Posts tagged Mass Market
Have we learned anything at all? (via postie)
Dec 21st
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Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by GetJar.
It seems games publishers are an ungrateful group. A couple of years ago you heard them (myself included) endlessly complain about deck placement, carrier content managers who didn’t call them back, lacklustre revenue shares or outrageous porting requirements. Then came the App Store and the rest [...]
JooJoo responds to TechCrunch lawsuit over who owns touchscreen tablet
Dec 17th
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The JooJoo is the touchscreen tablet computer formerly known as the CrunchPad. It was conceived by TechCrunch editor Mike Arrington and built by startup Fusion Garage as a new category of device meant for what he called couch computing.
Last Friday, the JooJoo’s launch was tainted — skillfully, I must admit — by Arrington, [...]
Google acquires AppJet. Maybe Wave will become usable now
Dec 4th
AppJet’s EtherPad collaborative browser-based word processor is, many people say, much easier to figure out and use than Google Docs, with a much more intuitive, attractive user interface. Talk is cheap, but Y Combinator-funded AppJet has proven itself by getting a small number of customers to pay $8 a month for its Professional Edition, which [...]
HipLogic raises $7 million to make feature phones smarter (via postie)
Dec 2nd
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HipLogic, a company that brings features and apps from smartphones to regular feature phones, just raised $7 million in a second round of financing with Bay Partners as the lead investor. Stage 1 Ventures, Benchmark Capital and Accrue Sports and Entertainment Ventures also participated in the round.
“The top 1 percent of users are [...]
