Head of product for Facebook for Android, Bubba Murarka, has joined Draper Fisher Jurvetson, as general partner and managing director. Since 2008, Mr. Murarka has held positions at Facebook, as business development leads. Most recently he was head of product for Facebook…
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Nook HD and Nook HD+ users can now access the 700,000 apps and games available for the Android market, with Google Play, on their devices. Nook tablets will also include Google services like the Chrome browser, Gmail, YouTube, Google Search…
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Worldwide tablet shipments continue to surge, growing 142.4% year over year in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13), according to preliminary data from IDC Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. Tablet shipments totaled 49.2 million units in 1Q13, surpassing that of the…
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Bejeweled Blitz has been played literally billions of times since debuting on Facebook four years ago, says PopCap. Nearly 50 million players around the world have spent 3.5 billion hours matching and destroying more than 30 trillion gems. Over 140 million games…
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Yahoo has launched a new app for Android, which showcases personalized stories. “It’s designed for those moments when you need short news summaries to help find what you’re looking for, or when you have more time to enjoy them,” says…
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San Francisco-based mobile security company Lookout has discovered a new malware family, BadNews, in 32 apps across four different developer accounts in Google Play. Affected applications have been downloaded between 2 million to 9 million times, says Lookout. BadNews masquerades…
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Developers can now submit their apps for distribution in nearly 200 countries in the Amazon Appstore, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, India, South Africa, South Korea, Papua New Guinea and Vatican City. The apps will be made available in the coming…
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Samsung has unveiled the next generation of the Galaxy smartphones, the Galaxy S 4, with touch-less features, no less. The Galaxy S 4 lets users control the device, including scrolling or turning a page, and viewing documents, without touching. A…
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Archos has launched a line of unlocked, affordable Android smartphones. The smartphones come with a Qualcomm CPU and dual SIM cards, which allow users to manage two providers simultaneously. The line includes the Archos 35 Carbon ($99.99), Archos 53 Platinum ($249.99), and the…
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Microsoft and Hon Hai (the parent company of Foxconn) signed a worldwide patent licensing agreement that provides broad coverage under Microsoft’s patent portfolio. The deal covers devices running the Android and Chrome OS, including smartphones, tablets and televisions. While the…
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