The leader of a piracy group and a co-conspirator, that was engaged in the illegal distribution of copies of copyrighted Android apps have pleaded guilty for their roles in the plot that distributed more than a million copies of copyrighted apps.  The total retail value of these apps was over... Read more

Ever the innovators, Google have recently announced version 2.0 of their very popular communication app, Hangouts, for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The new look is fresh and it feels more intuitive.  There are also some big new features. Google Hangouts version 2.0 is the best yet. The app’s interface... Read more

Microsoft has announced recent a partnership with GoDaddy that aims to bring Office 365 to more small businesses.  The move to a subscription model for Microsoft’s Office suite was a huge step for Microsoft, and so far it’s looking like it has been worth it. By November 2013, the service had... Read more

There has been a boom in the number of mobile apps that allow users to shoot, edit and then share their videos. With the release of video for Instagram came a number of new social video apps, one of which was Magisto, who created an app that was designed to... Read more

Social networking site Facebook is testing videos that play automatically on mobile versions of its service, thus firing things up to turn the 1.15 billion-member club into an attractive venue for lucrative, television-esq video ads. The videos will be silent when they appear in a user’s newsfeed, but then expand and play... Read more

Apple is always on the news, but there are some tidbits that are worth more than others. Take for example the acquisition the company made late in March. Little known indoor GPS company WiFiSLAM suddenly made the headlines, thanks to Apple turning its eye on it. That also means sending cash its... Read more

Snoox, a site that allows you to post and search recommendations, was launched last November, and is now available on Android and iOS for mobile use.The company’s plans to bring Snoox to mobile has been in the works since the launch of the site, and now after raising $2 million... Read more

As we mentioned earlier this week, Twitter has finally made it possible for users to search for tweets which were posted to the website over a week ago. In a new update to its website and mobile apps, Twitter announced that people can now look for older tweets. Previously, the... Read more

Micro-blogging social networking site Twitter has streamlined and revamped certain features and will soon allow old tweets to appear in current searches. The online social hub announced that it has updated its Android, iOS and mobile apps, to make it easier for users to find relevant content when on the... Read more

Tagwhat is a relatively new mobile app designed to connect you with up to date web content concerning  local businesses, deals and events no matter your location on the globe. The app draws this information from Tagwhat’s own web-publishing site, plublish.tagwhat.com, and other various websites such as social networking feeds.... Read more

In a recent press release, Apple Inc. announced that over 40 billion apps have been downloaded from their app store so far. It was also mentioned in the press release that developers have now made over 7 billion dollars through the app store, and over 20 billion (out of 40... Read more

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas starts on January 8 and everyone expects it to be a success. Space is filled and the CEO, Gary Shapiro, expects excellent attendance. Wireless Will Be On Display Wireless companies have become a bigger deal at the show, and it’s not just for... Read more

In its ever increasing attempt to create new revenue streams Facebook is expected to launch a new video ad format in the first half of 2013. Ad reporting agency AdAge quotes several sources who claim that the social network has already created new video ads for internal testing purposes. According to the... Read more

You know how some couples share a Facebook account? I used to see that more in the early days of the social network, but lately, I think that I haven’t seen this setup any more. We all have our opinion on sharing social networking accounts, of course, but I personally... Read more

In 1990 you would easily pay $2500 for an Apple Macintosh that connected to the web at 2800 baud rates and had “squint friendly” graphics, today users can purchase handheld devices that download entire movies in a matter of minutes and at a fraction of the cost associated with older... Read more

Mobile devices have changed the way the marketing industry operates. Thanks to the smaller screen and bigger possibilities, global marketing companies have to find new, creative ways to market products. That is why at the annual WPP Stream conference the importance of digital advertising through mobile devices was a hot... Read more

Since Facebook’s purchase of Instagram for $1 billion, speculation over the next billion-dollar tech company is increasingly at the heart of evaluating tech startups. Social networking and mobile apps create value by solving problems that address fulfilling human social needs, and many tech startups focus in these two arenas. Startups... Read more

The first third-party iOS app store has been launched in Europe. Google is blocking YouTube adblockers more aggressively. Read on to find out more in this week’s tech news roundup. Mozilla Firefox 125.0.1 adds a new way to visit URLs copied to the clipboard Mozilla released the Firefox 125.0.1 update,... Read more