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Scribd Now Has Unlimited Access To Publications Such As Fortune, Time

by Staff on Friday, November 04, 2016

Scribd is a service that offers people access to e-books, audio books, and documents for a monthly subscription fee of $8.99. Now, the company is adding unlimited access too to an additional list of magazines. There are eight new publications in all, including popular titles such as Time, People, Fortune, Money, New York, and Bloomberg Businessweek.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Apple’s Made For iPhone Program: Making Handsets More Accessible To The Hearing Impaired

by Staff on Thursday, November 03, 2016

When Apple officially rolled out its iOS 7 mobile operating system about three years ago, it also launched the Made for iPhone hearing aid program, which aimed to make mobile devices more accessible to users with hearing impairments.

Appears in: Apple, iphone, Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Uber Overhauls Its Mobile App

by Staff on Wednesday, November 02, 2016

Ride sharing service provider Uber has decided to go back to square one and completely rebuild its official mobile app. This time around, however, the company is paying more attention to offering speed and efficiency to its users.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Instagram Starts Displaying Shoppable Tags On Images

by Staff on Tuesday, November 01, 2016

Online mobile photo and video sharing platform Instagram has recently decided to begin displaying shoppable tags on images from 20 different retailers, including JackThreads and Kate Spade, to users of iOS powered smartphone and tablets based in the United States.

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Giphy Raises Its Value To $600 Million

by Staff on Monday, October 31, 2016

Giphy, the search engine for animated images, aka GIFs, has managed to raise an additional $72 million in funding, effectively raising its value to $600 million.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Samsung Still Clueless As To Why Its Galaxy Note 7 Overheated

by Staff on Friday, October 28, 2016

The biggest smartphone vendor in the world is still at a loss as to how and why its Galaxy Note 7 suffered overheating and exploding issues -- Samsung admitted as much during a shareholder meeting held recently this week.

Appears in: android, Mobile, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy, smartphone, Smartphones

Goodbye, Vine

by Staff on Thursday, October 27, 2016

Vine, the mobile app that allowed users to share six second long looping videos, has announced by way of a blog post that it will no longer continue. Acquired by social media giant Twitter about four years ago, Vine went on to become a very popular application.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Readfeed Graduates From Google’s Early Access Program, Now Available In Google Play Store

by Staff on Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Readfeed is a mobile app designed to assist book enthusiasts in sharing and talking about their favorite books.

Appears in: android, Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Potential Hurdles That Could Derail The AT&T-Time Warner Merger

by Staff on Tuesday, October 25, 2016

AT&T generated a lot of buzz over the weekend when it revealed its plans of acquiring media conglomerate Time Warner for a hefty sum of $85.4 billion. But various industry watchers are now saying that it may be challenging for such a megamerger deal to be approved by regulators.

Appears in: AT&T, Wireless

NBA League Pass Launches Mobile View

by Staff on Monday, October 24, 2016

NBA League Pass allows consumers to live stream every NBA game for as long as they pay the $199.99 subscription (for every team; one team costs $119.99).

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

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