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LA’s tech scene heats up as Science Inc. gets ready to ... 5:58 PM	The Next Web
LA’s tech scene heats up as Science Inc. gets ready to launch its first batch of startups What does it take to create a “tech scene”? Entrepreneurs, startups, coworking spaces, venture capital, mentors and angel investors are among the numerous ingredients required for a flourishing ecosystem. Just... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Learning from Kenya: Mobile money transfer and co-worki... 4:59 PM	The Next Web
Learning from Kenya: Mobile money transfer and co-working spaces Since Africa is trying to solve problems that we in the Western world do not have, it’s tempting to say that innovation there isn’t really relevant to us. But upon visiting... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Behind the scenes of Europe’s hot new accelerator 4:38 PM	The Next Web
Behind the scenes of Europe’s hot new accelerator Did you know that Europe had recently gained a new startup accelerator? Shortlisted by Telefónica’s program Wayra in July, ten Spanish startups have been quietly working from the recently inaugurated Wayra... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Telefónica’s startup accelerator Wayra to launch in the UK 4:05 PM	The Next Web
Telefónica’s startup accelerator Wayra to launch in the UK After launching across Latin America, Telefónica‘s startup accelerator Wayra is now expanding to Europe, the Spanish telecommunications company has announced. The expansion has already started; a Wayra Academy has recently... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Swiss startups gain superpowers (and promotion) in loca... 2:30 PM	The Next Web
Swiss startups gain superpowers (and promotion) in location-based game Gbanga Location-based mobile gaming startup Gbanga has launched a new quest that sees fellow Swiss tech companies become integrated into the gameplay. Zurich-based Gbanga offers a ‘mixed-reality’ gaming platform where factors... Read the full article on The Next Web »
This isn’t ‘just another’ Siri parody, it actually has ... Feb 04 2012 21:07:14	The Next Web
This isn’t ‘just another’ Siri parody, it actually has amazing special effects [video] We’ve seen tons of parodies and pranks involving Siri, the personal assistant that comes with Apple’s iPhone 4S. But rarely do you see one with serious production value or special... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Toyota takes to spamming Twitter for Camry Super Bowl ‘... Feb 04 2012 20:30:49	The Next Web
Toyota takes to spamming Twitter for Camry Super Bowl ‘promotion’ Twitter is a great platform to get people stoked about anything, if done right. You can promote potato chips like @popchips does, and it could turn into a huge following... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Twitter focuses on Asia after hiring one of Google Asia... Feb 04 2012 19:36:13	The Next Web
Twitter focuses on Asia after hiring one of Google Asia’s key figures Twitter has signalled its intention to grow its business and revenues in Asia after appointing the executive who headed up Google’s display advertising in the region as vice president of... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Why notebooks and good ads are about emotions [Video] Feb 04 2012 18:43:17	The Next Web
Why notebooks and good ads are about emotions [Video] In its well-known annual prediction report, the marketing firm JWT identified ‘objectifying objects’ as one of the key trends that will dominate 2012. We may spend our day using laptops... Read the full article on The Next Web »
I bet you thought you knew how to tie your shoes Feb 04 2012 18:14:15	The Next Web
I bet you thought you knew how to tie your shoes Sometimes we stumble upon things that make us doubt everything we’ve ever known. This may very well be one of those moments, as Terry Moore explains why most of us... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Six hidden buttons make the split keyboard on iPad even... Feb 04 2012 17:16:02	The Next Web
Six hidden buttons make the split keyboard on iPad even sweeter I’m a huge fan of the split keyboard that was added to the iPad on iOS 5. I have to credit a friend with predicting this addition several months before... Read the full article on The Next Web »
20 cities want your innovative ideas for a better future Feb 04 2012 13:15:40	The Next Web
20 cities want your innovative ideas for a better future A gym that lets humans generate energy for a Spanish city; open data about obesity levels in the Netherlands; a smart bus network navigation system in Japan, and a wireless... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Archify: Your own personal Web-browsing archive [Invites] Feb 04 2012 12:12:25	The Next Web
Archify: Your own personal Web-browsing archive [Invites] “Have you ever had the problem of finding something again you have already seen on Facebook or elsewhere on the Internet?,” asked Gerald Bäck, co-founder of Archify. A few vague... Read the full article on The Next Web »
RBS 6 Nations Live Challenge app hits iOS and Android, ... Feb 04 2012 11:09:42	The Next Web
RBS 6 Nations Live Challenge app hits iOS and Android, makes rugby social It’s not often you would see a rugby app featured on The Next Web but with the RBS 6 Nations rugby tournament commencing today, Europeans will be finding that comfy... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Amazon starts shipping Kindle Touch worldwide, but excl... Feb 04 2012 10:13:49	The Next Web
Amazon starts shipping Kindle Touch worldwide, but excludes bestselling regions Amazon has amended listings for its Kindle Touch e-reader, enabling visitors to Amazon.com to ship the keyboardless device to a large number of countries outside of the US. The eBook... Read the full article on The Next Web »
With 2M members, Fab tips the awareness scale as direct... Feb 04 2012 00:53:00	The Next Web
With 2M members, Fab tips the awareness scale as direct traffic passes emails Fab.com is hot, hot, hot. The daily deals site has seen some amazing growth in the past four months alone, and it doesn’t look to be slowing down at all.... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Another tethering app for iOS, ‘iRandomizer Numbers’, s... Feb 04 2012 00:05:39	The Next Web
Another tethering app for iOS, ‘iRandomizer Numbers’, sneaks onto the App Store Once every few weeks a new app hits Apple’s app store that has a very hidden, yet very sought after feature, tethering. We reported on one just a few weeks... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Apple is saying “No” to ARM based MacBooks, focusing on... Feb 03 2012 23:57:05	The Next Web
Apple is saying “No” to ARM based MacBooks, focusing on iPads Just in case you were wondering if Apple would start making lower-priced MacBook airs and other mobile devices based on the ARM chip set, ala Microsoft, the company has no... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Facebook gets serious about consumer marketing, hires f... Feb 03 2012 23:12:05	The Next Web
Facebook gets serious about consumer marketing, hires former Apple exec According to a report by AdAge, Facebook has made a huge hire which will change the way the company markets itself to consumers. In fact, Facebook hasn’t done much marketing... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Apple brings Netflix-like discovery to Apple TV with Ge... Feb 03 2012 22:57:26	The Next Web
Apple brings Netflix-like discovery to Apple TV with Genius suggestions for movies and TV shows Apple has issued an update to its Apple TV software that ads the Genius feature to its Movie and TV sections, reports Appleinsider. It seems clear that this was always... Read the full article on The Next Web »
WiFi and cellphone service are finally coming to 30 NYC... Feb 03 2012 22:38:41	The Next Web
WiFi and cellphone service are finally coming to 30 NYC subway stations According to Transit Wireless, a company formed to respond to the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s requirement for a shared wireless infrastructure for NY Transit, New Yorkers can now look forward to cellphone service... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Amazon nabs Windows Phone’s Developer Experience lead f... Feb 03 2012 22:31:05	The Next Web
Amazon nabs Windows Phone’s Developer Experience lead for the Kindle team Brandon Watson, the leader of the Developer Experience team for Windows Phone 7, is leaving Microsoft for Amazon. Watson had worked for and left Microsoft in the past, and it isn’t surprising that he left a second time, considering that his new job at Amazon will see him serve as the Director of the Kindle Cross Platform [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
ColorHexa is a color encyclopedia, with CSS gradients, ... Feb 03 2012 22:06:15	The Next Web
ColorHexa is a color encyclopedia, with CSS gradients, blends, schemes and more Color, one of the seven elements of art, is one of the most important aspects of any design. Because of this, it’s surprising that there aren’t many tools available when you... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Google removes Verizon Galaxy Nexus from support pages ... Feb 03 2012 21:56:50	The Next Web
Google removes Verizon Galaxy Nexus from support pages but will still issue software updates [Updated] Google has removed the Verizon version of its Galaxy Nexus from all support pages and its list of Android Open Source Project products, effectively nixing it from its flagship ‘Nexus’... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Microsoft signals Zune may not be dead after all Feb 03 2012 21:41:16	The Next Web
Microsoft signals Zune may not be dead after all Fresh off the leaked Windows Phone 8 news that seemed to signal the end of Zune as we know it, Microsoft has a new deal out that seems to paint... Read the full article on The Next Web »
The US government is hacking Android phones and sending... Feb 03 2012 21:29:33	The Next Web
The US government is hacking Android phones and sending them to the troops According to CNN, the United States government has reportedly created a “modified version of Google’s Android software, which is being developed as part of an initiative that spans multiple federal... Read the full article on The Next Web »
This week at Microsoft: Windows Phone 8, ARM, and Google Feb 03 2012 20:24:30	The Next Web
This week at Microsoft: Windows Phone 8, ARM, and Google While the rest of the tech world has had a singular focus this week (Facebook’s filing to go public), Microsoft has been busy stirring up all sorts of narratives. It... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Music Bloodline helps you discover new artists based on... Feb 03 2012 20:17:44	The Next Web
Music Bloodline helps you discover new artists based on who they’re influenced by Discovering music has become easier thanks to services like Pandora and Spotify. It seems that everywhere you turn on Facebook, you’re shown a new track someone is listening to currently... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Websites From Hell reminds us that the Web was once a v... Feb 03 2012 19:46:49	The Next Web
Websites From Hell reminds us that the Web was once a very ugly place Ah…We have really come a long way in Web design, haven’t we? The Internet went from a clumsy, messy place that grabbed data through our phone lines to a force... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Apple updates iBooks Author to clarify that you own cre... Feb 03 2012 19:38:22	The Next Web
Apple updates iBooks Author to clarify that you own created content Apple has updated its iBooks Author app in order to clarify the language of its End User License Agreement. The changes to the EULA clarify that Apple does indeed intend the packaged... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Spotify Audiobooks? Not yet…But here are 10 books you c... Feb 03 2012 19:29:49	The Next Web
Spotify Audiobooks? Not yet…But here are 10 books you can get now on Spotify Audible.com (a.k.a. Amazon) recently unveiled its subscription based audiobook library, putting Amazon and Apple in yet another head-to-head competition. For those of us who listen to audiobooks, Audible is triple... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Readdle’s new Remarks app is an incredibly quick PDF ma... Feb 03 2012 19:20:34	The Next Web
Readdle’s new Remarks app is an incredibly quick PDF markup marvel The excellent document handling apps of Readdle have gotten a new addition to their family with the new Remarks for iPad. Read the full article on The Next Web »
Nokia’s domination of Q4 Windows Phone sales laid bare Feb 03 2012 19:12:42	The Next Web
Nokia’s domination of Q4 Windows Phone sales laid bare Just two weeks ago we brought you figures that showed Nokia as controlling some 45% of second generation Windows Phone handset unit sales. New data out today confirms that early number, estimating that in the fourth quarter Nokia soaked up 48% of the WP7 market. Given how close the two figures are, we are comfortable [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Tumblr now lets you highlight your posts, but it will c... Feb 03 2012 18:42:51	The Next Web
Tumblr now lets you highlight your posts, but it will cost you $1 each time Just a day after the rather interesting announcement that Tumblr has hired a team to write about itself, they’ve announced a new feature for its users. It reads: Every now and then, a post comes along that’s meant for big things. It could be pulling the wraps off your new project, promoting your next show, [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Twitter investor Bill Gurley says the company is ‘not t... Feb 03 2012 18:27:13	The Next Web
Twitter investor Bill Gurley says the company is ‘not thinking about IPO’ One of the companies paying close attention to the Facebook IPO is San Francisco based Twitter. Having launched in 2006, the company is starting to mature itself in the same way that Facebook has over the past two years, business wise. With Dick Costolo on board as Twitter’s CEO, the company is making a bee-line [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
7 Gorgeous short films that capture the magic of letter... Feb 03 2012 17:52:52	The Next Web
7 Gorgeous short films that capture the magic of letterpress printing Traditional letterpress printing is a beautiful, time-honored tradition that has survived over 500 years. But within the past few decades, modern computers have led these classic machines to their graves.... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Here’s Google’s extensive response to EU requests to “p... Feb 03 2012 17:31:27	The Next Web
Here’s Google’s extensive response to EU requests to “pause” its privacy policy updates Google has written a fairly comprehensive response to EU regulators that were asking the Internet giant to “pause” the rolling out of its privacy policy updates. As we reported earlier... Read the full article on The Next Web »
There’s finally an Instagram for dog pictures and it’s ... Feb 03 2012 17:18:05	The Next Web
There’s finally an Instagram for dog pictures and it’s called Dogsly If you’ve used Instagram even once or twice, you more than likely saw at least one picture of someone’s pet. The service is for sharing photos of anything you want... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Instagram is firm on its stance, refusing third party a... Feb 03 2012 17:12:23	The Next Web
Instagram is firm on its stance, refusing third party apps upload access While there have been rumours that an official Instagram app may hit Windows Phone before Android, any efforts by third party developers appear to be completely unwelcome by the California-based... Read the full article on The Next Web »
TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tech news in 5 minutes [... Feb 03 2012 17:05:21	The Next Web
TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tech news in 5 minutes [Audio] Anonymous has eavesdropped on a call between the FBI and Scotland Yard. 1 in every 5 pages viewed last month belonged to Facebook. Google has lost an appeal over its... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Apple says that 3G-capable iPhones and iPads will retur... Feb 03 2012 16:19:41	The Next Web
Apple says that 3G-capable iPhones and iPads will return to German store soon Apple has issued a statement saying that its iPhone and iPad models that use 3G technology will be back on sale in its German online store shortly, reports All Things D. The... Read the full article on The Next Web »
London College launches UK’s first ever ‘iPhoneography’... Feb 03 2012 16:15:49	The Next Web
London College launches UK’s first ever ‘iPhoneography’ course We’ve seen some pretty diverse and interesting college and university courses in our time but London’s Kensington and Chelsea College may have a hit on its hands with the launch of... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Taiwanese gamer dies while playing at Internet cafe, no... Feb 03 2012 15:52:47	The Next Web
Taiwanese gamer dies while playing at Internet cafe, nobody notices for 9 hours A 23-year old League of Legends player named Chen Rong-yu was found dead, sitting upright in his chair, in an Internet cafe in Taiwan. According to the report from Sky News,... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Anonymous hacked police emails & intercepted FBI/Scotla... Feb 03 2012 15:42:39	The Next Web
Anonymous hacked police emails & intercepted FBI/Scotland Yard telephone call Earlier today, Internet hacking collective Anonymous posted this tweet with a link to an intercepted FBI/Scotland Yard telephone conference call. #Anonymous #AntiSec intercepts #FBI comms. Conference call [mp3] mir.cr/1SL3XXIR #OWS... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Skype for Windows Phone may finally launch by month’s end Feb 03 2012 15:21:40	The Next Web
Skype for Windows Phone may finally launch by month’s end Microsoft could launch Skype for Windows Phone by the end of the month, after it was reported by The Verge that it has already begun seeding a test version of... Read the full article on The Next Web »
TNW2012: Announcing The First Speakers Feb 03 2012 15:12:07	The Next Web
TNW2012: Announcing The First Speakers Welcoming so many amazing speakers to Amsterdam each year is by far the most exciting part of organizing TNW2012. We pledged earlier to create equally great content for both our tracks at the conference so we know this means arranging engaging keynotes on both stages. We don’t want to spill all of the beans just [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
This week’s best new social media tools (including a ‘P... Feb 03 2012 14:56:22	The Next Web
This week’s best new social media tools (including a ‘Pinterest for men’!) Welcome to our weekly round-up of the five most useful new social media tools and web apps. As usual, we’ve tracked down some great new finds, including a free tool... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Social sharing app Path now serving over 2 million users Feb 03 2012 14:39:14	The Next Web
Social sharing app Path now serving over 2 million users Path’s ‘smart journal’ sharing service is now serving more than 2 million users, adding one million new members since it relaunched its app just two months ago. AllThingsD spoke with... Read the full article on The Next Web »
BT announces 330Mbps superfast broadband for spring 2013 Feb 03 2012 14:21:53	The Next Web
BT announces 330Mbps superfast broadband for spring 2013 In the same week we reported that UK consumers are getting 22% faster Internet access, the UK’s largest Internet Service Provider has announced that it’s ramping things up a notch... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Congressman Jared Polis on SOPA/PIPA, Facebook’s IPO, a... Feb 03 2012 14:13:35	The Next Web
Congressman Jared Polis on SOPA/PIPA, Facebook’s IPO, and his favorite subreddit Internet entrepreneur, Reddit user, and League of Legends player are not usually words used to describe United States Congressmen, but Jared Polis has a knack for defying expectations. In addition to... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Samsung’s products could be banned in Iran, over an ad ... Feb 03 2012 13:39:09	The Next Web
Samsung’s products could be banned in Iran, over an ad it didn’t produce An Israeli commercial may be on the verge of causing Samsung’s products to be banned entirely in Iran, as well as bringing an end to Iran’s trade ties with South... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Samsung “confident” it will not be impacted by EU antit... Feb 03 2012 13:27:59	The Next Web
Samsung “confident” it will not be impacted by EU antitrust probe Samsung has said it is “confident” it will not be affected by an antitrust probe by the European Commission, issuing a statement that it has acted in compliance with European... Read the full article on The Next Web »
EU regulators ask Google to “pause” its privacy policy ... Feb 03 2012 12:56:41	The Next Web
EU regulators ask Google to “pause” its privacy policy updates. Google says no. Almost ten days after Google first announced that it was updating its privacy policies and bringing them together under one roof, France’s data-protection agency is leading an EU analysis into... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Automatic camera uploads come to new Dropbox for Androi... Feb 03 2012 12:48:53	The Next Web
Automatic camera uploads come to new Dropbox for Android beta Popular file-syncing service Dropbox has pushed live a new beta update for its Android application, allowing users to try out its new experimental Camera Upload feature and receive 500MB of... Read the full article on The Next Web »
WordPress.com upgrades VideoPress, bringing video-uploa... Feb 03 2012 12:23:58	The Next Web
WordPress.com upgrades VideoPress, bringing video-upload capability to iOS devices Hosted blogging platform WordPress.com has announced that iPhone and iPad users can now upload and embed videos onto its blogs after it gave VideoPress, its HD video service, an upgrade.... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Apple Germany forced to stop online sales of iPhone 3GS... Feb 03 2012 11:08:46	The Next Web
Apple Germany forced to stop online sales of iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPad 2 3G Apple has been forced to remove purchasing options for its iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and 3G iPad products from its website in Germany after Motorola secured an injunction against Apple’s... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Slovenia’s Ambassador to Japan issued this incredible a... Feb 03 2012 10:55:22	The Next Web
Slovenia’s Ambassador to Japan issued this incredible apology for signing ACTA Slovenia’s Ambassador to Japan has made a quite incredible apology after she signed the ACTA agreement on behalf of the Eastern European country, as Techdirt reports. After being deluged by complaints, Helena Drnovsek Zorko apologised to her nation, but first her children, for signing the act. She claims that she is overworked which led her to be [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Google loses appeal in Taiwan over fine for Android app... Feb 03 2012 10:41:56	The Next Web
Google loses appeal in Taiwan over fine for Android app refunds Google has lost its appeal against a fine imposed by Taiwanese authorities over its refusal to extend its refund policy on Android apps to seven days. The search giant was fined Tw$1,000,000 ($33,856) for not adopting a new policy, with Google standing behind Android Market terms that stipulate consumers have up to 15 minutes after downloading an app [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Let’s get this straight, Facebook’s challenge is China,... Feb 03 2012 09:49:52	The Next Web
Let’s get this straight, Facebook’s challenge is China, not Asia There’s nothing like a social network IPO to get people interested in Asia. Well, going on the most significant one to date, which saw Facebook file for a $5 billion... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Anonymous defaces Greek Ministry of Justice website in ... Feb 03 2012 09:07:14	The Next Web
Anonymous defaces Greek Ministry of Justice website in protest over ACTA Anonymous has hacked the Greek Ministry of Justice website (cached version) in an apparent protest against the signing of the controversial ACTA treaty by the Greek government, warning authorities that it will take down over 300 media and ministry sites if it doesn’t reverse its course. The site is currently “Under Construction” following the attack but was amended to [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Apple hits Samsung with 278 patent claims in revised Au... Feb 03 2012 08:18:07	The Next Web
Apple hits Samsung with 278 patent claims in revised Australian lawsuit Apple has expanded the scope of its patent lawsuit against Korean electronics giant Samsung in Australia, widening its complaint to include 278 claims, across 22 patents that cover 10 new... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Rovio now selling Angry Birds merchandise in top Chines... Feb 03 2012 06:06:06	The Next Web
Rovio now selling Angry Birds merchandise in top Chinese e-commerce site Angry Birds maker Rovio has continued to boost its presence and merchandising in China after opening a ‘shop’ on Alibaba’s Tmall, China’s premier online shopping service. The move, reported by... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Google: Gingerbread dominates Android devices, Ice Crea... Feb 03 2012 04:22:42	The Next Web
Google: Gingerbread dominates Android devices, Ice Cream Sandwich at 1% Google just released an interesting set of data showing which versions of its Android operating system are most used by mobile phone owners. Gingerbread (and in particular versions Android versions 2.3.3... Read the full article on The Next Web »
North Korea’s sole mobile operator reaches 1 million cu... Feb 03 2012 03:32:04	The Next Web
North Korea’s sole mobile operator reaches 1 million customers North Korea is well known for being a technology backwater where, among many things, the open Internet is heavily restricted and kept away from the public. However, as we highlighted... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Congressman Jared Polis on SOPA/PIPA, the Facebook IPO,... Feb 03 2012 02:54:41	The Next Web
Congressman Jared Polis on SOPA/PIPA, the Facebook IPO, and his Favorite Subreddit Internet entrepreneur, Reddit user, and League of Legends player are not usually words used to describe United States Congressmen, but Jared Polis has a knack for defying expectations. In addition to... Read the full article on The Next Web »
I switched to Bing on my iPhone and I kind of liked it Feb 03 2012 00:55:27	The Next Web
I switched to Bing on my iPhone and I kind of liked it By the time that Microsoft announced its Bing search engine in 2009, Google had long since become a verb and several failed attempts at the search game were under the bridge.... Read the full article on The Next Web »
WillCall takes all of the work out of going to a last m... Feb 03 2012 00:48:57	The Next Web
WillCall takes all of the work out of going to a last minute concert We all know what it’s like when we’re bored off of our rockers and sitting on the couch at home on any given night. We’re in that neutral area of... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Glyphs Mini is the best way to get started with type de... Feb 03 2012 00:42:58	The Next Web
Glyphs Mini is the best way to get started with type design on your Mac Glyphs Mini, the little brother of the full-fledged Glyphs App, is one of the most affordable ways to do some serious type design on the Mac. Traditionally, the only real route... Read the full article on The Next Web »
AT&T may allow Google Wallet on the Galaxy Nexus after all Feb 03 2012 00:12:53	The Next Web
AT&T may allow Google Wallet on the Galaxy Nexus after all Although Google’s Galaxy Nexus has widely been praised as the best Android phone yet, there has been one glaring omission: Google Wallet. Up until now it has only been officially available to... Read the full article on The Next Web »
This lamp is controlled by an Android phone, and I want... Feb 02 2012 23:22:53	The Next Web
This lamp is controlled by an Android phone, and I want one right now The smartphone is now becoming the hub for everything important in our lives. Social connections, payment systems, and banking are all controlled by our phone. Heck, you can even control... Read the full article on The Next Web »
New Super Bowl XLVI security gadgets: X-Rays, sewer cap... Feb 02 2012 22:48:27	The Next Web
New Super Bowl XLVI security gadgets: X-Rays, sewer caps and more While Brady and Manning are tossing the pigskin inside Lucas Oil Stadium, the 44 surrounding blocks will be crawling with all kinds of new futuristic tech to make sure the... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Don’t launch your app until you watch these 8 inspiring... Feb 02 2012 22:32:58	The Next Web
Don’t launch your app until you watch these 8 inspiring teaser videos A ridiculous amount of work goes into successful app release. From planning and sketching to design and development, simply getting the talent together in one room can be a difficult task. If you’ve... Read the full article on The Next Web »
10 fitness apps that will reshape your workout Feb 02 2012 22:14:15	The Next Web
10 fitness apps that will reshape your workout I’ve been hearing quite a bit of entrepreneurial buzz from L.A. recently. The city known for its Hollywood productions and its chiseled, beach bodies is making waves with new technology... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Last month, 1 in every 5 pages viewed on the web belong... Feb 02 2012 21:58:41	The Next Web
Last month, 1 in every 5 pages viewed on the web belonged to Facebook You may be tired of all of the Facebook chatter and stats after the company filed its S-1 paperwork to go public yesterday. Whether you’re FB’d out or not, this... Read the full article on The Next Web »
You can snag a Lumia 900 preorder in the US for $25 down Feb 02 2012 21:37:22	The Next Web
You can snag a Lumia 900 preorder in the US for $25 down Do you live in the United States? Near a Microsoft store? Do you want a Nokia Lumia 900 as quickly as possible? If you answered yes to all three of... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Google reveals ‘Bouncer’, the malware scanner for the A... Feb 02 2012 21:00:25	The Next Web
Google reveals ‘Bouncer’, the malware scanner for the Android Market While it’s a good thing for developers that there isn’t much of an approval process to get an app in the Android Market, it’s not such a great thing for... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Team Poison says it published personal details of 26,00... Feb 02 2012 20:55:55	The Next Web
Team Poison says it published personal details of 26,000 Israeli credit card holders According to Haaretz, international hacking team known as Team Poison has launched a new round of cyber attacks, this time targeting Israeli sites. Launched under the banner, #OpFreePalestine, the hackers... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Twitter gives us two handy accounts to follow leading u... Feb 02 2012 20:34:27	The Next Web
Twitter gives us two handy accounts to follow leading up to the Super Bowl Live events are always a hit on Twitter, with people tweeting throughout Presidential speeches or during a television show. One vertical has done extremely well when it comes to Twitter,... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Apple only U.S. mobile phone maker to grow market share... Feb 02 2012 20:28:25	The Next Web
Apple only U.S. mobile phone maker to grow market share in Q4 2011, up 2.2% to 12.4% Almost every overall mobile phone maker lost marker share in the final quarter of 2011, according to the latest Comscore numbers. Almost every one except Apple, that is, who grew... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Microsoft’s platform plan: unification. Or, how Windows... Feb 02 2012 20:25:17	The Next Web
Microsoft’s platform plan: unification. Or, how Windows Phone 8 essentially is Windows 8 A massive dump of information just fell upon the tech world, detailing much of what Windows Phone 8 will eventually contain. This gave Paul Thurrott the green light to drop... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Little Independent: An online marketplace for brick and... Feb 02 2012 20:05:24	The Next Web
Little Independent: An online marketplace for brick and mortar stores Little Independent is an interesting Chicago-based site where traditional shopping meets e-commerce. Rather than sell their items exclusively online, Little Independent gives small indie shops a place to showcase their products, encouraging customers to visit the stores themselves. Currently US-only, Little Independent has listings from 66 shops in 13 states, including New York and California. [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Windows Phone 8 ‘Apollo’ to bring NFC, Skype integratio... Feb 02 2012 19:59:12	The Next Web
Windows Phone 8 ‘Apollo’ to bring NFC, Skype integration and easier porting of apps A trove of details about Microsoft’s next version of Windows Phone, code-named Apollo, have been revealed thanks to an internal video for partners uncovered by Pocketnow. The specifics of what... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Breaking News sends 100,000 referrals per day to news s... Feb 02 2012 19:55:31	The Next Web
Breaking News sends 100,000 referrals per day to news sites and social services Breaking News has just revealed an interesting statistic on how much traffic it drives to news sites and social services. What started out as a Twitter account has since gone... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Facebook’s ‘Like’ is about to have a competitor and it’... Feb 02 2012 19:36:39	The Next Web
Facebook’s ‘Like’ is about to have a competitor and it’s called ‘Cheers’ Liking things on Facebook has become commonplace for its 845M active users. If someone posts an interesting status update, YouTube video, link, or life event, you might be inclined to... Read the full article on The Next Web »
NounProject has 100′s of beautiful, free pictographs fo... Feb 02 2012 18:59:44	The Next Web
NounProject has 100′s of beautiful, free pictographs for Web and mobile design Pictures often speak louder than words, and if you take a look at the way-finding symbols that surround any given urban area, you’ll see how visual representations reach beyond cultural and language barriers, communicating ideas instantly. The Noun Project has been building a catalog of these types of symbols for quite a while now, and just last week it [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Twitter prepares for election coverage by setting up an... Feb 02 2012 18:51:21	The Next Web
Twitter prepares for election coverage by setting up an account aimed at journalists Twitter CEO Dick Costolo recently said that 2012 would be the “Twitter election” and he might not be far off. The micro-messaging service has become a source for news among many huge outlets, with news sometimes breaking on the service well before it hits mainstream outlets like CNN. The President recently had his State of [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
12 companies pitch for cash at Startup Bootcamp’s Londo... Feb 02 2012 18:40:44	The Next Web
12 companies pitch for cash at Startup Bootcamp’s London investor day The Next Web has been on-hand to get an early glimpse of the plethora of startups emerging from accelerator programmes across the UK and Europe. In the UK, there are a number of hotspots springing up around the country, with the likes of Cambridge’s Springboard and Birmingham’s Oxygen Accelerator launching some cool new startups, and [...] Read the full article on The Next Web »
Apple reportedly restricting developers’ use of white i... Feb 02 2012 18:34:49	The Next Web
Apple reportedly restricting developers’ use of white iPhone images to promote apps Apple has always provided a set of guidelines for the use of iPhone images in the promotional materials of independent developers. In those guidelines they get very specific about how iPhone, iPod... Read the full article on The Next Web »
PhoneDog vs. Noah Kravitz: The Twitter case continues Feb 02 2012 17:56:26	The Next Web
PhoneDog vs. Noah Kravitz: The Twitter case continues We recently told you about a Twitter-related lawsuit which has brought up the seemingly-impossible to answer question – who owns your Twitter followers? In a double-lawsuit, blogger Noah Kravitz, and... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Apple says there is no iMessage bug, blames issues on A... Feb 02 2012 17:51:07	The Next Web
Apple says there is no iMessage bug, blames issues on Apple Store employee An apparent discovery of a bug in Apple’s iMessage system was uncovered yesterday by Gizmodo. An Apple store customer was receiving messages intended for an employee after that employee had swapped his... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Why Facebook has far greater revenue growth potential t... Feb 02 2012 17:41:48	The Next Web
Why Facebook has far greater revenue growth potential than most people think Now that Facebook’s S-1 is out in the wild, reports are beginning to crop up that question what Facebook’s valuation should be, given its revenue, profit, and the growth rates... Read the full article on The Next Web »
5 bandwidth-saving tips for those worried about mobile ... Feb 02 2012 17:16:42	The Next Web
5 bandwidth-saving tips for those worried about mobile data caps If you’re one of the unlucky folks who is facing a data cap from your mobile carrier, it’s time to start looking at your consumption behavior. For many of us... Read the full article on The Next Web »
UK mobile networks waited 6 years to notify phone-hacki... Feb 02 2012 16:55:59	The Next Web
UK mobile networks waited 6 years to notify phone-hacking victims, on police advice Today, three of the UK’s top mobile phone operators took to the stand at the UK’s Leveson Inquiry. Vodafone’s Mark Hughes, O2′s Adrian Gorham and Everything Everywhere’s (Orange & T-Mobile)... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Microsoft resurrects the ‘Gmail Man’ spoof as part of i... Feb 02 2012 16:23:39	The Next Web
Microsoft resurrects the ‘Gmail Man’ spoof as part of its Google privacy assault Six months ago, an internal Microsoft clip that the company had shown to its employees at its Global Exchange sales conference leaked. We covered it at the time, as the video... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Tumblr hires a dedicated team to write about…Tumblr Feb 02 2012 16:08:30	The Next Web
Tumblr hires a dedicated team to write about…Tumblr According to The New York Times, Tumblr has hired a team of writers to write about the blogging platform itself. The new team, consisting of editor-in-chief Chris Mohney and executive... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Nokia hands out free cupcakes in Belgium to flog the Lu... Feb 02 2012 15:56:34	The Next Web
Nokia hands out free cupcakes in Belgium to flog the Lumia 800 The Lumia launch continues. Yesterday, the Nokia Lumia 800 went on sale on Belgium, and to celebrate that fact, by which we mean to make it known, the Finnish company... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Eventbrite announces UK tickets sales of £16.5m last ye... Feb 02 2012 15:26:16	The Next Web
Eventbrite announces UK tickets sales of £16.5m last year, and doubles up on 2010 Online events and ticketing company Eventbrite has announced its gross ticket sales for the UK in 2011, and the figures are pretty impressive, doubling up on the previous year’s sales.... Read the full article on The Next Web »
The future of children’s books arrives on the iPad: Eve... Feb 02 2012 15:02:15	The Next Web
The future of children’s books arrives on the iPad: Everything Butt Art Time has shown that tablets can do amazing things, and using them to build immersive books is one of them. But up until now, I’ve never seen a children’s book... Read the full article on The Next Web »
Amazon expands into sports memorabilia, offers 2m uniqu... Feb 02 2012 14:25:29	The Next Web
Amazon expands into sports memorabilia, offers 2m unique collectables Amazon today announced it has entered the memorabilia market, offering more than 2 million unique collectables via the new Sports Collectibles Store on its retail website. The new store is... Read the full article on The Next Web »
See the Super Bowl buzz brands are generating on Twitte... Feb 02 2012 14:08:28	The Next Web
See the Super Bowl buzz brands are generating on Twitter with this social media tool Brandwatch, a social media monitoring tool, has just launched an interactive page giving insight into the kind of buzz generated about the 36 brands that also happen to be Super... Read the full article on The Next Web »

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