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With 12M+ Downloads, Scan Launches Scan-to-gram, A New Way To Follow People On Instagram
Three guys from Provo, Utah set out on a mission to make QR codes, those boring pixellated, black-and-white squares come alive — in other words, to extend their functionality by turning them into realworld “like,” “follow,” and “buy” buttons. And it’s been working. In February, Scan announced a seed funding round from Shervin Pishevar, Google Ventures, CRV, Start Fund, ...
T-Mobile Is Taking The Gloves Off (And Subsequently Punching AT&T In The Face)
You’ve seen the ads. What once was Carly in a pink dress, talking about her myTouch 4G that let her Facebook her face off and while making little “digs” at AT&T, has now become a biker chic badass whizzing by an iPhone biker with a wink and a hat tip . She’s now edgy, and has the leather to ...
Flint: A New Mobile Payment App For Small Businesses Picks Up $3M From Storm, True Ventures
Another mobile payments service is hitting the market today, but unlike Square , Here from PayPal , or solutions from the likes of Isis , this one doesn’t require a dongle on the handset — or new technology like NFC — to work. Called Flint, the free app uses the camera on a handset to “scan” the account number ...
Decide.com Brings Its Price Comparisons To iPad; Reveals Plans To Expand To Household Goods & Cars
Smart shopping service Decide.com , which started off with a focus on consumer electronics before its recent addition of home appliances , is a unique player in the comparison shopping market. The service doesn’t just return prices and reviews, it actually tells whether to buy or wait to buy a given product by analyzing market conditions, trends, news, product ...
Indulge Your Steampunk Urges By Tweeting In Morse Code With Your iPhone
Google’s promise of bringing morse code to our smartphones may have just been a cleverly crafted joke, but if you’re just tickled by the concept’s delightful sense of anachronism, a new iOS app called TeleTweet should definitely be on your radar. Released by the team from Shacked Software this past Friday , TeleTweet takes that same concept and runs ...
Attn. Evernote & Pinterest: Springpad’s New Social Experience Turns Interests Into Action
Springpad was founded back in 2008 with a simple mission: Help people “remember stuff today so that they can make better decisions tomorrow.” For those unfamiliar with the digital organizer, the startup is the maker of free web, Android, and iOS productivity apps that constitute a multi-platform, cloud-based digital notebook, designed to help you discover, save, and share the ...
Study: CIOs May Like To Talk The Social Media Talk, But Only 10% Walk The Walk
The use of social media in the enterprise has been a path well-trod by companies using mass market tools like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to communicate with peers, customers, investors and anyone else who might be interested in what they’re up to. But when it comes to the most senior information executives, they’re actually a little antisocial. According to ...
Instagram for Android update adds support for tablets, WiFi handsets and SD card installs
It's only been three days since Instagram launched on Android and the only thing that seems to match the influx of new users is the pace at which the company is pushing out updates to enhance support and tweak a few glitches. The latest one to hit today (1.0.3) promises expanded support for tablets and WiFi handsets, app installation ...
Project Glass Could Be Called Google Eye When It Lands On Your Face
Project Glass sounds like a super-villain’s secret weapon, so Google may need to give its wearable augmented reality device a friendlier name. Luckily the search giant owns the domain GoogleEye.com , so the high-tech monocle may be called Google Eye when it eventually starts selling to the public. Google has the URL locked down through registrar MarkMonitor, which it ...
“Girls Around Me” Creeper App Just Might Get People To Pay Attention To Privacy Settings
Cult of Mac has a great write-up of an app for iOS called Girls Around Me, which essentially displays check-ins and public profiles of girls around you. With a little shift in context it could easily be confused for a hot new startup (discoverability meets speed dating!), but no, it really is just a way for guys to creep ...
