Mailbox, the popular e-mail app snapped up by Dropbox earlier this year, has redesigned its app for the iPad. The new app, which currently only works with Gmail accounts, has the same functions as the old app. It lets users organize their e-mail using swipe motions with the ultimate goal of reaching “inbox zero.” Mailbox …

Airbnb, the company that connects travelers with people looking for temporary tenants, is adding several features to Android in hopes of increasing reservations. The San Francisco company announced the latest version of the app on Monday, adding two features for hosts — preapproval options and calendar management — that are already available to Airbnb’s iOS users. The preapproval options means …

Samsung has sold e-ink company Liquavista to Amazon, the company confirmed Monday. “We are always looking for new technologies we may be able to incorporate into our products over the long term,” an Amazon spokesperson said in an e-mailed statement. “The Liquavista team shares our passion for invention and is creating exciting new technologies with a lot of potential. It’s …

Square, the company behind the credit card reader that attaches to mobile devices, means business. The company announced today that it has hired Demetrios J. Marantis, a former member of President Barack Obama’s cabinet who served as the country’s top trade official. Marantis will lead the company’s efforts on international government, regulatory, and policy work as Square moves into more …

Samsung has acquired the team behind MOVL, a company that makes entertainment applications for smart TVs, GigaOm reported Monday. The 2-year-old Atlanta-based company provides apps for TVs by connecting mobile devices with the TVs, often referred to as the “second screen” experience. These include gaming apps Poker Fun and WeDraw, fitness app SmartFitTV, and social video app WeTeli. Its investors …

The tablet market has grown by more than 140 percent over the course of a year, with Apple continuing to reign as the No. 1 provider of tablets, according to a report published Wednesday by IDC. That means Apple shipped 19.5 million of the 49.2 million tablets shipped worldwide during this past three-month quarter. Samsung, in comparison, shipped 8.8 million …

New York officials gave Uber the green light Friday, making it the first taxi-hailing app to operate in the cab-filled city. Taxi Commissioner David Yassky put out a statement today, announcing the approval of Uber and promising that other companies will get a piece of the action as well: Thanks to the NYS Supreme Court’s ruling this week, we will …

If you ever thought you should be rewarded for drinking lots of beer, here’s your chance. A new iOS app turns drinking into a game, giving you points, and ultimately physical rewards, for guzzling down microbrews. BeerHunt, an app created by incubator The Monkey Inferno, launched today at the Demo Mobile conference in San Francisco. The creators described it as …

Deutsche Telekom, the owner of U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile, is working on improved terms for the carrier’s bid for MetroPCS, according to a report today in The Wall Street Journal. Unnamed sources told the Journal that the German telecommunications company is probably going to announce the sweetened deal as early as Wednesday. The new terms, which could help save the …

A U.S. trade agency judge has decided the text-selection feature Samsung has on its mobile devices infringes an Apple patent. If upheld, the ruling could stop Samsung from sending devices to the United States. The International Trade Commission judge also decided that Samsung did not infringe on the Apple patent that covers how a device detects if a microphone or …