Friday, August 28, 2015
Android Wear Device Supports iOS, Per This Pre-Order Page
Apple Watch not for you? The Amazon preorder page for the Huawei Watch states that the device will support iOS. Now, at this point, it’s unclear if this is a typo or unreleased information — let’s hope it’s the latter. So far iPhone owners have had a limited amount of smartwatches to choose from, say just the Apple Watch and Pebble devices. Likewise, there are dozens… Read More
Source: TechCrunch http://j.mp/1EmZ6Fb
Cheetah Mobile Will Launch Its Online Advertising Platform In India
Best known as an Android utility app maker, Cheetah Mobile is now focused on global growth for its mobile advertising business. The Beijing-based company announced today that it will launch its advertising platform in India next month. Read More
Source: TechCrunch http://j.mp/1PC8BRm
DeNA’s Mirrativ App Livestreams Any Game Or App On Your Android Device
YouTube isn’t the only one to introduce a live-streaming app this week. Just days after YouTube Gaming was outed, Japan’s DeNA — a prolific producer of games itself — has entered the scene with its own take, called Mirrativ. Read More
Source: TechCrunch http://j.mp/1MZcUsh
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week
We’re busy preparing for all the new smartwatches, phones, and gadgets that will be coming out of IFA in Berlin next week, but let’s take a moment to remember all the neat software that will fill up those cases of aluminum, glass, and silicon. Here are the best apps from this week.
Source: Gizmodo http://j.mp/1KnXHPK
Instagram Thinks Outside The Square, Now Allows Landscape And Portrait Photos And Videos
One in five photos or videos on Instagram show up with annoying whitespace around them because people use other apps to letterbox their landscape or portrait imagery to fit in Instagram’s square cropping. So today, Instagram for iOS and Android is dropping the requirement that all photos and videos be squares. Now when users upload photos, they can pinch or tap a format button on the left… Read More
Source: TechCrunch http://j.mp/1Il2ICD
Life360 Acquires Chronos To Add “Quantified Self” Tracking To Its Family Locator App
Life360, the maker of mobile applications for iOS, Android and Windows Phone that help keep families connected, has acquired Chronos Mobile Technologies, a startup behind a number of mobile apps that passively collect data from users’ smartphones in order to highlight trends and connections between various behaviors. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Chronos had closed on a… Read More
Source: TechCrunch http://j.mp/1NWQ0Ps
A Former Apple CEO Is Making New Phones, and They're Kind of Neat
John Sculley is most known for his time with Apple—and his head-scratching maneuver to kick out co-founder Steve Jobs from Apple. Now, he’s back with two phones, the SF1 and the SJ1.5. They’re are also meant for those ~elusive~ 1 billion people Google is always talking about with Android One, and Sculley thinks these two phones can actually pull it off.
Source: Gizmodo http://j.mp/1U8hJnv
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Amazon Underground Gives You Free Access to Paid Android Apps
Android: Amazon’s Appstore hasn’t done much to take the spotlight off the Google Play Store, but its free app of the day was a nice feature. Now, the company is getting rid of that, replacing it with Amazon Underground. This now gives users tons of paid apps and games for free.
Source: Gizmodo http://j.mp/1VbWIWa
Why Angry Birds Games Aren’t Enough For Rovio
Earlier today, Rovio said it would lay off 260 employees. This was fascinating news to the Internet, given Rovio’s status as one of the vanguards of mobile gaming as the iPhone and Android exploded. But in reality, all games eventually fade into obscurity, and even viral phenomenons like Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, Candy Crush Saga and FarmVille become distant memories among the… Read More
Source: TechCrunch http://j.mp/1KlA62a