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Yahoo Acquires Milewise, GoPollGo For Mobile Team

Yahoo Acquires Milewise, GoPollGo For Mobile Team

By Chris Crum May 9, 2013

Yahoo announced that the teams from both Milewise and GoPollGo have joined Yahoo. In an email, a spokesperson said, “Today Milewise and GoPollGo joined the Yahoo! mobile team. GoPollGo created a cool social polling app. The team has joined our …

Learn How To Design Android Notifications Learn How To Design Android Notifications

There’s a time and place for every notification in Android. Consumers won’t be happy if you constantly spam them, but smart notification design is key to enhanced engagement. Learn more about it in this week’s Android Design in Action. This …

Mega Gets 3 Million Users In A Month Mega Gets 3 Million Users In A Month
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Kim Dotcom’s Mega launched last month with a ridiculous launch party that included a fake FBI raid on Dotcom’s mansion. After the launch, the file-sharing service managed to snag over a million users in just a few days. According to …

Google Play Doubled Its Revenue In December Google Play Doubled Its Revenue In December
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Google Play has always lagged behind Apple’s App Store in terms of pure revenue since its inception. That trend has not changed, but Google Play is at least starting to show signs of major growth after months of very little. …

Facebook Overtakes Google Maps as the #1 Mobile App Facebook Overtakes Google Maps as the #1 Mobile App
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Analyst ComScore has released its estimates of mobile app usage for 2012 and it appears the Facebook has taken the lead. The Facebook app was the most-used app at the end of 2012, drawing over 85 million unique visitors in …

Mobile Apps Are Becoming as Popular as TV Mobile Apps Are Becoming as Popular as TV

According to mobile analytics company Flurry, you guys are buried in your devices – all the time. In fact, the time when mobile apps become the predominant form of media entertainment could be sooner rather than later. According to Flurry, …

LinkedIn Adds Mobile Profile Editing to Its App LinkedIn Adds Mobile Profile Editing to Its App

LinkedIn today announced the launch of what it call the most requested feature for its mobile app. Users will now be able to edit their profile from within the LinkedIn app. More specifically, users will be able to update their …

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Peter Moylneux’s 22Cans game studio today released a mobile game that can be considered more social experiment than game. Curiosity is a game about tapping a giant cube. The tapping serves to chip away at the cube and reveal the …

Google Opens Mobile App Analytics Up To All Google Opens Mobile App Analytics Up To All
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In June, Google introduced Mobile App Analytics in closed beta. At the time, the company said it would be opening up the beta in waves. I guess the final tidal wave is upon us, as Google announced today that it …

Microsoft Office 2013 Coming to iOS, Android Microsoft Office 2013 Coming to iOS, Android

Back in May of this year, a Microsoft source leaked the info that the full Office 2013 suite would be coming to Android and iOS platforms in November. Now, it appears that deadline may have been pushed back and the …

LinkedIn Adds Features To Mobile Apps LinkedIn Adds Features To Mobile Apps
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LinkedIn has launched some updates for its iPhone, Android and iPad apps. In a post on the LinkedIn blog, Joff Redfern writes, “1year, 21 days ago we launched an entirely new LinkedIn mobile experience for iPhone, Android, and the mobile …

Yahoo Adds New Features To Fantasy Football Yahoo Adds New Features To Fantasy Football

Yahoo announced that it has some new features for fantasy football this year. This is the company’s fifteenth year of offering fantasy football, and they’re offering fans the ability to make money by competing in the Yahoo Pro Leagues, which …

WWE Mobile App Gives Fans Social Experience WWE Mobile App Gives Fans Social Experience
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WWE has launched a new mobile app for iOS and Android, giving fans access to to a “second screen TV companion experience,” which activates during Monday Night Raw. The app features live polls and content during that time. The app …

Ptch May Be The Instagram Of Video Ptch May Be The Instagram Of Video

I think it’s safe to say that Instagram has been a pretty successful hit. In addition to the millions of users it has attracted, it was acquired by Facebook for a billion dollars. Now, there’s a new iPhone app, which …

Socialcam Sells For $60 Million To Autodesk Socialcam Sells For $60 Million To Autodesk
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There is no better time than the present to build an app. If it can get popular, some larger company is going to buy it for a lot more than you ever invested in it. Instagram may be the biggest …

Twitter Updates Its iOS And Android Apps Twitter Updates Its iOS And Android Apps
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The problem with developing mobile apps is that you have to add all the great features from the desktop version while preserving the mobile nature of said app. Various developers have tried and failed when adding new features to their …