May 13, 2012
If you like to make things and are the least bit tech savvy, you’re likely going to fall in love with the new lifestyle brand Brit. The brand is the brainchild of Brit Morin, who was formerly employed by both Apple and Google.
She spoke with WebProNews and explained that, while she has always had a love for tech, she also loved creating items in the offline world. As a result, she decided to build a domestic living...
May 4, 2012
A new website called Miss Travel is gaining quite a bit of attention, but not necessarily in a good way. Miss Travel launched last month as a dating site geared toward travelers. The way that the site combines these two elements, however, is the reason it is causing controversy.
Miss Travel matches “attractive” and “generous” people that share a love for travel but lack either the funding or the companion to do so. But at this point, the...
May 1, 2012
The tech industry has hit Wall Street hard in the past couple of years with several IPOs. The trend is continuing as Facebook, the world’s largest social network, is expected to complete its initial public offering very soon.
Although many think that these IPOs legitimize areas such as social networking and gaming, there are some questions in terms of the impact on the market. According to Vitaliy Katsenelson...
April 24, 2012
Facebook gaming was recently given a big transformation after Gaikai launched the beta of its Facebook app. As David Perry, Gaikai’s CEO, explained to WebProNews, the cloud gaming service is bringing console quality games to the social giant.
It’s clear that gaming platforms such as Zynga have had tremendous...
April 13, 2012
Search engine optimization and social media optimization are often thought of in the online marketing world, but do they effectively define what online optimization efforts for businesses should be?
According to Lee Odden, the CEO of TopRank Online Marketing and author of new book Optimize, real optimization incorporates both SEO and SMO,...
March 23, 2012
With basketball fans showing their passion for their favorite teams, it’s rather obvious that March Madness is underway. However, this year, fans are finding a new way to interact with both their friends and foes during the games.
GetGlue, which is a TV check-in service that WebProNews previously told you about, has...
Although the rivalry between Facebook and Google is already high, a new study from Appcelerator and the International Data Corporation (IDC) indicates some surprising results that will likely heat up the competition even further. The study, which surveyed, more than 2,000 mobile developers, found that 39 percent of developers...
March 22, 2012
How many of you spread content across the Web through social sharing tools such as StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, or Google+? I’m going to assume that the majority of you do since nearly every website has numerous sharing buttons on its pages. But, how would you feel about sharing your money with your favorite publishers?
Sweden-based company...
March 20, 2012
If you haven’t heard of “ambient social networking” yet, get ready, because it’s quickly becoming a trend. The concept is also known as social discovery and, essentially, it takes the idea of check-in services a little further. These new location-based apps run silently behind the scenes on users’ mobile devices and notify them when other users they know enter the same vicinity.
Highlight is one app that does...
March 8, 2012
Uberlife, a startup based in the UK, launched this week just as the SXSW festivities are beginning. The company is hoping to be one of the new hot startups that people remember from the show.
WebProNews spoke with Sanchita Saha, uberlife’s CEO and Founder, who told us that the service is designed to extend online connections into the real world. She explained that it is...