Archive | June 1st, 2012

Complete walkthrough of Facebook’s mobile Pages Manager app

Posted on 01 June 2012

Facebook recently released a standalone page management app for iOS devices which gives page owners better moderation tools and alerts about fan activity. Pages Manager has a similar format to Facebook’s existing iOS app, but it adds notifications and insights, as well as eliminates any features that are not related to pages. Here we’ll walk through the available features and address the areas where the app would benefit from additional functionality.

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With $5.5M From Google Ventures, Opus, Crittercism Launches An App Performance Management Solution

Posted on 01 June 2012

Last summer, after graduating from AngelPad, San Francisco-based Crittercism announced that it had raised $1.2 million in seed funding from the likes of Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Opus Capital, Shasta Ventures, and AOL Ventures. Today, the startup has received further validation for its diagnostic and management tools for mobile developers, as Opus Capital, Shasta Ventures and Google Ventures have all re-upped, investing $5.5 million in the startup’s series A financing

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T-Mobile’s Galaxy S III May Not Get A Facelift Before It Launches In The U.S.

Posted on 01 June 2012

When the Galaxy S and the Galaxy S II made their respective journeys to the United States, they lost a little something that international customers have enjoyed since the beginning: the physical home button. According to some new images obtained by The Verge though, that era may be drawing to a close, as T-Mobile’s GSIII variant may sport that home button after all.

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Top 25 Facebook games of June 2012

Posted on 01 June 2012

May proved a slow month for the social game industry, based on our lists for the Top 25 games of June 2012. Both lists saw notable traffic declines, few gains and no new game debuts. We start with the list of top 25 games by daily active users, which is the best way to evaluate a title’s core audience

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Study: Yesterday’s Facebook Outage Also Slowed Down Major Media And Retail Sites

Posted on 01 June 2012

It’s a testament to how important Facebook has become in the web ecosystem that the social network’s performance issues yesterday didn’t just affect the site itself (and its 900 million users) but also a wide variety of other sites as well.

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Gillmor Gang 06.01.12 (TCTV)

Posted on 01 June 2012

Gillmor Gang – Kevin Marks, John Taschek, Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor.

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Leave Your Credit Cards At Home: iCache’s Digital Wallet/iPhone Case Is Now Available

Posted on 01 June 2012

Well, it’s about time. Many of us were absolutely floored by the iCache Geode mobile wallet when it first appeared back in April, and now the company has announced that the hotly-awaited accessory is now available for $199

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After Years Of Flirting, Facebook And Apple Set To Achieve Relationship Status In iOS 6

Posted on 01 June 2012

There’s been a lot of flirting going on in recent months between Apple and Facebook.

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I Want My Rockify.TV: Startup Launches New Personalized Music Video Service

Posted on 01 June 2012

One interesting trend I’ve been watching over the last year or so is the intersection of social and personalization as a way to discover new videos. And, of course, how it helps users to discover new music videos

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HoozTrippin Helps You Find Travel Buddies

Posted on 01 June 2012

If you’ve got a vacation coming up, a startup called HoozTrippin is aiming to make it more fun by connecting you with other travelers. Co-founder and CEO Steven Oh (who was formerly the head of product at Rotten Tomatoes and Movielink), describes the site as “Match.com for travelers,” except broader: “We don’t limit ourselves to just singles.” In some ways, it sounds like a complement to a service like Triptrotting , which connects travelers to locals. Local guides can make for a better trip, for sure, but so can hanging out with fellow travelers — for example, that’s one of the big reasons many of my friends prefer staying in hostels

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