LinkedIn buys Pulse for $90M as its publishing ambitions take shape

Stepping even further into the media fray, LinkedIn announced today that it has acquired the popular news reader app Pulse.

Pulse takes on Flipboard with new social news integration update

News aggregation service Pulse is turning its attention to the mess of news that's shared by friends across multiple social networks.

Pulse News’ iOS & Android apps get a big refresh

News aggregation service Pulse debuted version 3.0 of its mobile apps for Android, iPhone, and iPad today, which brings lots of new features and interface tweaks.

Pulse’s new web reader looks like a pretty Windows 8 app

Digital magazine service Pulse released a new web app version of its popular mobile news reader today, which takes plenty of design cues from Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 8 software.

Pulse news app teases major announcement on its homepage

Mobile news aggregation service Pulse is planning a major announcement in the near future, according to the startup’s homepage.

Pulse updated its homepage earlier today to tease the announcement. Initially, users are shown a short animation of Pulse’s launch on …

Next Issue Media launches with all-you-can-read pricing model

Though digital magazine circulation has increased significantly in recent months, it remains a mere one percent of overall circulation, Ad Age reported last week. A group of five major publishers is hoping Next Issue Media, a company launching its full-feature …

Pulse adds local content, partners with Patch, Zagat, Groupon, and more

Pulse has gone from college project to social news powerhouse in two years’ time. Friday, the blossoming business is taking a leap forward by going local.

Pulse, made by startup Alphonso Labs, has launched Pulse Local to provide application users …

Offlane is an offline newsreader with a Flipboard style

Offlane, a newsstand app for the iPad in private beta, syncs online news content to your mobile device so it can be read offline. The company took the stage Thursday at the Launch Conference to present its new product.

The …

Pulse grows from 1M to 11M users in 2011, works on monetization

Pulse, which makes a news reading app for Apple and Android tablets and smartphones, threw a party in the penthouse of the Kimberly Hotel last night to celebrate it big growth. “These guys offered to pay me for using our …

Google Propeller and Yahoo Livestand launch to intensify tablet reader battle

The tablet reader battle is going to get a whole lot more intense next week, when tablet news magazines Google Propeller and  Yahoo Livestand launch to take on incumbent Flipboard.

Possible names for the Google reader project include “Currents,” reports …

Pulse raises $9M for its slick news reader

Pulse, which created the popular Pulse news reading app, has raised $9 million in its first round of institutional venture funding.

The app aggregates news stories from RSS feeds and social networks and presents them in a design that was …