Snapchat preps Snapkit platform to bring camera, login to other apps
Snapchat Snapkit Developer Platform
Snapchat is secretly planning the launch of its first full-fledged developer platform, currently called Snapkit. The platform’s prototypes indicate it will...
Google builds its cross-platform multiplayer AR tech into a doodling app
At Google I/O earlier this month, the company announced Cloud Anchors, a tool that shares with the cloud 3D data captured by a user’s...
A beverage company bought — and shuttered — the Poncho weather app
They say you can’t predict the weather. Acquisitions are often the same way. If you had told me yesterday, for instance, that adorable weather...
GIF lord Imgur caves to video to hasten profitability
Imgur is the internet’s best time sink, where 250 million monthly users silently consume an endless community-curated collection of absurd GIFs, inspiring tales, pop...
Yahoo shuts down social savings app Tanda only months after launch
Well, that didn’t take long. Yahoo Finance’s new social savings app Tanda, which launched just this January, is already shutting down. The company announced...
Tesla hires executives from Amazon, Apple and Snap
With Tesla losing its Autopilot lead, a key safety rep and other executives in recent months, it's easy to imagine the company having a...
Uber’s raising up to $600M in a secondary round at $62B valuation, Q1 sales...
Uber’s CEO is in Paris this week meeting with the French president to talk tech in Europe and expanding its insurance coverage in the...
Snips announces an ICO and its own voice assistant device
French startup Snips has been working on voice assistant technology that respects your privacy. And the company is going to use its own voice...
Jury finds Samsung owes Apple $539M in patent case stretching back to 2011
A patent case that began back in 2011 has reached a conclusion, with Samsung ordered to pay about $539 million to Apple over infringements...
How This Gaming Company Managed to Attract Global Presence
NITISH MITTERSAIN (38), FOUNDER AND MD, NAZARA TECHNOLOGIES Leveraging on its technology, Nazara has become a mobile gaming company with significant global presence, by...
SoundCloud tracks can now be shared to Instagram Stories
Streaming service SoundCloud is making it easier for its users to share music from its service directly to Instagram. The company announced this morning a new...
