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Facebook has brought on a new software engineer named Lior Gonnen at its Menlo Park, California, headquarters. The hire is interesting because Gonnen is founder and chief executive of an unpopular but nonetheless pretty good news app for Android called Roundup. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the hire but wouldn’t talk about what Gonnen is doing […]... →

Google today announced the release of version 8.3 of the Google Play Services software development kit (SDK) for building Android apps. Among other things, this update will allow developers to make it easier for end users to sign in to apps. “Previously, users would have to touch a sign in button, and then follow several […]... →

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Today Twitter is making its Answers analytics tool available as a kit for everyone from developers to executives. The new kit is available on Fabric for both iOS and Android. Since Answers first broke out of Crashlytics last winter, Twitter has been busy adding new features to the toolkit. In July, the company released a new version […]... →

One in four Android devices is now running Lollipop, but this isn’t even the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system. The company released its monthly update to the Platform Versions page for Android today, and the latest version has only managed to capture a third of a percent. Android Marshmallow debuted just over a […]... →

Google’s YouTube app for Android now supports virtual reality (VR) video in combination with its Cardboard VR viewer. VR video takes the 360-degree videos you may already be familiar with a step further by using VR techniques like stereopsis and binocular disparity to give you a stronger feeling of immersion (which is what VR is all about, after all). “VR video gives you a sense… Read More... →

Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Mobile Data Labs. While that name probably doesn’t ring a bell, the company’s MileIQ app is one of the most popular Android and iOS mileage tracking apps for getting deductions and reimbursements. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded by Dan Bomze and Chuck Dietrich in 2011, MileIQ now has over 1 million… Read More... →

Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Mobile Data Labs, a startup that built MileIQ, a mileage-tracking app for iOS and Android. The app isn’t going anywhere. But the people behind the app will begin working on integrations with Microsoft software. “The team will continue to build and offer mobile productivity solutions and look to […]... →

Google today announced new features coming to its Google Drive apps for Android and iOS. Some are available today while others will be trickling out “in the coming week or so.” You can download the latest versions now directly from Google Play and Apple’s App Store. First up, Android and iOS users will now start […]... →

Google Drive for iOS and Android has becoming pretty important for me. Whether I’m taking notes or writing up a post, I’ve used it to share my docs with colleagues from the road. Today, the team announced a few new features to help speed up sharing and collaboration, which if you’re not on your desktop can seem slow at times. Yeah, Google Drive sends share requests and… Read More... →

A company called NewsON launched today, offering cord cutters and mobile consumers access to local news with an app that works on iOS, Android, and Roku devices. The service, which is financially backed by a cohort of TV stations, claims to offer local news coverage across 75 percent of the U.S., including video content from a total of 118 stations in 90 markets. The launch comes at a time… Read More... →

Google today announced that over 19,000 organizations are now either testing, deploying or using its Android for Work service. Android for Work makes it easier and safer for businesses to allow their employees to bring their own Android devices to work. It separates business apps from personal apps. Thanks to this, the IT department still retains control of its data and apps, while the… Read More... →

Posted by Andrew Toy, Product Management Director, Android for Work Editor's Note : Android for Work Live airs today at 11AM PST. Register here . The Internet, like previous transformational technologies, emerged as a new and distinct tool before becoming business as usual. Mobile at work is going through a similar transition,... →

Microsoft said earlier that its Cortana personal assistant – something of a rival to Google Now and Apple’s Siri – would take on its competition by offering cross-platform support, including via iOS and Android. It then delivered on those promises in August when it rolled out a Cortana for Android beta. Now it seems the iOS release is nearing, too – as the company… Read More... →

Microsoft this week quietly started signing up testers interested in trying Cortana for iOS. We say “quietly” because although this is the first public beta release, there was no official announcement — just a post on the Microsoft Answers site. In May, Microsoft revealed that its digital assistant Cortana would be coming to Android and […]... →

Pinterest приступил к запуску пинов с возможностью покупки для пользователей устройств Android в США, сообщается в блоге компании. В настоящее время количество такого рода пинов в сервисе достигло 60 млн. Кроме того, компания также запускает Pinterest Shop – раздел, включающий популярные и трендовые товары, которые люди могут купить в рамках сервиса. Все представленные в этом разделе товары разнесены по отдельным категориям: Этот функционал будет доступен как пользователям iOS, так и Android в ближайшие ... →

Pinterest is starting to roll out Buyable Pins on Android phones today, the company said. Buyable Pins let some retailers who are partners with Pinterest and retailers use Shopify and Demandware. The company unveiled Buyable Pins earlier in June earlier this year, with the iPhone getting access to them later that month. The tool lets retailers add a buy button to pins that let users… Read More... →

Pinterest is bringing its Buyable Pins to Android devices, nearly five months after these ecommerce tools became available in Pinterest’s iOS app. Now that these highly touted Buyable Pins are available across both major mobile operating systems, the company has decided to launch a new store called The Pinterest Shop, which provides a hand-curated catalog of […]... →

Mozilla today launched Firefox 42 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. Notable additions to the browser include tracking protection, tab audio indicators, and background link opening on Android. Firefox 42 for the desktop is available for download now on Firefox.com, and all existing users should be able to upgrade to it automatically. As always, the […]... →

In a world where products are increasingly bought or worn like a badge of honour — Android versus iPhone, anyone? — it could be said that you are what you advertise. One startup hoping to cash in on the steadfastness of brand loyalty is Barcelona-based Adictik. Read More... →