May 13th, 2013

Amazon cloud drive photos
Amazon has taken its Cloud Drive Photos service to iOS, after launching on Android last November. The two apps offer largely similar services: both autosave the user’s photos when running; both give...

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May 10th, 2013

waze
Facebook is reportedly set to spend $1bn to acquire Israeli navigation app Waze. The news comes from Israeli news site Calcalist, which has a strong record on local tech news. It comes just months after...

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May 10th, 2013

Emarketer
The issue of user numbers at Facebook has been controversial of late, with a number of reports – swiftly denied and criticised – suggesting that user numbers in mature markets such as the US are falling....

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May 10th, 2013

Developer NHN Japan Corp has published financial results for the first quarter of 2013, revealing the current scale of its popular Line messaging app. The app, which has more than 150m registered users,...

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May 9th, 2013

Burger King
Burger King has launched an official iOS app with rewards and special offers, albeit only for those in the Baltimore area for the moment. The free Burger King Rewards app comes with 50 BK Crowns, enough...

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May 9th, 2013

Hipstamatic
Hipstamatic has launched a new iOS app that is intended to bring its photographic community together. Oggl, which Hipstamatic bills as both “a community for creative people to capture and curate their...

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May 9th, 2013

disney-story
The latest plucky young startup setting its sights on the photo-sharing market is... Disney? Yeah, that Disney. The company has launched Story, an iPhone app that aims to help people collect their photos...

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May 8th, 2013

Foursquare Windows Phone 8
Foursquare and YouTube are the latest apps to get redesigned for Windows Phone 8. The Foursquare app offers all the usual maps and tips, optimised for Nokia Lumia phones, with some of the new Lumia models...

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May 8th, 2013

Viber
Viber has passed 200m users, adding 25m in the last three months, the announcement coming as the service launches for desktop. Viber for Windows / Mac positions the service as a serious competitor to Skype,...

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