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A startup comprised of a trio of ex-Google engineers is doing something Google has roundly failed to do: make Android compelling on larger screen devices like tablets and even PCs. Read More... →

Агентство Bloomberg оценило бизнес компании Wargaming, которая разработала игру World of Tanks, в $1,5 млрд, а состояние ее основателя и гендиректора Виктора Кислого — в $1 млрд, согласно данным рейтинга Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Компания получает доходы от владельцев премиум-аккаунтов World of Tanks , сами игры доступны для скачивания бесплатно. По данным Bloomberg, в 2015 году выручка Wargaming составила $590 млн, количество сотрудников компании составляет 4 тысяч человек. По данным на 2013 год, Викто... →

Команда сервиса Яндекс.Авиабилеты представила мобильные приложения для поиска авиабилетов на устройствах на iOS и Android. Мобильное приложение, так же как и веб-версия сервиса, помогает быстро найти билеты на авиарейсы в разные точки мира. Помимо различных фильтров для поиска, приложение может отправлять push-уведомления об изменении стоимости билетов и подсказать подходящий аэроэкспресс для жителей Москвы. Выбранные билеты пользователи приложений могут приобрести через веб-форму на сайте партнера, котор... →

Команда сервиса по поиску билетов на авиарейсы «Яндекс.Авиабилеты» выпустила приложения для Android и iOS. Помимо фильтров для поиска, «Авиабилеты» могут отправлять уведомления об изменении стоимости билетов и подсказывают подходящий «Аэроэкспресс» для жителей Москвы.... →

Google добавил в результаты поиска функцию отправки местонахождения искомого объекта на мобильное устройство. Ранее она была доступна только в Картах. Теперь если пользователь ищет определённую локацию – к примеру, штаб-квартиру Google [googleplex] – на панели выдачи Сети знаний отображается новая кнопка «Отправить на телефон» («Send to your phone»): При нажатии на неё пользователю будет предложено выбрать нужное устройство: После того, как выбор будет сделан, на него будет отправлено оповещение с адресом... →

ANALYSIS: Microsoft quietly unveiled a new mobile keyboard app yesterday, the latest in a long line of apps to emerge from the labs of Microsoft Garage, a hub for experimental tinkering. Available in the U.S. only for now, Hub Keyboard for Android saves you time by letting you search for and share documents, translate messages, copy […]... →

Google today announced a few useful additions to Gmail on Android. Two longtime features of Gmail on the Web are now being ported over to Google’s mobile operating system. That thing that lets you tell Google if you’ll be attending an event that you’ve been invited to? Google calls it instant RSVP. And it’s finally […]... →

Google announced two small but useful updates for Gmail on Android today: rich text formatting and instant RSVPs. Rich text formatting has long been available for Gmail on the web, but this is the first time Google has brought it to mobile. The formatting options are pretty straightforward: you can bold, italic, underline, color and highlight text. Sadly, you still can’t link text in… Read More... →

Comet is a nifty little iOS and Android app that lets you create and share photo albums with your friends and family. Comet is trying to solve a simple problem, but does it in a compelling way. When you go to a wedding or a road trip, you won’t ever see your friends’ photos as they will stay in their camera roll forever. Comet fixes that. Read More... →

Mobile OS maker Jolla, who with its Android alternative Sailfish has been trying to carve out a niche for a third platform in the smartphone space for the past five years, has announced it’s signed a new OEM partner: African OEM Mi-Fone. Read More... →

Speaking–or at least trying to be comprehensible–is one of the hardest parts of studying a new language. Terratalk, a Japanese startup, wants to help English learners with a new app that promises to correct their pronunciation and grammar. The company just launched its Android app with $1.34 million in funding from Incubate Fund and will have an iOS version ready later this year. Read More... →

Twitter выпустил мобильное приложение для пользователей платформы Fabric. Теперь разработчики смогут отслеживать свои продукты на ходу. Twitter представил платформу для разработчиков мобильных приложений Fabric в октябре 2014 года. Платформа состоит из трёх модульных комплектов, которые призваны решить основные проблемы разработчиков: стабильность, дистрибуцию, доход и идентификацию. Fabric сочетает услуги Twitter, сервиса Crashlytics и рекламной сети MoPub. Мобильное приложение Fabric доступно для устройс... →

The creators of a buzzy but controversial mobile game called Stolen, which let users buy and sell Twitter profiles as if they were trading cards, proactively shut their application down after responding to criticism that its game mechanics allowed for abuse and bullying. The company then revamped its concept, taking into consideration the opinions of anti-bullying experts, to release a kindler… Read More... →

RallyBound has acquired Chorus, adding the app development firm to its ranks to help the nonprofit-focused online marketing startup extend its reach. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Chorus’ team will be used to develop native iOS and Android apps for RallyBound’s SaaS-based fundraising platform. Chorus was founded in 2010 by Nick Rongione […]... →

Twitter today is announcing the availability of a mobile app for its Fabric mobile development toolkit. The app is immediately available on both iOS and Android. No longer will app developers need to rely on their desktops and laptops in order to check on the health of their apps, find out the number of monthly […]... →

WhatsApp has now launched an official Android beta testing program. The move could expand the Facebook-owned company’s ability to reach a broader range of testers by making it easier to sign up to trial new versions of the WhatsApp software. Meanwhile, on WhatsApp’s side, it should be simpler to distribute new releases and features as they become available. Of course, WhatsApp… Read More... →

Buddybuild, a startup with a cloud service for building, testing, deploying, and getting feedback on mobile apps, today announced that it has raised a $1.2 million round of funding. Also today, the startup is announcing that it can now support Android apps, not just iOS apps. Rather than provide just one service to speed up […]... →

WhatsApp is making it easier to trial new features on Android by opening up its beta testing program on Google Play. Up until now, the Facebook-owned messaging app has required people to manually install an .APK file directly from the WhatsApp website, but now beta-testers can join the beta-testing program on Google Play which means […]... →

SoundCloud Pulse, the music streaming service’s dedicated app for artists and creators, is now available on iOS. In an odd move in a market where apps tend to release on iOS first, Pulse first debuted on Android back in November. Like the Android version, the iOS app also aims to make it easier for users to upload their sounds and tracks, interact with fans, and track their performance… Read More... →

BuzzFeed is doubling down on its video efforts with an all-new standalone mobile app. Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeed Founder and CEO, took to the stage at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona today to announce the aptly-titled BuzzFeed Video, which pulls together all the best videos from the main publication. Available for Android and iOS, the […]... →