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Apple Gets Hold of Online Transit Service HopStop to Improve its Maps App
0By: Jeff Stewart | July 25th, 2013 | Apple, Business, Google, iOS, News, Smartphones
Although, Google Maps 2.0 is now available to iOS device users, Apple has not given up on its very own Maps App service yet as the Cupertino-based company is still looking to improve its in-house service. Therefore, in a bid to improve its Maps app, Apple has ...
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Mobile Coupon Startup Endorse Gets Acquired by Dropbox Roughly a Month After Shutting its Service
By: Jeff Stewart | July 25th, 2013 | Business, News
Mobile coupon startup, Endorse, shut down its service about a month ago but made it known on Saturday, July 20th that it has been acquired by Dropbox. The Endorse team made this announcement through a post on their blog and said that they are “thrilledâ...
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LinkedIn Introduces Sponsored Updates for Businesses to Extend Their Reach to All Users
By: Jeff Stewart | July 25th, 2013 | Business, News, Social Media
After being inspired by other social networking sites, LinkedIn has now introduced new Sponsored Updates on Tuesday, July 23rd that will enable businesses to target any member of the professional networking site. This is indeed a big move on LinkedIn’s part and Sponsored Updates will allow businesses to target over...
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Nokia Looking to Cut 440 Jobs from Mobile Phone Division; Smartphone Division to Stay Untouched
By: Jeff Stewart | July 25th, 2013 | Business, News, Smartphones
Nokia issued its 2013 second quarter earnings report on Thursday, July 18th, which not only showed the declining income and overall sales of its mobile phone sector but also revealed that the Finnish mobile maker is going to cut 440 jobs from its mobile phone division. This is not the first time that Nokia has gotten job cu...
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WordPress.com Builder Automattic Acquires One Man Company Lean Domain Search
By: Jeff Stewart | July 25th, 2013 | Business, News
Automattic made it known on Monday, July 15th that it has got hold of a small time service called Lean Domain Search. The best thing about the deal is that Lean Domain Search will remain available for free use, while the founder of the little service...
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Yahoo Acquires AdMovate to Boost its Ad Tech Platforms
By: Jeff Stewart | July 25th, 2013 | Business, News
The share price of Yahoo is on the rise, but the display revenue of the multinational corporation during the second quarter of this year has slipped down by 12 percent for a year-over-year comparison. In addition to this, the search revenue of Yahoo also showed a 9 percent year-over-year decline, as it currently stands at 418 mill...
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Apple Buys Canadian Big Data Firm Locationary
By: Talha Bhatti | July 24th, 2013 | Apple, Business, Mobile Apps, News, O Canada
According to AllThingsD, Apple has bought a Toronto based location data mapping startup called Locationary to improve their very unreliable mapping application. Apple users have been criticizing the mapping software for a number of years and it will be interesting to see if Locationary ...
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Samsung and Apple Continue Negotiations To Resolve Disputes
By: Talha Bhatti | July 24th, 2013 | Apple, Business, News
A series of face to face meetings and elusive negotiations have taken place between technology giants Samsung and Apple but there are no signs of settlements between the two parties yet reported iponecanada.ca. Apple and Samsung have remained involved in a series of conflicts over the last few years and it wi...
