Maker Studios pulled in 9.7 million unique U.S. viewers in May, averaging nearly ten streams per viewer. Cofounder Danny Zappin told FastCompany earlier this month that Maker Studios aims to build “a sustainable new kind of studio model for short-form content.” The company has 200 employees and a 20,000-square-foot studio lot, which Zappin described...
Here’s something that could be useful in coin-toss moments, assuming that you take the Rock, Paper, Scissors route to settling things (and have a ‘friend’ to help out). A robot in Japan is unbeatable at the game (which is also know as Stone, Paper, Scissors to us Brits). Yes, that’s right, it cannot and...
They really are doing face-lifts younger and younger these days. It was just eight months ago in October 2011 when we first met Snip.it, a San Francisco-based startup that has created a web application for people to “snip,” collect, and comment on, and share their favorite articles from all over the web. But for...
VeriFone is taking its newly launched SAIL mobile payment product to Android smartphones after debuting on the iPhone last month. The move helps VeriFone better compete with Square, an early mobile payment leader and PayPal Here, which are both available on iPhones and Android. VeriFone is also making it easy for customers who want...
Singapore-based online back up specialist Dropmysite, the company behind back-up services Dropmysite and Dropmyemail, has announced the acquisition of US-based Orbitfiles in a move that will significantly boost its user numbers and hone its focus on the North American market. No price has been announced and full details of the deal to buy the cloud...
Apple has won perhaps the most prominent victory in its multiyear battle over mobile patents: it has convinced a U.S. District Court judge to slap an injunction on sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets in the U.S. pending further review of the patent claims between the two companies. Judge Lucy Koh issued the...
Steinbacher’s response to MacFarlane was subsequently retweeted by the comedy writer. Within minutes, Steinbacher found himself facing and defending himself against MacFarlane’s personal digital army of 2 million-plus followers. Users questioned if Steinbacher did not chuckle at the witticism because he was a victim of rape himself, while others wondered how Steinbacher became the...
According to a report on GigaOm that leans on postings for Microsoft positions, the company intends to use the WebRTC technology to take Skype into the browser. WebRTC is a critical piece of the future of Skype, as it will allow the product to function in a browser without the need for installed plugins. This...
Apple has announced that it is launching the iTunes Store in 12 additional countries in Asia today. These countries include Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. The iTunes Store is Apple’s media outlet, which distributes music and movies to Mac, Windows and iOS users. Apple says...
Forget Yammer, forget Asana. In April, Y Combinator grad Siasto launched a streamlined project management solution for teams and small businesses that syncs with Google Apps and allows users to create tasks, events, and documents all from the inbox. Since then, the project management and collaboration startup has continued making inroads against competitors like...