Ever since Google announced its intentions to turn all of its services inside out by adding a social layer by way of Google+, much attention has been directed at the Hangouts product. That attention is for good reason, because the video conferencing technology now leaves the friendly confines of Google+ for NFL.com, the company...
A few months ago, Jon Mitchell wrote a great piece that stirred up a lot of discussion about the viability of creating art on tablets with your hands. Although I commented at the time, I’ve finally drawn a more complete response. Click for full-sized image.
Smartling Jack Welde, CEO and founder, Smartling New York startup Smartling is solving a really tough problem for some of the world’s hottest tech companies. It lets them quickly translate their Web and mobile apps into up to 100 languages. Smartling launched about two years ago and has been growing like crazy, racking up...
Michael Pachter, the managing director of research for Wedbush Securities, slammed Zynga’s decision to strip its chief operating officer John Schappert of his role overseeing game development during an interview with Bloomberg West on Tuesday. “Pulling a game guy out of the primary responsibility for managing the game effort, and putting a non-game guy,...
Thefuture.fm has revealed that it has passed one million mix plays, as it announces three key hires from veterans who have worked at YouTube, GetGlue and Universal Music Group. Just to recap, Thefuture.fm is an Internet radio platform that serves up music curated by some of the world’s top DJs (8,000 and counting), letting...
It’s been a couple of weeks since Microsoft officially announced its move to buy Yammer and already the $1.2 billion service has its first post-acquisition feature, as the professional social network introduced a Facebook-like chat service. The new feature sits on the bottom right side of the screen, allowing Yammer users to chat with...
The much-anticipated legal showdown between Apple and Samsung is underway, and legal shenanigans, confidential prototypes and a battle of wills between the top two smartphone vendors make this a case worth watching. We’ve collected some of the juiciest bits around the Web from the first day of witnesses. I’ll wait here while you grab...
As interest and activity in mobile health continues to climb, San Francisco-based Mango Health is set to announce that it has raised $1.45 million in seed funding to bring a new collection of consumer-focused mobile health apps to market. The six-person company, which is launching Wednesday, is led by Jason Oberfest and Gerald Cheong,...
Adherence to prescription drugs and supplements is a problem that not only puts the long-term health of millions of patients at risk. It’s a problem that may add an extra $100 to 300 billion in health care costs in the U.S. alone. Enter Mango Health, a startup that’s adapting some of the triggers and...
Uber is still growing its business as a disruptive (sometimes controversial) car service app, but in the meantime it continues to push the envelope on what else it might eventually do with the logistics infrastructure it is also creating. The latest development comes by way of Chicago, where Uber is now laying on busses...