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Google Said To Be Bringing Background Blur, Third-Party Filters And More To Android Camera App
Apr 01, 4:23PM
Google is working on a new and improved camera app for Android-powered smartphones, according to a new report by Engadget. The company plans to overhaul the user interface, but also add new features like the ability to selectively defocus the background on portrait shots, as well as better Panorama and Photo Sphere capture. The update will reportedly come via a standalone update to just the app… Read More
Homestar Runner Springs Back From The Dead, Releases New Stuff For The First Time In Four Years
Apr 01, 4:20PM
♫Everybody. EVERYBOOOODY!♫ Homestar Runner, the site that introduced an entire generation of kids to wasting all of their time on the Internet, has been updated for the first time in four years. Read More
Fitmob Wants To Bring Impromptu Workouts To The Office
Apr 01, 4:00PM
Fitmob, the recently launched startup that wants to help people find and try local workouts in their cities, is working on bringing fitness to an unlikely place–the office. fitOffice basically gets together a group of ten to fifteen employees to work out together at the office or in a nearby park with one of Fitmob’s trainers. Fitmob is also hosting a contest that will bring fitOffice… Read More
Meet Pokr, The Dongle That Touches Your Cervix So You Don't Have To
Apr 01, 3:41PM
Sometimes it takes a dongle to do a finger's job. Or at least that's the premise behind Pokr, a new device that helps women check the quality of their cervical mucus so they can enter that data in fertility tracking apps like Glow, Fertility Friend, Kindara, and Clue. The dongle, made from silicone and shaped like a real finger for maximum ease of use, plugs into your iPhone's headphone jack. Read More
LazeeEye Wants To Give Any Smartphone 3D Mapping Capabilities
Apr 01, 3:39PM
Hardware add-ons for smartphones continue to crop up, letting mobile users extend the powers of their devices in new and interesting ways. Here’s the latest: LazeeEye is a prototype add-on, currently seeking crowdfunds via Kickstarter, that wants to augment your existing handset with laser-powered 3D mapping capabilities — and do so for very little extra money. It’s designed to… Read More
You Won't Believe Upworthy's Plan For Sponsored Content (Actually, You Probably Will)
Apr 01, 3:35PM
Upworthy, the content-sharing startup whose penchant for hyperbolic headlines has generated its own parody websites, is laying out its plans for a new ad program called Upworthy Collaborations. When the company raised an $8 million Series A last fall, executives said they wanted to make money through sponsored content. However, they revealed more details about those plans (and who's actually… Read More
Researchers Are Improving Machine Learning By Making Computers Teach Each Other Pac-Man
Apr 01, 3:27PM
I wish this weren’t April 1, because then you’d all appreciate how cool this is, but as far as I can tell, this release posted a few days ago is completely true. In short, researchers at Washington State University are experimenting with machine learning by teaching computers how to teach each other. The plan is to have one computer show another computer how to play Pac-Man in a way… Read More
Milkster Is A Maker-Friendly Launchpad For Interior Design Enthusiasts
Apr 01, 3:11PM
Meet Milkster, a brand new marketplace for designers, craftspeople and interior design enthusiasts. Designers too often end up working for big companies instead of working on products that they are truly passionate about. Milkster is here to solve that by connecting designers with customers to fund their projects. “We started from things that you might use in your daily life,”… Read More
Tinder Hacked By Bots Promoting "Castle Clash" Game Downloads
Apr 01, 3:06PM
A number of users on dating app Tinder report being matched with fake profiles of women, who are actually automated bots promoting a mobile game called "Castle Clash." The bots are sharing a link to the game on the URL "Tinderverified.com," making it appear that Tinder is the URL's owner or is somehow involved with this scheme, which it is not. Read More
Pavel Durov Resigns As Head Of Russian Social Network VK.com, Ukraine Conflict Was The Tipping Point
Apr 01, 3:02PM
Pavel Durov, the founder of VKontakte.com, has announced on his VK.com page that he has stepped down as the head of the social network -- Russia's largest, with over 100 million users -- after he said that it became "increasingly difficult" to run the social network after ownership changes put pressure on the company preserving its freedom of speech ethic. Read More
Appiterate Raises Seed Funding From SAIF Partners, Joins Growing List Of A/B Testing Startups
Apr 01, 2:10PM
Testing design and content features on-the-go to identify what users want is nothing new — it’s over a decade old process used by Google (and now Facebook among several others) to tell which products are likely to succeed. While both Google and Facebook are known for running dozens of A/B testing at any point in time to find what’s the most popular design or feature in a new… Read More
April Fools' 2014: The Round-Up Of The Best
Apr 01, 2:06PM
It’s that time of year again, friends. The day when “up” becomes “down”, lies become truth, dogs become people, and when the Internet becomes a liiiittle bit unbearable for a day or so. It’s April Fools’ Day! Yay. As is something of a tradition around these parts, we’re keeping a big running list of the best (/worst?) of today’s gags from… Read More
BBM Gets Stickers, Larger File Attachments And Group Photo Sharing
Apr 01, 1:44PM
BlackBerry’s dedicated messaging app is growing at a decent clip, and now has a larger active audience than Tango did when it raised its recent $280 million funding round, with 85 million users engaging with the platform on at least a monthly basis. It’s not resting on its laurels, however; the network introduced new features via an update today, including bringing stickers to the… Read More
Krablr Raises $5 Million From Sequoia Partners, Scranton Angels
Apr 01, 1:32PM
Krablr, a real-time crab pricing engine for amateur fishermen, has raised $5 million from Sequoia Partners with Strumpo Kildare and Scranton Angels as secondary investors. The company, founded in 2013 by Stanford Alums Wilson Poney and Paul Paulson Black III, had a seed round of $3 million supplied by Michael Arlington's CrUnd and Wobbly-Door Ventures in Palo Alto. Read More
Mobile App Usage Increases In 2014, As Mobile Web Surfing Declines
Apr 01, 1:00PM
New data from app analytics provider Flurry released today states that native app usage on smartphones is continuing to grow at the expense of the mobile web. The company claims that users are now spending 2 hours and 42 minutes per day on mobile devices as of March 2014, up from 2 hours, 38 minutes as of a year ago. Meanwhile, mobile app usage accounts for 2 hours and 19 minutes of that time… Read More
Toshiba's Imaginary Wearable Computing Gloves Win April Fools' Day
Apr 01, 12:35PM
If there was some over-arching, governing body that handed out awards to April Fools' Day prankers, I should hope that Toshiba would get one. The company today announced the Digit, sloughing off what is usually a pretty boring, business-y style to introduce something truly hilarious to the gadget world. Read More
Uber Competitor Cabify Closes $8M Series A To Accelerate In LatAm
Apr 01, 12:25PM
On-demand high-end car service Cabify has closed an $8 million Series A, led by Seaya Ventures, to bolster its growth in LatAm -- a region where it says it's seeing a monthly growth rate of around 50%. Read More
Apple Explores Bayonet Mounts For Swappable iPhone Camera Lenses
Apr 01, 12:13PM
Apple has been granted a patent by the USPTO (spotted by AppleInsider) for interchangeable lenses for a mobile device, meaning it’s possible future iPhones will have the built-in ability to swap out one lens, say a macro for close-ups, for another, like a wide-angle for sweeping landscapes. The patent first turned up as an application a few weeks ago, but Apple has already been granted… Read More
YouTube Claims It Has Been Behind Every Viral Video Trend Ever
Apr 01, 12:06PM
What is the scariest possible outcome of Google's involvement in your life? That they track your whereabouts and send them to the NSA? That they don't care about user experience and only send you ads? Those are bush league compared to this: What if, without you ever knowing it, Google had crafted all the greatest viral trends on the internet on purpose? What if they weren't just videos, created… Read More
Spotify Poaches Googler Alexander Kubaneishvili To Head Russia, Q3 Launch Planned
Apr 01, 11:55AM
As Spotify creeps towards a reported IPO later this year, it is also carefully continuing to build out its international footprint, specifically targeting fast-growing, emerging markets. On that front, the music streaming giant has hired Alexander Kubaneishvili away from Google to run operations in Russia. Read More
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