Facebook’s new teens-only app Lifestage turns bios into video profilesTechCrunch - Josh Constine“What if I figured out a way to take Facebook from 2004 and bring it to 2016? What if every field in your profile was a full video?” asks Facebook’s 19-year-old product prodigy Michael Sayman . The answer
Why I Was So Wrong about Snapchat and Why You Probably Are Toomedium.com - Hillel Fuld Why I Was So Wrong about Snapchat and Why You Probably Are Too I, like you, read all the headlines. The financing rounds. The valuations. This thing …
My startup failed, and this is what it feels like…medium.com - Nikki Durkin Over 90% of tech startups fail, but I never thought my baby, 99dresses, would be one of them. If there is one thing that doing a startup has taught …
Pinterest Starts Rolling Out Buyable Pins On Android PhonesTechCrunch - Matthew LynleyPinterest is starting to roll out Buyable Pins on Android phones today, the company said. Buyable Pins let some retailers who are partners with Pinterest and retailers use Shopify and Demandware. The unveiled
Watch BlackBerry’s CEO struggle to use his company’s Android phoneTNW - Ben WoodsWhen I met him at Mobile World Congress, he came across as an engaging, smart man with a personality, and that’s not always a given in a CEO. His approach was certainly a welcome departure from former
Arielle Zuckerberg, Zuck’s Youngest Sister, Is Joining Kleiner PerkinsTechCrunch - Jon RussellArielle Zuckerberg, the youngest sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is joining Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers next month in a bid by the firm to inject youth and diversity into its line-up of partners.
iOS 15 hidden features in iOS 9bgr.com - Zach Epstein After months of waiting and watching as sites like BGR showed you all the great new iOS 9 features you didn’t have access to yet, the time has …
App Store Everything mobile game developers need to know about app store optimizationVentureBeat - Dean TakahashiAs user acquisition costs soar, mobile-game developers are looking for alternatives to getting users. One of the best ways, and sometimes most overlooked, is obtaining users organically through app store
Rovio To Cut 260 Jobs As The Angry Birds Franchise Becomes IrrelevantTechCrunch - Romain DilletIt looks like Angry Birds maker Rovio is having some troubles to pay the bills. The Finnish company is about to cut 260 jobs after reducing its workforce by 110 employees in October 2014. At the end of
Adobe Adobe introduces new social photo tools to help your puppy pictures go viralVentureBeat - Chris O'BrienAdobe announced today that it will be rolling out some app updates to help marketers create eye-catching social photos and videos. The company said an update to its Adobe Social mobile application will
OnePlus 2 review: a worthy sequel, flaws and allEngadget - Chris VelazcoI don't envy the team at OnePlus. After shipping a smartphone that made us rethink what we could get -- nay, what we deserved -- for $299, it was tasked with building an even better follow-up. If this
The 21 Best Designed App Landing Pages of 2015 (So Far)webdesignledger.com - By Guest Author Mobile is the dominant computing platform of this generation, but plenty of people still discover and download apps from traditional websites. Since …
Apple's electric car is real, and it's almost ready for testingCult of Mac - Buster HeinApple is definitely working on a self-driving car project, and according to some new documents, Project Titan appears to be further along than anyone thought. Rumors of Apple’s car project first starting
One chart that explains Alphabet, Google's new parent companyBusiness Insider - Rob Price, Business Insider UKGoogle has announced a massive organisational overhaul: The search giant will now be controlled by Alphabet, a newly created parent company. Meanwhile, many of Google's projects less related to its core
Over 2 million people have already reserved the OnePlus 2bgr.com - Jacob Siegal While HTC’s revenues tumble and Samsung struggles to turn a profit, one Android phone maker is celebrating its successes. If you’ve been keeping …
Facebook Launches “Live” Streaming Video Feature, But Only For CelebritiesTechCrunch - Josh ConstineBefore Periscope and Meerkat jumpstarted the mobile live-streaming craze, Facebook was already quietly working on its own way to let public figures broadcast live videos to their fans. Today, Facebook
The Lexus hoverboard isn't as impressive as it seemsBusiness Insider - Cadie Thompson, Business InsiderThe company even built a special skatepark to show off the device. On Tuesday, we finally got a full-length video showcasing the hoverboard in action. But according to journalists who tried the hoverboard
Sony launches Xperia M5 and C5 Ultra Android smartphones, with focus on perfect selfiesTNW - Ben WoodsSony has announced two new Android smartphones – the selfie-obesessed Xperia M5 and Xperia C5 Ultra – that will go on sale around the world in mid-August. The better-equipped of the two devices, the Xperia
Amazon Takes On Product Hunt, Shopify With Launchpad, An All-In-One Marketing And Sales PortalTechCrunch - Ingrid LundenProduct Hunt has made a splash as a new place for startups to market new products, Shopify offers a way for them to easily start selling their products online, and Shyp takes the pain out of sending things
Apple Showcases Watch Apps With Short, Sweet New AdsTechCrunch - Lucas MatneyToday, Apple dropped a trio of 15-second ads showing off all of the great third-party apps available on the Apple Watch. Specifically, the ads focus on the travel, music and fitness apps available now
Product Hunt: Guide to a good launch - Attentivattentiv.com Ah, Product Hunt. The name brings chills and excitement to even the most seasoned of founders. PH can be a great platform to attract a large user …
Google Photos Google is dropping its Google+ requirement across all products, starting with YouTubeVentureBeat - Emil ProtalinskiGoogle has finally announced the Google+ news that everyone has been waiting for: Your Google+ profile will no longer be your identity in all Google products. This change will be trickling out “in the
Google Weans Itself Off Of Google+TechCrunch - Frederic LardinoisIt’s no secret that Google+ didn’t quite work out the way Google envisioned and now, after already moving Google Photos out of the service, it’s starting to decouple Google+ profiles from its regular accounts.
'Don't Write Business Plans': Advice For Startups From One Of Silicon Valley's Top Seed InvestorsForbes - Amy GuttmanIranian entrepreneurs and business leaders. During our interview, McClure dispensed his best advice for startups. He also spoke about how much easier it is to start a company today than ever before, and
Tencent turns venture capitalist to conquer China’s digital walletFortune - Scott Cendrowski A joke was making the rounds a few years ago in China: If a U.S. startup had a great idea, Google might buy it. If a Chinese startup had a great …
TechCrunch’s New Show, Bullish, Launches TomorrowTechCrunch - Alex WilhelmTechCrunch is launching a new show tomorrow called Bullish, hosted by your humble servant. The show will air every Wednesday at 10 a.m. Eastern. Bullish isn’t quite like our usual video fare at TechCrunch,
Report Claims iPhone Accounts for 82 Percent of Mobile Podcast Listeningdaringfireball.net A report from Clammr collected data on podcast listening habits shows that iOS dominates Android on mobile usage. Despite Android having a larger …
Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in ItWIRED - Andy Greenberg I was driving 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold. Though I hadn't touched the dashboard, the vents in the …
Podcasting: Another area where the iPhone trounces Androidbgr.com - Yoni Heisler Well, you can add podcasting to the growing list of items where the iPhone outpaces Android. According to a recent report from Clammr, 82% of all …
