fact that the movie existed at all is… Read More
Github Puts Co-Founder On Leave, Begins Investigation Into Discrimination Against Julie Ann Horvath
Mar 17, 4:17AM
Github is making moves to quiet the uproar surrounding the departure of engineer Julie Ann Horvath amidst claims of sexism and intimidation at the startup. This evening in a blog post, CEO and co-founder Chris Wanstrath said the company had begun an investigation into the reasons for her leaving. Read More
Google Drive Goes On The Offensive
Mar 17, 4:00AM
Google drastically dropped the price for storage on Google Drive this week, to the point where it now undercuts virtually all of its competitors. At $9.99 per month for a terabyte of online storage, Google puts all of its competitors to shame, but there is more going on here than just a price war. Dropbox wants $9.99/month for 100GB, SugarSync has a $55/month plan for one terabyte of data that is… Read More
The Future For Anonymity Apps: Defamations And Revolutions
Mar 17, 1:49AM
In 2010 the Iranian election Iranian election protests - the "Green Revolution" - was at it's tail end, though few knew the tumult of the Arab Spring was to come. The Iranian authorities were rounding up key anti-government leaders. People who had spoken out against the election result, which appeared to the whole world to have been rigged, found themselves in grave danger. The things they had… Read More
Hands On With HereO, The Small And Simple GPS Watch Made Especially For Kids
Mar 17, 12:00AM
If you've got a child between the ages of 3 and 8, you're in an interesting spot as a parent. The kid is old enough to be involved in activities such as school and play dates, which can keep them out from under your watchful eyes for hours at a time. But they're not quite old enough to have a cell phone of their own for keeping in touch. A startup called HereO has made a gadget especially for… Read More
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