April 29, 2012
How would you like to have a Facebook News Feed for all the news and information you consume? A new startup that just launched into public beta aims to do just this. The company is called Wavii and takes the concept of news aggregation to a new level.
As Adrian Aoun, the CEO of Wavii, explained to WebProNews, the company aims to understand everything on the Web. Although he admits it’s an ambitious goal, Aoun believes that Wavii has the potential to...
April 28, 2012
Twitter has released updates for its iPhone and Android app, providing improved search and notification functions. The new versions of Twitter are now available on both the iPhone's App Store and Android's Google Play.
April 25, 2012
The super-speed growth in smartphone usage and the cultural shift therein is old news at this point, but this past holiday season marked an enormous turning point in mobile technology adoption. U.S. tablet ownership doubled over the holiday season which means about 10 percent of the population was gifted a tablet.
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April 12, 2012
The JOBS Act was signed into law last week in an effort to boost the economy. The law, which in long form is the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, is designed to help startups and small businesses raise capital and avoid cumbersome regulatory hurdles.
Michael McGeary of Hattery Labs worked directly with lawmakers on this bill and spoke with WebProNews about it. According to...
April 9, 2012
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April 6, 2012
Big data is beginning to intrigue everyone for its broad-reaching possibilities. The music industry is already taking advantage of it with platforms such as The Echo Nest, which aggregates music intelligence to ultimately create better user experiences.
As CEO Jim Lucchese explained to WebProNews, the company has software that listens and understands the music that users are listening to,...
April 5, 2012
The idea of facial recognition has been equated with Hollywood and the government for a long time. However, companies, including Face.com, are taking the phenomenon mainstream.
While it’s a fascinating concept, Gil Hirsch, the CEO of Face.com, explained to WebProNews, that the process has been somewhat challenging. According to Hirsch, Hollywood has presented facial recognition as a form of surveillance, which has “creeped out” lots of...
March 30, 2012
According to research from the White House, 1 in 5 women between the ages of 16 and 24 will be a victim of sexual assault and dating violence. Pretty alarming, right? Vice President Joe Biden thinks so, and, as a result, launched the “Apps Against Abuse” technology challenge in conjunction with Kathleen Sebelius, the Secretary of Health...
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...