Knowing when to post content to the Web can feel like a black art. It’s always procrastination time somewhere. But understanding one’s audience can yield simple and scientific insights about the best times to reach it. Balancing work and scheduling is still a lot of work, though, so Web services have cropped up to...
A new add-on for the Android SDK will enable developers to optimize their apps for Google TV or build new ones all together, the company announced on Monday. The add-on lets developers emulate Google TV devices and build apps optimized for larger screens. It also includes new APIs for TV-specific features and actions. Article...
In a rather direct announcement today, Microsoft explained the coming Tango update to its Windows Phone platform. Speculation has been running hot that the update, placed in between Mango (Windows Phone 7.5) and Apollo (Windows Phone 8), would be a smaller refresh, and one likely designed to work in developing countries. As it turns out,...
There are now 30,000 mobile applications available for Windows Phone, Microsoft’s newest mobile operating system. That’s a huge jump from the 11,500 apps Microsoft reported back in March, but still far short of industry leaders, iOS and Android. For comparison purposes, there are 425,000 iOS apps and over 200,000 on Android, at least according...
Exclusive: Group Commerce, a New York City-based company that sells a software platform to let publishers host their own daily deal applications, has acquired geo-location startup Socialight. The Socialight team and technology will be put toward fleshing out Group Commerce’s mobile strategy, Group Commerce CEO Jonty Kelt and Socialight founder Dan Melinger told me...
With an amazingly active community on Google+, there’s still a significant number of ghost-town profiles, where countless people have received the coveted invite, taken one confused look, and promptly turned around never to be seen again. So how do you sift through all the empty profiles, to find the really interesting people worth following?...
Remember when the Asus Eee Pad Transformer was the hottest thing since Laserdisc? Remember when it was hailed as an iPad killer with its fancy IPS screen, low price and sweet name. Autobots, unite! Well, Walmart is currently selling it for $350, which puts it at the low-end of the Honeycomb tab price scale....
London has no shortage of eateries, but knowing where to go for that perfect sandwich isn’t all that easy if you find yourself in an unfamiliar part of the city. However, this is one quandary this app tries to solve. Best Sandwiches London was released yesterday, and it’s compatible with iOS 4.0 devices and...
Hulu CEO Jason Kilar Image: rsepulveda See Also: Does Google Have The Stomach To Swallow Hulu Next? Who’s Going To Buy Hulu? CBS News Was Selling Obama Merchandise In Its Online Store Hulu is on the block, with bids between $500 million to $2 billion expected from companies including Yahoo, Amazon.com, and Google. But...
Does the web really need a “hometown newspaper?” The founders of The Daily Dot think it does, so they went ahead and built one. The site, which has been in invitation-only testing for several months, launched Tuesday as an open beta. Editor-in-chief Owen Thomas and CEO Nicholas White say they want to write about...