| Reborn Opera Mobile Sings on Android Wired The new user interface is cleaner and reminiscent of Chrome for Android with a single menu button at the top of the screen rather than the space-eating toolbar found in the old Opera Mobile. While I prefer the new UI, it's worth noting that the new ... See all stories on this topic » |  Wired |
Los Angeles Times
The mobile ads will work similarly to those added to the website version of the social network a couple of months ago, said Tumblr Vice President Derek Gottfrid, according to Bloomberg. That means companies have to pay to promote their own Tumblr blogs ...
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| Obama Administration: Mobile Phone 'Unlocking' Should Be Legal TIME The Obama administration will push to reverse a new prohibition onmobile phone unlocking, after an online White House petition protesting the ban drew more than 100,000 signatures. The ban makes it a federal crime for consumers to “unlock” newly ... See all stories on this topic » |  TIME |
Forbes
For example, Austin-based Taskbox wants to take email to the next level, with a focus on mobile. The company has already gotten some buy-in, such as a $600,000 angel round. Investors include McAfee's CTO Michael Fey and serial entrepreneur James ...
See all stories on this topic »Tumblr preps release of ads in mobile apps
CNET
The startup offers two types of units -- Tumblr Radar for content exposure and Tumblr Spotlight for promoting a brand blog -- to advertisers who can pony up a minimum of $25,000. Tumblr's mobile applications only include the occasional Radar update.
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| Mobile Makers: MakieLab's 3D-Printed Dolls Get iPad App, Safety Certification Forbes MakieLab, based in London's Shoreditch, have been one of the more interesting applications of the trends of 3D printing and mas customization in the consumer space. As they moved out of beta, the Makies – highly customizable, 3D-printed dolls, which ... See all stories on this topic » |  Forbes |
TechCrunch
Last year, Microsoft launched Azure Mobile Services, a cloud backend for mobileapplications. But at the time, it only supported Windows 8, and the team then added iOS and Windows Phone 8 support a short while later. Starting today, Android users can ...
See all stories on this topic »Emblaze Mobile's ex-CEO: First Else was eventually ready but the market had ...
Engadget
We were rather heartbroken when Emblaze Mobile announced the abortion of its First Else project back in June 2010, with the culprit being "critical delays in deliveries;" so when we caught up with ex-CEO Amir Kupervas -- who's now running a startup ...
See all stories on this topic »Mila, A Local Mobile Marketplace For Errands, Raises $3M To Bag Emerging ...
TechCrunch
In the U.S. startups like TaskRabbit, where anyone can run an errand for anyone else, seem like a novelty even today. But in emerging economies, where the mobilephone rules, it's become the mainstream lifeblood of almost all businesses.
See all stories on this topic »Invention and the Mobile Economy
Brookings Institution
In this paper released in conjunction with a Mobile Economy Project panel discussion, Darrell West argues the importance of invention to mobilecommunications and demonstrates that the mobile industry is one of our most vibrant drivers of economic ...
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