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Apr 18, 2013

Amazon Purchases Evi, Gets Into Voice Recognition

Amazon has acquired Evi, a voice recognition software company specializing in technology similar to Apple’s Siri, for $26 million. This buy has fueled rumors of Amazon’s effort to create a smartphone, but is likely to also find a home on the…

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Apr 18, 2013

Iron Man 3 to Debut as a 4DX Film in Japan

This basically converts the movie-going experience into a theme park ride. Interesting to see whether this approach catches on.

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Apr 18, 2013

iOS Remains Top Monetising Mobile Platform

According to Opera’s Q1 study, Apple’s iOS remains the top platform for monetising mobile ads, and the iPhone regains its top status over Android in generating Ad traffic to mobile ads. Opera’s data comes from its mobile advertising platform business that…

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Apr 18, 2013

LinkedIn Adds Mobile Ads

LinkedIn has redesigned its mobile apps to improve the activity stream and incorporate sponsored content for more than a quarter of their user base that access the networking site on iPhone and Android. LinkedIn is quickly expanding their offering to build out the news feed and…

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Apr 18, 2013

Motain Secures $13 Million In Venture Capital

Motain, the company behind The Football App, is looking to get out ahead of the World Cup and seize the global — and growing American — football (or soccer) app and advertising market. Today, they announced that they received $13 million in venture…

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Apr 18, 2013

Twitter #Music App Launches

After a week’s worth of teasing, the Twitter music app finally launched. A service for both discovery and streaming, it’s now available at music.twitter.com, as well as in the iOS app store; of yet there is no Android app. #Music is based around a recommendation engine that pulls…

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