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Yahoo has started testing app install advertisements across its mobile services, a move indicate the importance Yahoo is giving to the growing market for mobile apps, and its own demographic, having already announced in January it expected to have more mobile users than desktop users by the end of 2
According to a report late Monday, Smartwatch maker Basis, which just last month was rumored to be shopping itself around to the likes of Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft, has been acquired by Intel for between $100 million and $150 million. Sources familiar with the matter tell TechCrunch that
Although the Galaxy Tab 4 did not make its debut at Mobile World Congress, the next-generation tablet seems to have been confirmed by Samsung unintentionally in a recent advertisement. Planete Galaxy came across an ad which lists all 20 devices that will be compatible with the upcoming Gear Fit, and
Aereo has some formidable new opposition in the courts. According to Deadline, the White House has recommended that the Supreme Court rule against Aereo when broadcasters bring its service to trial this April. The administration made the recommendation in an amicus brief filed today, which argues th
Uber, the San Francisco-based car service that will find you thanks to an app on your smartphone, got a lot of ink and took a lot of heat around New Year’s Eve for its “surge pricing.” That is, the price of an Uber ride would go up if demand was high. Now, Uber is turning a [&helli
With hundreds of mom and pop shops in the New York area, it’s been upwards of a decade since I’ve stepped foot in a Pizza Hut. But the fast food giant’s latest dining concept may just have me reconsidering that self-imposed chain pizzeria embargo. The interactive table, created in
While others obsess over fingers, Fujitsu wants your palms instead. Going against the flow, it plans to employ palm-vein scanning on smartphones in the future. The company, who is one of its few, if not the only, commercial evangelists, believes the technology to be more secure and reliable than TV&
Crowdfunding giant Kickstarter has reached a new milestone. Total Kickstarter pledges have surpassed $1 billion, the company announced Monday. The total came from 5.7 million donors, and half of the sum was pledged in the last 12 months alone. In Kickstarter’s first month in April 2009, its us
Don’t expect to learn anything new from it, as it’s just a teaser, but you can watch above the 30-second TV ad for the Samsung Galaxy S5 shown during the Oscars. The ad was clearly put together especially for the event, with an awards theme. Samsung was one of the main sponsors of the award ceremony
The sale of WhatsApp to Facebook for $19 billion and the heightened awareness of data security in an NSA-watched world have created a perfect storm for apps that offer messaging with a privacy-first ethos. Wickr, which lets users send encrypted and self-destructing messages, is today announcing that
Although Samsung has yet not revealed the pricing for its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5, the South Korean giant is all set with more than $500 worth of freebies to entice potential consumers. Samsung is offering limited free subscriptions to various premium services, paid apps, and cloud
AOL says it has begun selling television ads through its programmatic video exchange, Adap.tv as it looks to take a bite out of the $68.5 billion dollar television advertising pie. But there’s only one issue: the company won’t say which networks they’re working with. Problems sourc
