Secret Secret, an app developed by a former Google employee and part of a broader trend in social media allowing people to share their thoughts, rumors, ideas, and just about anything else anonymously, is already thinking about international expansion, according to a new report. Secret, which recently secured $10 million in funding, plans to expand …
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Rovio Angry Birds maker Rovio had a somewhat down year financially in 2013, but it wasn’t necessarily due to poor business performance, the company says. Rovio generated 156 million euros ($216.3 million) in revenue in 2013, up slightly from the 152.2 million euros it nabbed in 2012, the company announced Monday. Net profit on the year was down to 26.9 …
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Selfies have become mainstream. Bradley Cooper Selfies, first-person pictures taken with the front-facing cameras on mobile devices, will be the focus in an upcoming handset from Nokia, a new report claims. Microsoft-owned Nokia is currently working on a new phone, known as “Superman” internally, that comes with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera to appeal to selfie-takers, The Verge reported Monday, citing …
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Geeksphone The Revolution is ready for some updates, Geeksphone announced on Monday. The smartphone lets users choose to run either Google’s mobile operating system Android or Mozilla’s Boot2Gecko — the open-source browser-based OS that’s better known as Firefox OS. The Spanish company is putting finishing touches on Android 4.4 KitKat and the Android-based CyanogenMod 11. The company said that the …
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Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos introduces the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HDX, right, and the 7-inch Kindle Fire HDX tablets in Seattle on Sept. 24, 2013. CNET Amazon might have more than just a smartphone to offer this summer. The company will launch a companion service called Prime Data that will launch alongside its smartphone this summer, Boy Genius Report …
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Sarah Tew/CNET T-Mobile Chief Executive Officer John Legere’s brash and bold statements against his competitors translated to more money in his own pocket last year. Legere, who has continued to tout T-Mobile’s innovation while taking aim at Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and Sprint, earned $29.2 million in total compensation in 2013, according to a filing Thursday with the US Securities and …
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Apple’s Siri, the virtual personal assistant that’s currently available in the company’s mobile product line, could be making its way to the Apple TV set-top box, if a newly discovered code string is to be believed. An entry in the iOS 7.1 software development kit (SDK) mentions Siri support for the Apple TV, 9to5Mac is reporting after confirming its existence …
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DoubleTwist DoubleTwist, a San Francisco company with a self-proclaimed vision to “offer music without boundaries” is getting closer to achieving that goal with a new hack for Google Play Music. With some help from a DoubleTwist plug-in added to a Google application programming interface (API), users can stream Google Play Music to AirPlay-enabled devices, like the Apple TV. Google Play …
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Samsung Semiconductor ARM Holdings, the company behind the vast majority of chips found in today’s mobile devices, experienced slumping financial performance at the end of 2013, prompting some to wonder if the high-end smartphone market was softening. But now, it appears everything is just fine. Speaking to Reuters in an interview published Wednesday, ARM’s Chief Financial Officer Tim Score said …
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China-based telecommunications company Huawei will spend a serious amount of cash this year trying to improve its brand image. Speaking to Reuters in an interview published Wednesday, Huawei marketing vice president Shao Yang said his company “will spend $300 million on marketing” this year. That followed comments made last month by Eric Xu, Huawei’s acting CEO, who said that the …
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