On Jan. 12, 2012, Pretty Pet Salon mysteriously disappeared from the App Store and then returned again in a different form at the end of March. Why this happened is an interesting tale.
Here's the full agenda of more than 80 speakers at GamesBeat 2012
While anyone with half a brain can see that BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is in trouble, the company’s new CEO, Thorsten Heins, doesn’t agree.
“There’s nothing wrong with the company as it exists right now,” Heins told the Canadian …
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Corporate social media strategists at global brands are confronting a new set of tough challenges. Enterprise executives are beginning to take notice of the socially empowered customer and looking to meet those demands.
Now, leading social strategists are starting to …
Facebook better hurry up and re-send that friend request to GM. Other advertisers are starting to catch on that there’s more to the advertising world than the world’s largest social network.
In fact, according to a June study by 33Across, …
Prognosis dim, RIM is inching towards its demise. The company is coming off one of its worst quarters ever, its stock value has evaporated, and it just can’t seem to finish BlackBerry 10. Things aren’t going well, to say the …
[Update: We've updated this story to be more precise. It is still confusing, but we've added the facts as we know them] Sony has dropped the option for the OnLive cloud gaming service in an upcoming media player in the …
That tablet in your hand could soon become the most popular mobile device sold — even the ubiquitous notebook PC, new research finds. Shipments of tablets — exemplified by Apple’s iPad — will almost quadruple to 416 million units by …
Ray Bitar, Full Tilt Poker’s CEO, was arrested yesterday on new charges that the poker czar has been involved in a Ponzi scheme.
Bitar had been avoiding arrest by living in Ireland; he was taken into police custody Monday as …
Activision Blizzard has partnered with Chinese Internet portal Tencent to launch Call of Duty Online in China. The long-term partnership brings two of gaming’s juggernauts together.
Call of Duty is one of the world’s largest video game franchises, selling more …
Boston-based Fiksu will use the funds to expand its mobile app user acquisition platform.
Editor's Pick In the battle between Apple’s police and the developers who cheat to boost their rankings, some innocent startups are finding themselves banned from the marketplace.
TV and online audience analytics firm Nielsen has acquired ad tech startup Vizu, a move that will help the company optimize online ad effectiveness and cross-platform measurement.
The terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, unlike many acquisition agreements, …
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Twenty years ago, U.S. healthcare cost $2,800, on average, per person. Ten years ago, that figure had risen to $4,700 per person. And four years ago, in 2008, it was $7,500 per person, according to this Kaiser Family Foundation Report. …
GM and Facebook are on speaking terms again. And while the details are still unclear, the two corporate giants are talking about a renewed relationship, according to the Wall Street Journal.
GM famously pulled its ads from the social media …
The July 4 holiday presents an opportunity for people within the U.S. to take some time off, eat hot dogs, and relax, but it’s also when you’ll be able to grab at least an hour to yourself.
We suggest using …
BenchPrep, the company that creates entire digital courses for high school and college students, is aiming to up its 100-course portfolio to 500 by year’s end.
The company hopes to accomplish this goal with a $6 million round of funding …
While the Android buzz is now firmly focused on the recently unveiled Jelly Bean, the previous major update, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, has finally reached double-digit penetration in the market.
It’s a bittersweet victory, though, as it took 8.5 …
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Document management startup Doo.net has boldly launched a Metro-style application for the upcoming Windows 8 OS even though it has yet to release a version of its app for Win 7.
Doo.net’s native application for Windows 8 (and OS X) …
Apres Facebook, le deluge?
Not exactly, although there was a five-week initial public offering drought for venture-capital-backed companies until late last week. Facebook’s IPO was famously bad, almost the worst in a decade. At least one of the results, among …
