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On-demand Ride-sharing Service Lyft Disrupting Taxi Industry
23May2013
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On-demand Ride-sharing Service Lyft Disrupting Taxi Industry

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On-demand ride-sharing service Lyft is lifting off with a huge $60 million VC investment. Seeking to disrupt the traditional taxi cab industry, Lyft uses their mobile app to turn average commuters into a city-wide transport service. The investment comes after the company announced impressive growth figures with 30,000 rides given a week. According to TechCrunch, Lyft has more than doubled the number of rides given per week from 14,000 only 2 months ago. In total the start-up has amassed more than $83 million in investment since 2007. With their war chest of funds in place, Lyft plans to rapidly scale…

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Unity Game Engine Spreads the Love, Drops Price to Free
23May2013
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Unity Game Engine Spreads the Love, Drops Price to Free

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Unity, the popular game development platform has come out with some shockingly sweet news. The CEO announced that the company has decided to drop their software licensing fees from $800 to the low low price of, Free. The enticing promotion pertains to developers specifically creating mobile applications for iOS and Android. So far the Android and iPhone app developer community has reacted with pure glee to the announcement. According to an article by Apple Insider, “Tuesday’s new price structure comes about two years after the company dropped a $200 fee for Indie developers, a move that Helgason [Unity's CEO] said…

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How Fragmentation Issues are Holding Android Back
22May2013
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How Fragmentation Issues are Holding Android Back

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At last count there were over 3,000 possible combinations between different devices and software running on the Android platform. Fragmentation issues don’t just create stressful headaches for Android developers but heart attacks as well. There are various reasons as to why Android fragmentation issues effect Android even though the platform offers developers so many alluring options. One of the common problems that a user will face is applications failing to work when needed. Some applications become problematic especially when running on older versions of Android software or on antiquated devices. On top of this not all device manufacturers take app…

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How Earning Pentagon Security Clearance Makes Apple Even More Profitable
21May2013
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How Earning Pentagon Security Clearance Makes Apple Even More Profitable

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Amid the congressional corporate tax charade taking place in Washington D.C., Apple, Inc. recently received the highest praise possible from a different branch of the US government. The Pentagon officially cleared the iPhone and iPad to be used by military and government employees after a lengthy review of the devices hardware and software security features. Law enforcement agencies have openly admitted that iOS is in fact so secure that top intelligence agencies have been unable to overcome Apple’s advanced encryption technology. The Department of Justice, the DEA, and NSA consider iOS’s software encryption to be virtually impenetrable. So what does…

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Burstly Rolling Out Sweet New App Testing Tools
21May2013
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Burstly Rolling Out Sweet New App Testing Tools

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Burstly, the owner of the app testing platform “TestFlight” is rolling out a new suite of developer tools to the public. According to TechCrunch, the products TestFlight, FlightPath, and now SkyRocket represent a full cycle of support covering the entire development process, from beta testing straight through analytics for shipped software, and on to monetization tools. Cross functionality has been built into each of the components, making it easier than ever for developers to plug into and share info between products. Burstly’s newest product release, SkyRocket offers free add mediation services. The simple ad management platform automates the process of…

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No One is Safe, Microsoft Caught Spying on Skype Messages
20May2013
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No One is Safe, Microsoft Caught Spying on Skype Messages

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Showing blatant disregard for personal privacy, Microsoft has been called out for intercepting, decrypting and reading private Skype conversations. According to a research project by ARS Technica, “The corporation is intercepting, decrypting, and reading at least some Skype messages to the point where URLs embedded in Skype chat are being visited by machines.” Microsoft acquired Skype in an $8 billion takeover and has since eroded the privacy controls that were a hallmark of Skype’s communications platform. Last year the FBI requested backdoor access to allow law enforcement the ability to snoop on individuals Skype conversations. As a Los Angeles iPad…

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Department Of Defense Approves IOS6
17May2013
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Department Of Defense Approves IOS6

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  A report earlier this month indicated that the U.S Department of Defense was preparing to approve Apple devices running IOS6 for us on military networks. It’s now been confirmed that the department has issued official authorization for IOS6 allowing Apple products to be used more freely on their networks. The reported stated that out of more than 600,000 mobile devices used by the Defense Department only about 41,000 of those appear to be Apple products. Currently Blackberry has around 75% of military device market share however Android and Apple are now set to erode that number. Samsung Android phones using Knox, a secure function which is available on the Galaxy S4 are…

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Apple Sued Over Faulty iPhone Button
15May2013
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Apple Sued Over Faulty iPhone Button

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Debra Hilton from Florida filed a class action suit against Apple alleging that the power button on the iPhone 4 has a manufacturing defect that Apple was a aware of and chose not to fix. The suit claims that the iPhone 4′s flex cable is defective and designed to cause the power button to malfunction shortly after the 1-year warranty, forcing users to either get it repaired for $149 or pay for an entirely new device. The complaint reads…. “The Apple iPhone 4 is plagued by a latent defect that causes its Power Button to fail, usually shortly after the 1 year…

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Amazon Gives Away Millions In Coins To Lure Kindle Users
13May2013
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Amazon Gives Away Millions In Coins To Lure Kindle Users

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The celebrate the launch of its new coins Amazon is giving away “tens of millions of dollars” of the virtual currency. The hand out is going Kindle Fire users as part of its latest bid to lure IOS and Android users to the platform. The retail giant launched its new currency with the promotion that will see all Kindle Fire owners gifted with 500 Coins. The coins can be used to purchase apps and in-app items on the Kindle Fire. The new currency is aimed at increasing Kindle Fire apps buy and putting more money in the hands of developers. Revenue sharing on apps and in-app purchases will operate in…

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Home Monitoring And Control: Nest Acquires MyEnergy
08May2013
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Home Monitoring And Control: Nest Acquires MyEnergy

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The arena remote home monitoring and control is gaining momentum and that might well be accelerated by the acquistion of MyEnery by Nest. Originally called Earth, MyEnergy launched its online dashboard in 2009 as one of the first energy monitoring solutions. They  provide users with information on how much electricity, water, and natural gas they use and how much they spend on these. “Giving our customers more in-depth access and analysis of their energy usage has always been part of the Nest vision,” said Tony Fadell, Nest founder and CEO said in a released statement today. “We’ve made great strides in the past year and a half; by bringing MyEnergy into…

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