Forget Yammer, forget Asana. In April, Y Combinator grad Siasto launched a streamlined project management solution for teams and small businesses that syncs with Google Apps and allows users to create tasks, events, and documents all from the inbox
Posted on 26 June 2012
Forget Yammer, forget Asana. In April, Y Combinator grad Siasto launched a streamlined project management solution for teams and small businesses that syncs with Google Apps and allows users to create tasks, events, and documents all from the inbox
Posted on 26 June 2012
Here’s an interesting twist for Yahoo , the beleaguered internet company, and Spotify , the upstart streaming music service that is taking the market by storm: today the two have announced a global deal, in which Yahoo will integrate and promote Spotify’s music service on the Yahoo Media network; and Spotify will get a Yahoo app on its platform. The move shows how Spotify is teaming up with a big, old-school internet player in an effort to ramp up its user numbers, and how Yahoo is looking to new blood to rejuvenate itself
Posted on 26 June 2012
The Samsung Galaxy S III is the phone you’ve been waiting for (per our review) , and you may be waiting a bit longer due to some slight shortages on GSIII supply , but luckily this extended version of the ad can coddle us through this very difficult period. This is the most emotional portrayal of gadgetry I’ve ever seen out of Samsung. We’ve watched the Galaxy Note turn life into a party , and snickered at Apple fanbois
Posted on 26 June 2012
We’re all a bit tired of the “X is Twilio for Y” brand of analogies (though it’s refreshing to see more of Twilio in this equation than Airbnb these days), but if ever there were an industry in need of some modern, standardizing APIs it would be education.
Posted on 26 June 2012
For most of us, our cell phones are now a convenient way to get online while we’re on the go (or on the couch). According to a new report by the Pew Internet & American Life project , however, 17% of U.S. adult cell phone owners now mostly go online using their phones rather than desktops, laptops or tablets.
Posted on 26 June 2012
It’s been a super tough few months for Zynga and internal morale at the company.
Posted on 26 June 2012
CPU fans have a certain steampunkian quality to them. They’re loud, annoying, and collect all sorts of debris as they run, whirring endlessly and eventually failing.
Posted on 26 June 2012
Zynga’s chief mobile officer David Ko said that the company has reached 22 million daily active users on mobile. If you consider that Zynga has about 53 million daily active users on Facebook, it’s a pretty strong sign that the company is diversifying on the Facebook platform (although we can’t deduplicate these figures for players who use Zynga games on multiple platforms)
Posted on 26 June 2012
The inimitable Horace Dediu has run the numbers and it’s clear: Apple is great at retail and, over the past five years, the company created 35,852 retail jobs.
Posted on 26 June 2012
Zynga said it is boosting support for synchronous multiplayer tournaments in its games. The company’s starting with its recent arcade title Bubble Safari, which is a Match 3-type puzzle game where players have to match up three types of fruit in a row by shooting a cannon