Amazon posted its first-quarter earnings today, and boy did they not disappoint: it beat what analysts were expecting on nearly all fronts, and the stock is up more than 12% after its huge beat. The big one here, in particular, is Amazon Web Services. AWS has become a go-to for most businesses, so it’s not surprising that it’s seeing that segment continue to grow steadily. The… Read More from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8176981 http://redirect.viglink.com?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2016%2F04%2F28%2Famazon-is-spiking-after-posting-a-huge-earnings-beat%2F%3Fncid%3Drss&key=ddaed8f51db7bb1330a6f6de768a69b8 http://www.gadgetscompared.com http://ikonografico.tumblr.com/post/143550759611 via http://www.gadgetscompared.com
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Mobile ticket sellers Gametime added a new feature to their app this week that could draw a larger supply of concert and sports tickets to their marketplace. Designed to make it easier for users to sell old-school printed tickets via mobile, the “snap and sell” feature in Gametime feels something like check scanning in mobile banking apps. A user who clicks the… Read More from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8176981 http://redirect.viglink.com?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2016%2F04%2F28%2Fgametime-now-lets-users-snap-and-sell-printed-tickets%2F%3Fncid%3Drss&key=ddaed8f51db7bb1330a6f6de768a69b8 http://www.gadgetscompared.com http://ikonografico.tumblr.com/post/143550759956 via http://www.gadgetscompared.com For many, the Steve Jobs manila envelope trick was enough. Sure, it seems a bit silly with the benefit of nearly a decade’s worth of hindsight, but when Apple’s late CEO unwrapped the standard bit of office stationary to reveal what he’d enthusiastically declared “the world’s thinnest laptop” onstage at Macworld back in 2008, the crowd, predictably, went… Read More from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8176981 http://redirect.viglink.com?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2016%2F04%2F28%2Fthe-macbook-returns%2F%3Fncid%3Drss&key=ddaed8f51db7bb1330a6f6de768a69b8 http://www.gadgetscompared.com http://ikonografico.tumblr.com/post/143550759291 via http://www.gadgetscompared.com The League, the dating startup that’s maybe-maybe-not elitist, is launching version 2.0 in a new city — Los Angeles. Founder and CEO Amanda Bradford said The League has already rolled out the updated app to users in its existing markets, New York and San Francisco, without much fanfare. Today, however, marks the official launch, as well as the addition of its first city in nearly… Read More from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8176981 http://redirect.viglink.com?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2016%2F04%2F28%2Fthe-league-launches-a-rebuilt-event-centric-dating-app%2F%3Fncid%3Drss&key=ddaed8f51db7bb1330a6f6de768a69b8 http://www.gadgetscompared.com http://ikonografico.tumblr.com/post/143544823946 via http://www.gadgetscompared.com Twitter aims to boost its visibility by switching from Social Networking to News on the App Store4/28/2016 Following yet another quarter of sluggish user growth, Twitter has changed how its flagship mobile application is categorized on Apple’s iTunes App Store. Instead of competing against Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Pinterest, and others in the crowded “Social networking” category, where Twitter had previously ranked in the top 10, the company has moved its app… Read More from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8176981 http://redirect.viglink.com?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2016%2F04%2F28%2Ftwitter-aims-to-boost-its-visibility-by-switching-from-social-networking-to-news-on-the-app-store%2F%3Fncid%3Drss&key=ddaed8f51db7bb1330a6f6de768a69b8 http://www.gadgetscompared.com http://ikonografico.tumblr.com/post/143544823691 via http://www.gadgetscompared.com Google has just made a change to its mobile application storefront, Google Play, which will help customers make better decisions about the apps they want to download: it’s now displaying if an app contains advertisements. This label will now appear alongside the existing designation which indicates if an app offers in-app purchases, the company has confirmed to TechCrunch. The change… Read More from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8176981 http://redirect.viglink.com?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2016%2F04%2F28%2Fgoogle-play-is-now-labelling-which-apps-contain-ads%2F%3Fncid%3Drss&key=ddaed8f51db7bb1330a6f6de768a69b8 http://www.gadgetscompared.com http://ikonografico.tumblr.com/post/143544822956 via http://www.gadgetscompared.com Movidius has incorporated their Myriad 2 processor into a new USB device called the Fathom Neural Compute Stick. You can plug the Fathom into any USB-capable device and that device can begin to react cognitively and make its own decisions based on its programming. The key point is it can do this all natively—right on the stick. No call to the cloud is necessary. 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In addition, Mast said it’s launching the first commercial integration with the Samsung Knox Cloud SDK, which… Read More from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8176981 http://redirect.viglink.com?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2016%2F04%2F28%2Fmast-mobile-on-android%2F%3Fncid%3Drss&key=ddaed8f51db7bb1330a6f6de768a69b8 http://www.gadgetscompared.com http://ikonografico.tumblr.com/post/143538088676 via http://www.gadgetscompared.com Worldwide sales of smartphones declined year over year, from Q1 2015 to Q1 2016, according to figures from analyst Strategy Analytics, which it says is the first time in the history of what it dubs the “modern smartphone market” that this has occurred. 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Today on the Q1 2016 earnings call, Mark… Read More from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8176981 http://redirect.viglink.com?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2016%2F04%2F27%2Ffacediction%2F%3Fncid%3Drss&key=ddaed8f51db7bb1330a6f6de768a69b8 http://www.gadgetscompared.com http://ikonografico.tumblr.com/post/143501193676 via http://www.gadgetscompared.com |
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